TangoWedding
03-06-2008, 02:09 PM
Time for more confessions!
Every kid has something that other kids pick on them about. One of my big ones was my hairy arms. They used to call me "monkey arms". I was always horrified.
My father has a lot of indian blood and so has the dark complexion and dark hair. Well, I'm a big ol' white girl, but got the gene to tan easily....and the gene to have the dark hair.
And if you're wondering? Pale skin + dark hair = MONKEY ARMS!
:bblol:
So I've always worn long sleeves if I could...or turn my arms up so people don't see the upper side of my arms. When I was thinking about it last night, I realized that when I drive and have my arm out the window, I will put it back in the window if someone is behind me...so they won't see my hairy arms. That's how much of an impact it's had on me.
The thing I'm worried about most about my wedding? My spaghetti-strap dress! That shows my arms! And I'm SOOOOOOOO not doing gloves. I've been stressing about this sleeveless thing since I got engaged.
So ANYWAY.
Last night I was walking around Ulta just to waste some time and I accidentally walked into the 'body hair bleaching' aisle. My wheels started turning.
I've always heard of this, of course, but was terrified that it would turn my arm hair ORANGE, which I've seen before. And it would not be worth it. It's fugly-looking.
But I talked to the lady and asked her all kinds of questions...and ended up buying it. So I tried a little test patch last night near my elbow and...*GASP* it looked good!
So I put it on both of my arms.
:puppy: It's awesome!!!! It doesn't look orange at all. It doesn't look like anything, really...you can barely even tell there's hair there! I stood and looked in the mirror forEVER...and I almost cried.
For the first time in my life, I can look at myself in the mirror and not see MONKEY ARMS.
I'm floored. It's perfect.
And now my wedding will be perfect, too.
*sniffle*
Every kid has something that other kids pick on them about. One of my big ones was my hairy arms. They used to call me "monkey arms". I was always horrified.
My father has a lot of indian blood and so has the dark complexion and dark hair. Well, I'm a big ol' white girl, but got the gene to tan easily....and the gene to have the dark hair.
And if you're wondering? Pale skin + dark hair = MONKEY ARMS!
:bblol:
So I've always worn long sleeves if I could...or turn my arms up so people don't see the upper side of my arms. When I was thinking about it last night, I realized that when I drive and have my arm out the window, I will put it back in the window if someone is behind me...so they won't see my hairy arms. That's how much of an impact it's had on me.
The thing I'm worried about most about my wedding? My spaghetti-strap dress! That shows my arms! And I'm SOOOOOOOO not doing gloves. I've been stressing about this sleeveless thing since I got engaged.
So ANYWAY.
Last night I was walking around Ulta just to waste some time and I accidentally walked into the 'body hair bleaching' aisle. My wheels started turning.
I've always heard of this, of course, but was terrified that it would turn my arm hair ORANGE, which I've seen before. And it would not be worth it. It's fugly-looking.
But I talked to the lady and asked her all kinds of questions...and ended up buying it. So I tried a little test patch last night near my elbow and...*GASP* it looked good!
So I put it on both of my arms.
:puppy: It's awesome!!!! It doesn't look orange at all. It doesn't look like anything, really...you can barely even tell there's hair there! I stood and looked in the mirror forEVER...and I almost cried.
For the first time in my life, I can look at myself in the mirror and not see MONKEY ARMS.
I'm floored. It's perfect.
And now my wedding will be perfect, too.
*sniffle*