armpit hair

Ok personally I would hate armpit hair on a girl. It would totally gross me out! Same with if she didnt shave her legs.


Warlock

 

I dont shave. i havnt in ages. maybe once every god knows howmany months ill decide i want to remove my leg hair but my armpit hair stays. if feels nice and soft. My boyfirends not keen on my leg hair but says he doesnt mind my armpit hair, however it doesnt stop him loving me for being me. I think he likes my reasons and morals for doing it (i dont want to be made to feel i HAVE to do things because society shouts at me in the street and calls me minging for being hairy) but doesnt personally find it attractive.

Leg hair on my im still weired about but the longer i have it the more comfortablbe i feel.

As far as itchies... the long you leave your hair the finer it gets. the only reason its itchy is because its had to get thick to be able to pierce your skin, the more you shave the thicker it gets for this reason.

i once epilated my leg hair... it grew back sooo fine and thin and it didnt grow back for about 2 months. ... i've been considering epilating my legs again just to get rid of the thick shaved hairs from when i last shaved. The ones that grow back after epilation are fresh hairs rather than old shaved ones.

 

I cant be arsed to shave my legs most of the time - i dont wear skirts so i dont bother unless i think some gorgeous man is goin to run his hands up my legs. However i do shave armpits (wen i remember) they tend to get really itchy if i dont shave them.

 

[size=+1]1500 -[/size]

The AZTEC INDIANS of North and Central America are shaving with razors made from the volcanic glass obsidian.

[size=+1]1558 - 1603 -[/size]

The medieval habit for women to maintain super-white skin and remove all hair from their eyebrow and forehead areas continues, as QUEEN ELIZABETH practices this action I (1533-1603) during her reign.

[size=+1]LATE 1600s -[/size]

Aristocratic women everywhere still pluck or shave their foreheads, and wear add-on hairpieces.

[size=+1]MID to LATE 1700s -[/size]

Both men and women remove all hair from the forehead to wear artificial press-on mouseskin eyebrows.

[size=+1]1770 -[/size]

French barber JEAN-JACQUES PERRET writes a treatise called The Art of Learning to Shave Oneself (La Pogonotomie), which gives men advice for using various shaving products and equipment. His book is also the first to originally propose the idea of a "safety razor."

[size=+1]1770s -[/size]

FRENCH WOMEN shave their heads completely bald so they can wear those huge, wonderful, to-die-for decorative powdered wigs fashioned in the latest hairstyles of the day.

[size=+1]LATE 1700s -[/size]

The PERRET RAZOR is actually manufactured, which is an L-shaped wooden guard that holds a razor blade in place. This will prevent one from cutting too deeply into their skin. Still, it lacks the real "safety" capabilities that everyone wants and needs, and therefore is not considered to be the first true safety razor. This is, however, the beginning of the safety razor’s evolution.

[size=+1]EARLY 1800s -[/size]

Shaving and proper grooming for men is now a self-indulging and overly narcissistic pastime, thanks to fancy London resident GEORGE BRYAN "BEAU" BRUMMELL (1778-1840), who is somewhat of a dandy. Known for his impeccable grooming, manners and style of dress, Brummell is said to shave his face several times a day and plucks out leftover hairs with tweezers. After inheriting a reasonably sized family fortune, Brummell is dedicated to maintain the lifestyle of a "gentleman of fashion." Other men are following in his footsteps so they can become like him, too.

[size=+1]EARLY 1800s -[/size]

European women are still concocting homemade depilatories in the kitchen. A typical formula now is one that contains chopped oak and white French wine; it is to be digested in a hot water or vapor bath for 24 hours. Another recipe calls for distilled water and celandine roots, and walnut oil is a popular hair-removing ingredient.

[size=+1]18th - 19th CENTURY -[/size]

In Sheffield, England, STRAIGHT STEEL RAZORS are produced, and remain in demand until the mid 1800s. The bad news is these razors become dull quickly, so they have to be honed and stropped frequently in order to use over and over.



[size=+1]1830 -[/size]

American men have stopped going out in public with only their shaved, baldheads. They now wear hairpieces or hats.

[size=+1]1840 -[/size]

After fleeing England in 1814 to escape from paying off tremendous gambling debts, possessed shaver and oh-so-pretty Man About Town GEORGE BRYAN "BEAU" BRUMMELL dies in a French lunatic asylum.

[size=+1]1847 -[/size]

English inventor WILLIAM HENSON creates the first "hoe type" razor, which places the blade perpendicular to its handle, just like a garden tool This forever changes the way that man will grip his shaver, and provides greater manageability. It is an overnight success.

[size=+1]LATE 1800s -[/size]

The VICTORIAN MAN is now very particular about personal grooming. He is starting to use shaving soaps and after-shave lotions, which are usually made at home in the kitchen from cherry laurel water.

[size=+1]1880 -[/size]

In the United States, the KAMPFE BROTHERS file a patent for the first SAFETY RAZOR, featuring a wire skin guard along one side of the razor’s edge. Only one side of the actual blade is used which has to be removed often for sharpening; this is the best available shaving method on the market that won’t cut a user, like straight steel razors. Blades then are manufactured by forging, which require frequent special sharpening.

[size=+1]1895 -[/size]

In the United States, KING CAMP GILLETTE, a salesman for the Baltimore Seal Company, originates the idea for a new disposable razor blade. For the next six years, he will promote and sell this idea to backers and toolmakers in order to make his dream shaver a reality.

[size=+1]1900 -[/size]

Central AFRICAN TRIBE MEMBERS are still using razors made from the volcanic glass obsidian.

[size=+1]1901 -[/size]

GILLETTE teams up with MIT engineer and machinist WILLIAM NICKERSON in Boston, Massachusetts. Together, they modify the safety razor by manufacturing a double-edged blade that is disposable and replaceable; it receives a U.S. patent this same year. This is a T-shaped razor which opens at the top so the user can insert a new blade after tossing out its dull, used predecessor. These blades are cut from a template, rather than forged.



[size=+1]1903 -[/size]

GILLETTE begins his legendary climb to the top as king of the U.S. shaving market, thanks to his shaver’s high quality, low price affordability, and his keen approach to marketing. In 1903, his total sales were 51 razors and 168 blades.

[size=+1]1904 -[/size]

GILLETTE'S total sales for the new state-of-the-art safety razor reach 90,000 razors and 123,000 blades.

[size=+1]1905 -[/size]

GILLETTE opens his first overseas office, headquartered in London, England to market products in Europe.

[size=+1]1910 -[/size]

WILLIS G. SHOCKEY receives a U.S. patent for his WIND-UP SAFETY RAZOR, the forerunner of electric shavers. It has a wind-up-by-hand flywheel that operates for a limited amount of time.

[size=+1]1914 - 1918: WORLD WAR I -[/size]

GILLETTE works out a mega deal with the U.S. Armed Forces, which provides his safety razor and blades to every enlisted man or officer on their way to Europe as a regular part of their standard issue gear. This creates tremendous worldwide promotion and publicity opportunities for Gillette’s company and products.

Why Women Shave Their Legs and Underarms -

We all know the power of advertising. At the turn of the century, for example, the South African Diamond company, DeBeers, created the image that the diamond was forever and therefore would make an excellent wedding ring.

Another marketing campaign around this time convinced the women of North America to shave their body hair. Notably, women in the other parts of the world do not engage on masse in this ritual. Even in French Canada, the habit is not largely undertaken.

It all began with the May, 1915 edition of Harper's Bazaar magazine that featured a model sporting the latest fashion. She wore a sleeveless evening gown that exposed, for the first time in fashion, her bare shoulders, and her armpits.

A young marketing executive with the Wilkinson Sword Company, who also made razor blades for men, designed a campaign to convince the women of North America that:

(a) Underarm hair was unhygienic (b) It was unfeminine.

In two years, the sales of razor blades doubled as our grandmothers and great grandmothers made themselves conform to this socially constructed gender stereotype. This norm for North American women has been reinforced by several generations of daughters who role-modeled their mothers.

[size=+1]1920s - 1930s -[/size]

Popular female HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STARS in the United States are shaving off their eyebrows with razors, plucking, or using depilatory formulas to get a hair-free face. They then "draw" very thin brows back on the face with an eyebrow pencil. Later, these eyebrows will begin to look exaggerated, unnatural and alien-like, especially when seen on a black and white movie screen. Like the brows of actor GROUCHO MARX, who completely shaves his face and eyebrows before drawing them back on with a black grease pencil in rather unusual shapes.

[size=+1]1921 -[/size]

U.S. Army LT. COL. JACOB SCHICK is so inspired by the military’s repeating rifle, he invents a new type of razor called the MAGAZINE REPEATING RAZOR, which has replacement razor blades stored inside its handle. Users can change out an old blade without ever touching the new blade’s surface, thanks to Schick’s clever design. Blades for this razor were purchased in clips, which were inserted with ease into the razor. Schick also begins to develop his INJECTOR RAZOR, which would become an extremely popular shaver in the years to come.

[size=+1]1925 -[/size]

COL. SCHICK establishes a company called MAGAZINE REPEATING RAZORS to manufacture his product.

[size=+1]1926 -[/size]

COL. SCHICK begins marketing to the public his MAGAZINE REPEATING RAZOR in the U.S.

[size=+1]1927 -[/size]

COL. SCHICK invents the World’s first electric dry shaver, with oscillating blades.

[size=+1]1928 -[/size]

COL. SCHICK sells the assets of MAGAZINE REPEATING RAZORS to AMERICAN CHAIN & CABLE COMPANY so he can obtain capital and financing for production of his electric dry shaver.

[size=+1]1929[/size] -

COL. SCHICK’S first electric dry shaver is finally available for purchase by consumers. This innovative shaver uses a small motor to move the blades. Unfortunately, the general public is not all that crazy about buying and using it.

[size=+1]1929 - 1948 -[/size]

Mechanical and electrical engineer ALEXANDRE HOROWITZ goes to work for the PHILIPS COMPANY in Eindhoven, Holland (Netherlands). There, he develops numerous products for the company, like the famous PHILISHAVE ELECTRIC RAZOR, the first double-headed shaver. Over 50 years, HOROWITZ obtained 136 patents for his ideas.

[size=+1]1930 -[/size]

WILLIS SHOCKEY'S spring razor is still remains the #1 automatic shaver seller on the market. COL. SCHICK incorporates his business as SCHICK DRY SHAVER, INC.

[size=+1]1930s -[/size]

In the U.S., women are buying specially manufactured "MACHO" SHAVING PRODUCTS for men because most guys still think that fussing over their appearance is still a sissy thing to do. However, most after-shave powders and creams purchased for men are used, which will launch a whole new revolution for shaving products and toiletries. In both Europe and the U.S., women are now WAXING their bodies to remove hair.

[size=+1]1931 -[/size]

COL. SCHICK finally obtains a U.S. patent for his World’s first electric dry shaver.

[size=+1]1935 -[/size]

Due to increasing health problems, COL. SCHICK moves to Canada.

[size=+1]1936 -[/size]

SUNBEAM introduces its SHAVEMASTER electric shaver.

[size=+1]1937 -[/size]

COL. SCHICK dies after a kidney operation; his wife FLORENCE and two daughters survive him.

[size=+1]1939 - 1945: WORLD WAR II -[/size]

In Europe, FREDERICK PHILIPS of the PHILIPS COMPANY in Eindhoven, Holland begins to market the PHILISHAVE ELECTRIC RAZOR, the first double headed shaver. During this time, Philips also spends years being coerced in having to deal with, hide from and elude the Nazis while keeping well-groomed every day with Philips' two-headed electric shaver.

[size=+1]1940s: WORLD WAR II -[/size]

In the U.S., some women are painfully removing hair from their bodies by rubbing sandpaper all over their legs and underarms, due to severe domestic materials shortages caused by the war.

[size=+1]1940 -[/size]

SCHICK DRY SHAVER is incorporated in Delaware as RAINBOW, INC.

[size=+1]1940 -[/size]

America’s most successful depilatory lotion, NAIR, is developed with the powerful ingredient calcium hioglycolate, which destroys the protein structure of hair, reducing its texture and strength. It smells funny, too.

[size=+1]1946 -[/size]

RAINBOW, INC. changes its business name to SCHICK, INC.

[size=+1]1960 -[/size]

GILLETTE safety razors with long lasting stainless steel blades hit the U.S. market. Later, other inexpensive injector-type cartridges and disposable razors become available.

[size=+1]1960s -70s -[/size]

DISPOSABLE RAZORS, which can neither be sharpened or replaced, hit the market for both men and women. They are to be used 2-3 times, then thrown away. Numerous manufacturers economically design them in simple shapes, which make them inexpensive to produce and sell.

[size=+1]1971[/size] -

GILLETTE begins to aggressively market a new twin-blade razor on a wide scale, even though there have been similar razors available since the 1930s.

[size=+1]1978 -[/size]

American entrepreneur VICTOR KIAM decides that his REMINGTON ELECTRIC SHAVER is soooo cool, he buys the whole company. He then stars himself in numerous national TV commercials to promote this fact.

[size=+1]1979 -[/size] SCHICK, INC. closes its U.S. manufacturing plant.

 

i saw a beautiful girl the other day sitting on a blanket selling carved coconuts. She looked like she was in her eaqrly twnties and well travelled with her other gorgeous companions.
i noticed she didn't shave her under arms which i thought was well cool and liberating.
she felt secure about it. I'm considering doing the same. i have issues with my insecurity and i figure i should completely face my body image. i read in a buddhist book that in order to conquer a fear you must indulge yourself in whatever it is. if you are afraid of debt go to the most expensive restaurant and enjoy without a care. afraid of heights , jump off a cliff!

insecure about your body ?! grow armpit hair. i think it works man

 

mine all got burned off.....and ain't grown back :H

 

I shave my armpits atleast twice a week. I do it more for comfort's sake rather than appearance.

 

Some guys dig the non-shaved look.

I personally love seeing girls walking around so secure with that small rebellion from pop culture. It makes me want to dance.

 

that was lovely..i hope u decide to not shave..it is very liberating..and once u do not shave for a long time..u will be comfortable w/ it and not really care....i love not shaving..and i'm not sure if i ever will do it again..it's been a few years for me.....i think it will work too....give it a try..

 

all i have to say is....

 

shaving has no connection with smelling


i shave em just because i like to..personal preference, i suppose

 

You could always start a "revolution" by reverting to your "natural" state-if you're bold enough-unless, of course, there'd be reprecussions. You mention that your armpit hair is 'fair colored.' If you mean blond, that IMO would be an asset!

You're one of the few that make this claim.

 

Fuck 'em if they don't like it! Women are beautiful no matter how they look, or how long their armpit hair is. Some of the most beautiful, free spirited women i've ever seen had arm pit hair that was extremely long. Something about it is so beautiful.

 

I shaved grudgingly when I was younger, always because of reasons outside myself. Never again I love myself too much to do something because of outside pressure. When I see a woman who is unshaven she instantly gains my interest.....it takes a certain strength not to conform to what we are constantly told is beautiful.

 

Both ....depends On My Mood And If I Can Focus On It Or Not So I Don't Cot Myself

 

same here

 

I shave! I couldn't stand it..

 

i just feel cleaner with shaved under arms

 

I hate hate HATE it when there's hair under my arms. Stubble comes, it's gone. My legs are not so big a worry, the hair on them is pretty fine and light and DH is the only one who notices. Generally he doesn't care.

DH shaves his underarms though too and I love it. It's so much sexier.

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