Freesia:

^^^ why lol

Amaka G29:

Things I've done: waxing, relaxing, braiding, weaving, high heels, pants that never fit

Things I won't do: piercing, tattooing, lazer treatment, plastic surgery, bone removal of any kind

Things I current do: low tension braiding, no relaxers, shaving, eyebrow threading (still hurts), lower heels

Beauty can be painful and expensive, but I think we are collectively moving towards safer and better options. Natural looking beauty is all the rage, so women have more minimalist options (this does not mean to let all of your regimens go). Yay for ladies!

Amaka G29:

Lol, is that your dad in your pic?

ikechukz:

all these because of guys.thank God i'm not a girl.highest i can do is cut my hair with 200 bucks.

rokiatu:

Get it right, we do it for ourselves, and then other females. Women luv to compete with each other. Then lastly, guys. lol

If you have noticed, girls do not usually take compliments that guys give them to heart. But when their fellow female compliment them, they feel really special.

Princek12:

whatever. so you show your nyansh and smell good and wax your eye brows primarily for other girls. you be lesbo?

rokiatu:

For myself first and foremost.

Amaka G29:

It's a competition. We don't want to attract other women, we want to out do them (sometimes). Yes, the attention of men is nice, bu my standards would be so much lower if I based on what guys really care about. I've had men try me while I was in sweats, no make up, plain hair, walking to the market . . . Some women like dressing up: the colors, the patterns, the "Ahh" moments when every person in the room looks at you with wonder.

Amaka G29:

@ Relax: I suppose if you would like to converse beyond the pain of beauty then we should take it elsewhere out of the respect of the purpose of the OP.

Back to the topic at hand: I was a tender-headed child, so I hid the combs and brushes under the mattresses where my mom and aunties couldn't find them. "Amaka. . .Where's the combs? I know you hid them"

I never got free of painful hair experiences until I started doing my own hair, then I began to understand how it all works.

Freesia:

I was recently thinking to my self about how ladies go through a whole lot in the name of beauty,and I'm not saying this because of my last situation when I had my braids done, the things were so tight that I could hardly feel my forehead 

I mean from a tender age we're having stuff done to our bodies,did I hear somebody say ear piercing,some of us might have been too young to remember but when I got my second piercing on my ears at about 20 years

As we grow older we're trying to grow hair on our heads but trying very hard to get rid of the hair in other places.My first eyebrow threading experience yeeeeeeee !! then I attempted waxing the underarms and the legs,Kai !! I don't know who send me there  sef ??  not sure which one is more painful??,threading or waxing 

After many years of contemplating,I recently had the courage to go for a Brazilian,I called this place and booked an appointment.I had only been at this beauty parlour for about 5 minutes when I heard this loud yell or was it a scream from  a lady in one of the rooms  I looked at my surroundings to confirm I was not in the hospital emergency and  I decided to slowly walk out!! fear dey catch me o

Anyway ladies, let's have a laugh and share our funny/self inflicted beauty experiences,those of you who have had those Asians torturing your body in the name of  Thai massage or even had the fish chiropody done,let's hear you too

Outstrip:

I wore this pair of almost 6 inch heels the other day. I am not sure what possesed me since I knew that I would bein and out of the car all day. I figured with the 2 inch platform in front I will be fine. Chai. I suffered that day o. It was worthit sha. I had a belt that matched it perfectly and I said nothing will stop me from making shakara today

Amaka G29:

It's a competition. We don't want to attract other women, we want to out do them (sometimes). Yes, the attention of men is nice, bu my standards would be so much lower if I based on what guys really care about. I've had men try me while I was in sweats, no make up, plain hair, walking to the market . . . Some women like dressing up: the colors, the patterns, the "Ahh" moments when every person in the room looks at you with wonder.