Hairy women

I  have not epilated, shaved or waxed my body hair since I arrived back in the UK on 22nd July. The only body hair I have maintained are my eyebrows (and even that's becoming less frequent!) 

If you have any experience or imagination at all I'm sure you can guess my armpits are reasonably hairy, as are my legs! 

I decided that I wasn't going to remove my armpit or leg hair because being back in the UK it doesn't usually get or stay hot enough to bare these parts of my body. After a few weeks my hair had grown quite quickly and I started to really like having armpit hair. I often find myself loosely pulling at it as if it were some sort of relaxation exercise! 

Initially it was the armpit hair that I was only interested in keeping, I was inspired to keep it by Miss Diana Fruitypants from Canberra, Australia. We met at the Thai Fruit Festival in July and she had this wonderful patch of hair on her armpits. Admittedly I was taken aback by it, not sure why I was surprised to see hair there on a woman, but it really grew on me. After some thought I remembered how natural it is. 

Proud to show my hairy pit!

I am in somewhat of a love hate relationship with my leg hair. Having grown up secretly shaving my legs (when my mum went to work) to avoid the name calling or general making fun of at school, I have always viewed having leg hair as disgusting and not very feminine so this is still a challenge to get used to. 

At first I had decided to keep the hair out of laziness. I normally epilate so it is quite painful, as is waxing. When I shave I sometimes experience irritation and I'd definitely never use hair removal cream as it has so many chemicals in it. Therefore, I decided that I would see how long I could grow my hair before a. I got disgusted by it b. it started to get too long c. it had a negative effect on my life. 

So far I have found myself only disgusted with my leg hair, but then I put on some trousers and it goes away! I think even today it isn't too long, it's just longer than it's ever been. It should never have a negative effect on my life. If anyone has a problem it is with themselves, so in that respect I would disregard them! 

I have recently googled "women with hairy armpits" and I was surprised to see a movement this year to embrace having hairy armpits! (Link, Link, Link) It gave me a sense of liberation when I saw so many pictures of young women posting their pit pics with pride and of course we have the much loved celebrities who have covered numerous magazines and newspapers with their hairy armpits. I am in full support of this hairy movement! Let's get back to being as natural as we can (without defecating in public of course)!! 

My mum's reaction to my hairy armpits was somewhat unexpected, although I should have prepared for it in all honesty. Apparently in the 21st Century women shouldn't be hairy... Also, because I have previously removed my hair it grows back differently, so I should continue removing it... Now I haven't done my research about the growing back part, but really the 21st Century comment can be turned around like this, it's the 21st Century so I have every right to do with my body as I please (without breaking any universal laws) , so if somebody has a problem with my body then the problem lies within themselves (as stated above)! 

Admittedly it is shocking at first, but once you give it time it grows on you (pun intended)! If you're female I urge you to try it out, if you're male I urge you to encourage your partner to try it out! Let's learn to embrace nature, if it wasn't meant to be there then it wouldn't grow. 

Hairy women unite! 

Jennifer x

Scissor-crazy Saturday

Haircut 

So today should be Shoptastic Saturday, where I tell you what I bought and for how much, but I called my banana dealer and he said the bananas were expensive and green so I am going to try again on Monday.

Well, that sort of leads me to this post. What with the extra time and lots of thoughts about cutting my hair I just did it! I have been trimming my hair for probably over a year now. Once in a while I will take off an inch or so because I have really bad split ends. Seriously, when this raw food kicks in (providing I stay on it now for a long time) I hope that my hair will get better.

I had a shower and washed it with sodium bicarb and some tea tree oil and then I just thought "today I am going to cut it". So I got the scissors from downstairs and went a little crazy. I contemplated a fringe (or bangs) for a while but decided against it because my hair is naturally wavy and it didn't really suit me well as a child. Instead I opted for some layers at the front.

I remember a few years back I wanted to grow my layers out, but I sort of had an urge recently to do something and today I finally did it. Let's see if I regret it in the next few days! I just hope it's symmetrical...I've never cut layers into my hair before.

I developed a phobia of the hairdressers because I always come out feeling disappointed about my hair. I have a vision in my head and as I cannot share this vision with the person cutting my hair it's hard for them to do what I want, obviously. So that's why I cut it myself because the vision in my head can be created by me.

As I keep hearing, I look better in person!

Jennifer x