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Wax Job

May 14, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner 10 Comments

Mustache? 
What mustache?
After a few well-placed hints from my favorite nail salon ladies, I agreed to my first (and last) upper lip wax. 
As my lip was painted in molten lava, I ignored the smell of burning flesh. Like a wuss I wanted to change my mind on the table, yet I was paralyzed.
With one swift r-i-pppp, my baby fine, blonde lip hair was yanked from the roots along with the top layer of epidermis. 
For ten bucks, I exchanged an invisible mustache for a bright cherry red Kool-aid welt.
I know there are plenty of ladies who get more sensitive areas waxed, but for the life of me, I don’t know how or why.
WhatWasIThinking???

talya

Musical Pairing:

Gnarls Barkley, Crazy

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Comments

  1. Writercat59 says

    May 14, 2013 at 4:34 am

    All I can say is OOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHH!

    I’ll keep my moustache, thanks! It gives me authority. Heheh!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 14, 2013 at 5:51 am

      good way to look at it!

      Reply
  2. Tim Hardin says

    May 14, 2013 at 12:26 pm

    Mercy!!! I do have a ton of respect for women, and the things you ladies go through amazes me!…Also, I really liked the video, and I’m wondering…is Gnarls Barkley related to Cee Lo Green? They could pass for twins.=)

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 14, 2013 at 12:44 pm

      They are one and the same:))

      Reply
  3. Lana88 says

    May 14, 2013 at 6:13 pm

    Haha ouchie!! I actually enjoy getting my eyebrows waxed, but that is probably a much less sensitive area, and my hair dresser lady is pretty much the bomb.com lol. I remember also using Nair on the upper lip… which ended in a chemical burn. LOL! The things we do to make ourselves “presentable”.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 15, 2013 at 3:54 am

      I remember using Nair on my legs as a teenager but I don’t think it ever worked. I still remember the horrid smell:)

      Reply
  4. Madeleine Begun Kane says

    May 14, 2013 at 8:49 pm

    Yikes! I could NEVER do that!

    Madeleine Begun Kane

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      May 15, 2013 at 3:54 am

      I won’t be doing it again.

      Reply
  5. Patricia A. Laster says

    May 15, 2013 at 5:58 am

    Once is too much!!

    Reply
  6. Loy Cerf says

    May 15, 2013 at 8:55 am

    Great pairing of tune and torture! LOL

    Reply

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