The terms Brazilian Waxing and Hollywood Waxing are often used
interchangeably to refer to hair removal in the genital area.
Specifically the
term Brazilian Waxing refers to partial genital hair removal, often leaving
a strip of hair, whereas Hollywood Waxing refers to total genital hair
removal.
The term Brazilian Waxing as used in this article refers to either
total or partial genital hair removal.
Genital hair removal includes hair removal around the anus, perineum and
vagina. Prices at beauty salons may range anywhere from $25 to $100 or
more.
Many have all the hair removed. Some prefer to leave a tiny strip of
closely-shorn hair in the front. It is now common for men as well as women
to ask for Brazilian Waxing.
In Western countries or at least North America, where I have direct
expertise, full pubic waxing has only just become fashionable among the
celebrity socialite set and is known as the Brazilian bikini wax.
So named, according to my fashion magazines, because the procedure
was first offered in the US by an upscale Manhattan salon run by 7
Brazilian born sisters ignoring for a moment the hundreds of private
Iranian Lebanese Indian aestheticians who have been waxing or threading
everything off for at least a few decades.
It is suggested that women started removing this hair when bathing suit
styles became abbreviated enough to keep these areas uncovered,
especially the term bikini line indicates a date later than the nuclear
explosion at the Bikini Islands in 1946 and the introduction of swimsuits
that followed. Changes in lingerie styles and their popularity have
encouraged year round waxing of the bikini area.
The first important step before attempting any kind of hair removal with
wax, is to determine how close your ancestors were to the planet of the
apes. Some people are not very hairy with fine hair on their body,
while others might strongly resonate with Gorillas In The Mist when it
comes to Down Under.
So how does it differ from a regular bikini wax? Basically, with the
Brazilian, hair is removed in the front, back & everything in between.
Most of the time a landing strip is left in the front, but some clients opt for
everything removed.
