Okay Ladies, When hubby and I go out searching for our RV home, I step into the shower to make sure I can reach my hands up etc. But how in the world do you shave your legs??. Okay, granted I am a plus size woman but I can take a shower in my stick home and shave my legs without being a octopus why is it so darn hard to do in the RV?? LOL!!!
Readytogo said
05:29 PM Aug 28, 2006
I agree with you. The 5th wheel we have now it is very difficult to shave legs. The next 5th wheel will have a bigger shower with a seat. It will be a few years before that will happen. Until then, I use the campground showers if they are clean.
Linda said
09:16 AM Aug 29, 2006
Hey Cincygirl,
One thing you may want to look for when shopping for your rig is a step or a low shelf in the shower. That would be nice for putting your foot on while shaving. I don't have one but I have seen many that do.
I do have an idea for the ones that don't. Take a medium size plastic basket and turn it upside down in the shower floor. You can rest your foot on that.
Most of the time, I just go to the bathhouse when my legs need to be shaved. Plenty of room there.
Here4Now said
12:46 PM Aug 29, 2006
I understand what you're saying. However, I avoid the public showers/restrooms at all costs...that's one of the reasons I love my motorhome...my own dirt. Here's my solution. I purchased a Shaving Foot Rest with a suction cup from the Improvements catalog. You can put it at anywhere you like and re-locate it anytime you want. It was a little pricey, but it's been well worth the investment. Here's the link http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product.asp?product=239469zz&dept%5Fid=10710
I was never able to find it in a store.
dreamjosie said
08:05 AM Aug 30, 2006
We ordered our shower with the optional "garden tub". Instead of just a flat shower floor with the door going all the way down, the shower is high sided with an inside depth of 11 inches. At that 11" height there is a small seat of sorts (too small for my butt ) but I use it as a ledge to rest my foot on, which makes shaving relatively easy. (Fred sits on it to wash his feet, his butt is smaller than mine.)
Also, I use the Shick Intuition razor. The head/cartridges combine a solid which lathers with a triple blade, so you don't need to have a can of shaving cream in the shower, with the shower washing off the cream before you finish shaving. It does a really nice job and is so easy to use. It comes with a "hanger" which suction cups to the wall of the shower.
The garden tub comes in handy if you need to hand wash any clothing, or to bathe the grandkids when they visit. Our 3 year old granddaughter loved it. She'd play in there for an hour if we let her.
Winter Texan said
10:38 AM Aug 31, 2006
Ladies....here is a tip on shaving your legs. You have your shampoo and conditioner for your hair, use your conditioner as a shaving cream. I find my legs are softer afterward and my feet gets a little pampering also. It also makes one less thing to carry to shower, the shaving cream can.
jchilson said
03:13 PM Sep 1, 2006
Well, this is my first post on this forum. Please excuse my bluntness, but - Why are you still shaving? I have been waxing (myself, or having it done in a salon) for over 10 years and have almost no leg hair. I have the "old" style waxer - tub with wax - but my daughters tell me there is a waxing "stick" or wand they heat in the microwave that they use. No mess!
If you haven't tried it - you should. It is easily 6 - 8 weeks between waxings and the hair that does grow back is light colored and very soft - not prickly.
Paul and Bonnie said
10:57 AM Sep 2, 2006
Where do you get these waxing sticks? I would be willing to try it to get rid of that razor. I will say that I like the Intuition razor though. So do you put this wax on your legs and yank it off and scream a lot? My husband bought me one of those pull the hair out gadgets for Christmas one year. I have considered using it on him in retaliation. Tell us more about waxing, I am an old fashion razor lady, but I am willing to learn.
jchilson said
06:47 PM Sep 8, 2006
I believe you can get the waxing sticks at any beauty supply store. That is also where I buy my "old fashioned" waxing kit. Be sure you go to a store that allows the public to buy - not just those with a license.
I was visiting with my daughter and she told me about a new method called "sugaring". Evidently you put the wax on and let it dry (kind of like candle wax), then pull it off. It is painless and doesn't leave your face (or legs or whatever) red.
When we were beginning the waxing, it was painful. But I guess I became immune to the pain, and of course, the less hair there is to pull out, the less pain. I also wax areas of my face, my underarms, and the back of my neck where the hair grows longer. The only area where I have any pain now is the underarms. But that is becoming less and less as the hair thins.
Good luck on which ever method you try.
Paul and Bonnie said
01:55 PM Sep 9, 2006
Well, now that I am older the hair on my legs has gotten thinner so I think I will try it. Have you ever tried any of those wax products from Wal Mart? Do they work? I live in a small town, I don't know that we have a beauty supply store here.
jchilson said
06:44 PM Sep 11, 2006
Hi again. I also live in a small town. I just go to the local drug/hardware/variety/etc./store. They have the wax sticks there, but not my "waxing tubs". The sticks look kind of like a large flat lipstick. The cover is plastic with a lid and inside is wax. When you heat it, it is never really liquid like the tubs I use. There are small ones for use on the face and larger ones (look almost like an electric razor) for other areas of the body. You stand the stick in a glass/cup of water and put it in the microwave. When it is warm enough you just roll it on and then use the fabric strips and pull it off. Be sure to pull opposite of the way the hair grows for best results. Such as: hair on your legs grows down, so put on the wax and the fabric strip and then pull off from the bottom of the strip/leg in an upward motion. Pull fast! It hurts less and gets more hair off.
I imagine they might have them at Walmart. I try not to shop there unless there is no place else to go.
Good luck. Let me know about your success.
PS: one more thing - I'm having to learn to be frugal, so instead of buying those expensive wax fabric strips, I cut up old bed sheets into strips and use them. They work great! And I can use my old sheets and then throw the strips away, without guilt.
Paul and Bonnie said
08:04 PM Sep 11, 2006
Well, I bought one of those wax sticks at Wal-Mart. I agree with you about that too, I only go there when I have to. Now I am waiting for my leg hair to grow out It is just long enough to be stubbly but not long enough to see or I suspect pull out. I will let you know how it works out. I guess one good thing about getting older is that you hair grows back slower and there is less of it.
Paul and Bonnie said
07:37 PM Sep 21, 2006
Well, I played guine pig on myself! I didn't know which wax thing to use, so I bought the wax in a tub that you heat in the microwave, the wax strips that you just rub between your hands to warm, then put them on your legs and yank them off. and a roll on wax that looked like an underarm dedorant. Of the three, the wax strips were the easiest, but more expensive. The roll on worked very well and didn't require any heating. The wax in the tub was more messy. They all pulled the hair out equally well. So, I think I will stick with the roll on. It wasn't as painful as I thought it would be. You definately need to be in a well lit area. I thought I was finished until I got under a light, then I had to go back and get the spots I missed! : Thanks for turning me onto this. I guess the experience with the torture machine kept me from trying this all these years. The torture machine pulls one hair at a time, this just yanks them all at once and it is over quickly.
jchilson said
11:56 AM Sep 22, 2006
YEAH!!! Good job!! You will really be happy when you don't have to do it again for 4-6 weeks (as opposed to every 1-2 days with a razor). With the tub, just be careful not to get the hot wax all over. I usually drape the whole area in an old sheet. When it is hot, it will string and you will have little fine lines of wax all around. Another hint - baby oil will get off any wax left on your skin or on other things (like the table etc.) I always rub on baby oil after waxing. It gets off any wax I missed and makes your skin soft too.
After I was comfortable with my leg waxing, I moved on to the eyebrows and facial hair. That was great, but it does hurt a little more since that skin is more sensitive.
Hey Cincygirl,
One thing you may want to look for when shopping for your rig is a step or a low shelf in the shower. That would be nice for putting your foot on while shaving. I don't have one but I have seen many that do.
I do have an idea for the ones that don't. Take a medium size plastic basket and turn it upside down in the shower floor. You can rest your foot on that.
Most of the time, I just go to the bathhouse when my legs need to be shaved. Plenty of room there.
I was never able to find it in a store.
Also, I use the Shick Intuition razor. The head/cartridges combine a solid which lathers with a triple blade, so you don't need to have a can of shaving cream in the shower, with the shower washing off the cream before you finish shaving.
The garden tub comes in handy if you need to hand wash any clothing, or to bathe the grandkids when they visit. Our 3 year old granddaughter loved it. She'd play in there for an hour if we let her.
Well, this is my first post on this forum. Please excuse my bluntness, but - Why are you still shaving? I have been waxing (myself, or having it done in a salon) for over 10 years and have almost no leg hair. I have the "old" style waxer - tub with wax - but my daughters tell me there is a waxing "stick" or wand they heat in the microwave that they use. No mess!
If you haven't tried it - you should. It is easily 6 - 8 weeks between waxings and the hair that does grow back is light colored and very soft - not prickly.
I believe you can get the waxing sticks at any beauty supply store. That is also where I buy my "old fashioned" waxing kit. Be sure you go to a store that allows the public to buy - not just those with a license.
I was visiting with my daughter and she told me about a new method called "sugaring". Evidently you put the wax on and let it dry (kind of like candle wax), then pull it off. It is painless and doesn't leave your face (or legs or whatever) red.
When we were beginning the waxing, it was painful. But I guess I became immune to the pain, and of course, the less hair there is to pull out, the less pain. I also wax areas of my face, my underarms, and the back of my neck where the hair grows longer. The only area where I have any pain now is the underarms. But that is becoming less and less as the hair thins.
Good luck on which ever method you try.
Hi again. I also live in a small town. I just go to the local drug/hardware/variety/etc./store. They have the wax sticks there, but not my "waxing tubs". The sticks look kind of like a large flat lipstick. The cover is plastic with a lid and inside is wax. When you heat it, it is never really liquid like the tubs I use. There are small ones for use on the face and larger ones (look almost like an electric razor) for other areas of the body. You stand the stick in a glass/cup of water and put it in the microwave. When it is warm enough you just roll it on and then use the fabric strips and pull it off. Be sure to pull opposite of the way the hair grows for best results. Such as: hair on your legs grows down, so put on the wax and the fabric strip and then pull off from the bottom of the strip/leg in an upward motion. Pull fast! It hurts less and gets more hair off.
I imagine they might have them at Walmart. I try not to shop there unless there is no place else to go.
Good luck. Let me know about your success.
PS: one more thing - I'm having to learn to be frugal, so instead of buying those expensive wax fabric strips, I cut up old bed sheets into strips and use them. They work great! And I can use my old sheets and then throw the strips away, without guilt.
YEAH!!! Good job!! You will really be happy when you don't have to do it again for 4-6 weeks (as opposed to every 1-2 days with a razor). With the tub, just be careful not to get the hot wax all over. I usually drape the whole area in an old sheet. When it is hot, it will string and you will have little fine lines of wax all around. Another hint - baby oil will get off any wax left on your skin or on other things (like the table etc.) I always rub on baby oil after waxing. It gets off any wax I missed and makes your skin soft too.
After I was comfortable with my leg waxing, I moved on to the eyebrows and facial hair. That was great, but it does hurt a little more since that skin is more sensitive.
Good luck!