LadyGang - LG QUICKIE: Waxing 101

Episode Date: July 22, 2021

Licensed esthetician and waxing specialist from the European Wax Center, Deidra, stops by to debunk all the misconceptions behind waxing. Find out what your waxer really thinks about your vagina and the best time of the month to go so that you can walk into the salon and strut out. Visit waxcenter.com to book your reservation today and check out the new line of products — remember, your first wax is free!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to The Lady Gang. I am Becca here with Jack and Kelty. We have a very, very, very special quickie episode for you guys. Um, Kelty what's on the docket? Well, we're so excited because, you know, we have had this sort of long-term partnership with European wax center now. And, um, which by the way, I have a fresh everything. I'm going to talk about this in a minute, but, um, our lady gang listeners right now can go to wax center.com. You can put in your zip code, you can find the nearest location and your first wax is free. Um, so head on down and get wax. And, um, we're just excited. And, uh, We have a very special episode and a special guest today that's going to help us figure out what's going on with our bodies and all of that good stuff.

So Deidre Green is a licensed and certified esthetician from the Baltimore School of Massage and Aesthetics and was the owner and operator of The Skin Bar. She has five years experience as an esthetician and eyelash extension artist and authored the book titled 30 Days to Better Retail Sales. Now, this is the important part. Since April of 2018, Deidre has been a European Wax Center trainer and wax specialist in the Pennsylvania market. And shortly after joining the corporate team, she was promoted to field training manager. So when you go to get waxed, she's the person that taught the person how to tell you to open up your vagina and have the wax happen.

She's now able to give the best tools and resources to the amazing wax specialists around the globe and ensure the guest service associates deliver the best experience to customers. So we're so excited to have her and she's going to talk all about things wax today. Yay. Hello. Thank you so much. I'm so excited to be here. That bio almost, I'm like, oh, that is me.

That's so funny. Isn't that so funny? So I recently, I'm going on a trip and I recently went and I, it was so funny because I was at the wax center and I said, what else can I wax? Like I literally was like, now I'm in it. So I did toes. Did you know they'll do the top of your feet? Mm-hmm.

Yeah. To get a lot of toe asks. I feel like that's something I think would be like a secret menu thing, like the flying Dutchman on the In-N-Out menu. Yes. It's definitely, um, one of those things that it's like, Hey, do you want to add that on? I mean, if it's there, if there's hair, the wax specialist is probably going to ask you if you want it. It was, it was very exciting, but we went to our Facebook group and we said, listen, Deidre's coming on, ask us all the questions that you feel too embarrassed to like ask your friends. And the number one thing is that like people feel weird about their vaginas being out. And when you're in a wax, like pretty much everyone does it the same, like your spread Eagle, what did they call it? Like

fraud or fly butterfly. Yeah. And it's like, there's no shirt. I mean, there's a, I got my, Oh, that's the other thing. I got my nipples waxed for the first time. And I was like, I get this one really like, I'm like telling this perfect stranger, I'm like, I get this one really long hair, but I saved it in a journal. But like, I'm going on this sexy trip and I want to have not hairy nipples anyway, but it's like, it's a very compromising position. So give us the pep talk of like why it's okay for us to go in and show our vagina to the wax specialist. Okay. So I'm so glad that you brought this up and that this is the number one question, because we do sometimes get this question in the wax suite and people will say, is my vagina normal? And so that's kind of

like asking is my face normal and that's what I tell people I'm like vaginas are like faces like they're like the same but they're different um and we don't remember them after we're done waxing them like I've probably waxed over 10,000 vaginas in my career and I don't like I'm not gonna you know like see you in the grocery store and be like oh I remember that vagina you know what I mean like so yeah we're we're very professional we do this all the time you know what I mean so just just come in get waxed we've seen everything we're okay with it we're trained that all the wax specialists that we have are licensed estheticians we train them for um six days before they even get a chance to touch you they see about like 30 models before um they come in so they're used

to all the nitty-gritty we prep them very well so you do not have to be embarrassed of your body or anything like that at all but it's like i prep for like three days to go to the gynecologist and they have they have like the paper sheet over it so in a way a wax does feel like even more because they're exposed you're more I don't know Jack have you had that experience well yeah you feel more exposed and then I guess when you're going to the gyno you think of it as a doctor's office but like especially at European Western it's like everybody is like a lot of people are your age and like you and you're like should we go get happy hour after this so it's a little bit different but I love that where it's just like you guys are so professional like of course it's

not going to be awkward. Yeah. But it's so funny that you say that because I mean, I mean, a lot of wax specialists do wind up becoming friendly with their guests. I mean, how can you, how can you not, like, how can you not be my best friend after I waxed your vagina? Like, you know, and I mean, I really feel like people come for the wax, but they also come for the wax specialist. Like they're coming for it to talk to their girlfriend. They're coming to talk to their friend. That's like never going to know any of their other friends and never going to tell any of their secret. So, you know, they come for the wax, they come for a little bit of therapy and, you know, it's great. It's great. So you should feel a hundred percent comfortable with your wax

specialist. Do you know what I have noticed? Cause I've been going and getting wax for a long time and I've been going to your pain wax center for a very long time. Um, but when I would go other places, I would have to get very friendly with the waxer because it would take like five times the amount of time to wax. So I like that. This feels like it's like speed friendship. It's really quick. And as much as I love every single wax specialist I've had, I'm happy and grateful that it doesn't last very long. Yes. Yes. We want to get you in and out of there in like 15 minutes tops. That's our goal with all of our wax specialists, um, to get to the point where there doing a 15 minute Brazilians. And it's just because we're not rushing you. We're not trying to

like kick you out of our suite. We just want to be efficient. And we know that you're in a little bit of an awkward position. We don't want you to be there for 45 minutes, you know, like in taking these little tiny strips. Um, and we have amazing wax as you know, you mentioned it's our own proprietary blend, so we can get you in and out because the wax is so effective. All right. So for people that have not had a brazilian because a bikini wax is very different i need you to give me like the five positions like what are we expecting also no surprises here also explain explain what it is because i had a friend go and she was like picking from the drop down menu and she's like what do i ask for what's the difference so if you could help us with that yes yeah sure

um so everyone uh kind of does it differently but at european wax center we do um a bikini line so bikini line is about um four fingers out from uh your underwear and then like maybe two inches off of the top just a little bit to make everything clean and neat and stay inside your underwear you can keep your underwear on for that one um we also have a bikini full which is kind of the mid-level and you can take off as little or as much as you want off of the front so it also includes that bikini line and then you can bring it in a little bit more and you can keep the front totally bare it becomes a Brazilian when you add the butt strip so the Brazilian is like everything off the front and the butt strip it's shocking how painless the butt strip is

it's like I are you done yeah I look forward to the butt strip maybe we have like no nerve endings back there anymore wait I had a question do are like landing strips back in style like what are people wearing these days on their vaginas yeah what is trendy and have we passed it so people are doing a lot of people i would say the most popular is everything off like get everything done um some people leave behind a landing strip we can do a little triangle and i like to call it um a martini glass we're like you know like pointing right to the area that you want people to focus on. Um, and then, um, and then people sometimes do like a postage stamp, like a little square. So those are the most, um, popular ones that we have. Now I have a question because I do

like the full everything when people get the triangle or the square, if it's long, do you also trim it? So trimming, we leave up to the discretion of the wax specialist. Okay. Um, you know, it's just we want to keep try to keep the room like as sanitary as possible and we want to we again we specialize in that you know quick efficient waxing um so um you know trimming we just want to you can you do that at home after you're like okay yeah yeah yeah it's an easy little patch we'll leave you okay so i'm coming in for my first brazilian panties are off take me through what's going to happen. Okay. So I'll have you hop up on the table and we'll tell you to get into butterfly position. We're going to do our amazing four-step process. So first we're going

to cleanse your skin just to remove any like lotion, soap residue, anything that you might have on your skin that might interfere with the wax. Then we're going to do a little bit of an oil and that's going to help to create a protective barrier on your skin so that your wax is even more comfortable for you then we're going to wax you with our proprietary blend of um wax with your of our comfort blend wax and then we're going to do a little bit of our ingrown hair serum at the end and then you should definitely take that with you so that you can keep using it um after um your your service so i know you want to know about the positions and whatnot so i'm definitely going to take you through the position so the first position is butterfly so just let it all hang out you know

people sometimes try to like tense up and I'm like, girl, we're already here. Like, we're already here. Just let me in. And then, um, you'll have, uh, we'll flip you over. So you'll lay flat on your stomach for, um, the butt strip. So, um, people tend to, um, feel, you know, they're like awkward a little bit about that position, but there's nothing to be worried about. Like, we're just, we're, we want to get all the hair. So we want to make sure that you're in all the best positions so that we can get everything. And is it okay that I have sweat through the paper on the table? I'm sure you're not the first one. You are not the first one and you are not going to be the last one. It's definitely a thing. And that's why we keep

some baby powder in the sweets to kind of like cool you down. It's just a natural like kind of stress reaction of the body. Sometimes people sweat. Sometimes people get a little bit nervous. it could be hot outside whatever like so yeah we're prepared for everything are you offended if we're on our phones to sort of distract ourselves from what's happening not at all such a good idea i know i was like i don't want to be that asshole but then i'm like making small talk but like i also i mean i can't believe i'm saying this although i've talked about my vagina and great it's like when i'm in butterfly like it's a butterfly like that shit is flying like Like, you know what I mean?

Like, that is what makes it, it's such a compromising, like, that's why I wanted to have this conversation with you on the podcast, because I want every woman out there to go in and butterfly and feel like, because when I butterfly, it's spilling out. You know what I mean? Yes. Yeah. That's how you get the cleanest wax. Like, I'm like, just, you know, let it butterfly, because that's how you get the cleanest wax.

Like, you got to move the lip out of the way and get the other, like, and that's fine, right? Like you guys know how to handle all of that. Yes. I feel like this could be good immersion therapy for women who are insecure about their vaginas because I, every time I walk out, I feel better, pretty empowered, but I feel really strong and really like confident. I'm like, yeah, my vagina was totally out and everything was fine.

And I actually feel pretty good about it. I mean, it's, it, that's our, our thing. Walk in, strut out. Like you, there's no way that you can feel the same way leaving a European wax center as you do when you come in. No. And, and the wax specialists know that, like, we know what world we're living in and that this could be the only 15 minutes you have to yourself for the entire month.

And we totally respect that. So if you want to scroll through Instagram on your phone, that's on you. If you want to tell me how shitty your boyfriend is, that's on you. Like whatever, like where it's your time to shine. It really is like speed therapy in every sense of the word. I love it. what do you wish that every um well okay i have one other question do you wax balls yes oh i don't know i didn't think about this i know i thought about this because

jack's boyfriend jerry has long hair and he's been losing his hair in the shower and you know how good like go have you ever like do you find things in people like i don't want to get too gross god but like you know you get the hair like she gets stuck in the places so it's like that's got to be weird but well also i didn't know if you could wax a ball or not and i'm interested in that i don't know why i didn't i didn't think about any like a man at all in this scenario whatsoever but that they're gonna do the same a man has an extremely hairy butt crack so if that was uh i mean it's it's everybody is different and so i think we think that sometimes men are gonna be hairier than women but i've definitely waxed you know women who are hairier than men

men who are not so hairy, like it's, it's a thing. Everybody's different. And so you just have to be like open-minded about every situation when you get into, get into the wax suite. So into that world. Yes. We have about like a hundred, I want to say like 150 locations that do balls. And then we also are, we're branching out. So we're going to have a lot more locations and hopefully the goal is all of our locations by October that are doing that service too. it's so interesting to me um are women are men tougher on the table yeah who's the toughest we all know it's women we all know it's women it depends on in what context you're talking about the toes hurt i'm gonna tell you i'd rather get a brazilian than a toe really yeah toes hurt and

my waxing expert was like doing my toe and then i had i usually shave it but i'm going to a special event so i thought wax the toe you know go for it go fancy um and she was tweezing like you know she was like such a professional oh my god like a couple little ones and tweezing i was like this i'm like you know what you don't i don't think i need it so and then this is an interesting thing so since we started this this partnership we'd actually had a lot of women go to the european wax center and get their like first wax or you know and they report back they want to like tell the lady gang, like I went and blah, blah. And we've had a couple that were like, you told me it wasn't going to really hurt. And it did. And so what, and listen, like, yes, you're waxing here.

So it's going to hurt. We all have a different pain tolerance. Are there things that we can do to make it less painful? Like you shouldn't go around your period. I heard, should you trim before you go? Like, are there things ice like painkillers? Like what should you do? So, um, what I tell people to do is it's better if you really like let your hair grow to the length of a grain of rice, because if you just recently shaved and you only have about two weeks of hair growth, like sometimes that can be a little bit more uncomfortable. Like I'm all about like, bring me the bush. Like that's going to be, get you your cleanest result. And it's going to be a lot more comfortable for you. Your first wax is the worst one. So it's all about being

consistent. Like if you come every four weeks, like we tell you to come, you're going to, every single time is going to be easier and easier and easier. Hair is going to thin out. It's going to stop growing in some places. Like, so I just tell people like, get to your third wax. Like your third wax is your best wax. Like that's when you're going to start really seeing the benefits and the results and like, okay, this is what I came here for. Cause people don't just want to remove the hair. You know, they want like that sexy skin underneath. And so I'm like the third wax is when you're really going to be like, I'm freaking hooked. Wow. I love that. All right. When we come back, but acne, it's real. It was not kidding.

the lady gang all right we're back with deidre from european wax center um and we have some questions that girls wanted to know and and uh about just esthetician wise and and some of this may be stuff that you do at european wax center and some might just be your personal opinion so we'll we'll figure out what we're gonna add in but someone said something about strawberry legs which i guess is um well you could explain it yes so i guess the official term for strawberry legs is keratosis pilaris, if we want to be like fancy about it. And this could be caused by like many different things. So usually it's just like an overgrowth of skin cells. So your skin just is producing more skin cells. And so they're shedding a little bit more. So you just need

to exfoliate a little bit more. And at European Wax Center, obviously we have tons of different ways for you to begin to exfoliate. But for this specific condition, I would recommend the ingrown hair wipes, um, because they're really strong and they're going to break down that skin without it being scrubby. Um, some people have told me in the past, they don't like the texture, like the way that, that a scrub feels. So if you're not a fan of a scrub, then we have, um, you know, uh, we call it a chemical exfoliation. Don't be thrown off by the word chemical. It's just, it's just an aesthetic term. Um, but it just means that you're, you're breaking down the skin without using a scrub. And so when people get the strawberry, like that's like when sort of dirt and buildup

isn't like, it's a black head on your leg, right? So it looks like that's what it looks like. And it's because you have that built excess buildup of skin. Everything is getting trapped underneath in those pores. So it creates those little dots in all your follicles. Yep. So that's so, so it's totally treatable. Yeah, definitely. Cause a lot of people were asking about this. And there, there is, um, honestly, like, uh, you know, a lot of other things you can do, like put sunscreen on, you know what I mean? Like that's going to, um, cause sometimes it can be a result of like hyperpigmentation, like from trauma to the pores or what have you.

So you put sunscreen on, that's going to help, um, you know, the sun not to continuously darken those, those areas as well. So it's really about just taking care of your skin. Like a lot of people skip steps and we can tell when you skip your steps. so it's very important that you're following your at-home care routine it's hard to think about like i'm so good with all of my skincare for my face and then i always forget about my body i feel like that's the easiest thing especially with putting sunscreen on my body i'm like i've used it on my face yeah exactly like uh we always have to remind people like hey your

underarms are skin your pubic mound is skin like you need to hydrate those areas as well like you need to use lotion there, you know? And people are like, Oh my God, I never do. And I'm like, well, have you noticed how different the skin looks in those areas? It's like, yeah, because you don't do anything. Well, exactly. And I think that's really important because I think that all the wax specialists have this understanding of skincare. So they're able to be like, Oh, your skin's here, like treat this, you know? And, and one of the things like I was talking to my wax specialist about was like the dark armpits. And then girls were asking about this in Facebook. So can you explain like why they get dark and then like what we're supposed

to do? Yeah, sure. So, um, a lot of times the, the underarm area will get dark because you're shaving it and shaving, um, can be, you know, pretty traumatic to the skin. I mean, you're, you're creating these tiny little micro cuts and then bacteria, um, gets in and they get irritated. Then it starts to grow back in. You might get ingrowns. I mean, you're sweating under there. it's a dark area it's always kind of enclosed um so you know when you're shaving it can become discolored because it's reflecting that like trauma from the skin from actually shaving creating those little micro cuts and the bacteria and the sweat and all of that um so when you begin to wax you will notice that your underarm area is going to brighten um and then i'm so excited

that we launched a deodorant finally this year i feel like our guests have been asking for it forever that will help to slow down the growth and it's a natural deodorant as well. So it's super, super exciting. So now we have something for you to treat that area also. Oh my gosh. And I mean this with all seriousness, but, but acne was the third thing that people were asking about. And I think they feel, because if you're going to be like butterfly and you're going to wax your butt strip, that you could also be the person to help us with the butt acne. And you probably see a lot of butt acne because it's dark in there so what are your thoughts so i think that a lot of times people have to remember that when you're waxing you need to treat your skin

differently and not all products are made to rinse clean from the skin so some things will create like a film on your skin like if you're not using the right body wash like it might be leaving too much behind. And then if you have a freshly waxed pore and it's leaving all that buildup from the product in there, then yes, you're going to see some, you know, little bumps or whatever pop up for you. So I really try to get people to understand why using the products along with the wax is their long-term strategy. And it's a whole solution. And like, you don't come and get wax and not use the products. Like it's not a thing. It's like going and spending $500 on your hair for color and then putting swab on it. Like, or, you know, I don't know if I can

say swap, but then putting like whatever. Jumping in the pool. Right. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So, you know, it's not something that you, that you, you want to play with. You want to do the whole thing. It's a, it's a system that you want. And then veins, people are very concerned about their veins. I have a nice varicose vein in my leg right now. Yeah. What are your thoughts on that? Okay. So varicose veins would be somewhat of a contraindication for waxing. So we don't necessarily want to wax over a varicose vein. Interesting. Yeah. Because, you know, we don't want to create any more trauma to the area. So, and then, you know, like I said, all of our estheticians are licensed estheticians. So they know they can look at the skin and tell you like

what areas they can wax over and if your skin is irritated or whatever, you know, so I, if you have varicose veins, I would definitely speak with your doctor and see what you can do about those before you go into a wax suite. So interesting. And then, um, someone wrote cherry and glow moss. what no skip okay skip that out i don't i didn't know what it was either and then just in general a lot of our girls um and i'm not talking about like you get waxed and then product gets built up like the cystic acne of our lives as women and a lot of our girls in our facebook group were like can you just ask her like is there anything she's ever seen that worked because a lot of times our doctors will say you know go on birth control or go on cytotricline or whatever it is you know

what are your thoughts on on that so we're talking cystic acne on the face or we're like yeah i mean people get it on their chest or like wherever you know so the causes for that there are so many different causes for cystic acne so unfortunately i do have to say like if you really are having an issue you need to go to a doctor and get diagnosed properly with what could potentially be causing those things. But I can tell you from a personal perspective that I used to get very bad cystic acne under my arms and in my bikini area. And in my case, it was from shaving and I used to have to go to the doctor and actually like get them like drained. So that's how I got introduced to waxing and waxing literally changed my life. Cause once I started doing that

and actually caring for my skin, I haven't had that issue for the past nine years. So, you know, it could be that you are having like that buildup underneath your skin and the shaving, it just doesn't agree with your skin at all. And so, you know, you, for me, the ingrown hair wipes are my go-to product. Like I, we have our serum. I love our serum. Our ingrown hair wipes is like a step above, they're just a little bit stronger. So if you're experiencing that, I would try to use our ingrown hair wipes and see what that does for you. I love that. But not on the face. Those they're only body products. Okay. Um, Jack, Becca, do you have any burning, uh, questions you think our listener might need for her vagina when she goes to wax? No, I feel like we covered. I know

what we covered. I thought about your friend that was like, it was so painful. It was her first wax, right? Yeah. Yeah. It's a first wax is always, it's a little hard. Yeah. That's a good, that's good advice is just to get to your third because it's true. It's like the more you go, it's just you build up like the tolerance for it, but it's also just less painful. Yeah, it is. It's just generally less painful. It's better for you. All right. Now, as a final moment of this quickie, Deidre, I want you to just give us all a pep talk for coming in. I want everyone that listens to lady gang to go, uh, head over to wax center.com book your reservation. Your first wax is free. If you've never gone and you're scared about being that naky in front of the Deidre's

of the world, Deidre is going to give you her like power punch mom pep talk about going in right now and three, two, one. All right. So here it is. Come in and get wax. I want you to know that EWC, we wax all bodies. So if you have a body, you are eligible to come in and get waxed. So come in, get waxed. We are not judging you. We're here to make you feel good. Estheticians are definitely feelers. We're people, we got into this business because we wanted to make people feel good about themselves. So we are not, we're not judging. We're not looking for you to be perfect. You don't have to apologize for who you are, for your body, for being too heavy, too thin, too this, too that. We want to wax you. We're ready. Do you have hair? Do you have a body?

Come in, come see us. Boom. Boom. You did make me think of one question. Sure. If a girl has an irregular period and she tries desperately to make an appointment when she's not on her period, but it does fall on her period, what do you suggest? All you need is a tampon. Just a tampon. yeah yep oh tampon great when we can watch you i've definitely had people like start their cycle on the table it happens you know yeah it happens it's it's it's and it's like okay you know whatever we just we're professional it's like hey can you go to the restroom and you know put in a tampon your cycle just start and then we'll finish your service like no big deal i love that yeah that's the thing it's like this is like why i'm like everyone just it's so chill you don't have

to feel weird and it's weird that we grew up i think well i'm a little bit older than the girls but like there was just like i just grew up when we didn't talk about the vaginas like you just like stole a razor from your dad and like went to town on your eyebrows and your private like no one ever just said like it's okay like this is a yeah i mean i i agree i'm from the same era i think and my mom told i stole a razor from my mom and she got mad at me because i shaved my whole leg and she was like only stripper shave above the knee i mean she had a whole like oh my god and now this is this is what i do for a living so oh my god full circle i love that for you i'm doing a childhood trauma so and honestly anytime i get a chance to talk about my vagina

and how it's not normal looking i feel a little less alone so um lady gang we always strive to be our best and so does european wax center and they have uh these all these products that we've talked about on our instagram they're amazing head on over get your first wax free and um we weren't here for a long time but we are here for a time thanks for listening the lady gang is produced by alex ingber steve delameter and jared monaco make sure you subscribe rate and review our podcast and if you love it share it with your friends on social media like oh my god i just listen lady gang this episode's a great swipe up to listen and if you really want to which we know you do please follow us on social at kelty at becca at jack vanek and at the lady gang sign

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