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Photograph by CLAIRE BENOIST SHAPE.COM JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 5 1

Cheryl overshares

wax wielders

tsk-tsking

does sha

I asked someone

Kristina V

scientific

Gillette Venus

not really

largely a g

follicle, a little

surface o

follicle wall

the wall bef

ingrowns!

skin, which happens more in the bikini

area because the hair there grows at

a fairly flat angle against the skin. To min-

imize ingrowns, Vanoosthuyze suggests:

1/Wash the bikini area with warm water

before shaving to gently loosen trapped

hairs; 2/Use a sharp blade, so less force

is required to cut the hair and less stress

is put on the follicle; 3 /Moisturize after

shaving to reduce follicle-disrupting fric-

tion from your underwear.

strips (like

Bliss Poetic

Waxing Kit,

$48, bliss

world.com)

is your least

torturous

option.

Styling by Alma Melendez/Halley Resources. Top: Arthur Belebeau