If Blunt signs the bill -- which he's fully expected to do -- budding bikini-wearers interested in ripping the pubic hair from their nether-regions will have to convince Mom or Dad to sign off.
"That's so a child under the age of eighteen cant go in and do a complete Brazilian wax without parental consent, explains Darla Fox, executive director of the Missouri State Board of Cosmetology, which proposed the law.
Twelve- and thirteen-year-old little girls think theyre eighteen and nineteen in this day and age, Fox continues. Sometimes they can become very rebellious, and if they think this is something that their folks can come unglued about, thats what theyre going to do.
The hair-removal method, the barest form of erotic shaving, gained prominence in the mid-90s as skimpy thongs made their way into wardrobes. Rather than simply trim the hair escaping from the cloth triangle, women (and men) started paying to have it waxed off. The added bonus is increased sensitivity. And, in a culture where some teens dont consider oral sex to be sex at all, a good waxing can double the pleasure.
We use a wax substance specifically made for [Brazilian waxing], says Chris Duello, marketing director for The Face & The Body, a Clayton day spa that offers the procedure for $60. It tends to be very sticky. The wax is applied carefully where you want to remove the hair, and then a piece of cloth, usually a muslin, is applied to that, and its smoothed in the direction of the hair growth.
With one stern rip and a few days of healing, the pubic area and butt crack are as fresh as the morning dew and remain so for a couple of months.
The hair, notes Duello, is stuck in the wax, the wax is stuck in the muslin, and as you pull it backwards it removes the hair from the follicles. He adds that the proposed legislation wont effect business much at The Face & The Body, which already requires parental consent to wax anyone sixteen or under.
Erin Otis, an aesthetician at American Image Salon in Chesterfield, says that she has a lot of teens asking for the procedure. The majority of my clients come in and say they heard about it on Sex and the City. They come to us and say, What is this all about? and its always in a really hush-hush voice when the doors shut. A lot of the kids would probably be embarrassed if they had to go to their parents and say, I want to go and have this done, and the parents would go, Why?
The parental-permission-for-waxing provision was tacked onto a larger piece of legislation that will merge the states cosmetology and barber boards. The bill passed both houses of the legislature with near-unanimous support. Blunt has until July 14 to approve the measure. When signed into law, the waxing provision will take immediate effect so expect teenagers to soon be racing to waxing salons in time for the summer nookie season.
Brazilian waxing is absolutely the thing now for these young people, says Darla Fox. Its always been a thing for body-builders and models, but it is unbelievable how many people want this thing done. And thats fine if their folks say its OK.
