Grooming

One of the Vagina Monologues is all about hair, and starts with the line, "You cannot love a vagina unless you love hair."  I have nothing but sympathy for the genitals who want to keep their hair and disgust for the genitals who insist their partners must change for their own pleasure... but let's not be extreme.  I can respect an all-natural bush, male or female.  Whether it's left alone as a statement, out of laziness or apathy, or just by the preference of the genitals doesn't really matter.  Choice is choice.  And grooming is a perfectly legitimate choice as well.

In my opinion, a little trimming goes a long way.  By taming your bush, you're showing your (prospective) partner that you're self-aware, and that you make deliberate choices with the presentation of your genitals.  You're expressing that you care about their opinion of how your penis or vagina looks, and that you want your play to be as pleasant as possible for both of you.  You're encouraging exploratory touches, and promising that oral will not result in long, loose hairs stuck in the back of the throat.

I'm a big fan of selective smoothness.  On women, I love it when their labia are smooth, so their vaginas get very slick and are very pleasant to go down on.  On men, I think it's a good idea to keep the perineum smooth--that spot just under the balls.  They always seem to like stimulation there, especially during sex or oral, and that's much easier to do when there isn't a lot of hair getting in the way.

The trouble is finding the right hair removal technique.  Razors are pretty standard, but it can be difficult to navigate the tight curves or delicate skin of a vagina, and they can result in those uncomfortable red shaving bumps.  I know there are products designed specifically to reduce that, but to go through that whole process just to apply a product anyway seems a bit much.  I've tried a home waxing kit, but it didn't work well... and I don't want to employ a specialist just to have smooth labia.  I have an epilator, but that thing complicates all the same problems as a razor and it hurts like a bitch.

So, I prefer the lotions that burn off the hair.  Specifically, I use Nair, the sensitive skin kind with aloe in it.  I always leave it on longer than the instructions say to--after all, pubic hair is thick and coarse.  I clean up the spots too sensitive for Nair with a razor.  When I'm done, showered and dry, I rub myself down with more aloe and just let it dry on me.  Voila; a lovely, uniform smooth which intensifies sensation for me and feels good for the fingers, mouth or penis I'm playing with.  You don't have to love hair to love vaginas--you just have to appreciate the presentation.

My result: