- Definitely don't do (alarm buzzing)
what we're gonna do.
- Don't try this at home.
(upbeat music)
- I'm Emily.
- And I'm Ellyse.
- And today we're going to try to remove
some of Ellyse's arm hair.
Arm hair.
Using commonly found household items.
- So you don't have to.
I've always had hairy arms, and that's okay.
And when I was a kid I always thought
I would grow out of it. I've never removed it before,
and I've bleached it before to cover it up a bit,
but at this point in my adulthood, I'm just like,
you know what, I have arm hair, that's okay.
- Let's go over what we have for you today.
We have a slew of different items.
We have gaff tape,
duct tape, everyone's favorite,
craft glue, first-aid bandages, nose strips,
and some wax strips.
This'll be our control group,
'cause this will definitely remove your hair.
- Have you ever waxed someone before?
- I have
actually. - Okay, great.
That makes me feel more comfortable.
- So we're gonna draw five lines
to section off your arm.
(upbeat music)
- We'll start with some gaff tape, huh?
- I just hope its not patchy. (tape ripping)
That's my main concern. (Emily snickers)
So you're gonna do that on the wrist area?
- Yeah, and then we're just gonna put it
with the direction of the hair.
Then we're gonna rip opposite.
Later, we're not gonna rip right now.
Alright, duct tape.
(upbeat music)
- Out of all these objects,
which do you think is gonna work the best?
- In term of household item,
definitely I think I'm gonna go duct with this one.
- I think I agree.
I'm excited about the glue though, that's for sure.
I think the glue's gonna actually be surprisingly effective.
That looks nasty.
- I'm scared for you.
Moving on to the nose strip.
Again, when you don't have wax
and you have a hot date in like 25 minutes
and you need to get rid of your arm hair.
(laughing) - If you're ever in a
situation where you need - What are you gonna do?
- to get rid of your arm hair.
(Ellyse laughs nervously) - Are you nervous?
- Well, I'm wondering what if it rips off my skin?
(upbeat music)
- Alright, with the hair, with the hair, with the hair.
- Okay, (laughs) this is so weird.
(upbeat music)
(wax strip pops)
- You ready? - Surprise me.
- Okay, wait, so you have to hold the skin like really
taut, right? - Yes, yeah, definitely.
- What position should I get in?
- Just relax.
- Okay, I'm relaxed.
- Yeah, okay, here,
relax even more. - Okay, whew.
- Okay, there you go.
Ready?
- Do you feel like you're in a good spot?
- Yeah, I feel fine.
- Okay, 'cause you're ripping away from you.
- Yeah, well I'm ripping this way
'cause your hair is growing this way.
Alright, ready? - Okay, yeah.
- Ready? Ready? Ready?
- Mm-hmm. (ripping)
Whoa! (laughing)
Oh, that actually did not feel that bad.
(laughing)
- [Ellyse] Whoa!
- It worked well. You're so smooth!
- Oh, that feels weird!
That feels so weird!
Okay, wanna go to the band-aid next?
- Okay do this one really, like, yup.
(ripping) Oop.
- Sorry. (ripping)
- Oh, terrible, terrible.
- (laughing) There's some hair on there.
- A little bit?
- Yeah, a little bit.
One, two, skip a few, go down to the tape.
- Great.
This one I'm worried it's gonna take my skin off.
(alarm buzzes) - Just gonna get a corner.
Ready?
(ripping) - Oh, that didn't
do anything. - Yeah, that was fun.
Okay, that was nothing, there's absolutely nothing on that.
Are you okay? (both laughing)
Duct tape time.
(alarm buzzes) Alright, ready?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Do you want me to count or surprise you?
- Um, surprise.
(ripping) Ooh!
- We got hair! - Oh, a little bit?
- That wasn't bad.
That came off so much easier than I thought.
We got hair.
- Why don't we try a big-ass surface area and just rip?
(tape ripping) - Okay.
(alarm buzzes)
(ripping) - Oh! (laughs)
- Wow! (gasps) (Ellyse laughs)
- [Emily] Oh my gosh!
- Wow! I think we found a winner!
Let's do more of this arm. (both laughing)
- So we've waited about 15 minutes.
The nose strip seems to be ready.
Holding it taut.
- Here we go.
- Gettin' a corner and boom! (ripping)
- Oooh! - Oop.
- Whoa. (laughing)
- Or it'll break. (ripping)
- Oh! - Or it'll break again.
Okay, ready? Boom! (ripping) (laughing)
- And one more (ripping)
and another, okay, great. (ripping) (laughing)
How did that feel?
- That was probably the most painful
(Emily laughing) out of all of them
and the least effective.
- So the glue wasn't drying,
so we enlisted the help of a blow dryer.
- It's gonna take probably a while.
(alarm buzzes) It's gonna be slow
and painful.
- [Emily] Okay.
- [Ellyse] Ooh! (laughing)
(upbeat classical music)
- I got one.
- We could also treat it as if it's hot wax
and put a paper over it and then do a rip.
- Okay.
- [Ellyse] My arm is starting to sting.
It's okay though.
- Where?
- This one. - Well, we did a lot there.
- Yeah.
Okay, great technique.
- [Emily] Thank you. (laughing)
(upbeat whimsical music)
- Alright.
(tearing) - Oop! (laughing)
- Alright. - Commit!
(tearing) Oop!
(tearing) Ooh, yow!
- Felt that.
- Oh, there's worse things in life. (laughing)
- Oop, okay.
Oop, oop.
- [Emily] Oop.
- Yow, eep, ooh.
Wow, ow, ow, ow.
- (laughing) Are you okay?
- In your experience as the salon lady,
what was the winner for you?
- The duct tape would be the best at-home remedy
that's not wax or some traditional hair-removing method.
- Obviously the wax strip was the most effective
and least painful.
The pain-to-effectiveness ratio
was most desirable over here.
When you take into consideration that
duct tape is cheap and it goes a long way,
for me, duct tape is a winner.
The glue just--
- [Emily] I think I saw maybe two hairs.
- Yeah, this is what came out of the glue,
which is probably like dirt. (both snicker)
- So would you do any of these again?
- I'm not gonna say I'm definitely gonna do this again.
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