00:00Hi, I'm Channing. I'm a fashion news writer at Refinery29 and for the next
00:04three days I will not shave. I actually shave just about every day. I shave
00:11everything in the shower. My legs, my arms, my armpits. The stubble starts, I feel
00:15like, immediately after I shave. I think it's really weird that our society puts
00:19such boundaries on women and their hair. I clearly still subscribe to them because
00:22I do not like my own hair. I am not removing my body hair because a man that
00:27I'm dating is asking me to. I'm removing it because I want to. So if this man has a
00:31problem with my body hair, you just do not get my body. I love the movements where
00:35women are embracing their body hair. I love seeing girls on Instagram with like
00:39their armpit hair colored a different color. I think that is really really cool
00:42and interesting. I do not know if that's for me though. Wouldn't that be crazy though
00:46if at the end of this challenge I like come back in here and my armpit hair is
00:49bright pink because I like am embracing it that much. I'm super nervous to start
00:53this challenge. I am someone who loves to shave. I feel best about myself after I've
00:57shaved so I'm super nervous but pray for me. Hopefully I do fine. We will see. Follow
01:01me along for the next three days as I embark on this challenge. Yikes. I don't know. I don't
01:07think I'm going to do okay. Good morning. It is day one of my no shave challenge and
01:13so far not great. I literally put on four different versions of this outfit I had on
01:18a t-shirt underneath. Then I realized I'd probably be hot with all this stuff but
01:21then like my armpits are so hairy, my legs are so hairy but like I need to get out of
01:25this
01:26apartment and like get on the train so I will not be late. I'm off to a rocky start
01:29you guys. Off to a rocky start. Hi so I'm home. I just completed day one of my no shave
01:35challenge and it went okay. So the only thing that was awkward for me today was I realized
01:41that when I sit in my chair I often sit with my legs like up on the seat and I
01:46wondered
01:46if the people who were sitting next to me could tell how hairy my legs were. Now that I'm home
01:50my typical unwind is to take a very long shower. I exfoliate, I shave, I do a face mask. I
01:57like
01:57literally my showers are like 30 minutes but now I'm going to have a lot of time left over
02:01because I'm not shaving. So TBD. We'll let you know how that goes but I will see you tomorrow
02:09morning and wish me good luck picking out an outfit because I had a time today. I'm wearing a longer
02:16skirt obviously you can see to like hide my legs and my armpits are covered too but um I'm wearing
02:22like a rose scent. I really like earrings. I feel feminine in other ways besides like removing the hair
02:27from my body. So far so good so I'll see you soon. That moment when you realize how hairy your
02:32legs
02:32really are in natural light. Not pleased at all. I feel gross. If I can just push through tomorrow
02:38then I am going to have the best most luxe shower experience ever because I'm going to shave
02:46and it's going to feel so good. I'm gonna feel so good again. Good morning. This is day three of
02:54my
02:54no shave challenge. My underarms are slightly covered but you know what I bet they don't bother me as
02:59much. I really like this outfit so I don't know that I'm gonna feel bothered that my legs are not
03:03shaved.
03:04I mean other than the fact that I can like feel the hair which I'm still not used to but
03:08we shall see
03:09so wish me luck. Final day. Hi guys I just completed day three of my no shave challenge. I think
03:17it went
03:18really well. I thought it was the perfect day for me to finish on it honestly because I was really
03:22busy.
03:22The only time I thought about my hairy legs was I was interviewing two designers. We were sitting very
03:29close and the way that I was sitting they were male and straight. I wondered if they could see my
03:33legs
03:33and then I thought about it again and I was like I don't I don't really care. It went really
03:37well.
03:37I think the challenge I learned a lot about myself. I am very excited though to get in the shower
03:43and
03:44exfoliate and shave my legs but I'm proud of myself for doing it so thanks for following me along. Bye!
