Ballerific Beauty: The Vagacial- Ms. V Needs Love Too – blogged by @niksofly

Yes you read that correctly. Don’t give me that look.  The term sounds awkward, but if you think about it, it’s really an extension of what you should be doing in regards to caring for your skin.

We spend countless amounts of dollars on skin care products to remove cellulite, reverse the signs of aging and  even our skin, but all we want to give Ms.V is a bull ish bath with the same soap you bathe with and we will only shave it if we are going to get lucky. [When I say we, I am speaking on females, excluding myself].  If you think you are a cut above the rest, Ms. V gets her waxing regularly. What about tone and texture? What about appearance? Ms. V needs to look just as good as you do, so a vagacial on the regular should be incorporated into your maintenance plan.

You can go to a spa and get one or you can do what I do. While I don’t mind bearing it all for a wax from my aesthetician, I do get a little uncomfortable when someone spends excessive time with Ms V so I just do it myself. I try to give myself a vagacial around the same time I go to my aesthetician which is every two-three weeks. If my face is gleaming, Ms. V is as well. I make it a me-time type of situation. A day after a total Brazilian , I set the mood.  The house is clean, everyone is gone, I have my mix playing and my bath awaiting me.  I grab my tweezers, and a few of the concoctions I whip up in the kitchen. Believe me when I say vagacials are quick, easy and affordable.

First things first, I like to soak in the bath with either peppermint or lavender Castile soap. I love Dr. Bronner’s Organic Soap. Since I usually have bathed prior, this is merely a skin prep session, I clean my lady with either the castile soap or my Summer Eve’s Cucumber and Melon feminine wash. I know they say that you aren’t suppose to use soap in that area, it’s self cleaning; but how many of us remember that knucklehead on the bus in middle school that used his two fingers as probes when exploring Thotianna. Exaaaaaaaactly. I’m not trying to walk around with a biohazard.  Anyhoo, I proceed to search for any signs of ingrown hairs and remove them. I wash again and put a bit of witch hazel on a cotton ball and go over the surface once more. Witch Hazel is a great astringent and it isn’t too harsh.

In a small bowl, I usually have a honey and brown sugar mix. ( 1 part honey, 2 parts brown sugar). I gently massage that onto the skin in a circular motion making sure I am cautious to not get any into my actual vagina. This helps with removing dead skin and improving the tone and texture in that area. After rinsing that completely off, I usually mash avocado and banana in a bowl. Sometimes I add papaya.  I mix in the juice of one large lemon and a tablespoon of honey. These ingredients have great moisturizing benefits . I apply a thick coat onto Ms. V and sit back for 10 minutes in deep thought ) More often than none, it’s usually about food).

I rinse the area. With one half of the lemon I just squeezed, I gently graze the rind over my area. Make sure this doesn’t go into Ms. V. Unlike the brown sugar and honey scrub, the juice from the rind of the lemon will repurpose your life.  Lemon helps with eliminating discoloration. I use it as a preventative method. After I rinse the excess juice off, I pat dry. I grab pure avocado oil and a vitamin E capsule. In my hands I break and mix the capsule of vitamin E in with half a teaspoon of avocado oil. Distributing the total contents evenly onto Ms. V, I rub it into my skin. I pat the excess off, clean up my area and continue on with my day. Excluding the soaking part (because that varies with how much I need to unwind), the entire vagacial itself takes no more than 20 minutes. It’s wuick and totally worth it.

I know this was one of those WTF posts, buuuuut it’s apart of our health and hygiene- two areas that include the total body.

-Niko Rose