alternate reality.(grooming and hairdressing)

Secrets of a Survivor By Jenna Morasca

Secrets of a Survivor By Jenna Morasca When I first found out that I was going to be on Survivor: Amazon, I pretty much freaked out. The first thing I thought was, How can I be on TV with hairy armpits? The day before I left for the Amazon, I went to the spa and had the works: Brazilian bikini wax, underarm wax, facial, eyelash dyeing, and a deep-conditioning treatment. The show lasts six weeks, and I knew once I got there, there would be no mascara, razors -- not even toothpaste. My last night in civilization I piled on as much waterproof black eyeliner and berry-colored lip stain as I could handle. My thinking was that as it wore off, there would still be traces of color on my lips and definition around my eyes. A few weeks into the trip, my underarm hair started growing in. I tried plucking it out by hand, but it was so tiring, I gave up. I tried not to raise my arms. [Fellow Survivor] Heidi and I also tried shaving our legs with machetes -- which of course didn't work. And to deal with our bikini lines, we kept pulling our bathing suits down. The funny thing is you can't see body hair on TV. For the most part, it was the women in the group who maintained any sort of hygiene. Heidi and I found these tiny vines that we used as floss. At one point, we tried to wash our hair and brush it with sticks, but that didn't work. We were ...