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It is unlikely that anyone would dare to call hairy armpits an attractive highlight of the image of a person, however, contrary to all aesthetic perceptions, this phenomenon threatens to turn into part of popular culture.

The number and intensity of the debate over underarm vegetation is rapidly gaining momentum. Of course, in the first place, we are simply talking about the fact that women should not shave their armpits.

Regardless of whether you associate the presence of body hair with feminism or not, the proponents of this phenomenon see refusal to shave as, above all, a powerful weapon against the patriarchal view of female beauty.

However, a woman should remain a woman, so if you don't shave, then dye what is growing!

Hairy armpits

It all started with a stylist practicing in Seattle, Roxie Hunt. She became an internet star after dyed her hair under the armpits of a client in blue colourto match the hair color on your head.

After the accomplishment of this action, she wrote in her blog that it was nothing more than direct action feminism. Her post was reposted over 30,000 times, even a special hashtag appeared - #dyedpit , which means "dyed armpits".

The stylist herself willingly shares her thoughts on this matter: “Everything was conceived as an experiment. We took photos of the process, and they turned out to be so interesting that it was decided to post them on the network. People understood us.

After that, a lot of photos of girls appeared on the network who decided to follow the example of Roxy and her model. There is a second hashtag - "free your armpits" (#freeyourpits).

Thus, it turned into a kind of movement: grow and dye underarm hair.

As Hunt says, it's not just an aesthetic experiment, but a way to express yourself. "It is our right to decide what to do with the vegetation on the body. Let's hope that soon, this will become quite an ordinary thing, and hair on female body will not cause discomfort due to the fact that the lady does not fit into the standards of beauty. "

Some say that this is the machinations of feminists, others look at the pictures of hairy girls with disgust, and some support new trend and sincerely believes that the future is behind him. Fashion for hairy armpits does not subside, because celebrities got down to business!

Assessment

The other day, all the attention was focused on the 22-year-old, who received the Inspiration Award for her contribution to the fight against AIDS at the amfAR gala in New York. The singer showed off a delightful glam rock look: a red Moschino dress embellished with sequin hearts and black martins boots with rough soles, which came to the modern wardrobe from subculture and punk of the late 70s. But most importantly: Miley did not hesitate to show her unshaven armpits.

Miley Cyrus at amFar in New York. PHOTO: Voge.ru

Last year we were covered by a real tsunami of unshaven armpits: the same Miley Cyrus, and a number of other major stars posted photos on the Internet showing their unshaven and brightly colored armpits. The public was divided into two camps: some condemned the new trend with disgust, while others enthusiastically picked up the next wave of liberation from the standards of fashion and beauty.

In 2014, Madonna posted a photo on her Instagram with the words: “ Long hair - I don't care "

Back in 2007, photographer Ben Hopper began creating a series of photographs called Natural Beauty, dedicated to the fight against meaningless beauty standards in modern society... In 2014, he published this episode on the Huffington Post, where he talked about his idea. According to him, one of his models had such disgust for her own hair in the armpit that she refused to shoot.

“The whole purpose of the photo session is to show the contrast between the current beauty standards and the unaesthetic appearance of unshaven armpits. I wanted to surprise people and at the same time challenge the current canons of attractiveness, ”says Hopper.

Unshaven underarms are on the rise thanks to Seattle-based stylist Roxy Hunt. She was the first to dye her armpit hair blue - the same color as her hair at the time. She then wrote about it on her blog, calling it "direct action feminism." The post instantly spread across social networks, causing a huge resonance: there was even a hashtag #dyedpit, which means "painted armpits".

Since the pioneer Hunt, many dyedpit followers have appeared on the web. The girls began to massively dye their armpit hair in different colors and show photos on the Internet, after which another hashtag appeared - #freeyurpits ("free your armpits"), which more accurately expressed the essence of the phenomenon. The idea of \u200b\u200bnot only not shaving your hair, but also flaunting it, thus declaring new views on the beauty of the body and the right to dispose of it as you want, has become a real movement.

“This is a celebration of our right to make conscious choices about what to do with our body. Hopefully this concept will remain in the nature of things in the coming years. And female body hair will change the debate about what is considered "natural beauty" today, says Roxy Hunt.

Roxy Hunt

Indeed, in recent years, the so-called “ natural beauty»: Natural shades of hair, achieved through complex manipulations in a beauty salon; natural make-up, on which you can spend almost twice as much time as on ordinary, natural carelessness in clothes (as if you were going in a hurry and put on these perfectly matching things completely by accident; yes, as if you did pick them up right off the floor! ) etc.

Dandy

All this well thought out, planned and not at all natural "naturalness" began to resemble the rules of the 19th century, which, wanting to avoid triviality, drove themselves into the trap of vulgarity. In order to look fashionable, the dandy had to spend hours on drawing up an allegedly careless dress, "stripping" a new tailcoat at home (and sometimes the tailcoat was even given to the valet for a couple of weeks).

Julia Robert at the Notting Hill premiere, 1999

In general, as soon as the development of civilization drives us into too tight a framework, there is always someone who backs up. Madonna and Miley Cyrus are not the only celebrities supporting the change in society. So, with unshaven armpits, appeared in 1999 at the premiere of Notting Hill (which, incidentally, caused a hail of ridicule), and more than once admitted that she does not like shaving her pubic hair. It seems that the topic of hair on the female body is no longer a cultural taboo.

Miley Cyrus

More and more often there are women who are not afraid to seem "not like that" and break the standards of perception of the beauty of the female body that have developed over many decades and even centuries. Girls from a young age are convinced through advertising that the only possible variant for a woman it is a smooth, perfectly hairless body. Within the framework of this worldview, it is believed that only a hairless female body can be sexually attractive (let's remember: have you, too, at least once in your life refused sex because you did not have time to shave your legs?) And, moreover, that the absence of vegetation on the body - this is the norm for a woman.

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It seems that not only women, but also men believed in this. Many of them sincerely believe that there can be no hair on a woman's body (the maximum is a light fluff) - simply because they have never seen it. Millions of women every day work hard and spend huge amounts of money to get rid of hair on their legs, arms, face, armpits and bikini area. If hair on a woman's body exists, then why do we deny it?

Ben Hopper "Natural Beauty"

An ordinary student at the University of Liverpool Yasmin Gasimova, who had to shave her legs since she was 10, asked the same question and posted a photo of her hairy legs on Facebook. “It's really not fair that society makes women feel shy about body hair. The truth is, hair is okay, ”Yasmin said.

If a woman does not want to shave her hair, then she has the right to do so. The problem is that not all women who would gladly abandon tedious procedures or can boast the same courage as Yasmin. Immediately after the publication of the pictures, a storm of criticism fell on Yasmin. Just because she does not shave her body hair, the girl received many insults.

Image from a video posted by YouTube video blogger Destiny M about what prompted her to dye her armpit hair blue.

Julia Roberts sparked a media frenzy by appearing at the premiere of Notting Hill with her underarms shaved. She proudly waved her hand up to her fans, not worrying about the clumps of hair under her arms catching the glare of dozens of flash photos.

Imagine for a moment the craziness that would ensue if her armpits were painted blue.

Armpit hair and the question of whether to shave it off or nothave been the subject of controversy for many years. And now some women are experimenting with dyeing hair in armpits ... Yes, you read that right. They dye their underarm hair blue, green, red, and any other color they fancy.

Roxy Hunt, a stylist at a salon called Vain in Seattle, has always wanted to experiment with a client's underarm hair coloring. She recently decided to try it and dyed the young woman's armpits blue to match her blue hair. Hunt wrote on her blog:

“We laughed and admired her beauty blue hair in the armpits. It was too beautiful to be true. The color of her armpits matched perfectly with the color of her head. I felt an important victory in favor of body hair. "

If that hasn't convinced you yet, post Hunt shared over 36,000 times... A quick search on Instagram reveals that there is a #dyedpits hashtag with 373 posts and a #armpithair hashtag with over 12,000 posts (Russian-speaking Instagram users haven't gotten around to that yet and are behaving decently. Who dares to be the first?).

Would you paint your armpits?
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Armpit coloring in bright colors is a phenomenon of our time

Coming soon and at all music festivals: bright, catchy armpits!

If you're too scared to try out the rainbow-colored hair trend, then you're in luck. You can experience it on ... your armpits! Yes, underarm coloring is the latest "trend" in the beauty world. Forget about turning your scalp hair into a Pantone masterpiece - it turns out armpit staining is at the peak of popularity.

If you google "underarm staining," to your surprise, the search engine will return many articles and video blogs about the phenomenon, plus a bunch of instructions on how to do it at home, dating back to 2007. (Many of them suggest using Manic Panic paints.) This may not be an ultra new trend, but it's starting to show up in large numbers on instagram and YouTube.

Shave or not shave? That's the question.

It is unclear whether the hair itself is needed for this procedure. (Given that Manic Panic can stain your hands and forehead, I guess not, although it certainly won't last that long.) However, many of teaching aids were the result of real women celebrating their armpit hair in vibrant color - an attempt to stop tabooing women's armpit hair. Conversely, some men glorify their shaved, bald armpits (almost as taboo for men as hairy armpits are for women) with the same flamboyant armpits.

We stand for freedom of creative expression, so while no one on our team has tried it on themselves yet, we support this risky image. The armpits are not the sexiest part of the body, so to speak, so if you want to give them their due, go for it.

Now who will be the first to invent a nature-friendly, Ministry of Health approved underarm stain deodorant?

What is your opinion on these "contrived" staining examples. Are you going to try it out in the near future?