Are you our next Brazilian Butterfly Superstar? Click here

  • Home
  • About
  • Current offers
  • Services
  • Shop
  • Blog
  • Salons
  • Book Now
Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Current offers
  • Services
  • Shop
  • Blog
  • Salons
  • Book Now
  • Home
  • About

    About

    • Our difference
    • Franchising
    • Careers 
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms
    • COVID Protocol

    FROM THE BLOG

    skincare after 30

    What Happens To Your Skin After 30

    The Importance Of Your Skincare After 30 Your skin develops and changes over time. There are certain stages when that change is more dramatic and

    Read Full Article
  • Current offers
  • Services

    WOMEN

    • Waxing
    • Tanning
    • IPL Hair Removal
    • Skin Treatments
    • Beauty Services
    •  
    • VIEW PRICING

    men

    • Waxing
    • Tanning
    • IPL Hair Removal
    • Skin Treatments
    • Beauty Services
    •  
    • VIEW PRICING
  • Shop

    Categories

    • Shop All
    • Waxing
    • Tanning
    • IPL Hair Removal
    • IPL Skin Treatments
    • Beauty
    • Sunscreen
    • e-Gift Card  *NEW*

    brands

    • Brazilian Butterfly
    • MineTan
    • Aspect
    • We Are Feel Good Inc.
    • Tan Bomb
    • Eyenvy
    • HD Brows
    • Brow Code
    • Sugar Cocoon
    • Elleebana

    Picked for you

    Aspect – Pigment Punch Body

    Target areas of the body that show the signs of ageing,

    FIND OUT MORE
  • Blog

    FROM THE BLOG

    skincare after 30

    What Happens To Your Skin After 30

    The Importance Of Your Skincare After 30 Your skin develops and changes over time. There are certain stages when that change is more dramatic and

    Read Full Article
    IPL in summer

    How To Get The Most Out Of IPL In Summer

    Finding The Right Time For IPL Getting the best from your treatments can depend on a few essential elements one of which is ‘When should

    Read Full Article
    lunchtime treatments

    Top 5 Lunchtime Treatments

    We get it, life can be a little crazy. There seems to be more things to do and less and less time to do them.

    Read Full Article

    CATEGORIES

    • Lifestyle
    • Self Care
    • Waxing
    • IPL and Laser
    • Tanning
    • Beauty
  • Salons

    VISIT OUR SALONS

    VIC

    • Armadale
    • Berwick
    • Burwood East 
    • Camberwell 
    • Carlton 
    • Epping 
    • Essendon
    • Fairfield
    • Frankston
    • Geelong West

     

    • Greensborough
    • Hampton
    • Knox
    • Oakleigh 
    • Port Melbourne 
    • Richmond
    • Ringwood North 
    • Rowville
    • St Kilda 
    • Taylors Lakes
    • Werribee 

    QLD

    • Ashmore
    • Robina
    • Surfers Paradise
    •  

    ACT

    • Canberra
    •  

    WA

    • Fremantle
  • Book Now
$0.00 Cart
BOOK NOW
$0.00 Cart

Blog

The Brazilian Revolution

  • July 1, 2021
brazilian-waxing

The worship of the female genitalia is a timeless one. 

The ancient symbol for the goddess was a butterfly representing the vulva.

Where did it all start and what does it mean today?

There is a well published theory that every baby begins as a female. The human embryo in its first 8 weeks, is an “indifferent creature” with the potential to be either gender. That’s when the Y chromosome comes in, creating a change to the male form. 

The clitoris and penis are essentially the same organ, formed from the same tissue. 

The labia majora and scrotum have a similar position, relation and structure. In the male body, “the two lips simply grow longer, fold over the midline, forming the scrotal sac.”

Yes, that means Adam came second, formed out of Eve!

A Quick Look Back at the First Pubic Hair

Back in the times of cavemen, we needed pubic hair for protection and pheromone scent. No-one wore underwear and everyone may well literally have had ants in their non-existent pants.

Let’s sweep that back under the bear skin rug and fast forward to modern civilisation, and the appearance of the bare skin movement!

The fate of pubic hair has had a tangled story throughout history.

The practice of removing female body hair can be traced back to ancient Greek, Rome and Egypt. This is when pubic hair was removed in the name of beauty. They considered pubic hair as “uncivilised”.

The Egyptians of Cleopatra’s time used a sugar mixture for hair removal similar to modern day waxing. Wealthy Romans in the sixth century BC viewed pubic hair as low-class. They used everything from pumice stones, tweezers and depilatories to achieve complete hairlessness. 

The Continuation of Hair Removal

Throughout the Middle Ages, women were still getting rid of body hair with a  particular focus on pubic hair removal.

The philosophy was to associate hair removal with staying or recapturing one’s youth and as an attempt to maintain an air of purity and chastity. There was also the theory that women removed their pubic hair to prevent or remove the dangers of pubic lice. 

By the 14th Century, the issue of pubic hair turned on its head and some women were shaving their pubic area only to then don a fluffed pubic hairpiece/wig called a ‘merkin’. Rather than a decorative device, this was apparently used to hide the unsightly sores that came with gonorrhoea and syphilis.

By the Elizabethan era, there was little to no mention of body hair, though the Queen herself did popularise the trend of plucking her eyebrows and hairline. A deep forehead was a sign of nobility. 

The first signs of razors for hair trimming came around the 1840’s. There was also the use of a plaster mixture spread over a leather strap to remove unwanted body hair which proved popular. 

brazilian-waxing-Egyptian-woman

The Hair Removal Ways of the Modern Day

With the changing fashions of the early 1900’s and the display of exposed limbs brought the social pressure for women to shave their armpits and legs. 

The Gillette company launched an anti-underarm hair campaign in 1915. With the first safety razor specifically made for women, Gillette ads urged them to remove ‘unsightly’ and ‘objectionable hair’ from their bodies with a particular focus on their underarms. 

The wartime shortage of nylon in the 1940’s meant women couldn’t wear stockings every day. This meant having to go bare legged. What started as a fad, soon became a custom and one that continued for years to come. 

The Uptake of Waxing Downstairs

There was one significant fashion item that led to a huge uptake in women trimming their pubic hair. 

In 1946, the bikini was created and soon enough it became the iconic beachwear item.

This was soon followed by the advent of mini skirts in the 1960’s, which led to women routinely shaving their legs. There was a turn away from the pubic area because some men were suspicious of a woman without pubic hair.

With the move to less clothing of the times came the need for less female hair. 

The ideal of a hairless female body was shunned by the feminists of the 1960’s. There was a movement to leave any body hair alone and embrace it. This campaign however, was short lived. 

brazilian-waxing-purple-wax

It's Brazilian Time

The Brazilian wax hit the mainstream in 1987 mainly through simple word of mouth. 

This was already popular in Brazil where beaches boasted swimsuits which were little more than dental-floss.

Then came the famous scene in Sex And The City around 2000, even Carrie Bradshaw gets one! There was a growing demand for this special wax treatment.

Brazilian Butterfly opened its wings in 2002. Founder, Tanya Farrar “wanted to make Brazilian waxing mainstream”, leaving its somewhat seedy image behind. The idea was to establish it as just another beauty treatment that helps women feel more confident and comfortable about that hidden part of their natural body, taking it out from under the covers.

The most popular Brazilian waxing was the landing strip where everything is waxed; the labia, including the bottom and where a small strip is left on top of the pubic bone. 

The Age of the Brazilian Revolution

At Brazilian Butterfly, we designed 6 shapes which included;

  • the heart,
  • the star,
  • the moon,
  • the dollar sign,
  • the lightning bolt

Initially, we would bleach and colour the pubic hair in crazy colours, then create the shape with our special stencil design template.

Then came the Vjazzle or BB Jazzle and the sparkly VJs.

After waxing off all pubic hair, small diamante stones were adhered to the pubic bone for decorative effect (or even for flashing your ‘bits’ at parties).

After years of removing all the pubic hair by waxing and with the introduction of laser and IPL hair removal systems, pubic hair is in sparse and short supply.

The most popular wax is now all off! A reclamation has occurred. 

Where to next? Vajacial anyone?

BOOK A WAXING APPOINTMENT

CATEGORIES

Category
  • Beauty
  • IPL and Laser
  • Lifestyle
  • Self Care
  • Skin care
  • Tanning
  • Uncategorised
  • Waxing

FEATURED
PRODUCT

  • Aspect Limited Edition Essentials Kit

    $235.00
    Add to wishlist

RELATED BLOGS

skincare after 30

What Happens To Your Skin After 30

READ FULL ARTICLE
IPL in summer

How To Get The Most Out Of IPL In Summer

READ FULL ARTICLE
lunchtime treatments

Top 5 Lunchtime Treatments

READ FULL ARTICLE
skin exfoliation

Skin Exfoliation Tips And Tricks

READ FULL ARTICLE
  • Our Difference
  • Brazilian Butterfly Franchising
  • Careers
  • Privacy Policy
  • Brazilian Butterfly Terms and Conditions
Menu
  • Our Difference
  • Brazilian Butterfly Franchising
  • Careers
  • Privacy Policy
  • Brazilian Butterfly Terms and Conditions

Copyright 2022 Brazilian Butterfly

Website by Realize Online

Receive 10% off your first online product purchase

Receive 10% off your first online product purchase

Our Spring Sale Has Started

You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/