Hair dye... for hair down there

There are no words for how infuriating I find this product.

File this under I'M OUTRAGED THAT WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND MONEY AND EFFORT ON REMAKING THEIR BODIES.

Betty Beauty has launched hair dyes for pubic hair.  So that it can match the hair on your salon selectives head... or be totally different.  Cool!

Now I'm not against beauty products in general.  I don't live in a cave; I don't shun all rituals.  But yet I'm uncomfortable with new products that make us feel like what we've got isn't good enough.  Some might call that hypocritical, but I call it a 21st Cenutury reality.  Because feminists CAN wear lipgloss (Hi, Money Miss) and it's tough for girls/women to decide how much of the game they want to play and how much to resist.

So while I do like to shampoo daily and put on some under eye cover up cause I'm tired, I'd really rather live in a world where women are fighting for world peace that worrying if their pubic hair matches... or if it's time to jazz things up a bit down there with some color!

It was the copy on the website that really pushed me to post about this stuff:

"I hadn't planned on starting a cosmetics company. 
But sitting in a hair salon in Rome a few years ago, I made a discovery. As I saw women leaving the salon, I couldn't help noticing that some would linger by the door. After a few minutes, their colorist would come back with a little paper bag, hand it to them and send them cheerfully on their way.

When I inquired about this mysterious ritual, the receptionist said: "Per sotto, per farli combaciare," meaning: "For the hair down there... to make it match." I thought, "How genius... A home coloring kit for the hair down there!" I knew there were no specialized products like this in America."

*****
"Genius"

Wow.

I can think of some other words I would have used....

Comments

[Adele]

I agree, that's totally offensive. I'm so sick of people's comments on pubic hair. In Six Feet Under (which I happen to love), one of the characters makes a comment about how some other woman he saw naked has "the biggest bush ever" and for some reason I think about that often. All of these suggestions that even our PUBIC HAIR needs more maintenance makes me insecure. And I would die of shock if I was the only one...

[Zoe]

Wow. When I read this I just couldn't beleive it, I had to re-read it! I understand dying the hair on your head - @ 13 I like to switch up my color with crazy colors, and I have an aunt who dies her hair to keep her job (crazy, but true - she worries she'd get fired if she looked her age!). But dying your hair, *ahem* "down there" seems so completely crazy! First off, the only person who would even *ahem-again* "see it" (*blush!*) would be a womans husband or boyfriend - at least, that's how I see it from my early-teen veiw. And shouldn't a husband or boyfriend or "significant other" love you and accept you the way you are? Or is it for the user? In which case - I just want to know WHY?! Do they use sensitive skin products? I mean - There are so many things that are wrong about this to me!
Please comment if you agree or even dis-agree, I want to here other people's oppinions! Especially if someone's used it. Cuz then I just want to know, like, why?
- Zoe

What exactly is wrong with doing this? I have really dark hair, and when I found a gray hair "down there" -at age 35- I felt like I looked older than I was. I hate it that I'm already going gray! If it makes me feel better, it's cheap, and it's not dangerous, why shouldn't I? My lover doesn't care if I'm gray; I care. Maybe I'm vain, what's it to you? It's not about world peace and the global empowerment of women. It's a vanity product. It makes as much sense as nail polish and hair curlers and shaving your pits in the wintertime, and no one sneers at women for that.

You know what's really a shame? The fact that Zoe is so embarrassed about her *ahem* private parts that she can't even mention them without *ahemming* and *blushing*. It's a VULVA, and I'm dying it black.

why dont u just shave zoe OMG geeks or wot!!!!!

[Stacy]

Wow, is it possible to be a feminist and not be somehow stuck in the Victorian era? Seriously, I'm sorry I am not wearing Birkenstocks and a flannel shirt. So in order to be a feminist I have to be a school marm? You feminists need to let go of the 70's notion that somehow glamor is immoral and pandering to men. I just ordered dye for my hair "down there", and I attended 5 peace rallies. How can you connect vanity with vacuousness? You are being arrogant, and making the mistake so many lesbians make when rejecting straight women out of hand for being "tinkerbells", or frivolous. You might do well to revise your limited notion of feminism, and you might attract more modern day women to your line of thinking.

[Blonde Pubis]

I would have to agree with Zoe. I have used this product before and I do shave. i just dye the hair that I have left to feel sexier. Betty dye is actually a great idea for many women who want a change and want to do it safely. I would recommend Betty for everyone and not just women.

[Charlotte]

I very much agree with the commentator above... 70s feminists won us all significant cultural and legal rights, for which I am very grateful, but they also made a lot of mistakes... the biggest of which is that caring about being attractive is somehow demeaning. Personally, I love that I am woman and I love that I know how to use artifice to make myself beautiful. I do it for me, and yes, I do it also to be attractive to men. It is ridiculous that we are supposed to be ashamed of trying to be beautiful. And for the record, I am a n executive earning six-figures in very competitive industry. I take pride in being feminine and beautiful, and I take pride in being smart and aggressive. If you don't like to fuss with make-up or dye, etc., that's fine. But don't judge me either, just because I might, for example, like to dye my public hair. Yeah, gray hair is natural, but who the hell said natural is a feminist ideal? Only humans can have artifice, and frankly, women are best at it.

[Lauren]

If you think this is great, you should visit this website: www.thegraybeaverclub.com. Fabulous gifts for friends over forty!
Enjoy!
Lauren
The Queen Beav