"Bikini Protection"

When I was a little kid I used to wonder how the medicine knew where to go to cure various afflictions. Now I know it's more a matter of marketing than science. Headache formula pain reliever is the same compound as arthritis formula, either one would do for either pain. It all works the same.

But how about shaving cream for women? The kind that used to be for your armpits and legs, it now recognizes another part of your body. The can states that it has "bikini protection." It contains "calming chamomile and soothing cucumber with silk to provide protection and moisturization especially in your bikini area." What a crock. I have an image of the focus group that concocted that one. Questions like, "When thinking of your bikini area, what calming and soothing words come to mind?" Silk. Chamomile. Cucumber? OK.

One of those words comes to mind, not for my bikini area, but for soothing my fried brain. Silk, on sale:

 

Aaaahhhhhhh.

Comments

[Lynn]

And that's no marketing ploy either!

[Sarah R]

Oh, such a soothing color. Yummy.

[Jo]

Those look like the socks I just finished. It's beautiful - what is your plan for it?

[Lorette]

Oh, now that's lovely stuff. You are just lucky I don't live closer, or that might go missing.

[Lacy]

And what project do you have in mind for this lovely and so soothing silk yarn?

[Deb Pittman]

Hello,
I saw the wonderful photo of the herringbone rib scarf and I would love to try it. I am a fairly new knitter, but I just can't resist using the amazing hand-dyed yarns. I would like to get a copy of this pattern, and hope it is not beyond my skill level. Thanks very much.
Deb P.

[Criquette]

Haha! And I agree - I'd prefer SeaSilk over shaving the bikini area any day!

[Evelyn]

And isn't "bikini area" a weird euphemism to begin with? Do we also have body parts known as "the bra area?