There isn’t a huge audience out there who enjoys shaving. From the time it takes, to the extra cost, to the maintenance of it all, shaving has a number of drawbacks.
So, when one woman tried a cheap, simple way of removing hair that worked, it took the internet by storm. Is the razor industry about to run into some competition? Only time will tell!
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The chances of having a post go viral are pretty slim, let alone your very first one on a new platform.
But that’s exactly what happened to Jules, or user jules49of , on Tiktok. Her first upload is currently sitting at 1.3 million views, 219k likes, and over 3000 comments, all for a pretty strange reason.
She begins the video by saying it is her first post, but that she’d been watching Tiktoks for quite a while.
She then went on to explain that she saw one creator suggest something that she just had to try.
“I was watching one of these girls, she’s an ‘accountant’, I was learning about the business, […] and she’s talking about shaving her legs with sandpaper. What? She used 600 grit sandpaper on her legs.”
She repeats the same instructions the original creator had in that first post she saw.
“She said, in a circle this way 10 times, in a circle the other way 10 times. I did it.”
Her next expression was one of awe as she tells her new, massive audience that not only does it work to get rid of hair, but it left her skin feeling ‘so soft’.
Despite the inherent strangeness, it seems that many people are on board with the new trend.
Some even joked that it’d become too popular. The top comment on the video reads, “Great… now cus of this.. all the 600 grit sandpaper is gonna be sold out at all the Home [Depots] and the cashier is gonna know what’s going on […].”
Then there were some who likened this method to a product from the ’90s and 2000s.
A few people referenced infomercial products like Smoothaway that are essentially the same thing. “There’s a tool I bought on tv a few years ago that uses sandpaper. I did it on my son’s leg in a circle and he still doesn’t grow hair there. He’s 23,” wrote one user.
“I have been using a frickin’ razor all this time. Didn’t need one. Just some 600 grit sandpaper,” Jules said in her video.
She ended the video by thanking those who taught her the trick, but two days after that upload, she posted a second, follow-up video addressing some common comments.
“One of the questions that really stood out was how long did it last, and it lasted, like, 24 hours later – I had a little bit of stubble on my legs, not bad, and I have to say I also used a lot of lotion after. I did that to make sure that my legs were hydrated.”
She’s clearly trying to be as safe as possible, especially when so many asked if she planned on trying it on more sensitive areas.
“Yeah, I don’t think I wanna do [that]. That hair’s pretty coarse, and it might take some aggressive rubbing.”
Using sandpaper is certainly a unique way to get your skin smooth, but the method already has multiple vocal supporters, so who knows, maybe it’s worth a shot if you’re sick of buying razors!
