WHY do girls like me never run out of hair problems?

Three weeks ago, my legs had hair, which I got from shaving.

I had to wait for the ingrown hairs to grow out before having my legs waxed.

I’m a girl with not enough pants and not enough money for new pants.

So I bought a cheap pair of black leggings worth P150 (S$4.60) to hide the hairy situation.

When I tried on my new leggings for the first time, it ripped immediately.

I decided to hide the holes by wearing a long shirt and black cycling shorts.

It was a very hot and tight solution.

Even though the holes kept multiplying every time I went to the bathroom, I didn’t care.

All I wanted to do was to keep the horrible hair growth on my legs hidden.

When it was time for me to have my legs waxed, I asked for the cheap services of our beautician neighbor.

I was unwilling to pay over P500 (S$15.30) for my unwanted hair.

Unfortunately, she didn’t have enough wax.

Disappointed yet determined, I looked for my sister’s tweezers, and one by one, I plucked out all the hair on my legs—at least the thick ones.

There was a time I took my sister’s waxing kit, one of my mother’s leche flan trays and a candle in an attempt to wax my underarms.

“You burned your skin!” my sister exclaimed when she saw me with my arms raised.

“Isn’t my skin supposed to look this red?” I asked.

“No! Your wax is too hot. You burned your skin!”

It was only after our brief conversation that I started feeling pain. My sister was right: I had burned my skin.

With summer near and looking hairy in a bikini or a swimsuit a horrible prospect, I have tried every cheap way possible to get rid of unwanted hair.

Budget-friendly places in The Philippines

Here are budget-friendly alternatives to get rid of unwanted hair. Thank heavens they offer affordable waxing services.

Bruno's Barbers, G/F, Petron, Katipunan Ave. cor. Mangyan St., Quezon City; M2/L, West Wing, TriNoma Mall, North Avenue, Quezon City-Don't let the "barber" tag turn you off. Although it is modeled after traditional barbershops, Bruno's Barbers also offers waxing services for women. Fees range from P150 (eyebrows) to P600 (full legs).

Lay Bare Waxing Salon, 1/F, Loyola Heights Condominium, Esteban Abada corner Fabian de la Rosa Street, Loyola Heights, Quezon City-Lay Bare Waxing Salon uses cold wax made of sugar, honey, and kalamansi for all its waxing services. The natural ingredients it uses are rich in whitening, exfoliating and moisturizing properties. Charges are from P100 (upper lip) to P2,000 (full body).

Let's Face It, M2/L, North Wing, TriNoma Mall, North Avenue, Quezon City; Basement Level, Alabang Town Center, Muntinlupa City-Aside from affordable skin care treatments, the facial salon also offers waxing services for as low as P250 (underarms) to P865 (full legs).

Menage Salon, M1/L, East Wing, TriNoma Mall, North Avenue, Quezon City-Although its exterior is quite intimidating for a salon, the waxing rates offered by Menage go for as low as P200 (eyebrows) to P1,500 (full body).