Ugh. I decided to multi-task in the shower by washing my body while simultaneously leaving a chemical hair removal cream on my upper lip. I guess I didn't factor in the melty-steam factor because the Nair thinned out and spread much further around my mouth than I intended. Of course I didn't realize this until I looked in the mirror and saw a shiny pink outline of a handlebar mustache. Great.
I got on with my morning, applied my makeup and then realized the awfulness of the over-Naired lip. Makeup doesn't stick to hairless skin and there was a clear, concise line of makeup around my hairless oversized mustache. I decided at that moment that an outline of where a mustache was is much more embarrassing than the original teeny tiny amount of upper lip hair I had.
What I learned...
Don't fret over the small things and don't Nair in the shower.....maybe don't Nair at all actually. It burns and stinks and burns again.
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I may not be a make-up pro, but I do know about hair. Always remove hair in the evening, so that you have the night for the skin to repair itself. Nair is similar to shaving, in that the roots will still be there, and is pretty rough on skin. Try tweezing the darkest ones and leave the rest, or if it's too think then waking. Whatever you do, do it the night before and put something really simple nourishing on it to heal the skin overnight, like aloe and argan oil.
ReplyDeleteI have found that tweezing can sometimes break the hair resulting in ingrown hairs.
ReplyDeleteWaxing gives me hyper-pigmentation and causes immense breakouts that are far more unsightly than the hair itself.
I work in a waxing/threading salon so trust me I have tried everything!! I think laser is the only way....I better start saving!!