Following on from the previous post about the wonderful Veet Easy Wax, I thought I would share my two go-to facial hair removal products too.
I have never been one to worry about facial hair- luckily I'm very fair-haired, so it's never been a massive issue to me, but I was watching something on TV and I had noticed this lady's 'peach fuzz' and suddenly I got ridiculously conscious of my own facial hair..
I have used a number of hair removal creams on my face over the last year, some of which have been successful but have irritated my skin slightly and two of them actually chemically burned my face, which was hugely painful. That'll teach me for never carrying out patch tests!
Whilst talking to a friend, it came into conversation, and she recommended the Boots' own facial hair removal cream.. I saw it in our staff shop the next day for 50p and figured that I'd give it a go..
I love the fact that it has minimal smell as every other one that I've tried has absolutely stank rotten.. This makes sitting there with it on your face bearable!
It's also handy that it can be used in 3 minutes.. I know that removal creams are generally quite low in development time, but this one was extra-quick, meaning that you can throw it on before your shower as it's warming up and get it off before carrying on with the shower.
I also saw this facial wax whilst in the shop for £1 and figured it could work..
You heat the wax up in the microwave, give it a stir and pop it onto the bits of the face that you're looking to remove the hair from and then you peel it away, which is something that I've never encountered before.
I was quite eager to try this, so I gave it a go on my upper lip.. Yep, it hurts.
I think it's because I'm so used to my easy wax not hurting at all, so this gave me quite a shock!
Have you ever done those nose strips and started peeling them off and then totally regretted ever putting them on? I then thought of ways to live with it on my face forever.. Can I conceal it? Will foundation cover it? Because there is no way on earth that I am proceeding in tugging this off of my face..
I then told myself to man the f**k up and pulled it off in one swift movement, revealing a nice, smooth, hair-free upper lip, but then I grabbed my hair removal cream and continued removing my hair with that..
Heck, I won't be using that until I'm drunk..
This was literally the messiest product I have EVER used.. I ended up with some of it between my toes.. heaven knows how!
This was literally the messiest product I have EVER used.. I ended up with some of it between my toes.. heaven knows how!
Since removing the hair on my face, my makeup has completely changed. My foundation glides on, looks smoother and feels great. I can't believe that I didn't do this quicker.
I hope that this post doesn't make anyone too concerned about their facial hair, but if it does, at least you know what you're options are!