lip hair removal

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Anonymous wrote:Sally Hansen home wax strips. After pulling off, put pressure on the area for a few seconds to soothe the sting. Maintain with tweezers in between need for full waxing.


NO and I use the Sally Hanson strips and I am a pale white girl. I use these strips at night vs on my way out the door. Apply a little ice if skin is irritated and the redness disappears by the morning.
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I love the tinkle mini razor, personally.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077DG6FT8/

Finishing Touch is basically a tiny electric shaver/razor, but it won't cut you like a manual razor and is much easier to handle than a full size electric shaver. I've used many different methods over the years and like this the best. It won't leave you as smooth as a manual razor but you can't see what's left and you won't get ingrown hairs.

My skin is really sensitive to waxing - it gets all red and blotchy and that takes forever to go away. I liked cream removers well enough except that whenever I use anything that removes the hair completely, I find face powder/makeup doesn't look right in that area - it sits differently without the tiny hairs in place. Plucking/tweezing/laser is too painful for me (but I'm a wimp).

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Anonymous wrote:Finishing touch wand


This is just an electric razor. Your child is shaving her mustache with this "wand". Use sugar or wax, or take her to get threaded monthly, OP. It's worth it and it doesn't grow back as quickly as shaving.


I used to think this. But DD uses it now and it does not create any shadow etc. it’s totally fine with fine hair.


You used to think it was a razor but now you don't? It's still a razor.


DP. And so? The hair on the upper lip of a teen girl isn’t the same as the hair on the upper lip of a man. There is no stubble or shadow left behind. My teen has been using this for yrs with great results and she has no desire to wax.
Anonymous
Just ordered a wand for my teen, thank you for the recs.

As a middle eastern woman growing up in the 90s in a very white state, I would never subject my daughter to the teasing I received.
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Anonymous wrote:If your daughter has light skin, consider an IPL device. It's expensive but so worth it. I used to tweeze every couple days and now I barely have to.



What IPL device do you recommend?


I have the Braun Silk-Expert Pro 5. It works really well for me - I have light skin and very dark hair. You do need to shave/pluck/wax first before using, but I started to notice slower regrowth after just 2 treatments (1 treatment per week) and the hair growth basically stopped after 3 months of treatments. It barely hurts - feels like something hot touching you for just a split second. Effectiveness varies depending on skin/hair tone though (and the device is not recommended for people with darker skin due to discoloration that can occur).
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Anonymous wrote:Nads facial strips. I blow dry them for maybe 15 seconds to warm it, open, apply, pull off. I used to use at a stop light in a bind. very easy


This. Nads are the best.


I also like flamingo
Anonymous
DD goes to European Wax Center. Lots of locations, and it's quick and not too painful. She also gets her eyebrows done.
Anonymous
I was so hairy starting in 6th grade, especially my eyebrows and upper lip. My mother wouldn’t help me. I had to steal that bleaching cream bc I had no money. That stuff burns and all you’re left with is a blonde mustache. I tried shaving both my upper lip and my eye brows which was a disaster.

I plucked my unibrow and went back and forth between at home waxing and bleaching of my upper lip but I hated the results.

Don’t get me started on my bikini line. So many ingrown hairs and a lifetime supply of Tend Skin didn’t help.

When I was in my 30s I finally had enough money to get laser treatment and it was life changing for me. My upper lip was totally gone in 5 sessions. I went on to do my bikini line.

My DD who’s a late teen inherited my DH fair and thin hair so she doesn’t have same issues but if she did I’m wouldn’t hesitate to help her.
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Anonymous wrote:Finishing touch wand


This is just an electric razor. Your child is shaving her mustache with this "wand". Use sugar or wax, or take her to get threaded monthly, OP. It's worth it and it doesn't grow back as quickly as shaving.


I used to think this. But DD uses it now and it does not create any shadow etc. it’s totally fine with fine hair.


It creates stubble, though. It's better to remove hair from the root than to shave it because the top of the hair is finer when it grows from the root.

Anonymous
Try Sugaring, I use a kit for myself and will probably either use it or take my daughter to get threaded when she needs it.

I personally (my opinion you do you) don't think young girls should shave. Hair grows quickly and you can go longer between treatments if you pull it from the root as opposed to cutting it off at the skin, plus if you shave it, it's all growing back at the same time, that's why men have stubble/5 o'clock shadows, but if you pull it from the root, it grows back at different times/speeds.
Anonymous
I don't understand why electrolysis isn't more popular now. I have very light skin and very dark hair, and had a pronounced moustache until I did electrolysis in my late teens - early 20s. It's uncomfortable and slow, but it's lasted a lifetime for me.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why electrolysis isn't more popular now. I have very light skin and very dark hair, and had a pronounced moustache until I did electrolysis in my late teens - early 20s. It's uncomfortable and slow, but it's lasted a lifetime for me.


It is very expensive, very slow, as in maybe 12 sessions are needed, and can leave scabs and sores behind with each session. They heal, but still, for a teen that is undesirable
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Anonymous wrote:Finishing touch wand


This is just an electric razor. Your child is shaving her mustache with this "wand". Use sugar or wax, or take her to get threaded monthly, OP. It's worth it and it doesn't grow back as quickly as shaving.


I used to think this. But DD uses it now and it does not create any shadow etc. it’s totally fine with fine hair.


You used to think it was a razor but now you don't? It's still a razor.


I used to think it would give her like a man’s stubble and it definitely hasn’t. But you knew what I meant.


I agree. I used to take my DD to be waxed but she hated it. She started using a literally razor (like a basic Gillette) and has for years. It does not give stubble at all. I was worried at first but it works great and she really doesn’t do it that often.
Anonymous
I have South Asian heritage and have gotten my upper lip threaded once a month or so since middle school. I like it because it’s chemical free and cheap, and there’s no at-home maintenance. I no longer live in the area so hopefully it’s still good, but Gina’s Threading Salon in Rockville is great if you’re near there.
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