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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.

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.

DD goes to European Wax Center. Lots of locations, and it's quick and not too painful. She also gets her eyebrows done.

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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

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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).

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: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 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).

+1

I love the tinkle mini razor, personally.

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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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.

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?

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:Why?

True beauty is on the inside. you need to teach your teens better values.

As someone who had dark hair on my upper lip as a child I find your answer dismissive and clueless.

Same. When I was in 6th grade, my mom took me to get my eyebrows & upper lip threaded because she didn't want me to be teased. I will do the same for my child if she needs it.

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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.