Hair removal. The complete and utter bane of my existence. I hate it with a fiery passion. I mean, sure. I love not having any hairs on my legs and arms or in my armpits - but the hassle of waxing or any hair removal process is honestly the most boring,and tiring thing I've ever indulged in. And then there's this thing about which process you prefer. A question which I have been trying to answer for a couple of years now.
Personally, at the moment I have to go with my trusty shaving cream. I know many people have problems with this, saying it takes too long and that you often have to do it a couple of times (put layers of cream) in order to get results. However, it's painless which makes it a total winner, in my opinion & the brand I use always provides great, hair free results (making me only have to add another layer every now and then when I use it). Yes, the hairs grow back faster - but if you're someone who doesn't like the pain of waxing - shaving cream is the next best thing. The cream I use is called Veet Hair Removal Cream and instead of your average razor, it comes with a plastic spatula sort of thing - hence avoiding any cuts that you might receive from a sharp blade of some sort. However this is down to you and what you'd prefer.
Now, I'm not very experienced in the world of epilators. I've never used them, but from what I've heard - they're quite painful. The process is just getting the device and 'rolling' it across your skin as it individually plucks each hair out. Apparently this causes a sharp shock/ jolt of pain each time it plucks a hair out (which would be alot, if you aren't someone that does it as regular as 2-3 weeks). Whilst T.V adverts make it look painless and effortless (believe me, I have also had those first impressions), these little gadgets are seemingly far from being painless - some even saying they hurt more than waxing!
Waxing is another method of hair removal, and probably the most popular. Advantages include it being quick, effective - almost never failing to make you hair free in areas such as your legs, and long lasting . However,disadvantages include an intense amount of pain (this is subjective) ,and red small 'swollen' spots to initially appear after a wax. I have experienced waxing, and the first time is (personally) the most brutal. If you wax regularly ,as in 1-2 weeks, (which isn't necessary) it avoids excess pain since if you only have a few, small hairs to remove - it won't hurt as much when you wax them as it would for long, and large amounts of hair on your legs or arms.
Finally, eyebrows. The last few techniques were mainly based on removing hair from your legs or arms - but as one weird society, we have seemingly taken to grooming our eyebrows to "perfection". I thread my eyebrows, and whilst I'm not the most experienced (as this is the only process I've tried), I personally think that it works best for me. Since my eyebrows are naturally quite thick and luckily have a natural arch/shape (or so I've been told) - threading simply tidies my eyebrows up. However I'm aware that threading can be used to create an eyebrow shape etc. Threading is an affordable process, my usual place charges only a £5 note for a tidy up. If you are someone who doesn't have thick eyebrows, and may not have dark hair (so your eyebrows don't show as well ) , microblading might be the process for you. Microblading is the technique of dyeing your eyebrows with a semi permanent ink, that fits with your natural hair and skin tone - whilst providing a slight shape. It lasts for about a year or so, yet it is not cheap. Prices are typically around £250 per treatment , however they do vary.
So, that was majority of what I have to say on hair removal. At the end of the day it is 100% your choice on whether you want to shave, or wax - or whether you'd rather just leave it - or wait till you're older. Yes, I may loathe the process, but I do like the result and that's why I do it. Don't ever feel that you have to wax just because everyone else is doing it - your body is your body & whatever you feel comfortable in is what you should do. One of my friends once said that she didn't have to look at her body, it was everyone else that would see her and "suffer" (though I think she's beautiful) so why should she care? And that's so important. At the end of the day, people have better things to than to hum and haw about your hairy (or hairless ) legs. I mean, do you analyse the legs of every stranger you come across? Probably not.
So, bye everyone! Blogtique is still under construction (its mainly the social media buttons etc .) Hope you liked today's post & I'll hopefully see you soon for some 'Summer Wardrobe Wants'.
Bye mis amigas :)
– The Blogtique x
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