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Steps for Waxing Hair on Your Face

Waxing hair to get rid of facial hair is one of the smartest beautifying things women can do!

It might not be a pleasant process, but those extra hairs can really look unsightly.

Normally, this happens far more often on women with dark skin and dark hair. If you have fair skin and blonde hair, it isn’t going to be as big a problem for you, as blonde hair isn’t as detectable as darker hair. Raging hormones in teenagers and the aging process in older women, can both exacerbate facial hair growth. Oh my!

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When men don’t shave, they get what’s called an ‘afternoon shadow’. The very same thing can happen to women though, if you don’t get rid of your mustache hair! If you’ve got one, you’ve got to get rid of it. It’s as simple as that. Women with mustaches just aren’t as attractive as women who don’t have them!

Have you ever seen a lady with a really dark mustache? Didn’t you just want to rip it off her face? Yeah, it bothers me a lot too.

Besides being unattractive, excess facial hair gets in the way of makeup. Your makeup foundation doesn't glide over hair the way it glides over smooth, soft, hair-free skin! When you zip your facial hair, you eliminate problems that can get in the way of your true outer beauty!

There are many ways to get rid of unwanted facial hair, but waxing hair is a great method for mustaches especially. Plucking to shape eyebrows, (or threading), is the best method to use for your eyebrows. You need to be pinpointed about which hairs you remove! Waxes can get all over the place and you can end up losing more eyebrow hair than you intended. Waxing however, works fastest and best for your mustache and/or chin hair.

Steps for Waxing Hair on Your Face

One of the best waxing products on the market are microwave-style waxes. These come in a small hard plastic container that contains the wax. You melt the wax by heating up the microwave proof container in your own microwave. Also included, are a small spatula to apply the wax. There is no need for cotton cloths/strips to remove the wax. You remove the wax by pulling on the end of the strip you’ve waxed and zip it off with your fingers instead. Lets get technical about it though. Here's the process.

Clean your face entirely of makeup and residue. You may want to apply a small amount of very light facial lotion to your face. Lotion helps calm your skin before you zip. If you do apply lotion, be sure to let it absorb fully before you wax! Lotion however, is not a requirement.

Heat up the wax in the microwave. You want to partially remove the lid of the product so it doesn’t explode. I usually leave the lid on cocked to one side. You want the wax to melt but not get so hot you can’t use it. Wax should be on the thick side and not too thin when you use it. If it’s very thin, you’ll need to wait until it’s cooled down a bit before you use it. You don’t want to burn your precious facial skin! To be sure, test the wax on the inside of your wrist before you apply it to your face!

In the bathroom over the sink, dip the spatula into the heated wax. Apply wax to a small area first; the center of your mustache, (underneath your nose), your brows or your chin. If you're waxing hair under your nose, be sure to apply wax all the way from under the nostrils down to your lip!

For mustaches only: Spread some wax completely to one side of your mustache. Apply wax all the way from beside the crease of your mouth to the center where you have already applied wax. (It's OK to overlap!) Make the strip wide enough and thick enough so you wax the area completely. Now apply wax to the other side the same way.

Wait.

Once the wax is dry but still pliable, you want to start removing the wax from the side you started on. Grab the corner of the bottom of the strip while you hold the skin taut. You want to remove the strip in the opposite direction of hair growth. That means you’ll be zipping upwards towards the center of your face or upward. Zip quickly!

For mustache's only: Zip one side quickly and stop. Do not completely remove it yet. Repeat on the other side to remove the wax strip completely.

Once through waxing hair on your face, your skin will look red and inflamed. That’s because waxing hair changes the pH balance of your delicate skin. In order to get rid of inflammation, you must apply a skin toner to your skin. Toners help change back the pH balance of your skin and help remove any leftover wax that’s present.

Allow your skin to rest.

Once redness subsides, apply a good facial lotion to your skin. Hopefully you have one with vitamins and other beneficial ingredients.

After waxing hair, your skin will be soft, smooth, and delicious! You can also use the same method for chin hair. Your makeup will glide on so much smoother, especially if you use mineral makeup or loose powders. Getting rid of that shadow can make you look like a million dollars! Remove your unwanted facial hair today! The only hair women really like to see, are like the mustaches on good looking men like Tom Selleck! Youza!

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