Ok, it turns out that along with all the other crap involved with being somewhat menopaus-ish, is you can grow yourself a pretty magnificent moustache.
Yes ladies, and it's not even November.
So I've finally got the courage to come out of my own denial and have decided I need to do something about my furry top lip. I get my eyebrows waxed and the lady there suggested she could do the lip as well, but it sounds ouchy, and plus I need to start tweezing my eyebrows a week after I get them waxed and I can't really afford to be getting the lip waxed every week/fortnight for the rest of my life.
I think you could wax it at home. It's not like the brows where if you make a mistake it's a total disaster - no-one is going to notice that you took off a bit too much moustache on one side and made your mo uneven. You could try the Nads wand because it doesn't need heating or anything and it comes with mo sized strips.
Or you could shave it and use some rogaine on the area to encourage it. One of my friends has a fake moustache and she looks rather dashing
Get it done, eyebrow and lip, will cost about $20 and it stings, it is the most ouchie area I have found for me to get waxed, but only hurts in the instant then it is gone.
Easy, takes less than 10 minutes for me to get my face done (eyebrow lip and chin - come back and talk to me when you grow a beard ;p)
You can do it yourself at home, use HOT wax, not strip. And buy a tub of wax, not any of the wands or pre-coated strip things.
I get mine waxed now. I would sometimes get my brows waxed, mostly dealing with plucking them, but it was my hairy lip that now makes me get a regular booking. Lip waxing does not add much to the price. It is a bit owie, but worth it. I am happy to sacrifice other things to get waxed every 3 weeks.
i was in denial for years about my top lip. some of DHs friends would even comment on it! i would get so angry and upset. so one day when i was getting my brows waxed, i asked for lip.. and never looked back. i'm a SOOK when it comes to pain.. and it's really not even bad. i can't believe i let myself be in denial for so many years... mustaches on ladies is just a no no IMO i hate it!! i have been using the wax strips at home and it's DESTROYING my lip, do NOT buy them.. i'm not sure what to do.. wax at my normal place or use nair removal cream.. i just cbf going to the salon often.. does nair removal cream work? does it make it spikey? ughhh gross
Nads is a necessity in my bathroom cabinet, I swear my moustache comes in overnight! I Nair right before bed, and all the redness is gone by morning. I hafta use it on my beard as well, because really, what's a beard without a moustache? I use the wax wand for my eyebrows though, it's much easier than having depilatory cream near your eye for 10 minutes.
Just do a test patch on the most sensitive area. I stupidly did my eyebrows as well as my upper lip. Upper lip was okay, that was where I tested, eyebrows were fried.
I got mine waxed but when my PCOS was at its worst I was needing it waxed weekly which added up in cost and was so painful plus my skin was not coping as having to get it done so often. I took the plunge and decided to get laser - It costs me the same as a wax and I am so impressed with the results. I have had 3 sessions so far and they said I would need 8-10. The first 3 have been 2 weeks apart but in between no hair has grown back. They say if its hormonal it may not work or last as long but the way I see it is I am paying the same price so who cares if I do end up getting more laser. It doesn't even hurt as much as waxing.
Laser it!! I used to wax, but laser has basically got rid of it all together!! It's great!!!
But check out so you get a reputable laser place I use a place with drs who assess you first and nurses who do the laser. Now I only go every ten weeks for a quick check in, but chin and lip are WAy better!!
I just used google and made sure that it was a specialist doctor I was meeting with first. I think some of the places in shopping centres who do IPL etc are less 'good' and don't use doctors. Victorian cosmetic Institute is where I go - you could check their website for a start if you are not in Melbourne at least it would give you an idea
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i hate it!! i have been using the wax strips at home and it's DESTROYING my lip, do NOT buy them.. i'm not sure what to do.. wax at my normal place or use nair removal cream.. i just cbf going to the salon often.. does nair removal cream work? does it make it spikey? ughhh gross
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