The GREAT Importance of Moustache waxing...

[monter]

I've never waxed mine, but I did laser for a few treatments (didn't really work for me) - but electolysis has worked wonders for me. I'm an eastern Euro mix (Polish and Lithuanian with a little bit of Russian), and darker facial hair runs in my family. Doesn't help that we're all pasty pasty, too.

I would def recommend electrolysis, especially beause it's eventually permanent. Less of a money sink that way!

 

[TISH1124]

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Originally Posted by nichollecaren so u mean I HAVE to?

Only if you have obvious hair there and it's pretty dark (darker than your skin) .And only if you don't want a cute moustache...If you do then NO....

 

[pampie]

i used to wax my upper lip but it was Really irritating to my skin, then i started tweezing, but that took too long so now i moved on to threading. doesn't irritate and gets all the peach fuzz too!

 

[revinn]

Well, I have no moustache as of now. I don't think I'll ever get one either; none of the women in my family do. However, I WILL get a beard someday, as they all have chin fuzz.. My mom makes me tweeze her chin between waxes, and I call her billy goat.

 

[Diva009]

omg, reading this thread made me actually go upstairs and tweeze my stache for the very first time. omg it's so smooth. lol. i can't wait until tomorrow when i apply my make up, i wanna see if i notice a difference. btw tweezing it didn't hurt that bad.

 

[yodagirl]

I just use the Nair stuff for my upper lip...the tweezing sounds unbearable lol

 

[yodagirl]

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Originally Posted by TISH1124 And only if you don't want a cute moustache...If you do then NO....

LMAO

 

[mizcandula]

Oh man.. I've just been lightening it with bleach all these years thinking that it wouldn't be noticeable. Looks like I'm gonna have to try that waxing thing out. Hope I don't rip my skin off!

 

[RedRibbon]

I used to thread it which didn't really hurt but being Indian the hairs are more visible so I opted to have it lasered. BEST.DECISION.EVER.

The only thing I wish I could laser now are my brows so that they are always looking good but I wouldn't get the same clean shape I get from threading.

 

[barbie.doll]

I thread my moustache more than I wax it. I've waxed it twice only...

But yes, it's incredibly important for me to do it because I'm ME and I've got some DARK hair.

 

[shadowaddict]

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Originally Posted by pampie i used to wax my upper lip but it was Really irritating to my skin, then i started tweezing, but that took too long so now i moved on to threading. doesn't irritate and gets all the peach fuzz too!

Sorry for the dumb question but what is the threading and how does it work? And how about cost? I usully go get waxed.

 

[ClaireAvril]

i wax my mustache.. you can really tell the difference when you wear bright lipsticks. without waxing you see that shadow - i hate that.

 

[barbie.doll]

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Originally Posted by shadowaddict Sorry for the dumb question but what is the threading and how does it work? And how about cost? I usully go get waxed.

Threading is hair removal using string/thread. It works very nicely, however, it does not pull your hair from the root like waxing or tweezing does. But it does make it nice and clean and smooth. And it does take me about... 2 weeks for my upper lip hair to grow back.

I actually don't know the cost... I think about $10 to get it done at a salon. I get mine done for free because my family does it for me. HTH a bit.

 

[shadowaddict]

^^Thanks. I get my lip and cheeks waxed. Now that I'm older (46) and going through menapause, which is a total bitch, I've got the peach fuzz thing going on my cheeks. I have dark hair so now I'm seeing a few dark ones here and there on my face like an inch from my hairline. This will NOT do, gotta go.

So right now having it waxed is what I do. I just hope that the pulling doesn't cause any undo stress/stretching of the skin. Getting older SUCKS. The number doesn't bother me in the least. It's what is happening to my body. Seriously it's like WTF?

 

[barbie.doll]

^ No problem.

I believe you can thread your face as well... you may want to look into that before doing it first though! It may be better than waxing if you're worried about any streching happening to the skin.

 

[RedRibbon]

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Originally Posted by barbie.doll Threading is hair removal using string/thread. It works very nicely, however, it does not pull your hair from the root like waxing or tweezing does. But it does make it nice and clean and smooth. And it does take me about... 2 weeks for my upper lip hair to grow back. I actually don't know the cost... I think about $10 to get it done at a salon. I get mine done for free because my family does it for me. HTH a bit.

That's incorrect. Threading does pull your hair out by the root. Threading is the best thing to do to your upper lip if you don't want loose skin and extra wrinkles when you get older as it doesn't pull on the skin in the same way that wax strips do.

You get a piece of thread, tie a knot in it, hold it like the formative stages of a cats cradle, twirl one hand around until you get some crossy bits in the thread. Put it on the hair you want to pull out and then move your fingers so the crossy bits move over the hair. That pulls the hairs out

and you get no risks of being cut/burnt etc..

 

[barbie.doll]

^ You're right! It does pull hair from the root.

I didn't think that it did, I apologize. I asked my mother if it does and she confirmed.

 

[saki]

I wax my upper lip but I want to try threading because my friend said that if I continue to wax when I get older it will look ugly cause it stretches your skin. So I'm freaked out about that! I also pluck when I'm too broke to go waxing and I find that's better than waxing.

Nair sucked for me because it had a horrendous smell and then when the hair was growing back out it was like if I had shaved! lol Yeah.

So I suppose for me plucking is good. lol yay for tweezers!

 

[RedRibbon]

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Originally Posted by saki I wax my upper lip but I want to try threading because my friend said that if I continue to wax when I get older it will look ugly cause it stretches your skin. So I'm freaked out about that! I also pluck when I'm too broke to go waxing and I find that's better than waxing. Nair sucked for me because it had a horrendous smell and then when the hair was growing back out it was like if I had shaved! lol Yeah. So I suppose for me plucking is good. lol yay for tweezers!

I won't lie to you, threading the upper lip KILLS. It hurt me the first few times I had it done and I got watery eyes. However, there are ways to get over it. The ends don't hurt as much as the middle part of the lip does but if you put your tongue under the part being threaded it tautens the skin and thus it's easier for hair to be lifted and less painful for you.

For those ladies who are looking to be threaded, make sure you go to someone who is actually qualified as they do it properly, if they hold the thread against the skin and thread, they're doing it right as that will cause you less pain. If the person holds the thread a distance from the skin and it hurts really bad, they're doing it wrong.

 

[saki]

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Originally Posted by RedRibbon I won't lie to you, threading the upper lip KILLS. It hurt me the first few times I had it done and I got watery eyes. However, there are ways to get over it. The ends don't hurt as much as the middle part of the lip does but if you put your tongue under the part being threaded it tautens the skin and thus it's easier for hair to be lifted and less painful for you.

I tend to put my tongue under the area around my upper lips when I'm tweezing and I do agree that the pain is less when I do that. I'll be sure to do that as well if I ever thread.