lets talk about hair... other then on your head...

JillandJoe Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:18 PM

lets talk about hair... other then on your head...

I have been bleaching my upper lip since I have dark hair... that usually hides it and no one would notice it, but for the wedding day im considering waxing it...

but, I have a few questions

-How bad will it hurt? Im a wimp

-when it grows back will it look worse, like obvious I waxed?

-If i do it twice before the wedding will I need to do it forever or can I go back to bleaching?

Thanks ladies, im lost!!

DaniandKen2010 Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:20 PM

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I am light haired but I just hate hair. I have tried waxing my lip and everytime I have I break out. Everyone is different and when it grows back its all stubbly so you have have to keep going back like with your eyebrows

MrsCM Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:21 PM

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Wax it! It's like a little pinch and it's over in a second.

miamimerger Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:21 PM

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I would probably do a test run ASAP since your wedding is coming close...

TessMike621 Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:22 PM

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the finishing touch works...you just gotta keep up with it

StaceYums81 Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:26 PM

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I wouldn't do anything about it I think the wedding is too soon you don't know how your skin will react. JMO

JillandJoe Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:38 PM

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Posted by StaceYums81

I wouldn't do anything about it I think the wedding is too soon you don't know how your skin will react. JMO

Yeah, I kinda agree. Plus someone said stubble grows back. I do not want stubble on my face ever!! I will stick with bleaching!

Thanks everyone for the imput

christine2010 Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:41 PM

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Posted by TessMike621

the finishing touch works...you just gotta keep up with it

i agree. used to use it all the time until i dropped it on the floor & it broke. i haven't had a chance to purchase a new one, so i have been waxing every 2 weeks.

pipermaru Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:42 PM

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waxing doesnt hurt as much as threading but threading is sooo much better for your skin and shaping your eyebrows

ETA: you wont have to wax forever, i used to alternate betwen waxing and bleaching bc sometimes i'd break out from the waxing

Im_My_Own_Princess Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:45 PM

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BOO WAXING!!!!!!!!

thread it!!! it hurts, I'll be honest, I've been doing it for years and the lip ALWAYS gets me... but I know my FSIL doesn't feel it at all...
I think its a lot safer then waxing. But I'd do it a few times before the actual wedding... and get it done a few days before your wedding.. just to make sure your skin doesn't react harshly.

Drues_Girl Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:48 PM

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no waxing!!!! I did it once and got a million little pimples above my lip it was soo gross and i was dying and horrified about how horrible it looked

jcreilly Posted: Dec 08, 2009 01:49 PM

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I am also A wimp the only waxing I do is my upper lip and eye its not that bad and takes less the 5 min. Once you get used it! I still will never wax anything else my best friend told me I could never handel it because I am a wimp! I would go soon as you can and see how u like it and ,make sure skin does not break out ( it has never appen to me) i think you would perfer it then bleaching!

vv117 Posted: Dec 08, 2009 02:02 PM

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i think your wedding is too close for your first time waxing. in the future, waxing is no big deal.

KTnChris Posted: Dec 08, 2009 02:17 PM

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get threaded!! i used to do wax and my skin is sensitive so i would be red for two days.

WeezyGirl2354 Posted: Dec 08, 2009 02:28 PM

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2011 crashing - my friend who got married this past weekend had a waxing issue with her makeup.

Since it takes layers of your skin off the texture will be different and your makeup will look different then the rest of your face. My friend did her side burns - the makeup artist fixed it, but that was the sides of her face - your upper lip is front and center.

Clover23 Posted: Dec 08, 2009 02:31 PM

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am i the only one that uses a depilatory on my upper lip? i use surgi-cream for face. love it!!

Im_My_Own_Princess Posted: Dec 08, 2009 02:36 PM

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Posted by WeezyGirl2354

2011 crashing - my friend who got married this past weekend had a waxing issue with her makeup.

Since it takes layers of your skin off the texture will be different and your makeup will look different then the rest of your face. My friend did her side burns - the makeup artist fixed it, but that was the sides of her face - your upper lip is front and center.

that happens to me too... I thought I was the only one
I'll put coverup/foundation on my face and it'll literally part where I got waxed...

runnerbride1023 Posted: Dec 08, 2009 03:56 PM

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I used to get my lip waxed, then I got it threaded. I was always afraid they were going to pull my skin off my lip. Now I get laser and couldn't be happier!

mrsdraskin2009 Posted: Dec 08, 2009 04:06 PM

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I tried waxing it once and I looked like I got the herp.

Don't do it so close to the wedding!

Nina1010 Posted: Dec 09, 2009 12:04 AM

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it does hurt... but some places will ice the area before they do it. Not all. Anyway... it hurts for a second and its over. You can do this.

You can have a reaction so make sure where ever you go for the waxing, they use a good wax for sensitive sking (even if you don't have sensitive skin).
You can be red-ish in that area for a few hours or a full day.
You can go back to bleaching afterwards, not a problem. It will grow back subtly... not worse.