I am an Italian girl If you couldn't guess that already, and us Italian girls are hairy beasts. I am not exaggerating. Actually, now that I think about it .. I should just stop blaming it on my heritage because I would probably be a hairy beast even if I wasn't Italian..I have no shame..I will admit it. I think the worst part about it, is that my hair is dark. Which actually is a nice feature to have in terms of my hair style, however in terms of grooming it is such a pain in the butt! More specifically keeping up with the whole facial hair situation. Now, I know most girls will not admit that they get facial hair for fear of being looked at by guys as gross, or other girls just just manly. Here is a piece of advice ... just admit it .. you have hair in places that are annoying as a female. I'm not talking random obscure places, and for purposes of this post I am mostly talking about the dreaded upper lip hair. Now, I didn't realize that I had a problem with upper lip hair until about my 2nd year of college (I was a sheltered child). Actually, now that I think about it .. I used to be made fun of by these girls in marching band who would always look at me and then look at their friends and point to their upper lip. (I know that sounds like a silly story .. however .. this is my life .. true story) I used to think .. we are in marching band .. there is enough to make fun of .. why make fun of something else, but however because I realize I was a major loser in high school .. I just let it go.
I have definitely moved on since then, and grown up..and If I was the person I was now back in high school .. I probably would have told those girls to shove it. Needless to say, over the years I have tried many kinds of hair removal products. I sometimes will get my upper lip waxed when I get my eyebrows waxed but I think to myself .. $7 for that? That just seems a bit pricy. I have used facial hair removal creams such as NAIR which smell like rotten vomit, and the fact you have to put it under your nose doesn't help. I have also purchased one of those facial hair grooming vibrating little razor doohickies .. which was a complete waste of money. I have plucked .. and I hate to admit it but I have even quickly gone over with a razor in a pinch. So when I saw this product hanging in the beauty care isle at Wal-Mart I thought to myself .. this would be awesome. So for $2.49 I picked one up
Now ultimately in theory this product seems like it would make all my facial hair woes disappear. It looks quick, painless, stink-less, and practically fool proof. I couldn't wait to try this puppy out. I read the directions, which were easy. To take one of the buffer pads, peel off the sticky backing and attach it to the tool that you buff your face with. (Insert amazement here)!
I took it, and i started rubbing in light pressured circular motions above my lip as the directions suggested. I looked in the mirror, and no results. So, I pressed a little harder and I could see a few hairs buffed away. After about 10 minutes trying to get this (Supposedly Amazing) product to work I gave up after seeing no results. BOO! I thought to myself.
About 15 minutes later, I felt this intense burning on my upper lip. It almost feels like that wind burn you get if your upper lip is moist in the winter and the wind blows and then causes that almost wind burn/frostbite feeling. As time passed, it got more intense to the point where I had to go look into the mirror...and to my HORROR I looked like I had completely missed my lips with a bright red lipstick. The entire area of my upper lip was not only still hairy, but bright red, burning, throbbing, and almost looked like it was peeling and scabbing over. Because I know how my life is, it really does not suprise me that this happened. I took some ice and kept it on my upper lip for a while to numb the area, and then i put vaseline on it to keep it moist. It took about 4 days, and a lot of concealer in the morning for this reaction to go away.
Before you call me stupid or dumb for having this happen, I am going to reiterate that I did read the directions and did exactly as they instructed. I did not misuse this product in any way shape or form!
Needless to say, I do not recommend this product. It is not the magical solution to my lip hair woes. So if you see it, do not get sucked in like me. Keep on walking.. I guess it's back to rotten vomit scented products for me ...
Thanks For Reading!
Jenn
xoxo
