I just wanted to ask how you all deal with upper lip hair. Very superficial post, I know!
I do stuff like thread my eyebrows, have leg waxes and shave my armpits, but I’ve never done anything to my upper lip hair, mainly because it’s something I’ve never really noticed.
I am very pale and fair-skinned, so any hair I do have is quite fair and light. I thought that would be the case with my upper lip hair. I really don’t think it’s that noticeable unless you come up very close to my face.
I’ve just been thinking about it more since I went for an eyebrow threading session the other day, when the woman who threaded my eyebrows asked if I also wanted my upper lip hair done. She’s someone I’ve been going to for ages and is very nice, so I think she was just being polite by checking to see if I wanted to get my upper lip hair waxed, and obviously she’d notice it because it’s her job to notice it and to ask about it.
Since I’ve never thought about getting it waxed or anything, it made me a bit paranoid and made me question whether I should do anything with it.
What does everyone do with theirs? I’m just a bit worried that if I start waxing it or whatever, that I’ll have to keep on doing it otherwise it will grow back thicker. You can probably tell that I don’t know much about it, and my main concern is that if I start doing anything to it that I’ll just have to continue that for fear of ending up with a big moustache 🤣 which I definitely don’t want 🤣
To add another (maybe irrelevant?) thing into the mix, I’m single at the moment but looking at getting back into dating, and now I’m nervous that when/if I meet someone, they’ll notice my upper lip hair and comment on it.
Going off on a big tangent now, but I’m quite low maintenance with my appearance. I like clothes, but don’t follow fashion, mainly due to not earning enough money to do so. I make sure I’m clean and presentable, of course, but I never really wear make up, out of not really knowing much about make up and also just not wanting to spend much time each day putting on make up and then taking it off again. I’m nervous about the idea of being with someone who likes women who wear lots of make-up and who always look perfectly camera-ready (e.g. women you see in the public eye on TV and in the papers), because that’s not me.
When I’m a bit down about things, I generally make less effort with my appearance (which I hate admitting!), and I think the pandemic and its legacy has been a factor in this. More recently though, I’ve felt more motivated and energetic generally, so I’ve cared more about my appearance and and health and this has been positive and helpful for me. I just want to maintain that.
Sorry, lots of food for thought in this post actually!