Please give me advice moustaches and removal

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So I am becoming a bit hairy on my top lip, it's light coloured hair but there nonetheless. I've had threading before and it's mind blowingly painful so I need alternatives, particularly something I can do at home. Cheers

Get it waxed takes seconds and should be cheaper than threading,

Hi OP

I use this

I have just noticed it says hair free for up to 7 days but I definitely don't do it weekly, just when I notice the 'stache creeping back. I'd estimate once every 6 weeks ish.

Completely pain free, although if I leave it on too long it can feel a bit sore and red, usually 4 minutes is perfect.

Leave the hair there. Just bleach it. I use Jolen - Superdrug, Boots or a supermarket etc.

I use one of those springs you twist, it isn't pain free, but once you've got the hang of it it's pretty quick and easy to do. And you don't get the stubbly effect of regrowth using creams, it's relatively long lasting. You can get them for a few quid on Amazon.

In my experience, waxing is the best because I find it quick, relatively painless and the results last longest. I don't like hair removal cream for my upper lip as I feel it comes back stubbly and I never have this from waxing. I dont do mine myself (get it done when I get my eyebrows done) but I'm sure it would be easy and cheap to do so

Waxing- takes seconds as pp says.

I remember as a paranoid teen, who had very tiny wispy fair hair, that I was convinced(by trashy fashion mags, Vogue included) that I needed to remove any "excess hair" from anywhere including my top lip. I used Imac hair removal cream, it burnt my skin in to oblivion and left me with rough dry skin there ever since.

A light wax or something gentler is the way to go OP.

Twisty spring thing. I have black hair and have tried absolutely everything else, this definitely gives me the best results. It's clean. And you can do it without looking while watching TV!

I bought these emery board things as a teenager for my lip it was agony and I smelt like a match box for days never used that again

I have this, I realise it's essentially a razor but it's quick easy and efficient. I use it 2or3 times aweek

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I have started to shave the peach fuzz and upper lip every couple of weeks, takes a few minutes and makeup looks better. Ive got fair hair so stubble isnt noticable

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I wax at home, it takes seconds and lasts a few weeks. I've even started very carefully doing my own eyebrows. I started using little face strips (mega cheap in Home Bargains or similar) but now I buy large body waxing strips and cut small sections off as I need them.

If you have resilient skin then wax or threading. Personally either of those leaves me with a painful red rash. And depilatory cream was even worse. But I have v sensitive skin.

I use the epi stick Dawson recommends - gentle, cheap and I can do it at home whenever convenient. I also do under the lower lip and anywhere else on my face that needs it (I seem to be getting hairier with age...). Once a week is more than enough.

I buy the Veet wax strips for upper lip from the supermarket. They do a perfect job and it lasts for about 2-3 weeks.
Prior to that I was getting it threaded which is a pain like I've never experienced before!

Shave it - if you went to a salon they'd recommend dermaplaning it (i.e. shaving it) and charge you £45 for the privilege.

Question not answer. I have an epilator but don't use it because apparently they can cause ingrowing hair and infections. I got it for my legs, which I shave. Would an epilator be good for facial hair?? Anyone tried it?problems??

I'm not brave enough to take an epilator to my face, skin is so much thinner than on legs. But the epi stick is designed to be like a manual epilator.

Have braved the epilator on the top lip. Hair is blonde and not a huge amount of it there. Worked fine but I got a good few spots the times I did it. Think I prefer the Ronnie

Regarding the coil spring thing, how to you manage to get it to work?
I bought a tweezerman one but just can't seem to pull the hairs out.
YouTube was no help.

Shiseido facial razor. Takes 1 minute and you can do it every day if you like, no need for stubble or waiting for regrowth. No rash, chemical burn or pain.

I wax at home because it's quick and cheap and I don't need to fit an appointment in. Salons do it very fast though, and it's not that painful because it's over in seconds. I wouldn't use the bleach, I want to have no moustache, not a blonde moustache.

potentiallypainful there is a knack. When I first got mine I just rolled it and realised it wasn't removing any hairs! Will try my best to explain how I get it to work. Grab the 2 handles between thumb and forefingers. Place a section of the spring across your upper lip and press the spring in to your skin quite firmly. Then roll the handles between your fingers quite fast, either turning both the handles onwards or both the handles inwards and slightly life the spring away from your skin. You should now feel that some hairs are being removed! Once you get the hang of turning the handles and you can feel pinching on your skin, start rolling your fingers and rolling the spring upwards of downward on your skin at the same time. This will help you cover the largest area with each twist of the handles.

It took me a about an hour of constant fiddling to work out how to make it work. I also found it easier to NOT look in the mirror as I was getting more confused. So have a go, it's so so worth it once you've figured it out because it so quick and effective (and cheap!) Biggest tip is very fast rolling of the handles, if you've ever had threading done or watched it done, yet and copy the pace that they move the threads. Let me know if this works!

Thank you Dawson, I'll have a go after work and report back.

Shave it with those dainty Japanese face razors.

Now I'm older, plucking means a spot later, where the hair is trying to push through.

I'm very hairy due to PCOS. I just shave my face like men do