Facial Hair Waxing vs. Tweezing

Series Summary

Did you know ancient Egyptians practiced depilating (shaving or cutting off the hair at the skin) their entire bodies in attempts to prevent infestations of lice and fleas? Requirements for shaving or cutting the hair are part of many religious and cultural traditions. In America and the West, deliberate hair removal has become more common for aesthetic, sexual or political reasons. Shaping eyebrows is not a new practice, but has surely become more widespread in North America and Europe in recent decades. Females, especially, are expected to shape their eyebrows into lines or arches, gracefully crafting the hairs to appear more attractive to the male gaze.

In this free video series, our expert will show you how to wax your facial hair. This somewhat painful experience is practiced by many women in Western countries and is a generally accepted practice. Learn about the tools and supplies you will need to wax facial hair and how to melt the wax. You will also learn how to prepare the skin for waxing and how to apply two different kinds of wax. Once you've finished your facial hair waxing, you will also learn how to clean off excess wax and apply concealer to cover redness. If you are interested in waxing facial hair, let our expert show you everything you need to know for beautifully smooth skin.

Video Transcript

"So you want to remove some facial hair. A lot of the areas that are involved in this process are your lip, usually your sideburns or your cheek or your fuzzy, a lot of women have extra fuzzy stuff that they don't want to deal with and then some chin hair. Sometimes there are one or two, sometimes it's enough to wax. So you need to decide, do you want to do this,do you have enough hair that you want to wax or do you just want to use tweezers and a mirror? Do you want to invest in the, if you just have a few hairs, then you probably just want to use a tweezer and a mirror. If you have enough hair, then you probably want to invest in a wax, whether you choose to do a hard wax or a soft wax, you need to invest in that. And then there are several products that are involved in that investment and some upkeep and so you'll need to decide, are you going to wax these areas, and it usually should last two weeks or so or are you going to tweeze them and just worry about checking on them every two or three days as the hair comes in. So you've made this decision. Are you going to tweeze or are you going to wax?"