From getting a bikini wax, waxing at home and preventing side effects -- like bumps.
If you're a very visual person, then a video is very helpful over just reading. We have a new video, How to Wax Your Eyebrows at Home. This shows how to prep skin, and apply and remove cold wax.
This video isn't for how to decide on a shape. If you're looking for that kind of how to, see this step-by-step using a model. Also check out the Top 10 Eyebrow Shaping Tips.
I've always shied away from shaving soaps, even though they have a cult following and are made by some of the top shaving companies. I think just the word 'soap' and the thought of a thin barrier on the skin between me and the razor, were partly to blame.
After a Cooking with Lavender Class held at Daybreak Boutique (side note: chocolate and lavender are amazing together!), I just had to pick up their handmade Wash & Shave Bar with Calming Lavender and Bentonite Clay for Smooth Shaving.
Shaving soaps should be used with a shaving brush to create a nice lather. I didn't have one, though it's on my list, so I tried it brushless. Even so, it worked really, really well. The soap provided a lot of slip, I got a pretty close shave and my skin felt really soft afterwards.
Their formula uses the oils of olive, coconut, palm and castor. Bentonite clay, also added, draws out toxins, is highly absorbent, and exfoliates, so it's great for oily skin and can also be used to cleanse with as well. This one includes lavender essential oil. For men, they make a shaving soap with sandalwood.
The bar is huge, which will surely last a long time. With any shaving soap, it needs to be placed on a draining soap dish so that it doesn't sit in water and wear down faster than necessary.
Resist the urge to use the razor a little lower and shave your toes, while you're shaving your legs. Since they're such small areas and the hair is usually sparse, it's extremely easy to wax or sugar your toes. And you don't even have to get a ton of supplies, or buy any products from the store necessarily.
To wax, it only takes a couple steps to remove the hair from the root. There's no heating up product or big mess if you use pre-made wax strips. On clean skin dab on some baby powder, apply a wax strip, rub your fingers over the strip a couple of times in the direction hair growth, hold skin taut and remove strip the opposite direction of hair growth. Use an unscented body oil to get rid of any stickiness.
To spend extra time but save money, make your own sugaring product at home. Try this homemade, natural recipe that simply calls for sugar, lemon juice and water. When finished, you can use it as a paste or a gel. How-to directions are at the end of the recipe. You'll notice how much longer waxing or sugaring last over shaving.
Visual tips and advice for shaving from the neck up. We have some great videos here on About.com for using the razor on your face, head, sideburns and neckline. And if you're already bald, we also have a video on how to care for one to keep it looking healthy. See the list of all the Men's Shaving Videos.
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