Today, I attempted to bleach the little hairs above my lip. I had it on for about 15 seconds. Turns out that the horrible stinging that I had felt meant that it was not just working, but also eating through my skin at the same time. FML
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Hi OP here! No this was not my first experience with bleaching my upper lip. I have done it many times before but with a different product. I had my friend do it also with me and hers did not end up like mine. Every time I had done it before it had stung so I figured that it was just doing its job but I guess my skin was just very sensitive to the brand I had. Good news is that everything is good now and I will just go back to using the kind I had before. Also the only reason I decided on not shaving or anything else was because I do not want the hair growing in darker or thicker:)
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queenariii 22
When in doubt, yank it out. At least when it comes to body and facial hair.
TheNoNameGuy 20
well now you have a skinstache. enjoy it while it lasts OP
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Comments (44)
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
#6 I assume OP is a lady if she is bothered by upper lip hair, therefore shaving is the worse advice you can give her. The hair will only grow back thicker and coarser.
littlekellilee 45
Hey, check it out, a Reply button.
jaythewizard 4
you do realize that's an urban myth, right?
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
Use wax OP. If your skin is sensitive to waxing like mine is, there is the lycon wax that should avoid any break out. Bleaching usually just give poor results and makes it looks like you have a blond mustache.
firemuncher 19
thought youd learn from last week that bleaching your lip hair isnt a great idea
jcash52426 5
If this was your first time why didn't you either pay to have to have it done or ask a friend that you know what has bleached the hairs on there lips before or look it up on the Internet
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
smartass, I did use the reply button but it didn't work for some reason... Edit, well there again, didn't work...
hamnedtodell 1
That sucks, OP. I'm sorry that happened! Bleaching can really irritate/damage your skin and could even turn the hair a weird orange color, so I'd go with waxing next time :) That's what I do!
jttorkildson 21
I read this will de-mustachioing myself with hair removal cream. I had a split second of panic and images from House of Wax dancing through my brain.
doodlesdork 7
Sally Hanson wax strips.
Knittedbirch 8
Did you use an actual lip bleach? I know it sounds obvious, but I have tried to be ~economical~ and just use the same bleach kit for my head hair and my eyebrows. Turns out that's a terrible idea! Learn from my dumbass mistakes, folks.
cootiequeen4444 11
Isn't it recommended that you never bleach/dye your eyebrows due to the proximity to your eye? Thus, it's dangerous. Or am I wrong here? My bleach kit from when I decided to go all Cruella Deville awiles back said do NOT use on eyebrows.. Tbh I don't think it would be worth the risk anyways... I've pretty/much only seen bleached/dyed eyebrows in film or on TV.. and like a bazillion of people worldwide bleach their hair so the darker eyebrows wouldn't be weird per se.. but that is just my 2 cents. albeit I'm a bit of a nervous Nelly so I'd be super worried about making my eyesight any worse than it already is lol
MWC007 2
y are stupid people like u alive