This isn't online shopping-related but we sell beauty products, so somehow there's a bit of connection... no? ... well, really I just want to share one of my biggest beauty-peeves --lady-stache / lady mustache / muse-tache, however it's called. [ In Filipino, people refer to it as Lady Bigote or Lady Swabe ] :)
I'm not the hairy type but I wax / spring / thread / tweeze my lady-stache at least every 2 weeks. And it is for the following reasons:
1. Makeup clumps on your lady-stache. The hair traps sweat from the area surrounding your nose and when you start sweating, your makeup clumps, forming an awful white mustache.
2. It darkens the philtrum area no matter how fine the stache is. Wait... what is the philtrum? ... it's the area just above your upper lip, under your nostrils, where the stache grows. Filipina women have naturally black hair. No Filipina is born with brown hair. This means that every part of the body has hairs of the same color. Now, not all Filipinas have olive skin, some of us have light skin so if your skin is light even the finest facial hair casts a shadow on your skin making you look hairier than you really are.
3. It catches food, picks up powder and holds dust. If you eat a sandwich, polvoron or espasol, trust me, your lady-stache is going to pick up crumbs of flour and whatnot!
4. It will make you look masculine. Yesterday at the grocery store counter, I was in the queue with an older woman. Undoubtedly everybody thought she was male. Even the lady in the counter called her 'sir' repeatedly. But to my surprise, she spoke up, perhaps getting mad at everyone calling her sir, and said "Babae po ako." Heads turned when she spoke. She did have a woman's voice but her lady-stache was thicker than normal, making her look masculine. The saleslady took a second look and then apologized repeatedly... I say... it was an honest mistake.
So how do you get rid of your lady-stache?
1. Wax . This is my preferred method. It may be the most painful but it's called 'tiis-ganda' for a reason. But the pain is one-time-big-time. There are wax strips available at department stores. Since I'm such a cheapo, I use Glam Works wax strips. They're pretty cheap at less than 150 pesos, available in Watson's and SM department stores.
Remember to disinfect your face before waxing. You can either wash your face or apply alcohol-based or water-based astringent especially on the area you're going to wax. Because if you don't, you'll have acne after 24 hours, AND wax doesn't stick on oily or linty skin.
2. Tweeze . My least preferred method. Tweezing / Springing / Threading is a long, tedious and painful task. But if you don't want to remove all the hair and just tweeze out the thicker ones then this is the way to go. But for myself, I like it totally clean so I prefer wax.
3. Bleach . A painless method but this is not going to get rid of the makeup clumps, or the food getting caught on the stache. Hair bleaching products are readily available in department stores. Check out Sally Hansen and Veet.
Just a reminder, your skin sheds hair every 2-3 weeks so maintenance is key. Before you know it, your stache is black again after 2 weeks.
4. Laser Hair Removal . A permanent resolution to your stache issues. This is the procedure celebrities go through, like Kim Kardashian, who is naturally hairy, has lasered every part of her body that doesn't need hair (she's virtually bald from the eyebrows down!) But like any cosmetic procedure, it's quite costly. Check out Belo Medical Group and Calayan Surgicentre.
Can I shave my lady-stache?
HEAVENS NO! Shaving is definitely not an option. I can't even begin to explain why. If you want a mustache like Tom Selleck or Lolo Paquito Diaz (God rest his soul) then, by all means. lol It thickens the hair, increasing the size of the hair follicles. By the time you want to wax or tweeze them, they're already too painful. Even for any body hair, I don't recommend shaving. It's just too abrasive, especially for the top layer of the skin. Plus the nicks and cuts when you get even the least bit careless! Just NO. |
| Being stache-free adds contrast to bold-colored lipsticks. It makes for a clean, more polished look. |
I hope you found this article insightful somehow. If you have any comments, feel free to drop a line or two on the comments section.
XX Meg XX
P.S. Never over-tweeze your brows! It's your stache that needs more attention. :)
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