It can be both frustrating and embarrassing when your face is covered with unwanted hair. The short, fine, often light in colour hairs that have a ‘fuzzy’ appearance are more commonly known as ‘peach fuzz’ and the only place it looks ‘cute’ or ‘adorable’ is on the skin of the fruit.
The most common places you’ll get a bit of peach fuzz is on the face — the sides of your face, along the jawline, and your upper lip area. It’s very normal (and quite common among the over-60s), but that doesn’t make it any more attractive and women the world over have investigated their options for getting rid of it.
Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on epilators, waxing kits, electrolysis or laser therapy, we’ve gone into the vault and pulled out three natural ways of getting rid of that unwanted facial hair that actually work.
These home remedies have been tried and tested, and it might surprise you just how effective they are.
Read on if you are looking to remove that facial hair, rid your upper lip of its moustache or trim those whiskers.
Believe it or not this is an ancient hair removal remedy. It’s as effective as wax, but is without the pain or irritation to your skin, which is great if you suffer redness or have sensitive skin.
Here’s how you do it:
As the mix cools, apply a dusting of baby powder or cornstarch to your skin. This will prevent the mixture from sticking to your skin and thereby reduce any irritation.
Apply the slightly cooled past to your face, remembering to go in the opposite direction to the growth of the hair. Then, place a cotton strip or a clean cloth over the past.
Allow it to sit for a few minutes, or at least until the paste has hardened. Remove the hair by pulling the cotton strip in the direction of your hair. Repeat until all the facial hair has been removed.
It might sound like the start of a great pasta sauce but this is a surprisingly effective remedy for removing unwanted hair. It’s a bit fiddly though — you will need to remove the thin membranes from between the layers of the onion, because that’s what you’ll be using to get rid of the hair.
Here’s how you do it:
Apply the past to your unwanted facial hair and let it sit for up to 20 minutes. If it starts to burn you may have left it too long.)
Use warm water to remove the paste from your skin.
It’s a remedy that will require a couple of applications throughout the week, but after around a month you’ll start to notice your unwanted hair disappear!
You must think we’ve really lost the plot now, but this remedy has been used in India for centuries and has been found to be an effective way of removing facial and body hair at home.
Here’s how you do it:
With your paste ready to go, apply it to the area where you have the unwanted hair and let it sit for up to 20 minutes. You’ll notice it tightens on your skin as it dries, but don’t panic.
Once it is fully dry, rub the paste with your fingers to remove it. The dried lentil past will fall off and should take your unwanted hair with it.
IMPORTANT LEGAL INFO This article is of a general nature and FYI only, because it doesn’t take into account your personal health requirements or existing medical conditions. That means it’s not personalised health advice and shouldn’t be relied upon as if it is. Before making a health-related decision, you should work out if the info is appropriate for your situation and get professional medical advice.