A while ago I saw this video from Serena, where she confessed to shaving her upper lip. I was so happy she made that video! After trying countless hair removal methods on my upper lip over the years (waxing, threading, plucking…), I can’t even recall how many times I thought “man, I wish I could just shave this”. It would be so much quicker, easier and less painful! What kept me from shaving my upper lip, however, is that I was afraid the hair would grow back in a thick, manly stubble. I’m a hairy Eastern European girl and when I shave my under-arms, the re-growth is super noticeable right away, and I didn’t want to risk getting that on my face.
Serena is part Indonesian and dark haired as well, and she showed on camera that even after six years of shaving her upper lip, she never got a thick stubble. The hair grew back in the same thickness it always was and it was barely noticeable. This convinced me to give it a go, and today I’d like to share my experience with you.
This is my “stubble” after 10 days. Not too shabby, aye? You can see a couple of dark hairs on the outer corner of my lip, but nothing super noticeable and mind you, this is after 10 days. I’d normally remove it a bit sooner than this but I wanted to let it grow a bit longer to be able to show you.
This is definitely something I can live with! I now shave my upper lip about once a week and I’m super satisfied with it. I use a little face wash instead of a shaving cream and I haven’t gotten any irritation or ingrown hairs yet. After a few days, you can feel that the hair is growing back a little bit when you go over the area, but the hairs are very thin and soft so I don’t mind that. I’m very happy, the convenience of just being able to shave quickly is amazing and I’ll definitely be shaving my upper lip for a while!
I’m scareEd that my lip will grow longer and thicker😦
I’ve been doing this since I was 13 or 14 and never had any problem :D I tried waxing once but it was too painful >_<
I tried it after reading this article! I was really nervous but it went well and so far there’s no stubble (it was two days ago) and it feels really smooth.
Thanks very much for posting this. I’m going to mention it on ‘unTamedTresses’ a hair forum I participate in, and hopefully many more people will visit your blog and try this!
Glad to hear it went well! :D
Thank you for being so open! I have been shaving my upper lip for years, waxing and threading never helped much. I’m blonde and my facial hair is super fine but it’s visible from certain angles. At first I was worried that the regrowth would feel bristly, but it doesn’t at all. When I’m really lazy I even shave my eyebrows with a very small blade. x)