Now, if you read the title of this and cringed, I don’t blame you. Everything we know or have been told about shaving should tell you to run away screaming if a razor comes near your face. However, after seeing this trick on Pinterest, I was intrigued. I’ve always been bothered by how my foundation looked over my peach fuzz, so I thought I’d give it a go.
In scouring the Internet for clues, I found that the verdict was pretty much split down the middle; some opinions were scary, but some were really promising!
Potential Pros:
- Softer skin and anti-aging from the exfoliation
- Smoother makeup application
- Potentially clearer skin
Potential Cons:
- Hair growing back thicker and darker
- Cuts/nicks
- Sensitive skin reacting poorly
Weighing the pros and cons, I decided the pros outweighed the cons and I wanted to give this go. After all of my research, I ordered the “Gabriella Women’s Eyebrow and Facial Razor” pack from Amazon, because it had the best reviews and the cheapest price. I would definitely recommend buying something like this rather than a traditional razor because it’s gentler for your face! I didn’t buy any special shaving cream and decided to try it on a dry face.
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After watching a few YouTube tutorials, I took a deep breath and started in on a potentially life-altering experiment. Here’s what happened:
Observing the pros:
Softer skin and anti-aging from the exfoliation
My face became so soft! This one is probably obvious, as you’ve learned from rubbing your baby soft legs constantly right after shaving them. But the surprising part was that my face stayed soft—for weeks!
Smoother makeup application
My makeup looked significantly better! Without any peach fuzz or dead skin in the way, my foundation went on so much smoother! No more streaks or weird build-up from the makeup grabbing onto the hairs or dry skin (gross).
Potentially clearer skin
Confirmed: My skin started to get clearer! The pimples that I had improved considerably, and so did my patchy dryness. Why? Because with less hair in the way, it was easier for skincare products to reach pores and really soak into the skin!
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Looking at the cons:
Hair growing back thicker and darker
For me, the hair regrowth went mostly unnoticed! In my research, I read that you should shave every two weeks. I thought that sounded like total garbage—no way would I let the hair grow for that long without looking like I was growing a beard! But two weeks came and went before I remembered my experiment. And when I looked at the hair up close in the mirror, it looked exactly how it did pre-shave—no prickly grow-back period whatsoever! The idea of hair growing back on the face darker or thicker is a common misconception, as many people group peach fuzz with body hair that grows on other parts of the body.
Cuts/nicks
I managed to avoid these, too. Shaving was so easy it was almost impossible to mess up! I shaved using short strokes, which helped prevent any slip-ups.
Sensitive skin reacting poorly
The razor I used was so gentle! Even without shaving cream, it was so gentle on my skin that I didn’t have any issues with sensitivity.
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For me, I experienced all of the pros without dealing with any of the cons. Not only were the results better than I expected, a month after stopping shaving, but my face is also back to the way it was before shaving (so, no, my hair didn’t grow back thicker). The razors were so affordable and easy to use, and the results were so fantastic, that there is almost no reason not to give shaving a shot!
Would you ever try shaving your face?