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When I showed my mom my new Finishing Touch Facial Hair Remover, she was shocked. “You can’t shave your face!” she exclaimed. “Why not just use nail scissors like everyone else?”
Seriously, can anyone out there say they use nail scissors to manage facial hair? I bet not. It’s like using a chainsaw for a small job—you’re more likely to hurt yourself than succeed.
“I just hold the scissors like this,” my mom said, tipping her head back and lifting her chin, “and snip as close to the root as I can.”
“You can’t even see where you’re cutting,” I pointed out. “You’ll end up cutting off something important!”
She insisted that she used a mirror, but even then, her technique seemed risky. Using a mirror doesn’t always make things easier; it sometimes complicates even the simplest tasks.
Besides, she’s only trimming the visible part of the hair, not tackling the root issue. It’s like pulling weeds without getting the roots out. Does she just trip the tops of dandelions in her garden? Of course not; she gets down on her knees and uproots them entirely.
And let’s be real, how long would it take to remove hair from even a small area with scissors? Ages! I’d be tempted to speed up the process by using the scissor blades like an old-fashioned razor.
“God, I don’t do my entire face!” my mom clarified. “Just the longest hairs, you know, the really dark or long ones.”
This is why we differ in our hair removal methods: our attitudes towards facial hair. Mom is okay with the general light fuzz, something we’ve likely had since young, but modern HD screens and cameras have made me super conscious of it. She only notices the longest, darkest hairs; the rest is as normal as having features like eyes or legs. “You wouldn’t shave those off.”
The problem is, I inspect my face up close nearly every day. It’s part of my job. Although I’m not particularly hairy and my hair color is light, my work in makeup and skincare means I often scrutinize close-up photos and videos of myself. When I’m not doing that, I’m looking into a magnifying mirror—a real confidence killer—checking if foundation sits right or shifts on my skin. So, I see not only the longest and darkest hairs (mine are usually white, like Santa’s) but also dense peach fuzz.
For a while, I left the fuzz alone because it seemed excessive to remove it. I focused on tweezing the longer hairs, which I recommend over nail scissors. But soon, I was tweezing the slightly longer fuzz bits too, especially around my sideburns, and I found myself plucking all the peach fuzz, which was time-consuming and painful.
This led to my new Finishing Touch shaver. I haven’t tried it yet because my mom reacted so strongly—worried I’d dive into a full shaving routine, complete with lathering up like an old western character. But after committing to all that tweezing, there’s no going back. Moustache hairs grow back a bit sharper, so when you sit around watching TV, you might find yourself stroking your “stubble” thoughtfully, like an old wise man about to say something important.
The only way forward is complete hair eradication, but with my new shaver, it should be like using a lawnmower instead of a pair of pruning shears: fast, efficient, and painless.
I’ll keep you updated, if just to shock my mom a bit more. The Flawless Touch gadget costs £29.99 online. While it feels a bit cheap for the price, I’ve tried it out, and it works well. Let me know if you have other suggestions!