For today’s wellness post I wanted to talk about shaving my face.
It got lots of commentary and discussion going on instastories.

The at home dermaplaning.
Yes.  The lady face shave.
And not the shave with shaving cream that sketchy JD from Southern Charm offers his good ‘ole boys at The Barber & The Shave.  This one is done in the safety of your own bathroom, where you can sip a cool glass of Pinot Grigio if you like (instead of that damn Gentry Bourbon he’s always unsuccessfully pushing).
Why do men get to age like a fine wine while we age like milk? Perhaps the shave (and the constant exfoliation) is something helping them out.

I did a post here about my experience with dermaplaning, where an aesthetician shaves your face, and I loved my experience.
Sadly, I have not gone back yet since I didn’t want to cough up the $100-ish expense, but I also had not been ballsy enough to attempt the “at-home” shave.  So….. I apologize to friends and strangers alike if my blonde mustache had been visible lately.  I’m already married so, I mean, I don’t really care all that much? Right? NO!

My husband doesn’t need to look at that I’m far too young to let myself go like that!

So, I had heard about using the at home razors to do regular face shaves at home, and I had held out because
1) I was hoping I’d just splurge and do it at the office again and
2) I was scared sheyiteless of shaving my own face.

It took enough nerve the first time to have a professional do it!  The beauty bloggers + people to trust about this kind of stuff (aka, not me) had talked about these Tinkle razors but it wasn’t until a girlfriend told me that she uses them herself that I ordered them.   (see note below about the Tinkle Razors*)  And then….. I waited another month or so after ordering them before doing it.
BUT I have been trying to do something each Sunday as a Hashtag SelfCareSunday and the razors had been sitting on my counter for weeks waiting for me to quit pretending people can’t see blonde hair just do it, so Sunday I did!

I did a google search refresher to make sure I would be shaving in the right direction and after showering and washing my face I went for it. (Ironically, the video is Michelle Money of Bachelor fam came up.  I took it as a sign…..and also forgot how annoying her voice is…… )
A few short minutes later I was fuzz free!
If  you have normal or dry skin it will make your skin feel very dry so make sure you apply a moisturizer or  a moisturizing oil of your choice on afterwords, because it definitely needs it afterwards!

 

Now, these bottles are MUCH tinier than I was anticipating because a couple drops of these did not give me enough to cover my face at all, but we’ll see.  They just arrived and I only tested it out once.  Again, they seem to have great reviews.  You can choose which samples you want to try, mine are of the 100% Squalane Oil and a Squalane Oil + Vitamin C Rose Hip Oil.
There are several great things about their brand – they are all natural and clean

If nothing else, it is an interesting read about Squalane and what it is/why our skin needs it.
Sephora has a much bigger list of positive reviews than their actual website if you want to check those out.