My facial hair problems aren’t as bad as the other readers of Vivawoman, and I actually have high tolerance for the pain from plucking for hair removal.
My eyebrows are unslightly sparse and short with thick hairs but the rest of my facial hair is rather fine, especially the rather visible upper lip hairs which are my bane. Most contributors here can probably relate to my horrible experience of hearing cutting remarks from friends about my masculine upper lip “moustache”.
I actually have a mixture of fine and ultra fine upper lip hair, and these fine hairs concentrated in abundance give me a not so sexy seven o-clock shadow. Compared with eyebrow hairs, the upper lip area is sensitive and you can’t exactly use shaving. They grow back with a vengence.
I have tried waxing, but the problem with fine hair is that it’s difficult for the wax to pick up the hairs and keep them when you tear off the waxing strips. Shaving creams give my sensitive skin a burn and plucking fine hairs with tweezers is an eye-popping and finger-torturing task. The hairs often slidder through your tweezers even if you do manage to tweeze them up. IPL sounds wonderful for the modern girl, but the amount of money to be spent on a yet undetermined no. of sessions for a “semi”-permanent solution to upper lip hair removal seems to be rather excessive in relation to surface area of hair removal.
So that’s it. I have exhausted all the options to the best of my knowledge and am resigned to patchy seven o-clock shadows on most days.

I have never heard of Epicure till now, but it’s an option that I haven’t tried and I’m game for it. It sounds like a version of threading that might work for my sensitive oily skin. I always prefer to tackle unwanted hair at the roots. Plus the DIY factor is really good for my ever-skinny wallet and you can do it whenever you like and as many times as you like. Unwanted hair never stops growing 24/7. The Epicure spring seems capable of picking up fine hairs and it comes in great colours (Yeah!) I adore simple tools with funky colours. My sister with a lot more hair (& finer ones than mine) would probably want to snitch this, but I’ll promise to share it with her. It’s nice to be able to share good things around. Death to unwanted facial hair!!

Okay, it seems like I really do need to get my hands on one of their facial removal tool. To b honest, I have visible facial hair, which I hate a lot. They are seen mostly above my lips, around my chin and cheeks area. I have used plucking and shaving but none of the 2 methods gave me the results I want. Moreover, I have difficulties applying makeup onto my face with all those facial hair sticking out and all over my face.

I am so happy that I found Epicare and it is available in Singapore now. I believe with the regular use of their hair removal tool, I will have a smooth and hair-free face which I have always wish for.