“The coverage will look more natural.”

Next time:First, choose small curved brow scissors, which will hug the shape of your browbone.

It won’t look goopy or obvious like a gel, which can actually make hairs stiffer.

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Next time:Relegate the razor to your legs and wax errant head hair.

Strands removed at the root grow back with a pointed tip that lies flatter.

They’ll produce finer strands you may not need to remove at all.

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The bad: They’re ingrown hairs.

When you pluck, you’re supposed to yank from the root and remove the entire strand.

Next time:Pre-pluck, exfoliate with a scrub or peel pad.

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“Clearing dead skin allows for a smoother pull,” Barshop says.

And tweak your technique: Rather than grabbing the hair tip, tug right near the follicle.

and bleaching right after exfoliating can leave skin burn-prone.

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You Waxed Your Nose Hair

Ouch.

Is That an Infection?

It ain’t pretty, but nose hair has a purpose: to act like a filter for germs.

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Take it away and you’re vulnerable to infection.

And because nose hairs grow in all directions, they’re more likely to end up as ingrowns.

Next time:Wax outside the nose only or trim visible hairs with brow scissors.

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