Just My Pluck
Continued
Once again, I found absolutely no one noticed the difference on me. Of course, they may have been too polite to say, “so, got rid of that hair lip huh?” I tend to think this is another example of how flaws that seem enormous to you go unnoticed by everyone else. Unless you're planning to appear in a major motion picture, you may want to leave your mustache alone.
No Harm Done?
Now that I've doused my various body parts in all manner of hair removing substrate, it's time to take stock of the damage. Aside from rendering me temporarily bald, what did all these products actually do me?
I stumbled on an organization called the Environmental Working Group, which compiles information on a variety of everyday products and the risks associated with them. They found that none of the products I used was completely risk-free. Even the seemingly innocuous sugaring kit contains the ominously named “unstudied ingredients.” The depilatory cream I used scored red check marks in five of the seven categories that EWG screens for.
When you consider that the alternatives to scraping your skin with a sharp blade contain potentially carcinogenic agents, allergens, impurities and safety violations, suddenly going shappy doesn't seem so bad.
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