What’s the Beauty Ritual You Miss the Most That COVID Took Away From You?

Last year was the year of self care! Everyone was really into taking care of their skin, their minds, their bodies! Some of us learned to cook, some of sat on the couch to watch our favorite Netflix shows to heal our minds and keep us from watching too much news, some of us took better care of our skin, some of us took long baths and put masks in our hair, some of us decided to walk around the house with a full face of makeup on, some of us just laid in bed and let a good book carry us away from the drama. Whatever way you healed yourself and took care of yourself last year I hope you found comfort in it and it eased your worries and relaxed your mind.

I definitely did a lot of face masks, I definitely walked around the house with red lipstick on, I definitely sat on the couch with excessive amounts of peach highlighter to watch TV (Pedro enjoyed it), I did learn to cook, I did read, I did take long baths, and I did discover the joys of different hair styles especially different braids! I did all these things and it was glorious. COVID may have gotten us all down in the dumps at times but it also gave us a much needed break from the world and other people and allowed us to learn new things, it taught how to enjoy the little things in life, and maybe it brought some of us closer together with our partners, boyfriends, girlfriends, siblings, kids, husbands, wives, etc…!

BUT….

It took some things away from us too. Somethings we miss. Like going to the movies, having Sunday brunch with our friends, walking around our favorite store without feeling stressed about being so close to strangers, and of course, it took some beauty rituals away from us too.

What beauty ritual do you miss the most that COVID took away from you?

Real talk.

I had to wax my mustache this morning and 10 out of 10 I don’t recommend it. Since lock down I’ve learned how to wax my brows and I wouldn’t recommend it either! It’s way to stressful feeling like you’re about to yank off way too much hair but doing one’s mustache is particularly stressful!

I miss threading! I miss it so hard! I haven’t had anyone thread my brows or lip since February last year! Totally have to rely on my own powers to get this done. Waxing ones mustache isn’t only painful but it’s really hard! The first time I attempted it I did get part of my upper lip a little and since the area was chapped and dry I bled. Thankfully I’ve learned since that mistake. But I swear I just can’t seem to get the wax strip on the area correctly. I started cutting them in half and seeing if that helped a bit. I also really have to sit their and sort of pep talk myself into the pull! I put it on and proceed to talk to myself in the mirror! “You got this! No pain, no gain! You can do it! 1, 2, 3!” I try to hold the skin taunt as a pull but it feels difficult to do both things at the same time not to mention when I do finally pull I ALWAYS, always, ALWAYS, have to go over it again as I never get all the hair in one go.

Stressssss!

Waxing is no joke.

I can’t wait to get back to having someone thread my brows and upper lip. I miss it.

What beauty rituals do you miss that you gave up because of COVID?