Do you find some beauty a chore?
Getting primped and primed every day, week, month of the year takes time – we know this. But which beauty treatments do we consider to be a chore?
Coming out top on the list from new research was shaving our legs.
Spring is here, well supposedly, and that means we’re going to be getting our legs out more than we have the past couple of months – meaning we’re going to have to be shaving our legs even more.
According to the beauty poll by Esentual.com, leg shaving comes top of a long list of the most hated beauty chores – and it’s no surprise really when an average woman spend 59 days of their life doing this most hated task.
The vast majority of the women felt it is necessary to take off their leg hairs and on average women spend four minutes doing this, six times a week which adds up to an incredible 21 hours every year.
Escentual.com Beauty Editor Emma Leslie said: “Leg shaving was by far the most hated beauty chore for British women, but sadly most women felt they could not go without doing it.
“There are ways to make it a little more bearable – if you exfoliate first using a product like L’Occitane Almond Exfoliating Delicious Paste then you will shave closer, and so you won't have to do it so often which will cut down on the two months of women’s lives spent doing this unpopular beauty chore.”
The second most detested beauty chore is hair styling, 17% said they hated having to do it but admitted spending 16 minutes every day teasing their locks into place which amounts to almost a year during their lifetime (294 days).
All told all these hated beauty chores take up a total of 578 days of a woman’s life so Escentual.com Beauty Editor came up with a serious of beauty tips on how to save time on looking good.
Emma Leslie’s Tips To Make Beauty Chores More Bearable.
Emma Leslie, Beauty Editor at Escentual.com commented on the results:
“The most hated chores can easily become enjoyable rituals, simply by changing the products or tools you use. The preening needs to appeal; it needs to seem like pampering, easy, quick and it does help if it looks stylish too!”
Leg Shaving
It’s important to exfoliate before you shave your legs – this lifts the hair for a closer shave and gets rid of dead skin, L’Occitane Almond Exfoliating Delicious Paste is one of the best on the market.
Hair Removal
Ego Professional Alter Ego hairdryer is the best hairdryer on the market and is so powerful that it decreases drying time by up to 70% - that should save about 234 days or your life.
Eyebrow Removal
To make your eyebrow ritual more bearable, pluck just after getting out a steamy shower or bath. The heat will open up the hair follicles and ensure reduced ouch-factor. Mister Mascara tweezers are extremely efficient at grabbing those particularly stubborn hairs.
The top ten hated beauty chores:
Shaving legs
Styling hair
Plucking eyebrows
Taking off your make-up
Applying fake tan
Dying your hair
Body moisturizing
Painting nails
Exfoliation
Pedicures
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