Afternoon beauty fix: How to solve your face waxing woes

I break out in tiny pimples after I wax my brows or upper lip. What gives? Hot wax and cotton strips are great for removing facial hair from the cuticle, but they also leave pores wide open in their wake. Aestheticians often press a finger over raw skin before finishing with a dusting of baby powder, and both are to blame for blocking your pores with zit-forming impurities. Hedge that risk by treating the area with witch hazel, nature’s finest anti-impurity asset. Weleda‘s bottle of Refining Toner ($22, weleda.ca) has loads of it, plus lemon juice and vitamin C to clarify and calm the hostile situation.

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