Classically Abby - The Classic Girl's Guide To GROOMING 🛁 ｜｜ Shaving your face？？

00:00:00.240 Hello beautiful ladies and welcome to today's video where we're going to be talking about the classic girl's guide to grooming. 1.00

00:00:09.860 There are a lot of parts to maintaining your beauty as a woman and I wanted to talk about a few of the ways

00:00:15.820 that a classic woman keeps herself groomed. So we have so many things that we want to keep beautiful, right? 0.99

00:00:21.900 We exercise, we go for walks, we take showers, we wash our hair, we take care of our nails and all of those things

00:00:27.520 come together to make us even more beautiful and feel good about ourselves. Because at the end of the day

00:00:32.260 when you take care of yourself that is reflected in your emotional state. So it's not just about how you

00:00:37.280 look physically, it's also about how you feel emotionally. And so taking care of yourself and

00:00:42.200 grooming and making sure that you feel good in your skin are all really fun things to talk about

00:00:48.100 and will make you an even more classic woman. So I really wanted to go through all of the different 0.97

00:00:52.600 ways that I keep myself groomed, feeling beautiful, and just feel like I've taken the time to take care

00:00:58.840 of myself. So let's get into it. So there are a few things that go under the headline of grooming.

00:01:03.700 There are the things that we do every day to take care of ourselves and then there are the things that

00:01:07.120 we do every once in a while. So I wanted to kind of touch on everything but the first thing I wanted

00:01:12.060 to talk about is taking care of your skin. Now taking care of your skin is a really important part of

00:01:16.840 grooming and when I'm talking about grooming and maintaining your beauty I'm not saying that you have to have

00:01:21.940 perfect skin. I have acne pretty constantly even though it's not very bad anymore and I used to

00:01:26.920 have really bad skin. So it's not about oh if you don't have beautiful skin you're not grooming. It's

00:01:32.180 more about taking the time to kind of baby your skin and put in effort so you don't get wrinkles as you

00:01:37.940 get older and that kind of thing. And it's more about just taking the time to make sure your skin

00:01:41.960 is healthy. So I wanted to talk about how I wash my face. The first thing is and I've talked about this

00:01:47.340 a few times on my channel is this face scrubber. I will go in and I will take about a minute and a

00:01:52.780 half and really go over my entire face using this face scrubber with my Neutrogena Hydra Boost gel.

00:01:58.900 I just use a simple cleanser because I don't want to use anything that's really fancy. I don't want

00:02:03.200 fragrances. I'm very sensitive to fragrances so I don't think it's worth me doing something that's

00:02:07.720 overly expensive. Neutrogena is totally fine with me and my dermatologist actually recommends it so

00:02:12.720 I use that with this and just going in making sure that my skin feels really clean getting all

00:02:18.980 that makeup off at the end of the day and just investing that time into my skincare is my first

00:02:24.440 step when I'm taking care of myself and when I'm grooming. Next up I want to talk about sunscreen.

00:02:30.080 Sunscreen is so important when you're taking care of your skin. I put on sunscreen every single day

00:02:35.420 right after I wash my face. I use this Aveeno Protect Plus Hydrate sunscreen. I really like this one.

00:02:40.900 It's 50 SPF and it just takes care of my skin especially in the summertime when I'm taking

00:02:46.140 long walks. I want to make sure that I'm taking care of my skin as much as possible. So putting 1.00

00:02:50.660 on sunscreen like this is really important and then in the evenings I'll use just a really good

00:02:55.320 moisturizer and a couple of things like that. So I'm not going to go into my entire skincare regimen

00:03:00.360 but I did just want to touch on a couple things that I think are really important for grooming and

00:03:04.980 maintaining your skin. One of the things I don't think people really talk about with grooming is eyelash

00:03:09.860 care. So one of the things I've started doing more recently is putting castor oil on my eyelashes

00:03:15.180 before I go to sleep. I just put a little bit on the back of my hand take it on my fingertip

00:03:19.100 kind of do this on my lashes and even around my eyes just I assume having some oil around this eye

00:03:24.680 area is good for it and it's just going to be moisturizing anyway and I think I've actually seen

00:03:29.520 a difference in the strength of my lashes and in the length of them. So that's one thing I absolutely

00:03:33.660 love doing. Next up let's talk about teeth. So I floss every single night and I know that a

00:03:39.840 lot of people have a hard time keeping up with that. I find that it's a pretty short process

00:03:43.960 and once you kind of get into it you don't want to not floss. Sometimes I'll also use a mouthwash

00:03:49.480 and then my mouth feels absolutely so good so fresh. So using a mouthwash then using floss then

00:03:55.520 brushing my teeth those three things make my mouth feel great and so trying to floss every night is a

00:04:01.780 really good habit to get into. It gets that stuff out of your teeth and it just keeps your teeth

00:04:05.580 really healthy. Now staying in the teeth category I wanted to talk about brushing my teeth. So I use

00:04:11.340 this Crest 3D white toothpaste and whitener. So this is how I maintain keeping white teeth because

00:04:17.560 when I use the strips it's actually hard for me. I have very sensitive teeth and it hurts me

00:04:21.340 but using these actually is great and it's easy and my teeth don't feel super sensitive. So using a

00:04:27.280 dual system like this is one way that I groom and maintain the look of my teeth and of course just

00:04:32.980 brushing your teeth every day twice a day is a great policy. Next up when you're grooming is

00:04:38.140 taking care of your brows. So if you are somebody who has big brows like me I pluck mine. I used to

00:04:44.220 get them threaded but to be completely frank in Nebraska there aren't a lot of places that do

00:04:48.540 threading so instead I just pluck mine and I've actually enjoyed doing that because I've let my

00:04:53.380 eyebrows really just grow out and be fuller and I'm very happy with the way that they look so I don't

00:04:58.100 feel the need to go get them threaded anymore but just finding something that works for you whether that be

00:05:02.720 waxing whether that be threading whether that be plucking or if you have thinner eyebrows maybe

00:05:07.200 just keeping them trimmed because those long eyebrow hairs can be kind of a problem is a really good

00:05:12.880 and important part of grooming because your eyebrows are a beautiful part of your face so keeping those

00:05:17.200 maintained keeping those groomed is just another way to be classic. Next up let's talk about hair

00:05:22.900 removal. Now this one is a little bit weird and it's something I only started doing in the last year

00:05:28.080 or so and that is shaving my face. I know it sounds crazy. So when I say shaving my face I don't mean

00:05:35.840 going in with like the same razor that you use on your legs. The hair that we have on our face as women 0.98

00:05:40.400 is generally very very soft and it's almost like baby hair so you go in with this very thin razor. I'll

00:05:46.220 link it down below. I got it from Amazon and it's something that is just really fast and it just makes

00:05:52.060 your skin feel a lot smoother. Now I find this is a nice way for me to groom. It gives me a nicer base

00:05:57.520 when I go in with my foundations and my makeup and all of those things and also for me I've actually

00:06:01.740 found that it kind of helps with my skin a little bit. So shaving your face is something that I really

00:06:06.240 like doing and it's a way that makes me feel more beautiful when I'm grooming. Now when we're talking

00:06:10.600 about the body hair removal is something that I think is a very classic and feminine thing to do. 1.00

00:06:14.720 Now I know a lot of women are going to say that they don't like to shave and they don't like to 1.00

00:06:18.600 remove their hair. Well it doesn't look great in a dress let's be honest. So I'm a proponent of hair

00:06:25.680 removal on the body and I like using an epilator. So whatever works for you if you're into waxing,

00:06:31.900 if you're into laser, if you're into shaving. I personally like epilating. You do what works

00:06:36.780 for you but I wanted to kind of talk a little bit about epilating because I know some people

00:06:40.320 are curious about it. So the first thing I want to talk about is exfoliating. So the easiest thing

00:06:44.720 to happen when you're epilating is to get ingrown hairs. I actually get them pretty badly sometimes

00:06:48.840 so I really have to go out of my way to exfoliate, use certain serums to help not get ingrown hairs

00:06:56.220 and to keep the hair shorter when I'm epilating. So basically what an epilator does for those who

00:07:01.860 don't know is that it's a machine that literally plucks out a bunch of hairs from your legs.

00:07:05.580 It sounds really painful. It is really painful depending on how soon in the process you are.

00:07:11.160 At the very beginning it is like really really bad but now it's a lot easier and it's really not

00:07:16.380 as bad. Sometimes it hurts but it just kind of depends on what part of the body you're doing it

00:07:20.540 on and also kind of depending on the day. When you are in your menstrual cycle can actually affect

00:07:25.380 how sensitive you are to pain. So I like to epilate because for me my hair is really thick so when

00:07:31.480 I shave I have to shave like two days later at the max before it already starts showing again

00:07:37.240 and when I epilate I can wait a full two weeks between sessions depending on how clean I want my

00:07:42.340 legs to look. But the hair is so much thinner that it really doesn't show even two weeks later

00:07:47.540 even three weeks later depending on kind of like the hair growth cycle. So in any case I wanted to

00:07:53.740 show you guys how I exfoliate. So I just use this Dove exfoliator and I just go in on my legs and

00:07:59.980 exfoliate them to keep those ingrown hairs from happening. So I have a couple tips and tricks for

00:08:04.580 epilating itself. One is maybe have an Advil or just like a little glass of wine to kind of help with

00:08:10.680 the paint a little bit because it does make it a little bit better so doing that helps. And then

00:08:15.300 also something I just recently learned is you should shave two days before so that the hair really is

00:08:20.900 shorter and not super long. It's kind of the opposite of waxing. You want it to be a little

00:08:24.980 bit shorter so that you're not getting broken hairs when you're tweezing them. Instead you're pulling the

00:08:29.400 hair out from the root itself. And I just do it. I watch a show. I listen to music or something like

00:08:34.360 that and I just remove the hair. And the process takes a little bit of time but it's only twice a month

00:08:40.000 so it's really not that big of a deal. And it's a big purchase for the first time. I think it was

00:08:44.460 for me $90 because I bought it on Amazon Prime Day. But it lasts forever and it's so much cheaper

00:08:51.640 than replacing razors or getting a wax for sure. So that was why I decided to do epilating. I'm really

00:08:57.480 happy with it. I'm really happy that I did it. But of course any kind of hair removal which works for

00:09:02.040 you works for you. And that's just another great step in grooming. Next up I want to talk about taking

00:09:07.300 care of your nails. So having beautiful nails is a wonderful way to be classic. And that doesn't

00:09:12.320 necessarily mean painted because I didn't paint my nails for quite a while because I found it too

00:09:16.800 expensive. Only recently did I start doing gel nails at home and it has absolutely changed everything

00:09:21.620 for me. I love it. But just keeping your nails trimmed, clean, short, or painted, whatever it is

00:09:28.640 that works for you is great. I have a Tweezerman buffer that I use that actually just kind of keeps the

00:09:33.740 nail shiny and that's when I don't want to use any polish and that's wonderful. When I'm doing gels I

00:09:38.460 start off by just trimming the nails. I like to keep them shorter just because I don't want them in

00:09:42.320 my way to be completely honest. And also when you have a gel manicure it lasts about two weeks so if

00:09:47.300 you have it long when you get them it'll be really long by the time you remove them. I don't really

00:09:51.120 like that. So I like to keep my nails shorter so I just trim them, file them, then you file the top

00:09:55.960 just to remove any ridges. Then you take some alcohol on a cotton pad and just clean off the surface of

00:10:01.760 the nails. And then you put on one layer of a base coat. Then you cure it. Then you put on two coats

00:10:08.480 of the color and then you put that under the UV light to cure it. And then you put on the top coat.

00:10:13.160 And I love this color so much. It's so pretty. I have three colors and I think I'm just going to

00:10:17.840 alternate for a while and then if I want to expand my collection I can. But I just really enjoy doing

00:10:23.280 gel nails. But like I said any way that you want to take care of your nails just keep them looking nice

00:10:27.580 and clean is a great way to stay classic and be groomed. So I'm going to insert a clip of me

00:10:33.520 doing my nails here and I'll just put a little bit of music behind it so you guys can see what

00:10:37.660 the process is like.

00:11:07.660 Last but not least let's talk about what we do in the shower. So washing your hair is super

00:11:37.640 important. And you want to keep your hair really clean. Really get into the roots so that everything

00:11:43.100 is just clean. You can have that volume. I talked about these a few months ago. I love this shampoo

00:11:48.220 and conditioner. It's really really great. And it really gets out anything that's in my hair and it

00:11:52.940 has a really nice smell. I love that. Plus I feel comfortable using scents in my hair. I don't feel

00:11:57.500 comfortable using fragrances in my body wash because I have very sensitive skin. So the last thing I want

00:12:02.380 to talk about is body wash. So I enjoy using a body wash usually on a loofah or a sponge something like

00:12:09.020 that to really kind of exfoliate the skin. And I enjoy using a fragrance free body wash because I have

00:12:15.100 sensitive skin and I don't want to get any kind of rash or just irritation or anything like that.

00:12:20.760 So using a body wash that works for you if you're comfortable using fragrances go for it. If not then don't

00:12:26.060 is a really wonderful way to just keep your body clean. I absolutely love grooming as a classic woman. 0.99

00:12:31.940 It's time I dedicate to self-care and it's time where I can do hair removal and all these different

00:12:37.640 things that just make me feel more feminine, more womanly. And I'd really love to hear what your

00:12:42.400 steps are when you're grooming. Please let me know in the comments below. I'd love to hear. Thank you

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Classically Abby - July 14, 2020

The Classic Girl's Guide To GROOMING 🛁 ｜｜ Shaving your face？？

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