The Classic Girl's Guide To GROOMING 🛁 ｜｜ Shaving your face？？
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about some of the things I do every single day to keep myself looking and feeling beautiful. There are so many things we do every day to take care of ourselves and then there are the things that we do once in a while to make sure that we feel good in our bodies and in our skin.
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Hello beautiful ladies and welcome to today's video where we're going to be talking about the classic girl's guide to grooming.
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There are a lot of parts to maintaining your beauty as a woman and I wanted to talk about a few of the ways
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that a classic woman keeps herself groomed. So we have so many things that we want to keep beautiful, right?
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We exercise, we go for walks, we take showers, we wash our hair, we take care of our nails and all of those things
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come together to make us even more beautiful and feel good about ourselves. Because at the end of the day
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when you take care of yourself that is reflected in your emotional state. So it's not just about how you
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look physically, it's also about how you feel emotionally. And so taking care of yourself and
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grooming and making sure that you feel good in your skin are all really fun things to talk about
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and will make you an even more classic woman. So I really wanted to go through all of the different
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ways that I keep myself groomed, feeling beautiful, and just feel like I've taken the time to take care
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of myself. So let's get into it. So there are a few things that go under the headline of grooming.
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There are the things that we do every day to take care of ourselves and then there are the things that
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we do every once in a while. So I wanted to kind of touch on everything but the first thing I wanted
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to talk about is taking care of your skin. Now taking care of your skin is a really important part of
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grooming and when I'm talking about grooming and maintaining your beauty I'm not saying that you have to have
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perfect skin. I have acne pretty constantly even though it's not very bad anymore and I used to
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have really bad skin. So it's not about oh if you don't have beautiful skin you're not grooming. It's
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more about taking the time to kind of baby your skin and put in effort so you don't get wrinkles as you
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get older and that kind of thing. And it's more about just taking the time to make sure your skin
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is healthy. So I wanted to talk about how I wash my face. The first thing is and I've talked about this
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a few times on my channel is this face scrubber. I will go in and I will take about a minute and a
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half and really go over my entire face using this face scrubber with my Neutrogena Hydra Boost gel.
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I just use a simple cleanser because I don't want to use anything that's really fancy. I don't want
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fragrances. I'm very sensitive to fragrances so I don't think it's worth me doing something that's
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overly expensive. Neutrogena is totally fine with me and my dermatologist actually recommends it so
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I use that with this and just going in making sure that my skin feels really clean getting all
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that makeup off at the end of the day and just investing that time into my skincare is my first
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step when I'm taking care of myself and when I'm grooming. Next up I want to talk about sunscreen.
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Sunscreen is so important when you're taking care of your skin. I put on sunscreen every single day
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right after I wash my face. I use this Aveeno Protect Plus Hydrate sunscreen. I really like this one.
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It's 50 SPF and it just takes care of my skin especially in the summertime when I'm taking
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long walks. I want to make sure that I'm taking care of my skin as much as possible. So putting
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on sunscreen like this is really important and then in the evenings I'll use just a really good
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moisturizer and a couple of things like that. So I'm not going to go into my entire skincare regimen
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but I did just want to touch on a couple things that I think are really important for grooming and
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maintaining your skin. One of the things I don't think people really talk about with grooming is eyelash
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care. So one of the things I've started doing more recently is putting castor oil on my eyelashes
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before I go to sleep. I just put a little bit on the back of my hand take it on my fingertip
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kind of do this on my lashes and even around my eyes just I assume having some oil around this eye
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area is good for it and it's just going to be moisturizing anyway and I think I've actually seen
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a difference in the strength of my lashes and in the length of them. So that's one thing I absolutely
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love doing. Next up let's talk about teeth. So I floss every single night and I know that a
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lot of people have a hard time keeping up with that. I find that it's a pretty short process
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and once you kind of get into it you don't want to not floss. Sometimes I'll also use a mouthwash
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and then my mouth feels absolutely so good so fresh. So using a mouthwash then using floss then
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brushing my teeth those three things make my mouth feel great and so trying to floss every night is a
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really good habit to get into. It gets that stuff out of your teeth and it just keeps your teeth
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really healthy. Now staying in the teeth category I wanted to talk about brushing my teeth. So I use
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this Crest 3D white toothpaste and whitener. So this is how I maintain keeping white teeth because
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when I use the strips it's actually hard for me. I have very sensitive teeth and it hurts me
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but using these actually is great and it's easy and my teeth don't feel super sensitive. So using a
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dual system like this is one way that I groom and maintain the look of my teeth and of course just
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brushing your teeth every day twice a day is a great policy. Next up when you're grooming is
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taking care of your brows. So if you are somebody who has big brows like me I pluck mine. I used to
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get them threaded but to be completely frank in Nebraska there aren't a lot of places that do
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threading so instead I just pluck mine and I've actually enjoyed doing that because I've let my
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eyebrows really just grow out and be fuller and I'm very happy with the way that they look so I don't
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feel the need to go get them threaded anymore but just finding something that works for you whether that be
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waxing whether that be threading whether that be plucking or if you have thinner eyebrows maybe
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just keeping them trimmed because those long eyebrow hairs can be kind of a problem is a really good
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and important part of grooming because your eyebrows are a beautiful part of your face so keeping those
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maintained keeping those groomed is just another way to be classic. Next up let's talk about hair
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removal. Now this one is a little bit weird and it's something I only started doing in the last year
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or so and that is shaving my face. I know it sounds crazy. So when I say shaving my face I don't mean
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going in with like the same razor that you use on your legs. The hair that we have on our face as women
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is generally very very soft and it's almost like baby hair so you go in with this very thin razor. I'll
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link it down below. I got it from Amazon and it's something that is just really fast and it just makes
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your skin feel a lot smoother. Now I find this is a nice way for me to groom. It gives me a nicer base
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when I go in with my foundations and my makeup and all of those things and also for me I've actually
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found that it kind of helps with my skin a little bit. So shaving your face is something that I really
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like doing and it's a way that makes me feel more beautiful when I'm grooming. Now when we're talking
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about the body hair removal is something that I think is a very classic and feminine thing to do.
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Now I know a lot of women are going to say that they don't like to shave and they don't like to
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remove their hair. Well it doesn't look great in a dress let's be honest. So I'm a proponent of hair
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removal on the body and I like using an epilator. So whatever works for you if you're into waxing,
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if you're into laser, if you're into shaving. I personally like epilating. You do what works
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for you but I wanted to kind of talk a little bit about epilating because I know some people
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are curious about it. So the first thing I want to talk about is exfoliating. So the easiest thing
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to happen when you're epilating is to get ingrown hairs. I actually get them pretty badly sometimes
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so I really have to go out of my way to exfoliate, use certain serums to help not get ingrown hairs
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and to keep the hair shorter when I'm epilating. So basically what an epilator does for those who
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don't know is that it's a machine that literally plucks out a bunch of hairs from your legs.
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It sounds really painful. It is really painful depending on how soon in the process you are.
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At the very beginning it is like really really bad but now it's a lot easier and it's really not
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as bad. Sometimes it hurts but it just kind of depends on what part of the body you're doing it
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on and also kind of depending on the day. When you are in your menstrual cycle can actually affect
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how sensitive you are to pain. So I like to epilate because for me my hair is really thick so when
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I shave I have to shave like two days later at the max before it already starts showing again
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and when I epilate I can wait a full two weeks between sessions depending on how clean I want my
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legs to look. But the hair is so much thinner that it really doesn't show even two weeks later
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even three weeks later depending on kind of like the hair growth cycle. So in any case I wanted to
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show you guys how I exfoliate. So I just use this Dove exfoliator and I just go in on my legs and
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exfoliate them to keep those ingrown hairs from happening. So I have a couple tips and tricks for
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epilating itself. One is maybe have an Advil or just like a little glass of wine to kind of help with
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the paint a little bit because it does make it a little bit better so doing that helps. And then
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also something I just recently learned is you should shave two days before so that the hair really is
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shorter and not super long. It's kind of the opposite of waxing. You want it to be a little
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bit shorter so that you're not getting broken hairs when you're tweezing them. Instead you're pulling the
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hair out from the root itself. And I just do it. I watch a show. I listen to music or something like
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that and I just remove the hair. And the process takes a little bit of time but it's only twice a month
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so it's really not that big of a deal. And it's a big purchase for the first time. I think it was
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for me $90 because I bought it on Amazon Prime Day. But it lasts forever and it's so much cheaper
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than replacing razors or getting a wax for sure. So that was why I decided to do epilating. I'm really
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happy with it. I'm really happy that I did it. But of course any kind of hair removal which works for
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you works for you. And that's just another great step in grooming. Next up I want to talk about taking
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care of your nails. So having beautiful nails is a wonderful way to be classic. And that doesn't
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necessarily mean painted because I didn't paint my nails for quite a while because I found it too
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expensive. Only recently did I start doing gel nails at home and it has absolutely changed everything
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for me. I love it. But just keeping your nails trimmed, clean, short, or painted, whatever it is
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that works for you is great. I have a Tweezerman buffer that I use that actually just kind of keeps the
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nail shiny and that's when I don't want to use any polish and that's wonderful. When I'm doing gels I
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start off by just trimming the nails. I like to keep them shorter just because I don't want them in
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my way to be completely honest. And also when you have a gel manicure it lasts about two weeks so if
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you have it long when you get them it'll be really long by the time you remove them. I don't really
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like that. So I like to keep my nails shorter so I just trim them, file them, then you file the top
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just to remove any ridges. Then you take some alcohol on a cotton pad and just clean off the surface of
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the nails. And then you put on one layer of a base coat. Then you cure it. Then you put on two coats
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of the color and then you put that under the UV light to cure it. And then you put on the top coat.
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And I love this color so much. It's so pretty. I have three colors and I think I'm just going to
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alternate for a while and then if I want to expand my collection I can. But I just really enjoy doing
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gel nails. But like I said any way that you want to take care of your nails just keep them looking nice
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and clean is a great way to stay classic and be groomed. So I'm going to insert a clip of me
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doing my nails here and I'll just put a little bit of music behind it so you guys can see what
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Last but not least let's talk about what we do in the shower. So washing your hair is super
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important. And you want to keep your hair really clean. Really get into the roots so that everything
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is just clean. You can have that volume. I talked about these a few months ago. I love this shampoo
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and conditioner. It's really really great. And it really gets out anything that's in my hair and it
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has a really nice smell. I love that. Plus I feel comfortable using scents in my hair. I don't feel
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comfortable using fragrances in my body wash because I have very sensitive skin. So the last thing I want
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to talk about is body wash. So I enjoy using a body wash usually on a loofah or a sponge something like
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that to really kind of exfoliate the skin. And I enjoy using a fragrance free body wash because I have
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sensitive skin and I don't want to get any kind of rash or just irritation or anything like that.
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So using a body wash that works for you if you're comfortable using fragrances go for it. If not then don't
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is a really wonderful way to just keep your body clean. I absolutely love grooming as a classic woman.
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It's time I dedicate to self-care and it's time where I can do hair removal and all these different
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things that just make me feel more feminine, more womanly. And I'd really love to hear what your
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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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