I teach women how to do this along with their daily skincare practice!  It turns out when you add the tapping massage while you softly gaze at yourself without judgment your products work on a whole, new level!
 Then, you layer in a sincere I AM statement, affirmation, divine presence--whichever feels most natural. I agree that it can be very confronting and that's why I have devoted my whole entire career to helping women reset their relationship with their reflection.
 I've also been sitting with the concept of 'other' for the last few days and the synchronicity took my breath away! Thank you for putting this out into the world! 🥰
Thank you for this exercise! When I looked into my eyes, I saw my father in my left eye and myself in my right. I’m grateful to have his courage and wisdom to enrich my own vision of my life. (My mother is in my heart.) Five minutes went by in the blink of an eye!
(Strains of Hair by The Cowsills rattling around in my head)
Valerie, what a delightful post and fun memories it’s brought back for me.
Oh, the intrigue and audacity in the realm of female grooming norms. Imagine this Southern belle, basking beneath the sultry sun, spies a glint of peach fuzz upon my visage. Undeterred by convention, I brandish my Daddy’s trusty razor and commences a covert facial fur offensive. And lo and behold, a revelation occurs!
In hushed tones, being a fearless femme I confide my her follicular feat to my clique, who react with a symphony of gasps and disbelief. Yet, as the tides of time sweep forth, an evolution takes place. Those once-horrified friends now wield razors with aplomb, declaring their allegiance to the razor revolution. The divine irony: what was once considered a hush-hush heresy is now celebrated as the art of "dermaplaning."
Let's pause to consider the grand symphony of societal grooming. If a woman can sculpt her armpits, tame her legs, and venture even upon the realm of her most intimate "woo woo," why then, one might ponder, should her visage be denied the same indulgence? The great epiphany dawns: facial fuzz is but another canvas for the grooming virtuoso.
Oh, Valerie,
Charles? ❤️
As Charles Darwin's specter graces our discourse, whispering of fertility and species advancement, we embrace this follicular fable with a knowing smile. For in the tapestry of femininity, where conformity dances with rebellion, the razor becomes both an instrument of defiance and a brush for self-expression.
So, Valerie, prepare thyself, for Charles awaits with bated breath to muse with you upon the nuances of facial hair, a topic as rich and complex as the tangled vines of the evolutionary tree.
If the Tinkle works half as well as the teeny tiny reading light you mentioned last time (which I bought), it will be well worth the price. Seconding your thoughts (which made me LOL) on what one can and can't see at arm's length these days.
Hahahaaa, yes the things I can’t see from an arm’s length away are vast and legion too. I have recently realized I also need my reading glasses for cleaning ☹️
Thank you! This made me smile, and there’s not enough things that do that these days! Thanks for explaining the faceplaning thing, I didn’t get the Memo, and was trying to buy a smaller razor for travel (for my face!-post menopause legs are very low upkeep now yay) and those thingies looked SCARY. I did do the laser thing with a reputable clinic & Groupon, after also having had electrolysis. Which was slow & painful. I still have a stubborn few kittycat (❤️) hairs as you describe and my eyebrows are either dropping hair or adding hair in odd places-it’s a daily surprise! No one spoke about these amusing happenings growing up!
I came to this column via a link from another. i find your Vitamin A advice spot on as well as Vitamin C for dark spots, swear by Mad Hippie’s line if serums… in one year I cleared up most of what was turning into a leopard look. Kittycat whiskers I can hanfle!
I love your column and you have set me straight on the IG gadgets and creams that don't work. I am (practically) not influenced anymore and use minimal products with favorable results - which lets me look for the sales and promotions on those products. Haven't heard about M lately.
Thanks for the mirror meditation reminder, especially the need to practice it consistently to reap the benefits. It’s amazing how something like that will actually change our brain as well as open up space inside. But I have to actually DO it regularly!!
Oh my! This, this is my exact body of work! 🤝
I teach women how to do this along with their daily skincare practice!  It turns out when you add the tapping massage while you softly gaze at yourself without judgment your products work on a whole, new level!
 Then, you layer in a sincere I AM statement, affirmation, divine presence--whichever feels most natural. I agree that it can be very confronting and that's why I have devoted my whole entire career to helping women reset their relationship with their reflection.
 I've also been sitting with the concept of 'other' for the last few days and the synchronicity took my breath away! Thank you for putting this out into the world! 🥰
Thank you for this exercise! When I looked into my eyes, I saw my father in my left eye and myself in my right. I’m grateful to have his courage and wisdom to enrich my own vision of my life. (My mother is in my heart.) Five minutes went by in the blink of an eye!
(Strains of Hair by The Cowsills rattling around in my head)
Valerie, what a delightful post and fun memories it’s brought back for me.
Oh, the intrigue and audacity in the realm of female grooming norms. Imagine this Southern belle, basking beneath the sultry sun, spies a glint of peach fuzz upon my visage. Undeterred by convention, I brandish my Daddy’s trusty razor and commences a covert facial fur offensive. And lo and behold, a revelation occurs!
In hushed tones, being a fearless femme I confide my her follicular feat to my clique, who react with a symphony of gasps and disbelief. Yet, as the tides of time sweep forth, an evolution takes place. Those once-horrified friends now wield razors with aplomb, declaring their allegiance to the razor revolution. The divine irony: what was once considered a hush-hush heresy is now celebrated as the art of "dermaplaning."
Let's pause to consider the grand symphony of societal grooming. If a woman can sculpt her armpits, tame her legs, and venture even upon the realm of her most intimate "woo woo," why then, one might ponder, should her visage be denied the same indulgence? The great epiphany dawns: facial fuzz is but another canvas for the grooming virtuoso.
Oh, Valerie,
Charles? ❤️
As Charles Darwin's specter graces our discourse, whispering of fertility and species advancement, we embrace this follicular fable with a knowing smile. For in the tapestry of femininity, where conformity dances with rebellion, the razor becomes both an instrument of defiance and a brush for self-expression.
So, Valerie, prepare thyself, for Charles awaits with bated breath to muse with you upon the nuances of facial hair, a topic as rich and complex as the tangled vines of the evolutionary tree.
I've never heard of mirror meditation but sounds interesting and makes sense. Thanks for the advice!
Nice, very informative.
There are tiny pink Japanese razors about the size of a pen that work really well on peach fuzz.
If the Tinkle works half as well as the teeny tiny reading light you mentioned last time (which I bought), it will be well worth the price. Seconding your thoughts (which made me LOL) on what one can and can't see at arm's length these days.
Hahahaaa, yes the things I can’t see from an arm’s length away are vast and legion too. I have recently realized I also need my reading glasses for cleaning ☹️
Thank you! This made me smile, and there’s not enough things that do that these days! Thanks for explaining the faceplaning thing, I didn’t get the Memo, and was trying to buy a smaller razor for travel (for my face!-post menopause legs are very low upkeep now yay) and those thingies looked SCARY. I did do the laser thing with a reputable clinic & Groupon, after also having had electrolysis. Which was slow & painful. I still have a stubborn few kittycat (❤️) hairs as you describe and my eyebrows are either dropping hair or adding hair in odd places-it’s a daily surprise! No one spoke about these amusing happenings growing up!
I came to this column via a link from another. i find your Vitamin A advice spot on as well as Vitamin C for dark spots, swear by Mad Hippie’s line if serums… in one year I cleared up most of what was turning into a leopard look. Kittycat whiskers I can hanfle!
I love your column and you have set me straight on the IG gadgets and creams that don't work. I am (practically) not influenced anymore and use minimal products with favorable results - which lets me look for the sales and promotions on those products. Haven't heard about M lately.
A belated thank you!
As someone who <still> 🙄 breaks out in my mid-50's, I adore powder sunscreen!
Thanks for the mirror meditation reminder, especially the need to practice it consistently to reap the benefits. It’s amazing how something like that will actually change our brain as well as open up space inside. But I have to actually DO it regularly!!
I have so missed your voice!
Extremely helpful!