ok well i only have a shadow on my upper lip its very faint, i dont have a shadow anywhere else on my face, but the shadow on my lip isnt noticable but i notice it cause ik its there, but anyway do yall know if the lemon juice removes it cause this site says it does.
http://www.ehow.com/way_5488879_home-dark-upper-lip-shadow.html (http://www.ehow.com/way_5488879_home-dark-upper-lip-shadow.html)
I have no idea. It's probably worth a shot, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.
Hope it works for you.
Kia Ora A,
Lemon juice can be used to bleach hair but it would only bleach the hair that comes into contact with it, but as Kelly says "It's worth a try .."
Metta Zenda :)
Funny, I was just researching wrinkles, when I came across this article which mentions lemon juice ... It is meant to lighten skin, so it might work. I'm going to try it ^-^
http://www.rd.com/health/beauty/5-ways-to-reduce-wrinkles-naturally/ (http://www.rd.com/health/beauty/5-ways-to-reduce-wrinkles-naturally/)
Not sure about the lemon juice, but if your going to put on foundation, the best trick to hide shadow I found is cheap RED lip stick (the cheaper the better). Dab it on, mix with concealer (really good ones like DermaBlend Cover Creme) till it looks like a light sunburn and then foundation over the top. Something about the red pigment contrasting the blueish/blackish tones in the hair.
Otherwise try facial hair bleach, that might be more effective.
If it is actually hair, then it would be best to wax it off.
Although if you're also doing laser - any kind of bleaching or waxing would mess up the laser hair removal treatment's result.
But yeah - if you're not doing laser it's definitely worth a shot.
If it's the remaining hair in the follicle below the epidermis lemon juice won't help.
If it's hyper pigmentation from hair removal, electro.. laser, or plucking then time is the best remedy, it will go.
There are products for skin bleaching but some of them have very dodgy ingredients, mercury included. these products aren't legit but are finding their way onto shelves from countries such as India where controls are.... you might as well say there aren't any....
If you have a small amount of hair left after laser bite the bullet, find yourself a competent electrologist and get them removed, the shadow will go. You will then be able to do without all that crap on your face (foundation, concealer, cheap red lipstick, etc) The closer you can get to natural the better, just my opinion, less is more :)
I don't worry so much about a very small amount of shadow above my upper lip. I've noticed most women have some there and quite a few my age have it way worse than I do.
But to lessen it, I have used a little light blush between putting on foundation and powder. You just don't use much so it blends in with the rest of your face a bit.
Quote from: aleah on January 05, 2013, 02:50:07 AM
Not sure about the lemon juice, but if your going to put on foundation, the best trick to hide shadow I found is cheap RED lip stick (the cheaper the better). Dab it on, mix with concealer (really good ones like DermaBlend Cover Creme) till it looks like a light sunburn and then foundation over the top. Something about the red pigment contrasting the blueish/blackish tones in the hair.
Otherwise try facial hair bleach, that might be more effective.
Ive used this technique with cheap red lippy being pre transitition and it works well. The blue tint is the hair folicle under the skin. X
You can try, but I have my doubts. I mean, you shave that hair. It's under the skin. I'm not sure how well it would work, if at all. And even if it does work, you might have to do it again every day, because, well, the follicles still produce dark hair.
I think make-up is your best bet. A palette of concealers (or whatever they're called) of various colours like my sister has, and you take the contrary colour of the dominant one in the shadow on your lip - probably red or something. You put some on, and then you put some foundation over it, and the colour should be more or less neutralised if you've done it well.
I haven't tried it on a beard shadow, but when she put make-up on me once (and not much of it!) my sister could quite effectively neutralise the red of my irritation/acne with the green one, and her foundation isn't even one designed for heavy duty camouflaging.