Apart from our friends, family and favourite hangouts, if women have been missing something the most, it has to be our salon professionals. Even actor Neena Gupta took to Instagram to post about making peace with not being able to colour her hair now and using wax strips to get rid of upper lip hair. With parlours and beauty service apps shut for business, not all of us may be willing to wait out the lockdown period to take care of excess hair growth. We reached out to a few beauty experts to share some tips on tackling the problem at hand, err face, with things available at home.

Face the problem

Most professionals' first advice is to not experiment with threading. Celebrity make-up artiste Aafreen Petiwala's back-up is tweezers. "If you're not used to tweezers, remove the extra hair while stretching the skin tightly. Don't try shaping the brows." If tweezers are not available, one can go for facial razors available online, suggests Urvi Sanghavi, manager, BBlunt, Kemps Corner. However, if you're unable to get facial razors delivered, go for an egg-and-cornstarch pack. "Use the white of an egg, and add half tbsp corn starch and one tbsp sugar. Apply on your face and keep it for 20 minutes. Once dry, peel it off. Do this regularly for two weeks, and the excess hair should be gone or reduced," says Sanghavi.