The earliest references to hair removal came from the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Greece. Alexander The Great considered a hairless body to be the standard of beauty, youth and innocence.
The ancient Egyptians placed a high importance on aesthetics and cosmetics, and Egyptian hieroglyphics describe how slave girls serving the Pharaoh were expected to remove their body hair. They did so with a paste made of honey, they would spread the solution on to the skin and then apply a piece of muslin over it, wait for it to cool and then pull it off. Persian women used a traditional sugaring paste called “moum” in one motion they would spread the sugaring solution on to the hair that is to be removed and then flick it off.
The sugaring solution is essentially the same, whether it is called sugaring paste or sugaring wax. It is the method used to apply and remove the hair that differs.
Body sugaring has only become widely introduced to European and North American cultures during the past decade and is now gaining rapid popularity due to it being safe, natural, and effective with no chemicals. However, sugaring is only just recently catching on here in the States.
New styles, sports and trends that require or desire smooth hairless skin, have revived this ancient art. Sugaring is now recognized worldwide as the preferred method of hair removal.
Sugaring paste is simply made out of sugar, water, and lemon juice. It is edible and hypoallergenic. Also it is water soluble and can be cleaned up easily with warm water.
Skin Solutions offers the most effective technique, I will apply the sugar paste by hand against your hair growth pattern so that when the hair is removed in quick a flicking motion it’s pulled out by the follicle in the direction of your hair growth. This drastically reduces the occurrence of hair breakage, painful ingrown hairs, and also allows me to remove smaller, harder to grab hairs. Using this sugaring technique the paste wraps around the hair making it pliable, while seeping into the hair follicle lubricating the hair to make the extraction more complete and gentle.
One of the great things about sugar is that it cannot adhere to live skin cells. This means less discomfort for you and less trauma to your skin. Sugaring does remove dead skin cells – so as the hair is removed your skin is also getting a gentle exfoliation. It is gentle enough to go over the same area several times to extract stubborn hairs without causing skin damage or irritation. Sugaring is safe for all skin types and is gentle enough for even the most sensitive skin.
Sugaring requires less than 1/8 inch of hair (or 4 – 7 days growth after shaving) for successful extraction. After a number of regular sugaring treatments the hair follicle begins to deplete and the hair grows in more refined each time. Because sugar can extract such short hair, it is possible to extract the hair in the early growth phase, which can lead to permanency.
A single glob of sugar paste can be used over and over on different parts of your body then discarded after your treatment. It is never used on any other person. Sugaring paste is hypoallergenic & non-comedogenic. Sugar naturally helps control cross contamination and bacteria cannot breed in the tub of sugar.
In a nutshell Sugaring is:
100% natural
Water soluble, which makes for easy clean up.
Less painful, sugar does not adhere to live skin cells
Exfoliates only the dead skin cells leaving skin smooth and soft, not red and irritated.
Sugar is applied at body temperature so there is never any fear of burning the skin.
More sanitary, with sugaring there is no double dipping. Bacteria cannot breed in high concentrations of sugar.
Sugaring does not damage delicate facial tissues.
Hair is removed in the natural direction of growth, so there is less breakage and less chance of ingrown hairs.
Safe for clients who have diabetes, varicose veins, or eczema.
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