In today's world, smooth skin is considered beautiful. Unnecessary body hair can be removed with a razor, wax strips or other methods. These are painful procedures, after which the skin turns red and inflamed. In beauty salons they do photoepilation, but such a service is available to few.
An inquiring female mind came up with another inexpensive and effective way. This is shugaring - epilation with a thickened sugar mass. The procedure can be performed in the salon or at home.
Shugaring - The Best Hair Removal
Caramel mass hair removal has certain advantages over other methods of getting rid of hair:
- the paste does not cause an allergic reaction, because it consists of natural components;
- shugaring is suitable for all skin types;
- sugar mass epilation is not as painful as the wax strip procedure;
- microwave shugaring is made from inexpensive and affordable ingredients;
- the remains of the paste on the body are easily washed off with water;
- After the procedure, the skin retains moisture and becomes softer.
If the treated skin is properly looked after, it will remain smooth and silky for a long time. There will be no ingrown hairs on the body, because a sugar paste gradually destroys the hair follicles.
Ingredients for Shugaring
To make the skin smooth, it is not necessary to buy a ready-made paste. Cook Shugaring in microwave is easy. To do this, use natural ingredients: sugar, water and lemon juice or acid. To get a product similar to the one sold in stores, you need to take sugar of medium fraction. The quality of the mixture is affected by the composition of the water, its hardness and mineralization, so it is better to use purified liquid. If desired, it is replaced with a decoction of chamomile or calendula.
Caramel mass for hair removal can be prepared on the stove in a pan with a thick bottom. But if there is a microwave in the house, it is much more convenient to prepare shugaring at home microwave conditions. Pasta recipes differ only in the ratio of components.
Why do you need citric acid
Citric acid is added to give the finished paste viscosity and ductility. It is an ingredient that stabilizes the mass of molten sugar, since its acidity does not change. Shugaring in the microwave with citric acid is prepared quickly enough. This composition makes the hair thinner and lighter, so they are not so noticeable. Acidic environment destroys bacteria that are on the skin, reduces the likelihood of various rashes and inflammations.
Instead of acid, lemon juice is sometimes added. It may have a different concentration, because of this the finished product will have different ductility. Lemon juice is considered an allergenic product, it can not be used by people who can not tolerate citrus fruits, so it is better not to do such a replacement to get a quality product. In some cases, honey is used instead of lemon juice to make shugaring. Microwave citric acid does not harm, but sensitive skin - you can. Therefore, it is replaced by beekeeping products. Honey nourishes the skin and makes it smoother and more tender.
Cooking recipes
The recipe for sugar mass must be selected individually. Girls who will often do shugaring in the microwave will quickly understand which composition suits them best. If the procedure is carried out correctly, the hair will not grow back within a month.
To prepare shugaring in the microwave (recipe with citric acid), you need to take:
- 6 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of purified water;
- 1 teaspoon of acid.
You can do shugaring in the microwave (a recipe with lemon juice) in another way. In a glass or ceramic container put:
- granulated sugar - 10 tbsp. spoons;
- juice from half a lemon, which must first be filtered;
- purified water - 4 tbsp. spoons.
According to these recipes, the caramel mixture is prepared at once.
Sugar Cooking
The product of the desired consistency may not work out for the first time. During cooking, the mixture must be constantly mixed, otherwise it will stick to the walls of the dishes. When shugaring is brewed in microwave, cooking time is selected depending on the capacity of the oven.
First, all the components are laid in a glass dish and mixed well. Then the capacity is put in the microwave oven at maximum power, 1 minute is set on the timer. After this time, the sugar mixture is stirred and put back into the microwave, the power of the oven can be slightly reduced. This procedure is repeated every 15-30 seconds, until the sugar melts and the mass acquires an amber or light brown color. After cooling, the paste should have a cognac hue. There should be no smell of burnt sugar during cooking.
So, we have prepared a paste for shugaring in the microwave. It is used to remove thin hairs on the legs and harder ones in the bikini area. To get a dense texture to remove hard vegetation, it is prepared a little longer. Soft and plastic paste for the procedure on legs and other places is cooked faster.
It’s better not to digest the sugar mass than to digest it. If the finished composition is too dense, add a couple of tablespoons of water to it and put in the microwave for a short while. Pour a little sugar into the liquid paste and also place in the oven until it is completely dissolved.
Contraindications for shugaring
We found that microwave shugaring is easy to make. In addition, it has many advantages over other methods of hair removal. However, it can not always be carried out. The procedure is contraindicated in the presence of:
- abrasions, wounds, various rashes;
- sunburn or traces of chemical peeling;
- eczema, psoriasis, various types of dermatitis, herpes;
- thrombosis of blood vessels, varicose veins, swelling of the leg and foot;
- allergies to paste ingredients;
- epilepsy, diabetes.
Before proceeding to the procedure, you need to wait for the restoration of the integrity of the skin. You can not perform shugaring in those places where such neoplasms appeared on the body as moles, warts, various types of papillomas.
How do hair removal
When sugaring in the microwave got ready, start the process of hair removal. First, the skin is cleaned with a tonic and sprinkled with talcum powder or flour to prevent microtrauma if the composition was prepared incorrectly.
There are two methods of hair removal - manual and bandage. The first method is used when the paste is very dense. A piece the size of a nut is torn from the cooled mass and begins to knead in the hands until it becomes plastic. After that, the paste is twisted into a ball and rolled to the places where you want to remove hair. The caramel mass is glued to the body against hair growth, and after a few minutes it is torn off in the direction of their growth. Together with the paste, hairs with root bulbs will be removed.
With the bandage removal method, a soft paste is applied to the skin with a spatula, then a strip of linen or cotton fabric is applied and it is suddenly torn off with the caramel mass. This method is reminiscent of waxing, but it is not so painful. After the procedure, the remaining caramel paste is washed off with water and a body milk or soothing cream is applied.