Every woman dreams of smooth, delicate skin, not burdened with unwanted vegetation. And today, the beauty industry offers women representatives of the beautiful half of humanity many options for hair removal. Each woman prefers the most practical method to her.
Until recently, shugaring was not such a popular procedure. But, just a year ago, an advertisement for this type of hair removal blew up the Internet. Like any depilation method, and he has his fans, but there are also opponents of this method. The latter are mainly those girls who failed to carry out the procedure correctly, due to inattention when studying information regarding shugaring. But this type of hair removal is not only effective, but also very economical.
Sugaring - what is it? How is he going
Shugaring or sugar depilation is a procedure to eliminate unwanted hair on the human body. Using this method, vegetation is removed from almost any area of the skin. The process is quite simple and similar to the wax method of hair removal. Before starting the procedure, the skin area is cleaned and degreased.
A special caramel-like paste is applied to this area. It should be warmed up a bit in advance. To do this, take a small part of the product in your hands and knead. After the paste has reached the required consistency, it is applied to the skin. The agent applied to the hairs adheres tightly and envelops them. For this reason, it is possible to eliminate thin and short unwanted vegetation.
Stretch the remedy against hair growth. But the opposite happens. With a sharp movement, the paste is removed, and with it the bulb and the length of the hair. At the end of the hair removal procedure, a cream or gel is applied to the skin with a calming effect, which has an additional function - slowing hair growth.
For shugaring, you can use ready-made sugar paste. Today, a wide range is presented in stores. But, you are also quite capable of making sugar paste yourself at home.
How long should the hair be for shugaring
This is one of the main questions that revolves in my head, after the desire to try sugar hair removal. For example, to remove wax, you need a five millimeter hair length. For shugaring indicators are different. After all, sugar paste penetrates deeper than wax. So still, how long should the hair be for shugaring? The optimal is four millimeters. The minimum is two, and the maximum length of hair for shugaring is one centimeter. If you are still going to remove vegetation using sugar depilation, but its size is more than ten millimeters, then it is first trimmed with a machine.
Experts recommend the first procedure to be carried out at a length of 0.7 centimeters. Subsequent sugar hair removal is carried out in the hairs of four to five millimeters.
How often should the procedure be performed?
Unfortunately, a miracle will not happen, and after shugaring your hair will grow again. Sugar paste pulls out the hair, but the follicle remains. That is why they grow back. However, it should be noted that the hairs will be softer, respectively, removing them will be easier and more painless. The necessary hair length for shugaring will appear in three to five weeks. As you can see, there are no exact dates, since each person has his own individual characteristics.
Preparing for Shugaring
Shugaring is a fairly demanded procedure in connection with its effectiveness. This is a gentle type of hair removal that eliminates unwanted vegetation on the body. For the procedure, you will need a special sugar paste. With an individual low pain threshold, anesthetics are possible. It is worth noting that shugaring is less painful than waxing. Pain sensations will cause discomfort for a maximum of the first two procedures, since then the growing hairs will already be much thinner and softer.
The skin must be prepared for the procedure. Using mild detergents, skin is cleaned. Thus, the area for hair removal is degreased, and, therefore, the adhesion of sugar paste and hairs will be denser. Sometimes the skin is steamed before the procedure. This is necessary to open the pores and less painful hair removal.
Shugaring bikini zone
This type of depilation is worth considering separately. After all, shugaring is a "deep bikini" a rather intimate question. Not every woman has the courage to go to a professional because of shyness. And at home it is not very convenient to carry it out.
At home, for the shugaring procedure "deep bikini", the length of the hairs should not exceed half a centimeter. If they exceed this size, carefully trim them. Before shugaring, lie in a hot tub for about ten minutes. Use an intimate hygiene soap to cleanse your skin. Wash your hands thoroughly. To eliminate excess moisture in the genital area, stock up on talcum powder. Further, the process of shugaring is performed in the same way as in any other area of the skin. A paste was applied to the selected area against the growth of strips. The movements should be soft. Then, with one hand, stretch the skin, and with the other tear off the paste for hair growth. Here the movement should be sharp. To reduce the pain effect for a couple of seconds, put your hand on the treated area.
Care after shugaring
Sometimes after the procedure, a few hairs remain. They can be carefully removed with tweezers.
Mandatory disinfection after the procedure. So you remove the rest of the paste. Then apply a post-hair removal cream. It soothes the skin and prevents irritation.
Shugaring at home
For the procedure at home does not require any special conditions for shugaring. You yourself are able to make sugar paste. And then perform the removal of unwanted hair on the skin.
The removal process does not make sense to describe for the umpteenth time, but the manufacture of the paste is worth analyzing in detail.
For cooking you will need - sugar, water, lemon juice or citric acid. Place a pot with a thick bottom on a small fire. Pour ten tablespoons of sugar into it without a slide. Add water there. Four tablespoons will be enough. Next, choose what is more convenient for you to use - lemon juice or citric acid. If you are going to use the first option, then you need to squeeze out half the fruit into the pan. But it’s more convenient to use acid - half a teaspoon.
Mix all the ingredients and cook on the fire. Stir the mixture from time to time so that it does not burn. You need to boil until a caramel shade of liquid. On average, it takes about five minutes. It is very important not to digest the pasta, as in this case it will simply turn into a lemon-flavored candy.
After cooking the sugar paste according to all the rules, leave it to cool. The temperature should allow you to comfortably hold the ball in your hands. If the mixture adheres strongly, then the paste is not cooked. So put it on fire again. Cook a little, cool and try to roll the ball again. If you succeed, then the sugar paste is ready and you can start shugaring.
The nuances of the procedure
You will have to refuse shugaring if you recently removed your hair with a razor. At least there should be a gap of two weeks. During this time, the hair has time to grow, and you will minimize the possibility of the formation of irritation.
Do not grow vegetation. After all, the longer the length of the hair before shugaring, the more painful it is to pull it out. The first sessions are already far from pleasant, so do not aggravate the procedure. However, if the circumstances are such that you have to remove hairs of a decent length, professionals recommend using anesthetic cream or gel.
Sugar hair removal alone does not cause skin irritation. But, in conjunction with the procedures carried out before that, it can injure the skin. Before shugaring you should not do:
- scrubbing
- visit the solarium;
- sunbathing in the sun;
- apply cream, lotion or deodorant to the skin.
Contraindications for sugar depilation
Although shugaring is carried out using a paste based on natural ingredients, nevertheless, there are several categories of people who are undesirable to undergo this procedure.
Contraindications to sugar hair removal:
- hair length for shugaring less than two millimeters;
- skin irritation, sores, or wounds;
- endocrine diseases;
- mental illness;
- moles or warts are present in the depilation area;
- pregnancy;
- lactation;
- skin diseases;
- menstruation (this is not a strict contraindication, but a recommendation) - during critical days, pain increases.