Sugar hair removal can be attributed to one of the most common methods that help get rid of unwanted hair on the human body. Like similar procedures, it has a number of pluses and minuses. Judging by the reviews, shugaring can be done not only in the salons of professional masters, but also at home independently. Let's try to figure out its effectiveness.
What is this procedure
Sugaring is a method of hair removal using sugar paste. In another way, this procedure is called sugar hair removal. The name comes from the English word sugar, which translates into Russian as "sugar".
At home, most often use a composition that is prepared on their own. After all, making it is quite simple. In beauty salons, a finished product is used for these purposes. You can buy it in specialized stores.
The composition for shugaring looks like a viscous caramel. By consistency, it can be either semi-liquid or solid. Thanks to this procedure, the skin remains smooth for up to two weeks, and the simplicity of action allows it to be carried out at home. On the Internet you can read many positive reviews about shugaring. And the photos before and after are impressive.
The history of shugaring is rooted in ancient Egypt. It is rumored that Cleopatra and Nefertiti used this method in order to always look attractive.
Benefits of the procedure
Judging by the reviews of shugaring, there are a lot of advantages to this procedure. Here are some of them:
- The composition of the paste includes only natural and hypoallergenic ingredients.
- Ease of execution allows you to carry out the procedure yourself.
- Long-term effectiveness - the skin remains clean for up to a month.
- Hair is removed in the direction of their growth along with the bulb, this helps to avoid ingrown.
- With constant use of hair shugaring, it becomes thinner and its growth slows down. Over time, the effect of the procedure persists for a longer period.
- Sugar hair removal causes less pain compared to other methods.
- Easy to apply in hard to reach places such as bikini area and armpits.
- Sugar paste softens the skin when applied, and together with the hairs removes its dead layer.
Contraindications
If you have at least one of the following, you should not do the procedure:
- sugar allergy;
- varicose veins;
- any tumors: both malignant and benign;
- diabetes;
- epilepsy;
- menstruation;
- pregnancy;
- alcohol intoxication;
- various skin diseases.
There are several more restrictions under which it is better not to use the procedure:
- sunburn;
- any types of chemical peeling;
- laser resurfacing;
- on the day of the first visit to the solarium.
Which paste to choose
In salons use ready-made pasta. Therefore, deciding to do epilation with a specialist, you can not think about choosing it.
If you carry out this procedure at home, you will have to decide to buy the composition in the store or prepare it yourself.
After reading the reviews about Shugaring paste, we can conclude that it will be more convenient for beginners in this business to work with ready-made sets. Many girls use them. After all, they are simple and convenient to use.
What types of pasta are
The composition for shugaring, depending on the consistency, can be divided into several types:
- Ultra soft paste. To work with such a composition, skills are needed. Therefore, it is mainly specialists working with it, applying it in bandage technique.
- Bandage paste. It has a semi-liquid consistency, and is mainly used for treating hands and feet.
- Soft paste. Universal - suitable for all areas of the body, ideal for beginners.
- Medium hard paste. Just like the previous one, it is suitable for most parts of the body.
- Hard paste. It is more difficult to work with it than with the previous types. Ideal for areas with stiff hairs.
Homemade pasta
If you don’t want to use the finished composition, then you can cook yourself a paste for home shugaring. According to reviews on the forums, girls use mainly such a recipe. In a convenient dish, 10 tablespoons of sugar, 4 tablespoons of water and the juice of half a lemon are poured. All ingredients are mixed and brought to a boil over low heat, while the mixture must be constantly stirred. Sugar should be completely dissolved. After boiling, the mass is boiled for about 5-7 minutes, until a golden hue is formed. It is important not to digest, if the smell of burnt sugar appears, the composition can be safely thrown out.
Bikini Hair Removal
Reviews of bikini shugaring say that the procedure is simple and can be done safely at home.
You need to understand that this area is the most painful area. But there are methods that help reduce sensitivity and make the procedure more comfortable.
- Half an hour before the procedure, you can drink any pain medication.
- Apply anesthetic cream about an hour before the procedure.
- Least of all, a person is susceptible to pain in the afternoon, on the basis of this, shugaring should be carried out at this time.
- Before the procedure, you can wipe the skin with pieces of ice.
- Take a hot bath, this will help to steam the skin, and hairs will be removed easier.
- A few days before shugaring make a soft peeling, this will help soften the upper layer of the skin.
For epilation deep bikini should choose a denser composition, it is well suited for the treatment of sensitive areas.
Reviews about Shugaring Deep Bikini
Girls who perform this procedure note that the skin remains permanently smooth and beautiful. And the pain is much weaker than with similar methods. But reviews of shugaring deep bikinis are not always positive. There are those who can not stand the pain and prefer a more gentle hair removal in this place.
What are the techniques
For the bikini zone, two techniques for performing the procedure are mainly used: manual and bandage. Each of them deserves special attention.
Manual technique is a completely manual procedure. This is a classic method, and you can work with it with all kinds of pastes. If the composition of medium density is chosen, then before the procedure it should be heated to a liquid consistency.
If the paste is hard, then a small piece comes off from it, which must be thoroughly kneading in the hands until it brightens and becomes yellowish. In this case, you can start depilation.
The paste is applied in a thin layer against hair growth and is distributed over the skin with the pressure of the fingers. After a couple of seconds, when the paste captures the maximum number of hairs, you need to pluck it with a sharp movement in the direction of hair growth.
The bandage technique is very similar to waxing. Sugar paste is used instead of wax. Before starting the procedure, the composition is heated and applied to the skin using a special spatula. Then fabric strips are applied over it. After waiting a while, they are torn off by a sharp movement in the direction of hair growth.
As indicated in the reviews, this method is good because it helps to capture a larger area, as well as remove short hairs that cannot be removed using the manual technique.
Important points
Many reviews say that when implementing the shugaring procedure, you need to remember some features that will help to avoid many problems:
- Hair length should be no more than 8 mm.
- Particular attention should be paid to disinfection. Before the start of the session, the skin must be treated with an antiseptic.
- Based on reviews of shugaring, the paste is applied in a thin layer. Thick application will bring more pain.
- Sugar composition is applied against hair growth, and breaks down, on the contrary, by growth. This method will help to avoid ingrown and reduce skin irritation.
Aftercare
In reviews of shugaring after the procedure, the girls are advised to follow simple tips:
- Treated skin should not be soaked within 10 hours after the session.
- In the early days, you should refuse to visit the baths, saunas and solarium.
- After the procedure, do not apply deodorant to the armpits, it is recommended to replace it with talcum powder.
- In reviews of shugaring bikinis, many girls advise wearing underwear made of natural materials for the first day.
- Also, it is worth refusing sports training for a day, sweat will cause skin irritation.
- To exclude ingrown hairs, it is preferable to use scrubs several times a week in treated areas
Possible consequences
Judging by the reviews of shugaring, immediately after the procedure, the skin in the treated area turns red. Do not worry about this, since this is a normal phenomenon and irritation will pass after a couple of hours.
Due to a violation of hygiene rules, more serious consequences may appear - pustules. And with inept shugaring by inexperienced specialists, bruises can form. Hematomas will pass by themselves, but pustules will have to be treated with an antiseptic.
For a quality shugaring procedure, experience is required that comes with time. Therefore, do not be upset if the first session of home shugaring turned out to be not entirely successful. Perhaps you should go to the salon and see how the master does it. In any case, sugar hair removal is one of the best methods for removing unwanted hair.