Sugaring (from the English. Sugar - sugar) - a procedure for sugar hair removal, which came to us from the East. Beauty salons quickly mastered this inexpensive and very effective method of getting rid of excess hair on the body.
In addition, “Persian” sugar paste is a natural hypoallergenic cosmetic product, the use of which has practically no contraindications (except for pregnancy, diabetes, skin diseases and neoplasms on the body, various injuries and critical days). The safety of this method has led to the fact that
sugar hair removal at home, the recipe for which contains conventional products, is easily carried out independently, without the help of specialists. This procedure quickly gained recognition among women.
Varieties of "Persian" pasta and methods for its preparation
Sweet oriental hair removal tool can be of three types: soft “bandage”, medium density and hard.
Important!!!
The first type is intended for dense patches of skin with hairs - on the arms and legs. This delicate sugar hair removal, the recipe for which contains water, is carried out using caramel thick syrup and strips of paper or dense fabric. The paste is applied with a wooden spatula to the skin, a special paper strip for this procedure, bought in advance at the cosmetic store, is glued on top. A paste of hard and medium density can be applied in a manual way - with the help of hands, slowly stretching it over the epilated surface. Such a tool is used to remove hairs on particularly sensitive skin of the armpits, bikini area and other delicate areas.
Sugar hair removal at home: the first recipe
One of the minuses of this sweet procedure is women consider the long preparation of caramel paste, so many prefer to cook it in large quantities, since sugar is a natural preservative and a cosmetic product can be stored for years. For a kilogram of beet, cane or brown product, you need to take 200 ml of water and 175 ml of freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice. Put this mixture on medium heat in a non-stick or metal container, mix thoroughly and cover. Stir every 10 minutes, the sugar will gradually dissolve, the liquid paste will gurgle, and then froth. At this stage, after about 40 minutes, the lid must be removed, checking the color of the syrup. It should become amber. After boiling it for another 5 minutes, carefully pour it into a plastic heat-resistant container, which will subsequently be easily heated in a microwave or in a steam bath.
Sugar hair removal at home: the second recipe
This advice is useful when a woman needs very little caramel paste to put her body in order. Mix 250 g of any sugar (10 tbsp. L. With a hill) with a mixture of 50 ml of water and the same amount of lemon or lime juice. Put everything on medium heat, stir thoroughly, cover. Stir every 10 minutes until foam appears after gurgling. At this time, closely monitor the color of the syrup. If it is intended for thin hairs, then, having cooled, it can be applied in a "bandage" way. If the hairs are stiff, then the mixture must be boiled for an additional 5-10 minutes, stirring until golden brown. After pouring it into a plastic container, not afraid of high temperatures, cool.
The mixture is ready. What's next?
When the mixture cools to the required temperature of 37-40 degrees, you can begin the procedure. How to do sugar hair removal? It is necessary to first cleanse the skin by taking a shower, moisturize it with lotion and wipe it dry. Apply baby powder or talcum powder to the skin to better adhere the paste to the hairs and protect the stratum corneum from injury. To knead a solid or viscous paste of amber color , like plasticine, and if it sticks well to your hands, apply it very slowly on the skin in the direction of hair growth and very sharply, in one motion, tear off along their growth. So the painlessness of shugaring is achieved.
Sugar hair removal at home, the recipe for which consists only of sugar and fresh juice of lemon or lime (250 g of dry matter per 100 ml of lemon juice), is carried out in the same manual (manual) way, without the use of paper strips.
The effectiveness of "Persian" hair removal
The smoothness of the skin and a minimum of ingrown hairs are the result of the eastern procedure for getting rid of unwanted hair. The effect of such a cosmetic miracle lasts from 10 to 30 days! This effect is achieved due to the correct application and distribution of sugar paste and a sharp hair removal in the direction of its growth, which contributes to pulling it out of the follicle and thinning the following growing hairs.