Nowadays, many beauty salons along with waxing offer the so-called shugaring. For those who know a little English, it will immediately become clear that we will talk about “shugar” or sugar in translation from this language. Despite the fact that modern beauty salons position this type of service as completely new, in fact, hair removal using syrup based on such natural ingredients as honey, sugar and freshly squeezed juice of various plants was known in ancient times.
Especially popular “sugar hair removal” was among eastern women who performed shugaring at home, carefully preserving the syrup recipe. Based on this, it is safe to say that with the help of such hair removal you can avoid visiting a beauty salon by making the same syrup yourself.
In order to have an idea of what home shugaring means, consider the simplest recipe for making syrup.
Recipe
Prepare 0.25 g of sugar, water (2 tablespoons) and lemon juice or citric acid (2 tablespoons) in advance. Take a small container and place it on the stove, pour out all the ingredients and mix. Then close the lid. Remember that the heating temperature should be minimal so that sugar does not burn. Shuffle the contents of the container more often. The syrup is almost ready if the mixture foams and acquires a brownish color, that is, at low temperature you will see this after 20 minutes. Hold it for a few more minutes, then remove from the stove and wait until the finished sludge cools. This is necessary so that shugaring at home does not cause burns. But do not wait until the caramel hardens, otherwise it will have to be heated again.
Procedure
In order for home shugaring to be carried out in accordance with all the rules, the procedure should be carried out as follows:
1) correctly cooked sludge easily kneads with your hands (if not, then heat it a little in the microwave or on the stove), do it until you see that it has become light,
2) stick the lump to the hair removal zone, flatten it according to the possible area and tear it off sharply - the result is the same as when waxing: the hair will remain on the sludge, and the hair removal zone will be perfectly clean,
3) do the same in other areas.
Many reviews of shugaring say that the ball is melting, but it should be so. If the ball melts, then take another, as the former is no longer usable. In addition, remember that you need to glue the ball in the opposite direction to the hair growth, and tear off the growth. Thus, you will capture most of the hair and thereby extend the duration of sugar hair removal.
Why is shugaring better?
If you are really interested in this question, then you can read the reviews about shugaring that are left by the ladies who used this method of hair removal. In this article they will be summarized:
1) there will be no more ingrown hair, as the crumpled ball is torn off in the direction of hair growth,
2) the absence of burns and irritation, since work with a sugar ball is carried out at a temperature corresponding to body temperature,
3) shugaring at home is hypoallergenic,
4) the hair does not break off, but is torn out together with shugaring paste, which ensures the smoothness of the epilated area.
In addition to the above advantages, shugaring at home is different in that the sludge, once cooked, can be stored for a very long time. Therefore, there is no need to throw away leftovers - they will still be needed. Before the procedure, you just need to warm up the stored paste, which does not take more than a minute, while waxing will require a lot more time.
Any lady will be glad that a dressing gown or home dress will not be spoiled , since shugaring paste is washed off like regular sugar with water and does not leave traces of wax.
In the end, the question is quite appropriate: "So is it worth paying for what can be done without difficulty at home?"