![]() ![]() Sugaring is amazing for sensitive skin, it’s gentle and it’s natural. The pain level is more in line with tweezing… if you tweezed several hairs at a time! The Pros and Cons of Sugaring: Still, you’re pulling hair out so I want to manage expectations: while less painful than waxing, it does hurt quite a bit, especially if you are doing a more sensitive area like the bikini line. One other thing that makes it less painful than waxing is that the paste does not stick to your skin it only attaches to the hair. Also: with waxing, the hair is pulled out from the opposite direction of your follicle’s growth pattern but with sugaring, hair is pulled in the natural direction of the follicle’s growth pattern. Yes, it hurts! That being said it’s more gentle than waxing because the sugar lemon mixture is warm and not hot. One thing I just learned is that sugaring can help you avoid ingrown hairs as it cleans out the live skin cells that keep your hair from growing normally. There are no additives or cloth strips involved which makes it more environmentally conscious vs. The warm (not hot) paste consists of just three ingredients: lemon, sugar, and water. Sugaring is a completely natural treatment. Waxing hurts, but it delivers smooth long-lasting results and it’s always effective. ![]() It lasts a long time, and it’s super effective no matter what your hair type… even the thickest, coarsest hair types respond well to wax. Yes – it’s painful! You are pulling out the hair from the root and b ecause the strip is pulled in the opposite direction of the hair growth, it can be pretty painful. It’s good to check with your salon to find out what’s in the wax they’re using… some waxes are all natural, some contain essential oils or other ingredients (I like Azulene), and some contain chemicals (which I try to avoid). Waxing is when a wax (usually a hard wax) is applied to an area of skin and then pulled off in the opposite direction removing the hair from the follicle. Today I’m going to break down the two different treatments and my experiences with both! What is Waxing? Both techniques have been around for centuries and both (for lack of a more delicate way of saying it rip hair out from the root) so the results (while painful) last MUCH longer than with shaving. But it isn’t right for everyone whether you should sugar or wax definitely depends on your hair type + skin. WaxingĪs it turns out, she was right – I like sugaring so much more than waxing. I’m going to talk about the benefits of both. I get a bikini wax every month and more recently my aesthetician (I go to Shobha in Williamsburg but they have locations all over the city) convinced me to try sugaring instead of waxing. Today we are going to talk about a sticky (literally!) subject – sugaring vs.
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