How to properly do shugaring at home

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The simplest recipes for shugaring paste, detailed instructions for use and useful tips.

Why is shugaring so good

Shugaring is epilation with thick sugar paste. The procedure is distinguished from other methods of hair removal:

1. Efficiency. Sugar paste captures even short vegetation, and the technique of removing the mixture (by growth, not against, as, for example, with wax epilation) prevents ingrown hairs.
2. Availability and ease of use. You can make your own sugaring paste and remove hair in your own bathroom.
3. Security. Shugaring does not injure the skin.
4. Naturalness. Classic pasta is made exclusively from natural ingredients: sugar, water and lemon. The risk of allergies is minimized.
5. The duration of the effect received. After shugaring, the skin remains smooth for 2-3 weeks.

How to make pasta

Classic sugar paste

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar;
• ¼ glasses of clean water;
• ¼ glass of freshly squeezed lemon juice.

If the lemon is not on hand, replace the juice with apple cider vinegar (6%). Just keep in mind that there will be an unpleasant odor in the kitchen during cooking.

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and place over low heat. Stir constantly, cook the mixture for 7 minutes, until it turns yellow. Then cook the pasta for another 2-5 minutes, stirring continuously. The time depends on the type of stove and the strength of the fire.

To find out if the pasta is ready, run a test. Spoon some of the sugar mixture and drop it into a glass of cold water. In just a couple of seconds, catch the drop. If it's hardened and you can roll it into a ball, the paste is ready. If the drop is slippery, inelastic, boil the mixture a little more and repeat the test.

Be very careful not to miss the moment of readiness. Towards the end of cooking (immediately after the mass turns yellow) test the paste every 10-15 seconds.

Pour the finished paste into a plastic or glass container with a wide mouth. Close the lid tightly and refrigerate after 5 minutes for a quarter of an hour. During this time, the paste will cool down to the required temperature: 30–40 ° С. The bottom and sides of the container will become warm.

If you are worried about the safety of the refrigerator and do not want to put a very hot mass in it, wait until it cools down at room temperature. In this case, you do not need to cover the pasta with a lid.

Shugaring honey paste

The original honey-based shugaring paste is cooked in the microwave.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of sugar;
• ¼ glasses of honey;
• ¼ glass of freshly squeezed lemon juice.

Preparation

Mix all the ingredients in the container where you will store the pasta. If it's a plastic container, make sure it's microwave safe.

Place the mixture in the oven and cook for 10-15 seconds at maximum power. Then take out the gurgling paste, stir and let it settle. Microwave the mixture again for 10-15 seconds. Repeat the procedure about five times. There can be more or less repetitions depending on the power of the device.

After the fourth time, check the readiness of the paste: drop the mixture into cold water and try to roll a ball.

How to prepare for the procedure

The skin must be prepared for shugaring. This applies to legs, arms, armpits, and the bikini area. Estimate the length of the hairs. Ideally, they should be between 4 and 8 mm. However, this requirement is rather arbitrary. You can safely epilate with a length of 2 mm.

On the eve of shugaring, use a body scrub (it is better to choose the one without oil). Scrubbing will remove the stratum corneum and release ingrown hairs, if any.

Take a hot shower just before epilation to steam out your skin. This will make it easier for the paste to penetrate the hair follicles.

Degrease the skin with an alcohol-containing solution and be sure to wipe dry so that the sugar mass grabs well with the hair.

You can use talcum powder to remove excess moisture, although some ladies find the powder interferes with the adhesion of the paste to the skin. Try it on yourself and decide which is more convenient for you.

How to do shugaring

Scoop up some of the pasta. Knead it lightly with your fingers and apply to the skin against hair growth. Then sharply pull the paste along the hair growth, holding the skin with your free hand.

Don't pull the paste up! Your fingers should move parallel to your skin.

Treat small areas for high quality hair removal. Do not apply the paste to the same area more than three times. Otherwise, you risk getting annoyed.

There is also a second shugaring technique - bandage. For it, you will need fabric or paper strips. Apply the paste to the treated area against hair growth. Put a strip on top, smooth and pull sharply in the direction of hair growth.

This method is more suitable for epilation of legs and arms. But in the areas of armpits and bikini (especially deep) it is not very convenient to work with stripes. There it is better to act pointwise.

How to care for your skin after shugaring

After the procedure, wash off the remaining mixture with warm water. Treat your skin with an antiseptic (chlorhexidine or miramistin) or thermal water. During the day, do not use lotions and scrubs, protect epilated skin from the sun's rays, and do not visit public water bodies.

Sometimes after shugaring inflammation appears. They can be removed in 2-3 days with a healing ointment, for example, with dexpanthenol. It is enough to lubricate the affected areas several times a day.

How to store the paste

Do not store homemade pasta for more than a few days, otherwise it may become sugar-coated. Close the jar with the lid tightly and keep away from sources of heat and light. Warm up the required amount of paste in a water bath before use.

When you can't do shugaring

Before carrying out the procedure, make sure that you have no contraindications to it. The list includes:

1. Mechanical damage to the skin: scratches, abrasions.
2. Skin diseases: dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, furunculosis.
3. Skin lesions: benign and malignant.
4. Acute viral diseases. Against the background of lowered immunity, hair removal can be very painful.
5. Diabetes. A microscopic amount of sugar penetrates through the pores into the blood vessels.
6. Problems with the cardiovascular system. Painful sensations can lead to a deterioration in well-being.

It is advisable to consult a doctor before shugaring.