Sugaring Waxing
History of Body Sugaring
The earliest references to hair removal came from the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Greece. Early writings out of Mesopotamia tell of kings asking that women be brought to them clean and smooth, i.e. hairless. Ancient Egyptians place a high importance on aesthetics and cosmetics. Egyptian hieroglyphics describe how slave girls serving Pharaoh were expected to remove their body hair. Hair on the body was considered unclean by the upper class. Possibly through a fortuitous accidence, the method of using sugar for hair removal treatments was developed.
The British Museum’s famed Department of Egyptology displays copper and bronze razors and tweezers from as far back as 1900 B.C., including one combination razor/hair cutter/trimmer from about 1450 B.C. These methods however, were still primitive and painful. During the reign of the Turkish Empire, the harem was an important part of court life and the removal of body hair was considered an art.
However, the results of our extensive research determined the current methods were working only to a limited extent. It was found that this ancient art of hair removal could provide permanent, satisfactory results with benefits that would far exceed the more commonly used method, if it could be modified to become commercially acceptable.
- 100% natural
- All wax products contain resins, even what is called "sugar wax"
- No resin or chemicals
- Resins adhere to live skin cells
- Water soluble - you will never ruin your equipment, bed, floors and clients clothes (as well as yours)
- Very difficult to clean up - solvents are required along with tremendous effort
- Will never adhere to live skin cells
- Can burn, bruise the skin
- Will never burn skin as it is barely luke warm
- May burn skin when heated too hot
- Bacteria does not breed or survive in sugar
- Bacteria breeds in wax
- Natural healer to skin
- Damages fine tissue cells
- Will not damage delicate facial skin tissue from long term use
- May damage facial skin tissue over long term use
- Skin is left feeling soft and clean, even before aftercare
- Clients usually feel uncomfortable for a period of time
- No spatula or cotton strips ever required again
- Need cotton strips and spatulas for most
- Never hardens, even if left on skin
- Treatment must be done with time efficiency so as not to dry on skin
- Time efficient; sugar can be applied to the complete area being treated before you begin to use the cotton strip
- Time consuming; wax must be applied to an area no larger than a cotton strip and must be stripped each time applied
- Removes hair in direction of natural growth
- Can only be removed in opposite direction of natural hair growth
- Very little (if any) discomfort
- Painful to client and traumatizing to the skin
- Superior end results
- Distorts the follicle
- Becomes definitive
- Tremendous amount of hair breakage resulting in early regrowth
- Removes hair after 2 to 3 days growth (less than 1/8")
- Requires ¼" regrowth minimum
- Will assist in diminishment of ingrowns for clients who come to you with this problem
- Creates ingrown problems
- Can sugar areas with spider veins and varicose veins or diabetics and dry itch eczema
- Cannot be treated with wax
- Skin is left feeling soft and clean, even before aftercare
- Clients usually feel uncomfortable for a period of time