What is so good about Shugaring
Shugaring is epilation with a thick sugar paste. The procedure differs from other methods of hair removal:
- Efficiency. Sugar paste grabs even a short vegetation, and the technique of removing the mixture (by growth, not against, as, for example, with wax epilation) prevents the ingrowth of hairs.
- Availability and ease of use. You can make a sludge paste with your own hands and perform a hair removal procedure in your own bathroom.
- Security. Shugaring does not hurt the skin.
- Naturalness. Classical pasta is prepared exclusively from natural ingredients: sugar, water and lemon. Risk of allergy is minimized.
- Duration of the effect obtained. After shugaring, the skin remains smooth for 2-3 weeks.
How to cook a pasta
Classical sugar paste
Ingredients
- 2 cups of sugar;
- ¼ cup clean water;
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice.
If the lemon is not at hand, replace it with apple cider vinegar (6%). Just remember that during cooking in the kitchen there will be an unpleasant smell.
Preparation
Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan with a thick bottom and put it on a small fire. Stirring constantly, simmer for 7 minutes until it turns yellow. After that, cook the paste for another 2-5 minutes, without stopping stirring. Time depends on the type of plate and the strength of the fire.
To find out if the paste is ready, test. Scoop up a little sugar mixture and spoon it into a glass with cold water. Just a couple of seconds, catch a drop. If it has hardened and you can roll a ball out of it, the paste is ready. If the drop is slippery, inelastic, cook the mixture a little more and repeat the test.
Be very careful not to miss the moment of readiness. Closer to the end of cooking (immediately after the mass turns yellow) test the paste every 10-15 seconds.
Pour the prepared paste into a plastic or glass container with a wide throat. Close the lid tightly and after 5 minutes, refrigerate for a quarter of an hour. During this time, the paste will cool to the desired temperature: 30-40 ° C. The bottom and walls of the tank will become warm.
If you are concerned 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, do not cover the paste with a lid.
Honey paste for shugaring
The original honey-based shugaring pasta is prepared in a microwave oven.
Ingredients
- 1 cup of sugar;
- ¼ cup of honey;
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Preparation
Mix all the ingredients in the container where you will store the paste. If it is a plastic container, make sure it can be used in a microwave oven.
Put the mass in the oven and cook for 10-15 seconds at maximum power. Then pull out the gurgling paste, mix and let it settle. Return the mixture to the microwave for 10-15 seconds. Repeat the procedure approximately five times. Repeats may be more or less depending on the capacity of the device.
After the fourth time, check the readiness of the paste: drip the mixture into cold water and try to roll the ball.
How to prepare for the procedure
The skin must be prepared for shugaring. This applies to the legs, hands, and armpits, and bikini zones. Estimate the length of the hairs. Ideally, they should be from 4 to 8 mm. However, this requirement is rather arbitrary. You can safely do the epilation and at a length of 2 mm.
On the eve of shugaring, use a body scrub (it is better to choose one without oil). Scrubbing will remove the horny layer of skin and release the ingrown hairs, if any.
Immediately before epilation take a hot shower to steam the skin. So pasta will be easier to penetrate to the hair bulbs.
Degrease the skin with an alcohol-containing solution and be sure to dry it dry, so that the sugar mass will well grasp the hair.
To remove excess moisture, you can use talc, although some ladies believe that powder prevents the adhesion of the paste to the skin. Try it on yourself and decide how you prefer.
How to do shugaring
Scoop up some pasta. Slightly mash it with your fingers and apply to the skin against hair growth. Then, sharply pull the paste over the growth of the hair, holding the skin with your free hand.
Do not pull the paste up! Your fingers should move parallel to the skin.
Handle small areas so that hair removal is good. Do not apply the paste to the same place more than three times. Otherwise, you run the risk of irritation.
There is a second technique of shugaring – bandage. For it you will need fabric or paper strips. Apply paste on the treated area against hair growth. From above put a strip, smooth and sharply tear off in a direction of body height of hair.
This method is more suitable for epilation of the legs and hands. But in the areas of armpits and bikini (especially deep) with strips work is not very convenient. It is better to act there pointwise.
How to take care of your skin after a shugaring
After the procedure, rinse the remnants of the mixture with warm water. Treat the skin with an antiseptic (chlorhexidine or miramistin) or thermal water. During the day, do not use lotions and scrubs, protect epilated skin from sunlight, do not visit public ponds.
Sometimes after sludge, inflammation develops. You can remove them for 2-3 days with healing ointment, for example, with dexpanthenol. It is enough to lubricate the affected areas several times a day.
How to store paste
Homemade pasta should not be stored longer than a few days, otherwise it can be sugared. Tightly close the jar with the lid mixture and move away from sources of heat and light. Before use, heat the required amount of the paste in a water bath.
When you can not do shugaring
Before the procedure, make sure that you do not have any contraindications to it. The list includes:
- Mechanical damage to the skin: scratches, abrasions.
- Skin diseases: dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, furunculosis.
- Neoplasms on the skin: benign and malignant.
- Acute viral diseases. Against the background of reduced immunity, hair removal can be very painful.
- Diabetes. The microscopic amount of sugar penetrates through the pores into the blood vessels.
- Problems with the cardiovascular system. Painful sensations can cause deterioration of well-being.
It is advisable to consult a doctor before slipping.
