Waxing Tips - What to know about waxing

Like shaving, you can wax almost any part of your body. A huge advantage to waxing is that it will last about 2-4 weeks longer than shaving. How long it last depends on each person. The type of hair you have will play a part too, the thickness and coarseness. It is fairly cheap to maintain. I think it is the best way to remove hair, it lasts pretty long, and it is cost effective. The only other way to remove it besides shaving is to laser it off, and that will cost you.

There is one negative to waxing, and this is the part that I hate. Your hair has to be a certain length to wax it. If it isn’t long enough the wax will not be able to adhere to the hair and you will not get a very good wax. Usually, it is recommended that you grow your hair out to ¼ inch long. You will want it to be more than stubble, for sure. I try to grow my hair out a little more than recommended because I want it to work! I have had a bad experience. I went for a bikini wax, and my hair was not quite long enough. So, it only pulled out some of the hair and the rest was left behind. The lady tried waxing it a couple more times, and that was not super comfortable. I have had them try to re-wax an area four times before. It wasn’t horrible but the wax is warm and all that pulling, not the best. Then, and I am not kidding about this, she takes out a tweezers! I am not even lying. That was horrible, it hurt, and there were quite a few she plucked. What is that going to do? Those hairs are going to be growing back in a couple of days. It was a bad experience. Do keep in mind that hair does grow in different lengths. My advice is to make sure you grow it out long enough before you step foot in a salon. One last thing that I want to mention is not to get waxed after you tan. You can try it if you want, but I wouldn’t. Your skin is sensitive after tanning and you will only irritate it more. You also do not want to tan after, the skin is sensitive. If you do go, you might get a burning sensation where you were waxed. The skin will be really red when you get out and it may even cause you to get little red burns. I know because it has happened to me.

When you go in to get waxed make sure you are going to a good place. They should have their salon license and be clean. If you even question a place, get out. Tell them you forgot your wallet in the car, anything to get the heck out of there. Go somewhere someone has been to before that they can recommend, or a well know place.

There are two main types of wax; hot and cold. Hot was will be melted before being applied to your skin. Once applied, they take a cloth and apply it on top of the wax, rub it a couple times and rip it off. Cold waxes, used in salons, are usually called sugar waxing. It is a chunk of wax that the person waxing you rub in their hands to activate it. They apply it to your skin, rub it in good, and then quickly rip it off. They keep the same chunk of wax for the whole area. They just keep rolling it in their hands. I had this done once and I didn’t really like it. I didn’t think it waxed as well as hot wax. Plus, I thought it was gross that the lady kept rolling it in between her hands, and it had my hair in it. Sick. I would get a hot wax over a cold wax any day.

My last piece of advice is to speak up! Let the person waxing you know if you are having issues. I have had the wax temperature too hot before. I felt bad (I know it doesn’t make any sense) saying anything so I kept my mouth shut. It was my bikini area, again, and I got home and there was skin missing. The top layer, but who cares, it was bleeding! I had scabs, how gross is that? It was a bad experience. Another one, my friend worked at a salon and she waxed my upper lip. The wax was hot, and since she was my friend, I told her. She didn’t really think anything of it, and after she noticed that the wax was low in the pot. So, the stuff she put on my lip was sitting in the bottom of the pot basically boiling. Once again, it ripped a layer of my skin off. Once again, it bled and scabbed, and there was no hiding it, it was on my face! How embarrassing. Just make sure to speak up, do not feel stupid or bad, it will save you pain and scabbing!