Sugaring hair removal dates back to around 1900 B.C. in ancient Egypt. Even the lovely Queen Cleopatra may have used this hair removal technique to create silky, hairless and healthy skin! Sugaring is done with sugar paste that is simply made - sugar, lemon juice, and water. (The trusted brand I use, called Alexandria Professional, also adds a gum acaia for stability.) The ingredients are simmered to a honey-like consistency called paste. The sugar paste only needs to be reheated to body temperature to efficiently remove hair. It is applied to the skin with a gloved hand against the direction of hair growth. As the sugar paste acclimates to the body's temperature, it seeps into the hair follicle creating a lubrication around the root for removal. Then the sugar paste is flicked off the skin as it slides hair out in the direction of growth. In that same motion, the sugar paste is recollected in the hand to be used again on another section. Sugaring leaves skin silky smooth from gentle exfoliation of dirt and dead skin cells. Sugar paste has power to pull hair from the body and yet it is gentle enough to be wiped off the skin with water.
There is no downside to sugaring and once you try it, you will never go back to using wax!
