| How sweet it is! Sugaring is a process that | | | | 5 minutes or more. Besides the actual |
| is similar to waxing, but the ingredients are | | | | sugaring formula, you'll need some wooden |
| different. Sugaring gets it name from the | | | | tongue depressors to apply the mixture, some |
| fact that wax is replaced with a mixture of | | | | corn starch to help prepare the skin, and |
| sugar and honey. The resulting goo sticks to | | | | some strips of white cotton cloth. An old |
| the hairs and not to the skin. In the end, | | | | undershirt works fine.Ready, set go!Make sure |
| you still end up ripping out you hair by the | | | | that the area to be treated is clean and dry. |
| roots, so pain levels run about the same as | | | | There should be no residue from soap or body |
| waxing.Most people find that sugaring works | | | | lotions. Apply a dusting of cornstarch to the |
| best on hair that grows on the upper lip and | | | | area to be treated. This will help remove |
| the bikini line. It's a relatively messy | | | | excess oils from your skin. Using the tongue |
| process, so do it in the bathroom or some | | | | depressor, or another suitable applicator, |
| other area where clean-up will not be a | | | | spread a thin layer of the mixture over the |
| problem. Regardless of where you do it, the | | | | area to be treated. Now cover the treated |
| results last for two to six weeks. Actually, | | | | area with a strip of the cotton fabric and |
| fine hair will start to show around two weeks | | | | rub your hand a few times over the strip the |
| after the procedure is done, and the thicker, | | | | opposite way that your hair grows. Use a |
| darker hair growth becomes apparent about | | | | moderate pressure. Grab the end of the fabric |
| four weeks later or so.Homemade formulas work | | | | strip and quickly rip it off in the opposite |
| fine. You can easily make your own sugaring | | | | direction of your hair growth. Wash the |
| solution right at home. You need 1 cup of | | | | treated area with warm water to remove any |
| white sugar, juice from 1/2 of a lemon, 1/4 | | | | sticky residue and apply an unscented skin |
| cup of honey. Mix the lemon juice, sugar and | | | | cream or lotion if you want to.That's all |
| honey in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on | | | | there is to sugaring!Andrea Strachan has been |
| high for about 2-3 minutes, until the mixture | | | | in the beauty business for 25 Years. For more |
| just begins to bubble and turns smooth. Turn | | | | information about permanent hair removal |
| off the microwave and leave the bowl alone | | | | including electrolysis, thermolysis, laser |
| until the mixture has had time to cool down | | | | treatments and more, visit For info about |
| to a safe handling temperature. This could be | | | | the latest Sedu hair styles click here. |