Waxing can be quite expensive in saloons for some women. Many times, women don’t consider it to be the same treatment as they would do at home. First buy a waxing kit from the nearest drugstore. Which brand and type is your own choice.
The hair on the legs must be at least 1/4″ long. If they are more than 1/2″, use scissors to trim them down a little bit. This is recommended because if wax is applied to longer hairs, there is a possibility that they won’t be removed. It will probably snap in the middle leaving the root with a hair too for the next layer of wax.
Before applying the wax, make sure that the skin is cleaned with a pre-wax cleanser or powder, but don’t overdo it with the powder. Evenly apply wax on the area where you want with an applicator (wooden stick). Make sure that the layer is not that thick because if it hardens quickly it will be harder to remove it.
Take a strip and apply it on the wax in the direction of the hair growth. Leave some space on the stripe without wax on it. Smoothly moving your hand above the stripe in the direction of the hair will cause the hair to attach on the wax.
The next step is with little pain, but that’s the cost, right? Take the end of the strip that is not covered with wax, and quickly pull the stripe from the skin but in an opposite direction of the hair. If there are some hairs that are not removed, put the stripe back and pull again. One stripe is good for three pulls.
You can also use a tweezer to remove the missed hairs. Use a wax remover or a baby oil to remove the wax that is left on the skin. And finally use an after-wax lotion to ease the pain on the skin and prevent possible skin damage.
This procedure is most used at home. Instead of applying wax, there are various depilatory products that don’t require the need of wax; similar like a shaving machines men use. Hair – Removal products using special foam or paste that does not require stripes. They are simply applied on the area, and after 10 to 15 minutes are removed with special removing- applicators or just with a gush of water.
So it doesn’t’ matter witch type of procedure you will you use in your home. Just make sure it is effective for you and will reduce the pain to as minimal as it can.
