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Body Sugaring is the oldest form of hair removal in the world.
Its
origins based in the ancient civilizations of the Middle East
and even
Ancient Egypt. Sugar Paste Recipes have even been found in the
hieroglyphics.
Sugar is a 98°F paste that I make myself. The 98°F paste
is molded on the body and the hair and the root and the follicle
removed. So right away the human body is 98°F, and the paste
works at the same temperature and you can never be burned. Sugar
removes dead skin patches and exfoliates the skin in each session.
What makes sugar superior to wax is that it's all natural. And wax
is resin. Wax being resin can make the skin break out immediately.
And the Sugaring process lasts longer. As sugar removes the bulb
and the hair the return growth is baby soft. As shaving and wax
can have the hair regrow with a blunt, bristle like edge. The skin
does not recognize wax as being natural therefor even before hair
is removed you may breakout, sugar is all natural....no break out
due to sugar!
Sugaring does not have the same "risk" factors as wax.
No cross contamination can take place, as bacteria can not survive
in sugar. From a health and safety prospective, sugar again surpasses
wax. Sugaring requires 1/8" of hair growth, (10-14 days).
And the suggested timeline for return is 3-4 weeks. All hair goes
through the greatest stage of growth at the 3 and 4 week mark. This
growth spurt in all hair is called Anagenisis. By returning at the
3 and 4 week mark, we head the hair off at the pass. And you begin
to see the hair "stunt" in growth. It returns softer,
in patches, the not at all.
I lived with The Royal Family of Turkey in London. The matriarchal
grandmother, raised in the Dalmache palace in Istanbul, shared her
recipe for sugar with me. I used to watch the her and her daughter
boil sugar and practice on their legs. Decades later having retired
from work as a pastry chef, I took my knowledge in Sugar to the
Spa industry.
In the last 8 years I have mastered my own technique and train all
my employees.
You can sugar any part of the human body from the waist down and
up to the neck. Sugaring is the least painful of all hair removal
methods. And the water soluble paste requires no recovery time.
You are left with no product on the body.
What is not sugared is addressed in body grooming. A 75 minute session
for initial visits is suggested. As hair quality and thickness is
different on everyone.
The success of sugaring is dictated on the health of the skin, the
more exfoliated and moisturized you are the better the results.
The night before would be a good time for home care. Also leaving
it to the professionals and coming into the Spa one or 2 days prior
to sugaring is the ultimate experience. 60 to 90 minutes in a thorough
exfoliation and hydration treatment from head to toe!
Preliminary Treatment
Skin Quencher and Dosha Massage
This 90-minute treatment incorporates an invigorating full-body
scrub, a hydrating body wrap, a deep cleansing body mask with a
revitalizing scalp & foot massage and culminates with a relaxing
and therapeutic full-body Dosha massage. Dosha is a massage technique
and theory based on East Indian philosophy that uses long gliding
stokes to help clear your mind and purge the daily stresses built
up in your body.
90 minutes
When we're done, you're smooth where you want to be, the rest of
your body hair is well-groomed and your exposed skin feels soft
and soothed.
Facts on Body Sugaring
vs. Waxing
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