How to do shugaring at home

If you can’t get out to the salon, try sugaring at home. We share simple pasta recipes, instructions for its use and useful tips for beginners.

Is it possible to do shugaring at home?

Sugaring (from the English sugar – “sugar”) is the removal of hair using sugar paste. It is applied to small areas of the skin, wait until it hardens a little, and then tear it off with a sharp movement along with the hairs. The first time shugaring is more correct to do not at home, but in the salon with a proven master. And then, having properly studied the technique, you can try it yourself.

Some girls have become so accustomed to doing sugaring on their own that they easily remove hair on their shins, abdomen, in delicate and not very comfortable areas of the armpits and bikinis, believing that shugaring done at home has a lot of advantages:

  • the procedure is quite budgetary;

  • shugaring at home with your own hands allows you to get rid of unwanted hair for 2-3 weeks (those who use a razor never even dreamed of it);

  • for shugaring it is not necessary to grow hair for a long time – a length of 4–5 mm is quite enough;

  • irritation, redness after the procedure appear extremely rarely.

What do you need to do shugaring at home?

To do shugaring at home, you need not so much:

  • sugar paste;

  • antiseptic or good cleanser;

  • talc;

  • coolant/pain reliever if you have very sensitive skin

  • moisturizer or lotion;

  • consumables – spatula, paper strips, gloves, etc.

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Sugar paste

You can buy sugar paste for depilation, or you can make it yourself at home. Here are two easy recipes to choose from.

Pasta with lemon juice

Ingredients:

  • 2 cup of sugar;

  • 2 Art. l water;

  • 3 art. l. lemon juice.

How to cook:

  1. Mix all the ingredients.

  2. Pour the mixture into a small saucepan and place over low heat.

  3. Cook, stirring constantly, for 15-20 minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved. Do not allow the mixture to boil and crystallize!

  4. When the sugar begins to caramelize (the mixture will turn golden), remove the pan from the stove and cool to room temperature.

Don’t forget to take care of your skin after shugaring.

honey paste

Ingredients:

  • ¼ glasses of honey;

  • 1 a glass of sugar;

  • ¼ cup lemon juice.

How to cook:

  1. Mix all ingredients in a ceramic or plastic bowl that can be used in the microwave.

  2. Cook 10-15 min. in the microwave at maximum power.

  3. Take out the boiling paste, mix, let it settle.

  4. Again send to the microwave for 10-12 seconds.

  5. Repeat the procedure 5-6 times.

  6. The pasta is done if you can by dropping it into cold water, then roll into a ball.

Tools and supplies

To remove hair with sugar paste at home, you will also need:

  • antiseptic, lotion containing alcohol;

  • talc or baby powder – they will dry the skin, thanks to them the paste will better capture the hairs, but stick less to the legs;

  • spatula – it is more convenient for them to apply the paste;

  • gloves – to keep hands clean after the procedure;

  • painkillers or coolants (creams, foams, sprays) – with them, the procedure is easier to tolerate;

  • Moisturizing cream or lotion to soften the skin after sugar waxing at home and prevent ingrown hairs.

Body cosmetics

If you do the sugaring yourself, do not forget to thoroughly clean the skin and treat it with an antiseptic. And after the procedure – use a product that is suitable immediately after epilation. Also remember to take care of your skin between treatments. Among the favorites of Healthy-Food are these products.

Emollient body milk with bifido complex and mango butter, Garnier Body

This tool has a soft, velvety, melting structure – the sensations after it are the most pleasant. And what a scent it has! It contains natural mango butter, which perfectly softens the skin, and a bifido complex, which optimizes its water balance.

Soothing body milk with bifido complex and oat milk, Garnier Body

“Body Yoghurt”, as we call it in the editors, perfectly maintains the water balance of the skin and soothes. Among the active ingredients, in addition to, in fact, oat milk, there are bifidocomplex and almond oil. Your skin will love this!

Moisturizing body milk Lait Corporel, Biotherm

Thanks to nourishing oils and glycerin, the skin remains hydrated, soft and supple. Vitamin E in this product is responsible for antioxidant protection, while thermal plankton extract helps to restore the skin.

Thermal water, La Roche-Posay

Soothes, moisturizes the skin, helps to restore and strengthen its protective functions. We recommend that you always have it on hand!

Moisturizing cream for dry and very dry body skin, CeraVe

Ceramides, hyaluronic acid, cholesterol and glycerin, these skin-related ingredients are wonderful for moisturizing and restoring the skin. The cream “brings to life” even very dry skin, tested by the editors of Healthy-Food.

Cicaplast B5, La Roche-Posay Multi-repairing spray for babies, children and adults

Instantly soothes and accelerates the skin’s recovery process. Mannose in the formula enhances its natural defense mechanisms. The main role here is madecassoside – a substance that is obtained from the extract of Asiatic centella. Its action is complemented by panthenol and La Roche-Posay thermal water. Suitable after various aesthetic treatments.

How to prepare for sugar depilation?

At first, make sure that there are no contraindications to it:

  • allergies to components (the same honey, for example);

  • any damage to the skin – abrasions, scratches, bruises, sunburn, etc., it is impossible to carry out shugaring after laser resurfacing, chemical peeling;

  • skin diseases – dermatitis, psoriasis, furunculosis and others;

  • neoplasms on the skin;

  • ARVI – the condition may worsen, and depilation against the background of flu and colds is especially painful;

  • diabetes mellitus;

  • varicose veins;

  • epilepsy and severe cardiovascular diseases – shugaring can provoke an exacerbation;

  • “critical days” (if you are going to remove hair in the bikini area).

Secondly, make sure the hairs are the right length. Optimal – 4-5 mm. If the hair is smaller, it will not grip well. If more (especially for beginners at home) – they will begin to break during shugaring.

A couple of days before the procedure:

  • exfoliate – rub the skin with a hard washcloth or loofah, use a scrub to remove dead cells;

  • stop sunbathing.

Immediately before the procedure:

  • take a warm shower (no gel);

  • pat your skin dry with a towel.

It is not recommended to lubricate the skin with a greasy cream or oil before depilation, so as not to worsen the adhesion of the sugar paste to the skin.

How to do shugaring at home: step by step instructions

Both at home and in the salon, the depilation process is the same. For beginners, we tell you how to do shugaring at home step by step:

  1. Cleanse the skin and treat it with an antiseptic.

  2. In the armpit or bikini area, you can use an anesthetic or cooling gel.

  3. Put on gloves.

  4. Apply talc or baby powder.

  5. The next steps depend on the chosen technique.

Manual technique

It is ideal for sensitive areas such as underarms and bikini area.

  1. Apply the paste (with a spatula or hands if thick enough) to a small area of ​​skin against the direction of hair growth.

  2. Wait until it grabs.

  3. Then, with a sharp movement, remove along with the hairs in the direction of their growth, with your free hand holding (or slightly pulling) the skin.

  4. Don’t pull the paste up – your hands should move parallel to the skin.

  5. Do not apply sugar to the same place more than three times to avoid damage and irritation.

Bandage technique

It is often used to remove hair on the legs and arms. For bandage technique, you will need fabric or paper strips.

  1. Apply the paste (with your hands or with a spatula) to a small area of ​​skin against the direction of hair growth.

  2. Wait until it grabs.

  3. Stick a strip on top, smooth and sharply remove in the direction of hair growth.

  4. Don’t pull the paste up – your hands should move parallel to the skin.

  5. Do not apply sugar to the same place more than three times to avoid damage and irritation.

How to take care of the skin after shugaring?

So that the hair does not grow after sugar depilation, pustules and pimples, peeling and pigmentation do not appear:

  • in the evening after the procedure, treat the skin with an antiseptic;

  • use moisturizing and softening cosmetics, for example, with hyaluronic acid, cholesterol, ceramides;

  • in the next 1-2 days after shugaring, do not play sports and do not wear tight clothing;

  • 3-5 days do not visit the bath, pool and open water;

  • when going out in the sun, apply products with a high level of SPF to exposed areas of the body;

  • exfoliate the skin 2 days after the procedure.

Summary results

Briefly about the main thing.

What is shugaring? 

This is a sugar paste hair removal procedure. The first time it is better to carry it out in the salon, then you can try it yourself at home.

How to do sugar depilation? 

You will need sugar paste (see above for recipes), antiseptic, coolant/pain reliever, moisturizer or lotion, and supplies – spatula, gloves, paper or cloth strips, etc.

What is the difficulty of shugaring at home for beginners? 

Most of the problems arise due to improper depilation technique. Important rules: sugar paste is applied against hair growth, and removed – in growth, holding or slightly stretching the skin with your free hand. The paste does not need to be pulled up – the hand should move parallel to the skin. And applying sugar to the same place more than three times is also not worth it.

How to prepare for the sugaring procedure? 

First of all, you need to make sure that you have no contraindications to it (they are described in detail here). Then… grow your hair. The optimal length for sugar depilation is 4–5 mm. A couple of days before the procedure, you can not sunbathe and, conversely, you can and should peel.

How to take care of the skin after sugar depilation? 

  • Use moisturizers, emollients and sunscreen.

  • Exfoliate 2 days after the procedure.

  • In the next couple of days, do not go to sports and do not wear tight clothing, do not go to the bathhouse for 3-5 days, do not swim in the pool and in open water.

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