Sugar hair removal is one of the best ways to remove excess hair. It has many advantages: it is suitable for any hair, it is effective, it allows you to get perfectly smooth skin for 2 weeks or more. To do this, it is not necessary to visit a salon; sugaring can also be done at home. The technique is simple and straightforward and can be used on any part of the body and face. And if you cook the paste yourself, then hair removal costs mere pennies.
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Which paste is suitable for home use?
All sugaring bases consist of sugar caramel with water and some kind of acid; they rarely contain other ingredients. There are a lot of recipes for sugaring at home. Regardless of the composition, the main thing here is determining the correct consistency, which is difficult for most women.
- Soft. The consistency is viscous, like honey, ideal for bandage techniques, rarely used for manual hair removal.
- Average. This mass is used for manual techniques, ideal for treating hands and feet, and copes well with soft and moderately coarse hair.
- Dense. Ideal for armpits, bikini area and other areas of the body with thick, coarse hair. For use with manual techniques only.
When cooking working material at home, all types are used, but it is more convenient to work with medium-density caramel. In most cases it is used on the entire body.
Preparation of paste for sugaring. Recipes
The main rule in preparing sugaring is constant control over the process. Even in just a few seconds, sugar is easy to digest. As a result, it will be impossible to work with it, and hair will not be removed. Therefore, it is important to immediately get everything you need, find a free 10-15 minutes and not be distracted from the process.
Basic moments:
- It is better to take large sugar. Fine sand caramelizes worse, and ground powder will also not work. If the main product is not enough, it is better to make half a serving or 2/3, reducing the amount of other ingredients.
- Lemon juice is good fresh or frozen. It can be replaced with dry concentrate.
- You need to cook pasta at home on the stove in a stainless steel saucepan. Enameled cookware will not work, and it is also undesirable to use Teflon-coated utensils.
- You need to pour the mixture immediately after cooking or after a few minutes when the heat subsides. Then it will be difficult to do this.
There is no need to scrub the saucepan with a brush after cooking; just fill it with water right away. After half an hour, the sticky layer will melt and move away from the walls on its own.
Sugaring recipe with lemon
Classic recipe for sugaring paste. It is easy to use it to make a liquid mass for bandage equipment or thick caramel for manual hair removal. It all depends on the duration of cooking. Additionally, you will need a bowl of cold water, which will help you quickly determine the density.
Compound:
Sugar – 10 tbsp. l.
Lemon – 0.5 pcs.
Water – 1 tbsp. l.
Application:
Squeeze the juice from the lemon, add the remaining ingredients according to the recipe. If the citrus is small, you can use it whole. Stir, cover and place on the lowest heat. Melt all the sand until the mixture boils. If bubbles begin to appear, but grains still remain, you can turn off the stove for a while and let the syrup stand. Next, remove the lid and cook the paste over low heat until caramel-colored. About 3 minutes after the start of boiling, take a small amount of syrup with a spoon and drop it into a bowl (glass) with cold liquid. Touch the caramel piece. It should thicken, but wrinkle like plasticine.
If the caramel stretches like chewing gum, then it is ready for the shredded bandage technique. For the manual method, continue cooking. Check every 15-30 seconds. If necessary, change the water to colder water, as hot drops will quickly heat it up. As soon as the ball becomes thick, remove the pan from the heat and place it on something cold. Pour into a jar - and the paste for sugaring at home is ready! All that remains is to cool.
Sugaring recipe with citric acid
If you don’t have natural lemon juice, you can prepare a sugaring paste with a dry analogue. You need to add the product strictly according to the norm or a little more. In this case, it will be softer and more pliable. If you add an insufficient amount of acid, the paste will not become viscous, it will harden quickly, and you will not be able to perform high-quality hair removal.
Compound:
Clean water – 2 tbsp. l.
Granulated sugar – 6 tbsp. l.
Citric acid - 1/2 tbsp. l.
Application:
Combine all ingredients for sugaring in a saucepan and stir. Place on the stove, heat for a minute. Switch off. Leave for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally so that the sugar grains disperse faster. Turn the stove back on. Cook the caramel for about 4 minutes. Periodically check readiness by dropping a drop into the water. Remove the finished pasta from the heat, pour and cool.
Video: Sugaring with citric acid
Sugaring in the microwave
This option will especially appeal to those who don’t want to stand at the stove or don’t have enough time to cook the sugar mass. A very simple and quick recipe for sugaring paste. In addition to sugar, you will need a microwave and some honey. Another feature is the complete absence of water.
Compound:
Honey – 1/4 cup.
Granulated sugar – 1 cup
Lemon juice – 1/4 cup
Application:
Combine the juice with honey, then add to the sugar. Stir thoroughly. Place in the microwave for 15 seconds, maximum power. Remove and stir. You need to get rid of the bubbles. Place back in the oven for 15 seconds. Repeat until the consistency is suitable. To check, drop a little prepared paste into water or grab it with a toothpick and check the viscousness. When hot, it should have the consistency and color of liquid honey. It will become thicker as it cools.
Advice! Since the pasta according to this recipe will be cooked in the microwave, you can use the final container for cooking, in which the mass will be stored. Just be careful with plastic. If it is of poor quality, it may become deformed under the influence of heated sugar.
Sugaring recipe with vinegar
Another option for sugar hair removal. It does not require either lemon juice or dry concentrated acid. It is enough to have regular table or apple cider vinegar 6% in your arsenal. This recipe for sugaring paste is especially suitable for summer, as lemon juice makes the skin more sensitive to sunlight and pigment spots may appear.
Compound:
Granulated sugar – 6 tbsp. l.
Vinegar 6% – 1 tbsp. l.
Drinking water – 2 tbsp. l.
Application:
Mix all ingredients in a saucepan, place over low heat, and gradually heat until boiling. Then set the temperature to two. Cook the pasta until tender, stirring regularly and checking the degree of solidification of the droplets in the water. Remove from heat, cool until warm, and use as intended.
Advice! If you don’t have diluted vinegar of the required concentration in your kitchen cabinet, you can easily prepare it yourself. The table with proportions and method of preparation are described on the essence label.
Pasta storage
Sugaring paste is stored in containers or any other jars, but silicone molds are ideal for this. The sticky mass does not stick to them, there are no problems with removal and washing. Caramel does not require special conditions; it is great in the refrigerator or indoors on a shelf with other cosmetics, but it is important to protect the mass from moisture. A tight lid is used for this.
If the caramel becomes hard over time, it needs to be heated in the microwave. It is important not to bring it to a hot state, since under the influence of high temperatures the product is overcooked and becomes unusable. There is also a high risk of getting burned by hot syrup.
Video: Sugaring at home
Contraindications
Sugaring has a number of contraindications: varicose veins, any viral and skin diseases. Do not remove hair on irritated or damaged surfaces. Also, we must not forget about intolerance to ingredients. Typically, allergies are caused by citrus or honey. In this case, you can choose other options: with vinegar and without bee products.
You will need: 500 g granulated sugar, 4 tablespoons of water and 3 tablespoons of seedless lemon juice. Citrus juice gives the mass viscousness.
What's good about this method?
Sugaring itself is considered the best way to remove hair, since after it the hair follicles are restored very slowly. In addition, once prepared, the mass can be stored in the refrigerator as long as necessary, reheating before each use. And the availability of sugaring attracts many women.
Preparing to cook pasta
Before you cook the sugaring paste, you need to prepare the kitchen. It is quite difficult for beginners to achieve the desired consistency the first time. Sometimes spoons get stuck right in the mass. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a clean saucepan and several spoons to change them if necessary. You should also place a container of warm water nearby to wet the spoon. It is recommended to cover the table and floor around the stove with newspapers.
The process of preparing the mass
In fact, preparing sugaring paste is not so easy and may not work the first time. If desired, you can take a smaller amount of ingredients for testing, while strictly observing the proportions.
Mix all the ingredients in a thick-walled saucepan - the mass will not burn in it. Place the container on the stove, first turning on the gas at full power. When the sugar begins to melt, reduce the heat. At this stage of preparation, the sugaring paste should not be left unattended for a second. In addition, it must be stirred continuously.
After reducing the heat to low, cover the mixture with a lid and leave to simmer for 10 minutes. Then you need to check the condition of the paste. Usually, the sugar will have melted a lot by this point. It is necessary to mix it well again and leave it covered again for 10 minutes. During the entire preparation, it is better not to leave the kitchen so that you can smell it in time if the mass begins to burn.
20 minutes after the start of cooking, the granulated sugar will begin to bubble. Then you need to stir it again and let it simmer for another 10 minutes. After this, the mass will acquire a delicate caramel shade and become transparent. This indicates her readiness. Then you need to remove the pasta from the heat by opening the lid and let it stand for 5 minutes. Ultimately, the substance should not be too liquid, but not too hard, so that it can be rolled into a ball.