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How to do Waxing for hair removal at Home

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Waxing your hands legs and underarms are a best way to remove unwanted hair from your body. A little painful for the sensitive girls but the most effective way. Waxing the hair from your body has lot of benefits over the hair removal creams and razor counterparts.
1. Waxing helps remove hair from roots.
2. Helps remove tan.
3. The hair re-growth is soft.
4. The hair re-growth slows down over time

How to do waxing at home without having to pay too much at salons

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Hot wax kit
  • Rectangular cloth/paper strips
  • Napkins
  • spatula for spreading wax
  1. Step 1

    Buying: Buy a good waxing kit from store.HOt wax is always preferable. There are lot of options available if you visit walmart e.g. Sally hot wax. The kit comes with a bottle of hot wax, waxing strips,body lotion and wooden spatula

  2. Step 2

    Preparation for waxing: Wash your body parts throughly. Microwave the hot wax for 10-15seconds to liquidify it.Get some napkins handy.If you are not confortable with the paper wax strips provided in the kit you can tear off your old jeans or thick cotton cloth into rectangular strips of the same size as paper strips provided with the kit.

  3. Step 3

    Applying wax: First test if the wax is too hot for you skin.If its too hot let it cool for some time.We need optimum temperatur of the wax so that its liquid but does not burn your skin.Now when wax cool enough to apply on skin take some wax on spatula and apply on the body part e.g leg. Make sure you apply and spread the wax in the direction of the hair growth.

  4. Step 4

    Pulling the strip : Now paste your strip on the wax part of leg.Make sure it sticks properly by pressing with palms in the direction of applied wax.Now pull the strip from bottom in the direction opposite to the wax applied.Do not pull the strip too soft or too hard moderate pressure is enough to pull off the hair and it feels like ant bites.

  5. Step 5

    You can use this process for hands legs an underarms.After you are done with waxing wash hands ans legs throughly and apply the lotion provided or you can even apply astringent to close the pores.

  6. Step 6

    Disposal: You can dispose off the paper strips and spatula. The cloth strips are reusable after clean wash.Wax if left any can be stored in dry place.

Tips & Warnings
  • Applying wax in same direction of hair growth and pulling the wax strip in opposite direction of hair growth is the mantra.
  • Body parts should be washed off any lotions/oils before waxing.
  • Hot water helps in removing stickiness if any after waxing.
  • Do not overheat wax.
  • Test wax on small patch of skin before applying.
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