How to Use Soft Strip Wax to Remove Unwanted Hair

Video Transcript

"I'm Holly Olson on behalf of Expert Village. We are going to talk about the waxing with the soft strip. This is a muslin cloth which is very popular and very good for sensitive skin. Also on the market, you can find woven cloth which is kind of a man made synthetic material and it really comes down to preference which one you like to use. I am going to show a demonstration on her arm of just taking off some surperlass hair by using a soft wax. This wax that I am using is low temperature which is good to watch for and this is also antibacterial. It includes essential oils as well as zinc oxide which is good for the skin. I am going to brush it only one direction with a spatula and I am going with the growth of the hair which is in this particular instance, is downward. Press the strip on and just give it a good rub and get the hair contacting with this wax. It is very important that when you go to pull the wax strip up is that you hold the skin down tight and the reason being is that it opens up those follicles and also helps with the pain. The tighter it is you don't feel it as much. If you rub that skin right after you wax it, you cut a lot of that after shock down and pain from the wax strip. "