How to Understand Waxing

Series Summary

For many years, men and women have sought the perfect hairstyle and grooming techniques. That elusive blend of personality, smoothness and style has created frustration in many who seek to express their personalities and creativity through their locks. In fact, hair styles often represent the cultural, social and ethnic identity of many individuals and can also represent social status. While hair density, texture and length are all factors in a person's hairstyle, fashion trends tend to play the biggest role in men's and women's hairstyles. In this free video series, a barber and salon owner demonstrates how to style hair, groom eyebrows and treat other facial and body hair. Find out how to thread eyebrows, how to spike bangs and how to wax the upper lip. Learn about removing ear hair, shaping eyebrows and making straight hair curly without a curling iron.

Video Transcript

"Hello, my name is Sophia. I have a salon in Austin, Texas, Sophia Beauty Barber Salon. The question is how to understand waxing. Waxing is very good procedure to do that. First of all, make sure the wax is not too hot, kind of to be body temperature. Just apply the wax on the skin the hair grow direction, and then put the cloth on it, and remove the cloth right away very fast from the skin opposite of the hair grow. And later on after that you could use baby oil on the surface area to don't get red. And later on you have to go home, take a shower, and use rubbing alcohol on it to don't get... By waxing it get red bumps. That's what remove the red bumps by the wax. And understanding, this is the way to understanding the waxing is temporary, but it takes three to four weeks give you time to hair grow back."