Self Waxing

Almost all women prefer to have smooth, soft and hair free skin, particularly on hands, legs and back. Even some men want to remove hair from some of their body parts like chest. Waxing is one of the best hair removal methods. It not only makes the skin free from hair but also make it feel soft and smooth. To add to these merits, waxing gives you result, which lasts longer than most of the temporary methods of hair removal. You can get your skin waxed from any beauty salon by paying a sum of money for it. If you wish to save your hard-earned money, you should consider learning how to self wax. Self waxing is an easy and economic way of self grooming. It allows you to make your skin hair free anytime and anywhere.

Self Waxing Procedure
For self waxing, you need a box of cold wax, a spatula, electric heater (specifically designed for the purpose) and disposable strips or thick cotton cloth cut into strips. Waxing products or kits are available in cosmetic stores. Wash your skin with plain water. Washing will remove natural oils, cream if applied, from the skin. This will ease the process of hair removal from the skin. Pat dry the skin. Take some amount of cold wax and put it in the electric heater. The wax will start melting. When it gains honey like consistency, you are supposed to start the actual process of waxing. Take the spatula and dip it into the melted wax. Take it out with the wax on it.

Keep the spatula over the electric heater so as to remove excess of wax sticking to it. When done, spread a layer of the wax with the spatula on the part of the body from where you wish to remove hair. You are supposed to apply wax in the direction of hair growth. Place the disposable strip or cotton cloth, whichever you have selected, on the layer of the wax. Press the strip with your hand in the direction of hair growth. Hold its end and pull it off in one go in the direction opposite to hair growth. You will feel a sudden, sharp pain. The pain goes away within a couple of seconds. This will remove the hair from that particular part of the skin.This is the basic step of self waxing. Even the professionals follow the given instructions on waxing in beauty salons. Perform these steps to remove hair from any part of the body, which includes hands, chest, back, legs, etc.

Self Waxing Tips
The process of waxing is a bit painful and uncomfortable. If you are performing self waxing, the discomfort can be a little more. However, there are some waxing tips which can help you self wax yourself quite easily and comfortably. Consider taking a shower with lukewarm water before doing self wax. Heat will open the pores on our skin. Open pores will ease hair removal. Hence, the intensity of pain during waxing will be much reduced. You may try numbing the skin before waxing to reduce pain during hair removal. Take an over-the-counter pain killer like aspirin, Tylenol and Ibuprofen at least a half hour prior to waxing. Any of these drugs will reduce the sensitivity of the skin, and thus will make hair removal comparatively less painful. Another method for numbing the skin is to use a numbing spray on the body part where you wish to wax. This should be done at least 15 minutes prior to waxing. For beginners, numbing the body part before a Brazilian wax is recommended.

Wax strips, when pulled off in a jerk, removes the upper layer (epidermis) of your skin. It exfoliates the dead cells, natural oils and dirt deposited on your skin, especially around the hair follicles. Thus, hair removal by waxing gives you an additional advantage of skin exfoliation. You can enhance the effect of exfoliation by scrubbing your skin with a gritty body scrub. In the market, you will find a wide variety of such scrubs. Search for their prices, merits and demerits. Select one that suits your needs and budget. Use it prior to waxing.

As has already been mentioned, waxing removes natural oils from your skin. The deficiency of natural oils may make the skin dry. Therefore, it is very important that you moisturize your skin after waxing. Use an intense moisturizer after waxing. A great waxing tip is to avoid going out in sun right after waxing. This is because, your skin is without the upper protective layer of dead cells, and so can get severely tanned.

If the pain during or after waxing is unbearable to you, take a non-prescription pain killer like Ibuprofen or Acetaminophen. It will provide you some relief. You should visit a doctor if the need is so. Never ever try to wax your eyes, nose or ears by this method of hot wax hair removal. Generally, women tend to have increase in the sensitivity of their skin during menstruation. Their skin is more prone to cuts and bruises during this period.Therefore, you should do waxing when you are not menstruating. Now, you have all the basic knowledge on self waxing. Give it a shot once to see your efficiency at it. Hope, you will enjoy the process and find the result impressive and as desired.