In the modern world, smooth skin is considered beautiful. Unwanted body hair can be removed with a razor, wax strips, or other methods. These are painful procedures, after which the skin turns red and inflamed. Beauty salons do photoepilation, but this service is available to few.
An inquisitive female mind came up with another inexpensive and effective way. This is shugaring - hair removal with a thickened sugar mass. The procedure can be done in the salon or at home.
Shugaring is the best hair removal
Epilation with caramel mass has certain advantages over other methods of getting rid of hair:
- paste does not cause an allergic reaction, because it consists of natural ingredients;
- sugaring is suitable for all skin types;
- sugar mass hair removal is not as painful as wax strips;
- shugaring in the microwave is made from inexpensive and affordable ingredients;
- remaining paste on the body is easily washed off with water;
- after the procedure, the skin retains moisture and becomes softer.
If forproperly care for treated skin, it will remain smooth and silky for a long time. There will be no ingrown hairs on the body, because the sugar paste gradually destroys the hair follicles.
Ingredients for shugaring
To make the skin smooth, it is not necessary to buy a ready-made paste. Sugaring in the microwave is easy to make. To do this, use natural ingredients: sugar, water and lemon juice or acid. To get a product similar to the one sold in stores, you need to take medium fraction sugar. The quality of the mixture is affected by the composition of the water, its hardness and mineralization, so it is better to use a purified liquid. If desired, it is replaced with a decoction of chamomile or calendula.
Caramel mass for hair removal can be cooked on the stove in a saucepan with a thick bottom. But if the house has a microwave oven, it is much more convenient to cook shugaring at home in the microwave. Pasta recipes differ only in the ratio of ingredients.
Why do we need citric acid
Citric acid is added to give the finished paste viscosity and ductility. It is an ingredient that stabilizes the mass of melted sugar, since its acidity does not change. Sugaring in the microwave with citric acid is prepared quite quickly. This composition makes the hair thinner and lighter, so they are not so noticeable. The acidic environment destroys the bacteria that are on the skin, reduces the likelihood of various rashes and inflammations.
Instead of acid, lemon juice is sometimes added. He canhave a different concentration, because of this, the finished product will have different ductility. Lemon juice is considered an allergenic product, it cannot be used by people who cannot tolerate citrus fruits, therefore, in order to obtain a quality product, it is better not to make such a replacement. In some cases, instead of lemon juice, honey is used to prepare shugaring. Citric acid does not harm the microwave, but it is possible for sensitive skin. Therefore, it is replaced by bee products. Honey nourishes the skin and makes it smoother and softer.
Cooking recipes
The recipe for sugar mass must be selected individually. Girls who will often do shugaring in the microwave will quickly understand which composition suits them best. If the procedure is carried out correctly, the hair will not grow back within a month.
To cook shugaring in the microwave (recipe with citric acid), you need to take:
- 6 art. spoons of sugar;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of purified water;
- 1 teaspoon acid.
You can make shugaring in the microwave (recipe with lemon juice) in another way. Put in a glass or ceramic container:
- granulated sugar - 10 tbsp. spoons;
- juice from half a lemon to be strained first;
- purified water - 4 tbsp. spoons.
According to these recipes, the caramel mixture is prepared at one time.
Preparation of sugar mass
Product of desired consistency may not work the first time. During cooking, the mixture shouldstir constantly, otherwise it will stick to the walls of the dish. When sugaring is cooked in the microwave, the cooking time is chosen depending on the power of the oven.
First, all the ingredients are placed in a glass dish and mixed well. Then the container is placed in the microwave at maximum power, 1 minute is set on the timer. After this time, the sugar mixture is stirred and put back in the microwave, the power of the oven can be slightly reduced. This procedure is repeated every 15-30 seconds until the sugar melts and the mass becomes amber or light brown. After cooling, the paste should have a cognac hue. There should be no smell of burnt sugar during cooking.
So, we prepared a paste for shugaring in the microwave. It is used to remove fine hairs on the legs and coarser hairs in the bikini area. To get a dense consistency to remove tough vegetation, it is cooked a little longer. Soft and plastic paste for the procedure on the legs and other places is boiled faster.
It is better to undercook the sugar mass a little than to overcook it. If the finished composition has a too dense consistency, add a couple of tablespoons of water to it and put it in the microwave for a short time. Pour a little granulated sugar into the liquid paste and also place it in the oven until it is completely dissolved.
Contraindications for shugaring
We found that microwaving shugaring is easy to make. In addition, it has many advantages over others.epilation methods. However, it cannot always be done. The procedure is contraindicated in the presence of:
- abrasions, wounds, various rashes;
- sunburn or chemical peel marks;
- eczema, psoriasis, various types of dermatitis, herpes;
- vascular thrombosis, varicose veins, leg and foot edema;
- allergies to pasta ingredients;
- epilepsy, diabetes.
Before proceeding with the procedure, you need to wait for the restoration of the integrity of the skin. It is impossible to carry out shugaring in those places where neoplasms such as moles, warts, various types of papillomas have appeared on the body.
How hair removal is done
When the sugaring in the microwave is ready, start the epilation process. The skin is first cleansed with a tonic and sprinkled with talc or flour to prevent microtrauma if the composition is not prepared correctly.
There are two methods of hair removal - manual and bandage. The first method is used when the paste is very dense. A piece the size of a nut is torn off from the cooled mass and they begin to knead in their hands until it becomes plastic. After that, the paste is twisted into a ball and rolled over the places where you need to remove the hair. The caramel mass is glued to the body against hair growth, and after a few minutes it is torn off in the direction of hair growth. Together with the paste, hairs with root bulbs will be removed.
When bandagingIn the method of removal, a soft paste is applied to the skin with a spatula, then a strip of linen or cotton fabric is applied and abruptly torn off along with the caramel mass. This method is similar to waxing, but it is not as painful. After the procedure, the remaining caramel paste is washed off with water and a body milk or soothing cream is applied.
