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Guide To Make Sugar Hair Remover

Sugaring, also known as sugar waxing or halawa, is a semi-permanent hair removal technique that originated with the ancient Egyptians has been used by women in the Middle East for generations. How to make sugar hair remover at home is relatively simple. You require only three common ingredients, making sugar hair removal more economical than either waxing or shaving.

It is a gentler alternative to waxing and requires no cloth strips, spatulas or heating once it is made, making it less wasteful and more convenient.  It can be used on your entire body, save a few very sensitive areas like eyelashes, and, unlike wax, can be used on a few days of hair grow out. Any remnants post waxing can simply be washed off with water. Like wax, sugar was will result in slower, finer hair regrowth over a period of four to six weeks.

To make your own sugar wax you’ll need three ingredients:

• Three cups of sugar,
• Two teaspoons of lemon juice
• Two cups of water

You’ll also need a pan, wooden spoon and saran wrap.  A candy thermometer is helpful, but not essential.

Procedure to Make Sugar Wax

1.) Mix all the ingredients in a sauce pan; you’ll want a medium sized pan to ensure the contents don’t overflow during the cooking process.

2.) Put over low heat and heat until bubbles begin to form.

3.) Now start stirring the mixture a few times a minute until boiling. It is important to the end result to not stir before bubbles begin to form as it can ruin the consistency of the final product.

4.) When the color of the sugar mixture becomes a dark yellow, almost brown, remove from the heat. If you have a candy thermometer this is around 255 ⁰F. After the mixture cools a little, pour small amounts, onto sheets of saran wrap.

5.) When it is cool enough to handle, you can either peel a piece off the plastic and use it, or you can wrap your sugar wax in saran wrap and store at room temperature in a dry location to use later.

Halawa is traditionally used as both a hair remover and a dessert, not at the same time, so if you feel like nibbling a piece or two before using or storing it, go ahead.

Texture of Sugar Wax

The texture of the sugar wax should be similar to taffy. If you’ve left it on the heat too long, it will be brittle and hard. This batch will either need to be thrown out or eaten. If you haven’t left it on the heat long enough, it will be too liquid. You can either throw it out or continue to heat it till it is at the correct stage. It can take a bit of practice to get the right consistency, but thankfully the ingredients are cheap, so mistakes are not too expensive.

How to Use Sugar Wax for Hair Removal

Now that you know how to make sugar hair remover, you need to know how to use it. If using a fresh batch, the mixture is already warm. If you are using saved sugar wax you’ll need to warm it between your palms a bit or over a small flame.

1.) Stretch and pull the halawa, it should change from a brown color to an opaque gold. Form a ball of sugar wax and stretch it down your leg in the direction of your hair growth.

2.) Press down on the strip of sugar firmly. Pull it off quickly, in the opposite direction of the hair growth.  Reform the sugar ball and repeat.

Tips to Reduce Discomfort During Sugar Waxing

Sugaring creates silky smooth results, but initially there is some pain and redness. The redness should fade in about a half hour. The pain becomes less as you grow more used to the process. It also helps to trim long hairs to reduce excess tugging. You can also try mixing crushed aspirin with the sugar, lemon and water mixture, as some swear this helps alleviate some of the discomfort.

The next time you are fed up with shaving daily or paying an arm and a leg for a wax job, try your hand at sugar waxing for removing body hair. You might find it so easy, you’ll wonder why you haven’t done it before.

This article on the guide to make sugar hair remover at home has been written by expert author ‘Emily Cordz‘.