Why does shugaring paste stick to hands and melt?

When epilation with sugar at home, there is often a problem in which the sugaring paste sticks to the hands and melts. There are several reasons for the excessive stickiness of the formulation. In most cases, you can easily solve the problem yourself and start removing unwanted hair.

Sugar paste sticking to hands is a common problem most often faced by DIYers. Salon specialists may also have such situations, but due to experience they encounter them much less often and know methods of preventing them. Before proceeding with the solution of the problem, it is worth determining the reason why the paste began to stick to the gloves.

1. Errors made during the preparation of the composition. It happens that home craftsmen do not buy a ready-made shugaring product, but prefer to make it on their own. In this case, it is important to precisely observe the names and ratios of ingredients, as well as the manufacturing technology. The mass should be kept on low heat, stirring constantly. An undercooked or overcooked composition will have an inappropriate consistency for the procedure.
2. Incorrectly selected product. When choosing caramel, you should read the instructions - it provides information on the density of the composition and indicates the recommended techniques for use. For manual shugaring, pastes with high or medium density are suitable. Soft products are intended for hair removal using bandage technique. Low-density caramel is not suitable for manual hair removal - in this case, it will stick to the skin and hairs.
3. High humidity or temperature in the room. Sugar hair removal should be done in a dry and cool place. At elevated temperatures, sweat may form on the body, which will cause the paste to stick.

Another reason is too high temperature of caramel... The fact is that the working composition is warmed up before epilation. Its overheating leads to a thinning of the consistency - such a mass will spread over the body and stick.

If the sugaring paste sticks to your hands, do not be upset. Most often, such situations are easily remedied.

For example, when a self-prepared composition sticks, add a little more sugar to the caramel and boil it. When preparing pasta, take 20 g of water and lemon juice for 1 glass of sugar. The mixture must be cooked in a container with a thick bottom over low heat. Do not boil. The readiness of the composition will be indicated by its uniformity, golden hue and the consistency of liquid honey.

If the paste is sticky due to high humidity or temperature in the room, the room should be ventilated, and the procedure should be postponed for a short time. After airing, the composition must be reheated and epilated.

When the paste sticks due to increased sweating, it is necessary to get rid of moisture protruding on the body in a timely manner. To do this, before applying the caramel, each time you should blot the treated area with dry napkins. To facilitate the work, they must be prepared in advance so that, if necessary, they are always at hand.

If the caramel sticks when overheated, you need to take time to cool it down.

If it is exceeded, the paste will spread. In order not to overheat the caramel, it should be held in the palms of your hands until softened. You can use a wax heater or a water bath placed on a hot battery.

If a composition with an inappropriate density is selected, the problem can be solved by adding a "hard" paste to the original product. Thus, it will be possible to increase the density of the caramel.

To avoid problems, when buying caramel, you need to check its shelf life, and also give preference to products from well-known and proven brands.

Experienced shugaring masters give several effective recommendations to prevent caramel from sticking to gloves.

1. Homemade pasta should be used immediately after it has been prepared and cooled. Do not postpone the procedure - only freshly prepared caramel can give the expected effect.
2. Always wear gloves before work. - they will prevent premature melting of the product. And it is also recommended to use them for hygiene. For these purposes, nitrile gloves are best suited - they are elastic and durable, due to which they will not tear at a crucial moment.
3. When removing hair with sugar, you need to act quickly. Human skin emits heat, under the influence of which the sugar paste begins to melt over time. Fast application of the composition and abrupt hair removal will ensure that the mass does not spread over the skin. To speed up the epilation process, it is recommended to slightly stretch the skin in the treated area.
4. The caramel should be applied in an even thin layer. Too thick application of the paste will cause problems.
5. Epilation should only be done on dry skin. Applying caramel to wet surfaces will lead to adhesion of the composition, due to which the hairs will not be removed.
6. To avoid various problems, you need to choose the right composition. The density of sugar is selected not only depending on the hair removal technique used - the type of hair must also be taken into account. For hard ones, dense caramel is suitable - it is able to remove all "coarse" hair shafts the first time. Mild formulations should be preferred when getting rid of light or sparse hairs.
7. Re-use of the paste is unacceptable - the remains of the product must be disposed of after the procedure.

If all preventive measures were followed, but the paste is still stuck, it must be removed from the skin. To do this, stick a cloth strip on the applied layer and remove the paste with a sharp motion. And also for these purposes, you can use various powders or talc. To quickly remove stuck mixture, you can rinse it off with warm water. Subsequent hair removal is possible only when the skin is completely dry.