How to make depilatory wax at home?

To remove unwanted hair from the surface of the body, women use various methods, one of which is wax depilation. Such procedures are performed in beauty salons and are not cheap. To save on this manipulation and get a good result, you can learn how to get rid of body hairs with your own hands, without leaving your home. Even greater savings can be achieved by using homemade wax for this purpose. Such a product will not only be natural, but also pleasant to use.

Making hair removal wax at home is not that difficult. You can subsequently warm it up in a water bath or in a microwave oven, without spending additional funds on the purchase of an electric wax heater. Hair can be removed not only by directly applying wax to the surface of the skin, but also using special wax strips for this purpose.

Unlike factory formulations for waxing, homemade wax has a number of advantages.

• The wax composition can be prepared in a specific density, which will ideally match your hair structure. For example, for hard ones, a composition that is denser in consistency is suitable, and for vellus hair, you can use more liquid options.
• Only natural ingredients are used in the preparation of the wax. For this reason, the risk of an allergic reaction is minimized.
• Homemade wax is a little more pleasant to use, it has a natural scent of bee honey.Thus, you get not only hair removal, but also an aromatherapy session.
• The cost of homemade wax is much cheaper than purchasing polymer store formulations, which greatly saves the family budget.
• Homemade formulations can be stored for a long time.

Outlets today offer a fairly large assortment of wax that can be used for depilation, but despite this fact, many women prefer to make such a composition on their own. After use, the finished mixture may be removed to the refrigerator, where it can be stored for a long time, and if necessary, it can be taken out and heated before the next depilation. It is worth noting that it is best to pack homemade wax in such a container so that the composition is enough for about 5 applications.

To make homemade wax, all the ingredients you need can be bought in specialized stores, while choosing products of natural origin and good quality. Natural beeswax is used as the basis of the composition; it is best to purchase it in specialized stores or from friends who keep bees. In addition to natural beeswax, palm carnauba wax and pine rosin can be used to prepare the composition. In order for the mixture to be plastic and easily spread over the surface of the skin, it is necessary to supplement the total mass of ingredients with paraffin, a petroleum refined product. Natural essential oils can be added to the wax as flavors, or the honey smell can be left as it is.

To make homemade wax for depilatory purposes, certain ingredients must be used.

This product can be found in briquetted form, it has been purified from impurities and can be used for cosmetic procedures. In this case, the color of the wax does not play a special role; it can be yellowish-white or dark brown. It depends on the variety of plants from which the bees collected honey. It is best to buy wax that has not been dyed to improve its color. When choosing a wax, pay attention to the fact that its composition is homogeneous and does not contain impurities in the form of foreign inclusions or residues of the vital activity of bees.

If the wax crumbles when you hit the briquette, then you have a good and completely natural product in front of you - you can safely buy it. A fake on impact will only slip through - you should know this. There is another way to determine a good product: if you scratch the surface of the briquette with a knife blade, then natural wax will curl up in long shavings, while a fake will simply crumble without forming curls.

This is a natural product that is obtained using a special technology when processing palm leaves. The product looks like a whitish-yellow flake that is odorless but rather dense to the touch. Carnauba wax is available from specialist stores. This product is used as an alternative to beeswax when there is an allergic intolerance to bee products. The palm product is hypoallergenic, and in addition, it has the ability to soften the skin surface, as well as additionally nourish and moisturize it.

It is a product of oil refining, the substance is dense and slightly oily to the touch. Paraffin is sold in briquettes, it has no smell and taste. For the preparation of the composition used for depilation, it is recommended to choose only pure white paraffin, since a yellow product indicates a weak level of product purification from oil components.

• Pine rosin. The product is made from the resin of coniferous trees and has a corresponding odor. Rosin is added to the composition of the mixture for depilation in order to give the wax special plasticity and improve the adhesion of the material to the skin surface. The natural product has an amber yellow color and is sold as hard pieces.

Homemade depilatory wax is a good alternative to a store-bought product, but only if all ingredients are of good purity and quality.

The easiest way to perform the depilation procedure is with wax strips. You can make them at home by boiling wax and soaking them into a suitable base.

• First you need to prepare the strips themselves. They can be purchased ready-made in a specialized store, usually in a package of 100 pcs. Convenient to work with are strips made of non-woven material: spunbond or cellulose. If you wish, you can make them yourself, taking for this natural chintz or thick paper, which are cut into strips 5 cm wide.The length depends on the depilation object, for example, a length of 20 cm is used for the body, and 7 cm is enough for the face. Too long strips are inconvenient to use - they will twist and stick, forming folds.
• At the next stage, you will need to prepare a mixture intended for impregnating the strips. To do this, you can take 100 gr. beeswax, add 150 gr. resin and 100 gr. paraffin. The composition must be melted in a water bath, while stirring thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is obtained. When the composition is ready, it is removed from the bath and allowed to cool down to a temperature of 40 ° C.
• The prepared strips are laid out on a flat surface. Having stepped back 1.5 cm from the edge, hot wax is applied, distributing it in a thin and even layer. The strips can then be used to remove excess vegetation.

Today, there are many recipes with which you can prepare wax used for depilation at home. These recipes are quite simple, and the ingredients can be purchased at any store.

The simplest recipe available is as follows:

• in a water bath, you need to melt 100 gr. natural beeswax;
• then add 200 gr to the wax. pine rosin and no more than 50 gr. pure white paraffin;
• while the components slowly melt, they must be constantly stirred with a wooden spatula;
• after the mass has become homogeneous, the depilatory wax is ready to use.

If it is not possible to purchase refined beeswax, then they take honey in combs and cleanse of the sweet contents, after which they are melted in a water bath. To make the wax mass more flexible and nourish the skin well, add a few drops of olive or other vegetable oil to the wax.

Another simple recipe is the following option:

• in a water bath, you need to melt 150 gr. beeswax and 250 gr. carnauba wax;
• when the ingredients are melted, the mixture must be cooled to a temperature of 40 ° C and 10 ml of glycerin must be added;
• after thorough mixing, a few drops of any aromatic oil can be added to the composition.

If you need to prepare a composition that is suitable for working with sensitive skin, you can use the following recipe:

• put in a water bath 300 gr. natural honey, add 100 ml of water to it and squeeze the juice of half a lemon;
• as soon as the mixture begins to melt, add to it after 2-3 minutes. another 100 ml of water;
• now the composition will need to be boiled down to thickening, which is necessary so that the mass is easily distributed over the surface of the skin;
• the composition is cooled to 40 ° C and used for depilation.

Honey is the most valuable product that nourishes the skin and saturates it with healing ingredients. There is another proven recipe based on honey for removing body hair. The method for preparing the composition is as follows:

• honey in the amount of 100 gr. put to melt in a water bath;
• as soon as the product begins to melt, add 50 grams to it. white paraffin, and after 10 minutes. - 200 gr. pine rosin;
• while the mixture is being prepared, it must be constantly stirred so that the composition is homogeneous;
• after the wax is ready, it is cooled to a temperature of 40 ° C and used as directed.

In addition to honey, sugar syrup in certain concentrations also has good adhesion properties. To prepare the composition for depilation, you need to melt 500 gr in a water bath. sugar with filtered juice of two large lemons. Next, add 50 g to the mixture. white paraffin. When the composition becomes completely homogeneous, it is cooled to 40 ° C and added to the total mass of 2 tsp. glycerin. The composition is used warm. After applying to the body, you need to wait until the mass hardens, after which it is removed along with the hairs.

Hair removal performed at home is no worse than salon procedures if you use wax compositions correctly. The key to a successful procedure is compliance with a number of nuances.

• The length of hairs for depilation should be no less and no more than 4–7 mm. If the hairs have grown longer, they will need to be cut to the desired length, since long hair is much more painful to remove.
• The depilation procedure is performed on clean skin, additionally treated with an antiseptic. After the antiseptic solution dries, the skin surface needs to be powdered with talcum powder or use baby powder for this. Such a measure will protect against excessive damage to the upper layers of the epidermis.
• With high sensitivity of the skin before depilation, it is lubricated with an anesthetic cream or cooled with a cold compress.

The order of the procedure is as follows:

• a warm wax composition is applied to the surface of the skin with a wooden spatula in the direction of hair growth, if you use sugar syrup or honey composition, it is applied against hair growth;
• until the composition begins to harden, a strip of fabric is applied over it and pressed tightly;
• after 2-3 minutes, the strip should be pulled off the skin surface with a sharp movement against hair growth during wax depilation or according to hair growth during depilation performed with sugar or honey.

After depilation, the skin should be treated with a fat cream or oil. This will remove wax residues, soften the skin and prevent irritation.To suppress unwanted hair growth, a special cream or lotion designed for this purpose is regularly applied to the skin after depilation.

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