Hair removal by sugaring

Removing unwanted body hair is a big challenge for most women. While personal care products companies have introduced a whole range of products, none of them are really directed at hair removal using 100% natural products. It was interesting then to read an email from Jenny in Clinton, New York, who writes, "I am simply fed up shaving my legs. None of them is truly natural. My Egyptian friend tells me about sugaring. She also says that I could actually make this stuff at home by myself. Please tell me if this is true. And if so, how do I do it?"

We went to Lorena Chinchilla, the founder of health and fitness website Lindisima.com. She agrees with you that all women know what a tough time they have removing unwanted body hair. While some of the solutions currently used (for instance, shaving) is positioned as the 'perfect solution', it may not be so. One, you are using a really sharp object on what is supposed to be really soft skin of a woman. Two, all ingredients are chemicals and none of us really understands what harm they do. Finally, the hair that comes out is rather rough.

She adds, "Both women and men have always removed their body hair (the regions of the body have varied by culture and the point in time) and shaving was not the common method for a long time. In fact, in most parts of Asia, women still do not like to shave and use other methods. The one that I have found to be more effective is sugaring or using sugar to remove unwanted hair. Now your immediate reaction will be, as Jenny is saying, Oh God, how much work is it going to be, how will it work, can I do it, etc.? It is perfectly understandable if this is the way you react because you may have never seen any other way for hair removal. The other thing is that we often get skeptical when something sounds so simple. My family reacted the same way when I started to make breakfast cereals at home (I bought the ingredients at the local health food store and basically mixed them at home - it was not only much cheaper but now we eat all-natural breakfast cereal and we definitely know what we are eating).

If I told you that you could prepare the sugaring paste using ingredients in your kitchen and then remove your hair in practically no time, you will be surprised. But that is the way women in so many countries get rid of their unwanted hair. In fact, in most countries of the world razors for women are not even sold. Basically you will need sugar, lemon, and tap water. The preparation of the paste takes just about 15-20 minutes. You might need to buy a simple muslin cloth if you do not have it at home but once you buy it you will not need to buy it again for almost an year. I always suggest to first-time users to start with their legs and then try it on their face. There are a few more reasons why I prefer sugaring over other methods for hair removal. I find that my skin gets less irritation and when my hair does grow back, it is much softer. Men too can use sugaring for hair removal."

Detailed information (with self-explanatory pictures) about how to prepare a sugaring solution using ingredients from the kitchen and how to use it to remove your hair is available in a downloadable electronic book called Sugaring: All natural hair removal techniques for women using stuff from your kitchen that you can buy for just five bucks but will save a lot of money over time and give your skin the natural treatment that it deserves.

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