How to Clean Wax Sticky Skin

Each time you use wax to remove hair, some wax may remain on your skin. If you use your hands to remove the wax, it will be painful but not effective. Luckily, there’s a much easier way to remove wax from skin: using oil. This cleaning method works with all types of wax, whether waxing wax or waxy candle wax on the skin.

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Clean wax with oil

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Choose the type of oil you want to use. Any oil can remove wax from the skin. The oil will get under the edge of the wax stain, making the skin smooth and the wax will come off. Hair removal wax sets often come with mineral oil that is used to clean the remaining wax. You can buy oils with “wax-off” formulas that have ingredients that help remove wax from the skin. However, the following oils also work well:

Baby oil
Massage oil
Olive oil
Rapeseed oil
Liquid coconut oil
Oil-based lotion

Dip a cotton ball in the oil. Dip the cotton ball in the oil until the cotton is soaked in the oil. You can also use a cotton ball, folded paper towel, or clean cloth. In fact, you can also pour oil on your skin, but using a cotton ball to rub the oil will prevent the cord from getting dirty.

Apply a cotton ball to the wax stain for 30 seconds. Make sure to rub the oil around the edge of the wax stain. This way, oil can get between the wax stain and the skin to loosen the wax. Gently press the cotton ball to let the oil soak into the wax stain.

If the wax is on a large area of skin, you can dip a tissue in the oil and apply it to the wax. Press down to let the oil seep out.
If there are many wax stains on the skin, you can use several cotton balls to treat at the same time.

Clean wax stains. Use a cotton ball to scrub the wax off the skin. It will peel off quickly. If the wax doesn’t come off easily, apply more oil. Continue oiling and scrubbing until wax is removed.

If the wax is difficult to remove, you may need to use more oil. Be patient with the oil and make sure the wax is soaked in the oil.
Try using a herringbone cloth to scrub away any remaining wax.

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Rinse skin after waxing. Use soap and water to wash off the oil. Pat the skin dry with a dry towel. Your skin will now be soft and clean thanks to the oil you just applied to your skin.

If you want to remove oil from your skin, simply use a mild dishwashing liquid to wash it off.

Prevent wax from sticking to the skin

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Remember to moisturize your skin. If the skin is dry before waxing, it will absorb the moisture in the wax. This will cause the wax to sink deeper and stick to the skin making it difficult to peel off. In the morning before you plan to wax with wax, you should apply a moisturizer so that the skin is fully hydrated.

Make sure the moisturizer penetrates the skin before applying the wax. You need to have moisturized but not greasy skin, otherwise wax won’t work as an effective hair removal.
Avoid using an oil-based moisturizer because the oil will take longer to soak into the skin and can make the wax less effective.

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Trim the hair short to an easy-to-handle length. Waxing is easier if the hair is 0.5 to 1 cm long. Hair that is too long will get tangled in the wax and be difficult to pull out neatly. This causes the wax to stick to the skin in unwanted places. ^{[1] X Research Source}

Try shaving about a week before you plan to wax. This way, the hair will have enough time to grow out to the right length.
You can also trim hair in areas where hair grows too long, such as the bikini line.

Make sure the wax is hot enough. Hot wax will be thin and easy to spread, while cooler wax will thicken and be difficult to handle. Remember that the wax must be completely melted and liquid before applying.

Test the hot wax on a small area of skin before applying it to a large area. The wax should be hot but not so hot that it burns.
During waxing, you may need to reheat the wax if it cools (unless you have liquid wax).

Avoid sweating. Wax often sticks to wet skin, so before applying wax, you need to make sure the skin is always dry during the waxing process. You can keep your skin dry with the following methods:

Sprinkle talcum powder on the skin to be waxed. This will help the wax not stick to the skin and still pull the hair out.
Hair removal in a ventilated room. Turn on the air conditioner, open a window, or turn on a fan so you don’t get hot while waxing.
Avoid exercising or raising blood pressure before waxing. You should do this when you are relaxed and relaxed so you don’t sweat when you start.

Stretch the skin. After waxing and applying the wax strip to your skin and preparing to peel it off, hold the skin with one hand right next to the patch. Hold the skin taut and use your other hand to peel off the patch. If the skin is tight, the wax will come off more easily. If the skin is wrinkled, the wax will get stuck in the grooves of the skin and may stick.

Be quick when peeling off the hair removal wax. If you pull slowly, the wax will have time to cool and stick to the skin. Quickly peel off the wax like a band-aid. This way, not only the hair will be pulled out neatly, but the skin surface will also be clean.

Advice

Avoid waxing in difficult-to-treat areas with long hair. You should use a professional service if you want to remove hair in areas that are difficult to manage.
Test the wax on a small patch of skin so you can practice peeling it off.
If you are working with wax that is still hot, roll a small warm wax ball over the wax stain. The wax stain will stick to the wax pellet and come off.

Warning

Be careful not to burn your skin because the wax is too hot. Test on a small area of skin first before spreading over a large area.

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Clean wax with oil

Prevent wax from sticking to the skin

Advice

Warning

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