What is hair wax? Should you choose hot or cold wax? How to make wax

Women who do not want to have a clean skin and no ugly hairs. Waxing method helps women remove hairs at the root and completely exfoliate. At this time, there are two types of hot wax and cold wax, we must choose which wax is reasonable, please follow the following article.

What is hair wax?

Hair waxing is a method derived from the habits of Africans and Latin Americans,… They often use fruits such as oranges, lemons, honey, … cooked to thicken to thicken the wax. It forms a highly adhesive wax and uses sticky paper to remove hair, which temporarily cleans the surface of the skin and slows down hair growth.

Basically, hair wax is divided into 2 main types: hot wax and cold wax. Each type of wax has its own characteristics suitable for the nature of each skin area.

High-adhesive hair wax helps to clean hair on the surface of the skin

Should you choose hot or cold wax?

According to Lao Dong Newspaper, each of these waxing methods has its own advantages and disadvantages. So when choosing which way to wax, we need to rely on the advantages of each way to choose the right way.

There are two basic types of wax: hot wax and cold wax

Advantages and disadvantages of hot wax

Hot wax is sticky wax that needs to be warmed up on the stove and then applied to the skin while the wax is still warm. As the wax cools, they harden and pull away from the skin in the opposite direction to the hair follicle.

Hot wax is used to apply to the area to be waxed

Advantages of hot wax

• Suitable for sensitive skin
• Highly accurate, less painful, very effective and long lasting
• The hairs adhere to the wax layer and are removed more because the pores expand under the influence of heat

Disadvantages of hot wax

• Must heat wax fussy, easy to cause burns.

Advantages and disadvantages of cold wax

Cold wax is the available stickers that are glued to the skin to be waxed, then squeezed and then vigorously peeled off the patch is done.

Cold waxes are stickers, which are glued to the place to be waxed

Advantages of cold wax

• Suitable for all skin types
• Quick and doesn’t take much time to prepare
• After using cold wax, there is no need to clean up like hot wax.

Disadvantages of cold wax

• The area on the surface to be waxed is uneven and thorough
• Not as effective as hot wax

How to make wax for hair removal

Materials needed to make wax

• 4 tablespoons honey
• lemon
• 6 tablespoons of sugar
• 50ml water

Tools for making: Spoon, pot, gas stove

Materials to make wax

How to make wax

You put the pot on the gas stove and add 6 tablespoons of sugar, ½ lemon, 4 tablespoons of honey, 50ml of water , then use a spoon to stir the mixture until it thickens, then turn off the heat and let it cool.

Finished hair wax

Note:
– After waxing by DIY, we should make more after-wax skin care mixture, by adding 1 tablespoon of pureed red bean powder and 1 tablespoon of unsweetened yogurt into the bowl and mix well.
– Finally, apply on the waxed area and massage for about 10 minutes, then rinse with clean water.

Use a skin care mixture after waxing

The above article has just shared with you what wax is and how to do it. Tnhelearning.edu.vn hopes that after this article you will have more useful information about wax and choose which wax to use.

Source: Lao Dong Newspaper

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