The Art of Sugaring
The info for this blog came from the Alexandria Professional™ Body Sugaring Reference Guide and the website http://www.alexandriaprofessional.com
Sugaring is a sanitary, effective and natural means of hair removal. Traditional sugaring involves working sugar paste over the skin to remove hair. It’s a great alternative to waxing, especially for people who are sensitive or allergic, or simply opposed to the chemicals used in wax. Many people also find this method less painful then other hair removal techniques.
The Spa at Yarrow Bay uses Alexandria Professional™ Body Sugaring products. Alexandria Professional™ is very proud to be the pioneers of body sugaring hair removal into the beauty industry.
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A Brief History
The earliest references to hair removal came from the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Greece. Early writings out of Mesopotamia tells of kings asking that women be brought to them clean and smooth, i.e., hairless! Ancient Egyptians placed a high importance on cosmetics – both for aesthetic and practical purposes. Egyptian hieroglyphics describe how slave girls serving Pharaoh were expected to remove their body hair. Hair on the body was considered to be unclean by the upper class. Possibly through a fortuitous accident, the method of using sugar for hair removal treatments was developed.
The British Museum’s famed Department of Egyptology displays copper and bronze razors and tweezers from as far back as 1900 B.C., including one combination razor/hair cutter/trimmer from about 1450 B.C.! These methods, however, were still primitive and painful. During the reign of the Turkish Empire, the harem was an important part of court life and the removal of body hair was considered an art. Therefore, tradition has been handed down through the generations and today certain Middle Eastern women still practice total body hair removal using sugar.
After extensive research, it was determined that the current methods were working only to a limited extent. It was found that this ancient art of hair removal could provide permanent, satisfactory results with benefits that would far exceed the more commonly used method, if it could be modified to become commercially acceptable. Alexandria Professional Body Sugaring has pioneered the North American market with the Art of Body Sugaring. They have developed a paste and unique technique to meet the needs of every person.
Advantages of Sugaring
• Sugaring paste is made from natural ingredients with no testing on animals and no harmful side effects caused by allergic reactions, it is so natural you can eat it!
• Sugar paste is applied at body temperature making it safe for all areas, and it will never burn the skin
• Sugar can be easily cleaned up with water and you will never feel sticky after a treatment
• It will extract the hair and exfoliate the dead skin cells, helping to free ingrown hairs
• The paste wraps around the hair shaft and seeps below the mouth of the follicle, lubricating the hair to make the extraction more complete and gentle
• Because the hair is extracted in the direction of growth, there is limited discomfort
• Sugaring paste is hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic
• It requires only 4-7 days growth after shaving
• After a number of treatments the hair follicle begins to deplete, the hair grows in more refined each time, and eventually it can lead to permanent removal of the hair.
