Pour the sugar, water and lemon juice all together in a saucepan, and heat
it over a low flame. Keep stirring the mixture to avoid burning. Stir it until
all the sugar has melted, and you have a thick brown liquid. Let it cool slightly
before using it. It can be stored in a heat proof container for later use.
Store it in fridge. It can be easily warmed up in the microwave.
It a natural home made wax that can be used for waxing for arms, legs, underarms,
upper lips and eyebrows.
waxy go sexy posted by: raina on:Mar 27, 05 5:35 am
The best method is:-
1 small cup sugar
1/2 cup lemon / lime
warm it up on simmer
take a glass of room temp. water
put a DROP of boilin wax in it ,if the drop vanishes in the water, keep the wax for few more min. on simmer ,if the wax drop settles n u can see it that means the wax is ready ,always apply talc before applyin thin layer of wax.always use cotton strips.
WARNING:- NEVER EVER ADD WATER ,NOT EVEN A SINGLE DROP IN UR WAX.
Homemade wax WORKS only if you know HOW to wax. posted by: ellen o. on:Mar 15, 06 11:31 pm
Basically, I've been self-waxing for over 15 years. The first few times, I did it professionally, and because I watched, I learned a lot in terms of technique; then again, I'm a visual learner.
You've gotta understand a little bit about good wax consistency and proper techniques to avoid ending up yanking skin. Be careful with letting the wax get too thick on your muslim/cotton strip, and consider doing super-small patches on sensitive and less taut areas such as your knees. USE VERY QUICK MOTIONS, otherwise, you may as well put superglue on and try to peel that off without crying in severe pain!
I've used a myriad of different types of home waxes, some of the "simple" type, others of the "professional" style. I often found the simpler versions to be pretty reliable and easy to use, although I'd often have to wax twice over some areas. But these are great because they're relatively kind to your skin and easy to wash off. "Professional" styles were a lot more aggressive, and hence, they did the job the first time around; however, if you made any little error on technique, OW. They were SUPER-sticky and stuck to anything and everything, and were extremely difficult to remove from your own skin without special products. Even then, the products just barely helped. The professional products turned out to be more damaging to my skin. Unless you have a full set-up, professional waxes can become a painful ordeal, especially if you're one to do bikini waxes, like me.
All in all, I've always gone back to using a product called "Persian Cold Wax," my old reliable. (To see a pic of the product, check out- http://www.iranstore.com/product.asp?3=1310). It's one of the most natural products available (yeah!) and a relatively inexpensive product, but I wasn't totally satisfied because it would sometimes annoy me to have to go over a certain area again or use tweezers to catch strays.
I finally searched out a homemade wax, knowing that people in other countries have been "sugaring" for ages, and used this: http://www.spaindex.com/HomeSpa/Sugaring.htm. I wanted something natural, dirt cheap, and easy, and this sugaring recipe fit the bill. The important thing was to be sure to use cornstarch (or in my case, I only had powdered sugar, which contains cornstarch!) to rub onto the area to be waxed, as it serves as a great skin barrier, still allowing the hairs to be grasped by the sugaring.
The lemon in the recipes serves as a sort of antiseptic (I can't really remember). If you use sugar without honey, make sure you cook it until it caramelizes, and it should therefore have become thick enough to use properly. I went for the recipe with honey because of honey's natural moisturizing properties, and yum, my legs were soooo smooth afterwards, without the typical redness that other waxes yield.
All in all, get your waxes done professionally at first, to learn the ropes, then experiment carefully. Pretty soon, it becomes super easy, your hair follicles get used to it and hair comes out with barely a pull, and returning growth has fewer blunt cut ends and seems like less and less each time. I'll always choose waxing over shaving for my legs and bikini areas. Underarms, well, even the tiniest of stubble is obvious and ugly, so I shave 'em- easy enough for such a small area!
this shit doesnt work
justa sticky mess
i was counting on this 4 my wedding day now because of this it is ruined
i got a terrible rash
TO EVERY1 OUT THERE DONT USE THIS ITEM!!!!
Home made brown sugar wax posted by: inspectorAGE on:Jun 29, 08 11:45 pm
Thank you so much for the person that posted about the brown sugar wax, me and my sister in law have been trying all day to make some kind of homemade wax. When we saw this one we just did it. It worked!!! But it took awhile to thicken and a lot of standing over the stove stirring. But be aware that if not used quickly it looks like Carmel and doesn't work it just tears your skin not the hair. Also use a spatula not a butter knife... thanks again.
