It’s Wednesday and we’re getting weird. Actually talking about bikini hair removal is nothing compared to what’s coming next week.
Are you intrigued? Let’s just say I’ll do anything for a blog post.
Before we begin, I am not promoting any hair removal method. This is not a sponsored post and is solely meant to provide information. I’ll share my opinion, but that is it. Whether you wax, shave, sugar, laser or go natural–it’s a personal choice and they are all correct. This is just an informative post to share the differences.
Ok now that we got the disclaimer out of the way, let’s get to it.
Last week, I switched up my usual wax for sugaring. Both have benefits and both are effective–they are just different. So I thought it would be a good idea to break down the differences between the two and answer some questions.
Alright waxing. There are two kinds of wax–hard and soft. Hard wax is applied, dries and then removed by grabbing the edge and pulling out the hair by the root. Soft wax is applied and then a cloth strip is pressed over the wax and once it attaches, the strip is removed and the hair comes with it. Both kinds take the hair out by the root and last longer than shaving.
Sugaring is an ancient art of hair removal that combines lemon, water and melted sugar. Once mixed together, the combo creates a paste and then the process is the essentially the same. The paste is applied and then pulled to remove hair.
A few differences:
Biggest difference is the application. Wax is applied in the direction of the hair growth and removed against. Sugar is applied against the direction of hair growth and removed with it.
Another is since sugar is a super natural option, any leftovers can be removed with water. Wax needs to be removed with oils or post wax treatments.
Final big difference is the temperature. Sugar can be applied and removed warm while wax has to be applied hot and removed when it’s cool.
Alright, let’s compare. I broke it into categories.
Cost: I go to Sweet Peach in Atlanta (hence the peach photos)! At Sweet Peach though, waxing is cheaper than sugaring. It varies by area, but waxing is cheaper.
Pain: I’m not going to sugar coat it (ha, get it) you are ripping hair from a follicle. Neither feel great. I also think pain is subjective. For me, the part that hurts the worst is the temperature. I’m super pale and sensitive to heat. Wax is really hot and sugaring is just warm. Due to temperature alone, sugaring hurts less in my opinion.
Time: Waxing is faster–100%. It’s an apply and rip fast situation. Sugaring you have to work with it since it’s warm not hot. So waxing does go faster, but both can be done on a lunch break.
Redness: Sugaring can’t stick to live cells, while waxing can. Therefore waxing causes more redness since you are pulling on live tissue. Sugaring does adhere to dead cells so it acts as an exfoliate.
Wait time: In order to wax, your hair has to be at least a quarter of an inch long, they do not have to be that long for sugar.
So you can see there are benefits to both! In my opinion, I liked sugaring better. I like that it isn’t super hot on an area that is meant to be treated nicely lol. I like that you don’t have to wait quite as long in between appointments. And even though this isn’t necessarily something I care about, I like the all natural ingredients since it is such a sensitive area.
Plus you know I’m all about prevention, so any extra exfoliation and I’m on board…
Alright, there it is. Do you prefer sugaring or waxing?
Hi!,, I just need to say that I found interesting your post. Why? because slow Me never on my 25 years of age, heard you could remove hair by sugaring. I even wondered If you could make the mixture at home and do it yourself! I am a do it at home kind of girl as I am trying to save big time for future plans ! Please do let me know if you ever done the mixture at home!?
It sounds so earthy and natural! <3 .. but maybe dangerous to experiment by myself, haha
Thank You for the information, its good for future reference!
-Stephanie
Hi Stephanie! Yes, you can definitely make it at home. I haven’t actually done it myself, but it’s a combination of lemon juice, white sugar and water. I found this link to a recipe https://hairfreeclub.com/sugar-wax-recipe-full-sugaring-guide/. Because it is all natural ingredients, it can definitely be a DIY beauty project. Please let me know how it turns out if you try it!
There are definitely a few differences. I asked my wax specialist what the difference was and while I’m not a fan of waxing, I think I’d rather take the “quick pain” versus sugaring. LOL!
Feel ya on that one. At the end of the day you are ripping hair out of your skin–so neither are a picnic.
I’ve only waxed once and it caused permanent hair growth damage- which was fine with me! It took almost ten years for spots to grow back, I swear! But sugaring sounds not as bad and something i could probably do myself- whereas with wax I did my friend’s legs and she ripped mine! Does the sensitivity level of it go down after so long?
I’ve never tried sugaring but it sounds intriguing. I love that you’ll do anything for a blog post! haha I feel ya.
Interesting! I do waxing but I’ve never even heard of sugaring. I don’t mind the heat of the wax and it works well for me. If a place near me offered it I might try it!
Thanks for posting this information! I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about sugaring, but was a little unclear about the actual pros and cons, compared to traditional waxing. Definitely something to think about in the future.