Why Peelable Wax?

Traditionally, a bee’s wax ‘hot wax’ (applied like you’re icing a chunky, gooey chocolate cake) required a backwards / forwards, figure of 8 technique to catch and wrap itself around the fairly long hairs. Then....... well, you’d orchestrate dull, awkward conversations like holiday destinations, the great British weather or the upcoming weekend antics to pass the time whilst super hot, gooey mess sets (giving it the odd poke to see if the damn thing is ready to come off!). After this time consuming space in time, you then hope that all the hair under your patch has gone, which it won’t be, so you begin the task all over again to get the remaining stubborn ones out; whilst observing all casualties that have snapped off due to the application!

Then dawns the day of the clever being who introduced synthetic rosin and polymers!! aka ‘shrink technology’ waxing. YES!!!!

A shrink wrap peelable wax has changed my waxing forever. In fact, most of my waxing is carried out using it. I still use a synthetic strip/ warm wax for the legs (another post or video for next time), and often for parts of male back waxing and arm waxes. But brows, face, underarm, chests, backs, intimate and inner thighs are strictly peelable!

So, why peelable wax?

Peelable wax doesn’t adhere to the skin. It shrinks on to the hair like hundreds of tiny tweezers. This in turn reduces the potential for skin traumas such as skin lifting (will be doing a post on this) and bruising. It also has a much lower melting point, so it’s not going to sizzle away layers of skin and leave a lovely burn mark or skin lift (we’ve all done these lets face it!). It shrinks onto the shortest of hairs. With a particular technique that I use (yes, you’ve got it another post for this) I am able to remove hairs 3-5mm long eliminating the 3-4 week wait for your next wax. Peelable wax applications glide on in the direction of the hair. It’s super thin and sets in about 5 seconds. It also doesn’t go brittle and break if left on the skin. There is no picking or flicking to get an edge and rarely will you need to overlay your area. It’s far more comfortable for your client as it’s cooler and doesn’t adhere to the skin so the only pull, is the hair.

My aim is to educate therapists out of the dated and unsafe practice of using strip wax on such delicate areas prone to skin traumas and into the comfortable, safe and thorough use of peelable wax.

For any Guild accredited training in Intimate waxing or workshops to polish your skills and up your game in waxing, DM me x