Why hot wax?.....By Laura Watts
Hot Waxing at Vita Skin Spa…
Hair removal – The struggle for all women and men (but mainly the women)… these days it’s not only a subject that is brought up between girlfriends over lunch but it’s something that is thought about more often due to fashion, trends, models in magazines with flawless skin, keeping their self-confidence higher with their partners… or just if they are going swimming, or on holiday… or joining a pole fitness class… or going on a spa weekend away… WHATEVER THE REASON – THE STRUGGLE IS REAL!
Regardless of what your taste in pubic style - Hot waxing is growing in popularity worldwide.
At Vita Skin Spa, our aim is to have the highest standard of hair removal specialists working with the highest standard of wax, tailored to suit the clients’ needs.
We all know that hair removal is generally a painful experience and some clients (male or female) can feel self-conscious about coming in and baring all to us therapists… Trust me when I say – we thrive on seeing hair as a challenge and it is the best part of our job, sending someone out of the spa feeling more confident and smooth than they did coming in to see us.
All of the waxing therapists at Vita have been on individual intimate waxing courses with our own waxing guru “The Wax Queen” Kim Lawless…
Kim Lawless has spent quite some time and effort into developing not only the best techniques for an extremely thorough intimate wax, but Kim has just launched her very own hot wax created by herself personally that we have just introduced to the spa for our clients to try out… It has a good temperature, it sets a bit quicker due to its thinner application, the results are longer lasting and it suits all skin types!
- Hot waxing is suitable for all skin types, (including some of the most sensitive skins I’ve come across in recent years);
- Hot wax is HOT, the reason this works well is that pores are more open for the follicle to be removed and therefore you feel the removal with less pain than you would do with a cooler wax;
- Hot wax works by not adhering to the skin but the hair follicle itself. This makes it ideal for extra course hairs like Pubic, underarms or male hair. As the wax sets – it is shrinking… it shrink-wraps each hair (even some that are quite short in length) and when removed pulls the hair away without taking skin cells with it – again this makes the wax a less painful experience without irritating the skin too much;
- Rule of thumb… the more you wax… the less you need to wax. Our bodies are very clever, over time the hairs get used to being pulled out and for the average person it only takes between 4-10 consecutive waxes for you to see patches on the skin where hair no longer grows back! *This is not necessarily the case for everybody as some hairs are just stubborn and will never want to leave you* However in these rare cases I can still say with total confidence that hair still weakens with each wax and will come back finer than before.
- There are some lifestyle no-no's if you want to have the best waxing results. So… post treatment avoid anything that is going to bring you out in a sweat. After waxing your pores are very open and are more vulnerable to getting blocked. Avoid exercise, sunbathing, really hot showers, swimming and saunas for at least 24 hours after your waxing treatment.
- Definitely not on the day of your wax – but a day or two later: It is good to keep skin exfoliated and nourished to try and avoid pesky ingrown hairs. Some people will always suffer with this – but exfoliating between waxes is proven to help reduce this problem. Maybe try one of our beautiful Natural Spa Factory Body Salt Scrubs?
*My favourite is the Lime and Lemongrass scrub because it smells so refreshing and is highly nourishing with their natural oil content. *
One final thought on the waxes – keep them regular!
The average hair growth cycle is 3 weeks, so a 4-weekly appointment to make sure that the hair is indeed 0.5cm above the skin surface (and therefore able to be waxed) is ideal.
Start getting booked in regularly with one of our fully trained Kim Lawless Intimate wax trained therapists today and you will be miles ahead for our summer months!
See you soon!
For details on our waxing visit our website:
http://www.vitaskinspa.co.uk/vita-skin-spa-threading.htm
To book your appointment with one of our waxing specialists, click here:
http://www.vitaskinspa.co.uk/vita-skin-spa-booking-request.htm
