How To Use Gigi All Purpose Hard Wax

Weeks agone I mentioned on SnapChat that I was going to be waxing that day and several of you snapped me back asking me to make a tutorial. So this post was created upon special asking by my SnapFam! 😉 My personal wax of choice is difficult wax, and so that'due south what I will be using in this post. Confused on the difference betwixt soft wax and hard wax? Just continue reading!

I think I started getting waxed about two years ago…and loved the results so much I kept it up and switched to doing it myself at abode. Because, let's be real, information technology gets pricey in a salon! Then if yous're like me and don't have the budget for it, I hope this mail answers some questions for you and gives yous the conviction to do it at domicile!

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The Difference Between Soft & Hard Wax?

There are many dissimilar types of waxes that you can use (e'er heard of sugar waxing? 🙂 ) but today I'll be using hard wax. I prefer it, personally, and if you program to wax sensitive areas (summer is around the corner….biniki line, anyone?) I highly recommend y'all use hard wax. The most popular type of wax on the full general market place is soft wax — where you apply the clothe strip to identify over it — and so I want to compare the two of them really quick for you. 🙂

Soft Wax — This is very liquidy and is applied to the skin in a thin layer. A muslin clothe is placed over the wax, rubbed down to fully adhere the wax to the cloth, and and so one time it starts to harden you pull the clothe away, bringing the wax — and hair — with information technology. You tin't become over the same area twice, as it removes layers of dead skin and repeating on the aforementioned section will results in more skin damage and possibly bruising. This type of wax is best used for large sections of the torso, tougher areas, and if you lot accept particularly fine hair — your thighs/legs, for case. Also, this method of waxing is nearly commonly more than painful.

Difficult Wax — It gets it's proper noun from the fact that it does not crave a clothe strip to be placed over information technology to remove it, you simply let information technology dry out and it'south thick and firm enough for you to take hold of an edge and pull it off. This wax is a lot thicker than soft wax and when it cools it adheres — or 'shrink wraps' — effectually the strands of hair (every bit opposed to sticking to your skin). It still strips away a layer of skin, but is comparable to using an exfoliate. This wax is ideal for sensitive areas of the body that has coarse hair — bikini lines, Brazilians — just tin be used anywhere and on any type of hair. Which is what I practise. Too, if yous don't have a high pain tolerance, this is the wax to get with.

While ripping your hair out in 1 big clamper can't be painless, using difficult wax greatly reduces the corporeality of pain you experience. I know this is kind of TMI — simply, hey, we're talking about waxing here! — I use this wax for my bikini area and while there is some level of hurting the moment the pilus is pulled out, it goes away instantly and there is no lingering pain afterwards — which I always experienced with soft wax.

And so, yes, in a nut shell soft wax is commonly bachelor and difficult wax is gentler and less painful. My recommendation is hard wax, all the way! 😉

How To Hard Wax at Habitation

I know you might think this is a sponsored mail for GiGi, but I hope yous, it'due south not. In fact, I do NOT recommend you using the GiGi's waxes. At least not on sensitive areas, as in my experience they crusade more pain and are harsher to your peel. But their companion products work fine and are affordable, which is why I use them. 🙂

So the supplies you demand are…

• Cleanser
• Oil or pulverization (depending on skin needs)
• Hard wax
• Wax warmer
• Wooden wax applicator
• Wax remover cream
• Hair minimizer balm/serum

The hard wax that I highly recommend is the Cirepil Blue Wax available on Amazon. It's the best quality I've e'er tried — mode better than the GiGi hard wax! Commencement thing to exercise is to warm the wax. You want to allow at least 30 minutes, equally it will accept a while for the whole tub to melt. Exam it on the dorsum of your hand. If it applies smoothly, and isn't also hot, it'south at the perfect temperature. 🙂

For this post I'll exist using my arm to show an case of how I practice this. As I stated, I employ this in the bikini region…and cameras are not immune downward there 😉 Brand sure your hair is at least 1/4″ in length. A bit longer is better. But keep in mind you don't want it too long! That volition brand information technology more than painful! If it's longer than 3/four of an inch, and it'south in a sensitive area, trim information technology first. For my arm, though, I don't find waxing painful, so didn't bother to trim it. 🙂

Y'all want to make sure the surface area is cleansed before you start ripping out the hair. This will help forbid any bacteria or 'junk' that is on your skin from getting into the freshly-opened areas on your skin and starting an infection. Hither I'1000 using GiGi Pre Honey Pre-Epilation Cleanser.

The adjacent step is to either apply some oil or baby powder to your skin to create a bulwark. If you accept really dry peel, apply only a picayune to forbid the wax from aggravating the dry peel and making it worse. If you have oily or sweaty skin, use baby powder to help soak up some of that actress moisturize, equally it can forbid the wax from fully adhering to the hairs. And so depending, I utilise either the GiGi Pre-Epilation Oil or the GiGi Pre-Epilation Dusting Powder.

Using these wooden applicator have a gumball size corporeality out and twirl it to go on the wax from dripping. Then employ it to your pilus, following the natural direction your pilus lays. This gives you the best results when you go to remove the strip. When y'all are gliding information technology on, make sure y'all make it a decently thick layer. As well sparse and it will simply crack and suspension into a million pieces when yous try to remove it!

Also make certain you leave a thicker piece at the end so you lot can hands create a 'lip' — as pictured above — and remove the wax strip. If you tin can't get a lip, you'll have to slowly pick at the wax until you bring enough up to create that lip…and that's non a pleasant feeling to slowly be pulling at a few hairs at a time.

In one case the wax has cooled and is firm to the touch, grab the lip and pull in the contrary management of hair growth. Do this in one  quick motion, if possible, to lessen the pain. Too make sure you keep your pilus close to your skin as yous pull information technology — you lot never want to yank the strip straight up equally this intensifies the pain and can bruise or damage to your skin.

And y'all should be left with a make clean, hairless patch of skin! Repeat the steps until you've removed all the hair that you want to. 🙂 Keep in mind with hair wax you desire to work in minor sections. This may make information technology longer, but the results are worth it. 🙂

My arm pilus is actually fine, but I tried to get a skillful shot of it so you tin can see all the hair that this wax pulled out from the roots. No breakage or patchy areas at all! And you have to acknowledge…there is something extremely satisfying to see all that hair stuck in the wax and non on your body! Makes the process worth it 😉

Once y'all've finished waxing off all the pilus yous will no doubt have random patches of wax that didn't come off. When you start start off, there volition be a lot of these patches, just as you go on to practice and become ameliorate at it, you lot won't have every bit many. I used the GiGi Wax Off Wax Remover, but I am in the market for a ameliorate one. This one requires too much 'scrubbing' to get it all off.

Afterward all that difficult work, I recommend using a balm that helps to slow the growth of the pilus. It tin can take a long time to wax (especially if you practice your legs or a Brazilian!) and I want my skin to remain hairless for as long every bit possible! I've been using GiGi Irksome Grow Hair Minimizer and when I call up to use it daily (that is the key!) I do notice that the pilus takes a bit longer to grow back in.

EDIT Fabricated MAY 20, 2018: I get a lot of questions on what I use to prevent ingrown hair. I definitely recommend you lot use something daily — I've been using this one from GiGi and it works pretty well for me.

At present tell me, exercise you wax? In a salon or at home? I really hope this tutorial was helpful for yous! If y'all have any other questions, or would like to see how to use soft wax, or sugar wax…anything! Just permit me know in a comment below!

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