Almost every hair removal method offered at a salon you can now do at home. Most people just prefer the salon experience, or would rather have somebody else yank the hair from their bodies because, quite frankly, it hurts too much to do it themselves. If you are able to tolerate pain and you want to save a few bucks, you can do all of the following hair removal methods at home.
Shaving, Artfully
Yeah, yeah, you can shave with a twin blade, triple blade, quad blade, or electric razor, but it takes cajones to use a barber's razor. This ultra-sharp blade folds out and has been used by barbers to give shaves for centuries. If you use a very steady hand, you can use this razor to artfully, skillfully shave just about any area of your body.
Tweezing
Tweezing hair out one shaft at a time is seriously time-consuming. However, if you are dealing with a small area of your body, like the brows or mustache and you get the root of every shaft with every pull, those hairs are never growing back. It is not recommended for larger or hairier areas of the body, since it would take a year or more of constant tweezing to make you hairless.
Epilator
Faster than tweezing, an epilator is a handheld, electric razor-like machine that has a rotating series of "blades." The "blades" quickly grasp hairs close to the skin as you roll the machine over your skin, and then yank the hairs out as you go. It is less painful if you use the device right out of a hot shower while your pores are open. Then the hairs will release more easily as the epilator grabs them.
Sugaring
Before the magic of waxing came along, sugaring was the hot hair removal method--both literally and figuratively. High-born ladies of Egypt would heat sugar into a thick syrup, then use papyrus leaves or linen strips to press onto the hot, sweet mess on their hairy body parts before ripping it free. Sugaring is still an available method of hair removal, which is ideal for anyone who has an allergic reaction to cosmetic waxes. At home, you will need a candy thermometer to make sure the sugar syrup is not too hot and is not burning while you use it for this purpose.
Waxing
Cold waxing uses wax applied to the backs of paper or linen strips, which you then adhere to your flesh before ripping it off. Hot wax has to be carefully and slowly melted before spread with a plastic spatula onto your skin. Linen strips are then pressed into the hot wax and ripped off against the grain or growth of most of the hair. You can buy the machine to melt the wax, the wax block, the spatula and the linen strips from most beauty supply stores.
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