Frequently asked questions

Sugar is a golden paste made of three natural ingredients. Sugar, lemon and water. It’s chemical free and so natural, you can eat it!

Yes! While both remove hair, wax also removes the top dead layers of skin. Sugar doesn’t adhere to the skin at all, it only grabs and extracts hair without causing any trauma to the skin. And because sugaring removes hair in direction of growth, the extraction is cleaner and more effective. Sugar is also water soluble, allowing us to quickly clean up any left over product with water (unlike waxing which requires oil based removers).

Yes! Sugaring is a sensitive skin friendly alternative to wax. Sugaring removes hair without lifting or damaging skin in the process.

Yes! Sugaring is a safer hair removal method for the sensitive facial area, and because sugar is heated at lower temperatures than wax, you never have to worry about skin burning or lifting. Listed below are contraindications for facial hair removal service:

We recommend a patch test for all first time face sugaring clients. Shallow facial hair can cause a histamine reaction post sugaring or waxing.

If you use retinoids or chemical exfoliants on your face, you can risk damaging your skin during your facial sugaring appointment. We suggest you talk to your dermatologist before booking your appointment .

We also suggest skipping a facial sugaring appointment if you have bruising, sunburn, rashes, swelling, cold sores, or recent botox and injectables (within 2 weeks).

We recommend you grow your hair out two weeks post shaving and 4 weeks post waxing. Hair should be 1/8 of an inch (length of a grain of rice).

Gently exfoliate your skin two days before your appointment. Please arrive for your appointment with clean skin (no lotions, self tanners or oils). Two days before your appointment, would be an excellent time to double check that your hair is long enough. Hair that is too short cannot be properly extracted, and will cause uneven hair growth.

For the smoothest results possible, you’ll want to wait 24 hours before you take a hot shower, workout, exfoliate, or have sex. Freshly sugared skin, is more sensitive and exposed, introducing bacteria could cause a reaction. It is best you take extra care of your skin, and follow through with your esthetician’s post hair removal suggestions to prevent irritation, and ingrown hairs.

Yes! Because sugaring removes your actual hair follicle, your hair will grow back noticeably thinner, and more sparse than with waxing. With sugar you are causing damage to the hair follicle, and eventually the hair follicle will stop growing hair. The longer you sugar, the less hair will grow back. Wow! That’s super sweet!

You can sugar as often as every 3 weeks. Just make sure your hair is long enough and grown out in an even hair pattern. We do not recommend shaving or tweezing in between appointments.

Yes! Because we don’t use sticks or strips with sugaring, there is less waste. Sugar is also a natural, chemical and wax free product, so the product itself is biodegradable.

Although sugaring is a more gentle method of hair removal, it is still hair removal. Anytime you extract a hair from the hair follicle, you’re going to feel some degree of pain. On the bright side, pain is substantially reduced if you consistently sugar, and because sugar doesn’t stick, or cause damage to the skin, you won’t have any stinging or burning once the service is completed.