So this guy phones up to book an appointment. Fortunately the rest of the afternoon was free because he'd changed his mind and decided to go for the works! Full legs, full arms, back, chest - decided to get abs trimmed instead of waxed thank god!

The big majority (like 90%) of my waxings have all been back and shoulders, so be faced with this big fella (army and martial arts fighter) with a whole lotta thick long hair was a bit daunting. And since i'm not that practiced in legs and arms it took a lot longer then i'd hoped. I was totally knackered afterwards!!

But still it was good practice, and hopefully he'll return and pass on some referrals.

I'm still in my early days of waxing so was pleased with the result - so was he. It got me thinking - what has been your most daunting waxing client?

Mat xx

I do a lot of full body waxing and it's makes you lose the will to live. I normally take 2.5hrs and that's everything from the neck downwards, including Boyzilian. It's a myth that the less hairier they are, the quicker it will take. Not so. When you get a really hairy guy, it's easy to see when you've removed all the hair from that area, but with a less hairy guy, you can be checking and checking to make sure it's all gone.

Don't worry Fozzyo............you will get quicker with each one. You just need to get in a routine with your waxing and make sure that you book out enough time with a little break before your next client. I hope you charged him for all his waxing. Start as you mean to go on.

Well done you.........proud of ya ! xxxx

Wow, sounds like quite a mission. It normally takes 2.5 hours to wax all of me, so that is not bad going.

OMG well done you Fozzyo I haven't been doing waxing that long either and don't do men maninly because I have a very remote salon - log cabin in back of garden behind 6 foot high walls!! so I wouldn't feel safe. Although I have two very large german sheppherds to protect me (although they are as soft as butter but no one knows that!!)
I have just booked myself and my daughter on a Brazilian course I'm really nervous about it. We practise on each other which is good and each time we do a normal Bikini wax we do try and go further in to get used to it. I'm going to have to buy some strong pain killers before we do the course!! Does anyone know if we need to have the hair short or let it grow a bit before the course. The girl who we booked it through didn't seem to know!!

When I lived in York all I ever got asked for was the odd bikini and lots of brow and leg waxes, since I moved here I keep getting bookings for male back waxing....the first one scared the life out of me mainly cos I was well out of my comfort zone, he wanted back and tops of arms waxing....It took my 1.5 hours.... I was sweating with nerves by the end!!!! But at least I have done it now!!!!

criky i would have been well fed up after 4.5 hrs , by back would be killing
well done you , you are braver than me , hahah xxxx

Mat you're doing great, and you will pick up speed with practice so don't worry about that. I also find full body waxes are a real marathon and usually feel exhausted by the end - do make sure you have a break before your next client as Kim suggested.

Everyone will have slightly different techniques and routines but I normally start with the front, working my way down from the neck to the toes, turn the client over to do the bum, then wax the rest of the back & legs, sitting the client up last of all for the shoulders and arms.

Sounds like you did a fantastic job and if you can get in with those martial arts guys they are a great source for referrals. And I've always found the army, RAF and navy lads are the politest and friendliest customers, too.

You're going from strength to strength with your waxing and have definitely tapped into a gap in the market - good for you

Andy

Never mind you, what about him.

Wow - well done you. Bet it's done wonders for your confidence though?
I'm done in after an hours waxing!!

Wow you must be shattered, I bet your glad you didn't have a couple of them in today.

When I had my salon I used to offer fully body waxing to women and I could sometimes get three in a day at 2.5 hours each. I could feel my self holding on to the couch thinking this is it im going to faint in front of the client.

I used to have 2 friends that would come in together and I would have to do 1 after the other without a break, one of them was a doddle but the other ladies bikini area was a night mare to do and she always had a hollywood.

I would never put myself through it again,

Well last summer when I moved to Spain I had a client and I am still traumatised by it! She asked for a bikini wax and all I can say is that she made the hairiest gorilla look folically challenged. I felt sorry for her poor love with so much hair, but it was a waxing nightmare that I shall never forget

I once took 50 mins to do a basic bikini wax on an Iranian girl. She was very dark and the hair was tough and very curly - difficult to know what direction it grew in. She had lots of ingrown hairs and 'the hollow' was a nightmare to do.
She moved from this area but, looking back, I value the experience of that session.

This post has just reminded me about my sponsored waxing a couple of weeks ago.

After working all day in the salon, mainly waxing & massaging, my back was already killing me

After a quick bite to eat I had to go out to this event where several brave men had volunteered (sp?) to get their chests, backs & lower legs waxed. By the end of the evening, I'd been waxing them for about 3 hours in total, so you do have my sympathy Fozzyo.

It raised nearly £800 on the evening, plus sponsorship of about £1000. All to go to the Breast Cancer unit of our local hossie.

The nicest bit was receiving a beautiful bouquet of flowers a few days later from my client who organised it all to say thank you.