Brazilian - 1/2" strip left ON
playboy - pencil thin line
hollywood - all off
las vegas - with diamontes

How much do you charge for each of these?

Modest - just the sides - 10 mins max - £7

Maxi - ideal for holiday, sides and enough underneath so as not to 'pop out' on a sun lounger - 10 mins - £10

Brazilian - Inch (approx) strip from front to back - 10 - 20 mins - £15

Honeymoon - Strip at top, all underneath + bum removed - 20 - 30 mins - £18

Hollywood - Everything removed - 20 - 30 mins - £20

generally the lower time is for a regular or someone with less hair and the higher time for someone who leaves it a little longer / first timer / more hairy client.

Thank you so much that is what I wanted to know

I do 4 different bikini waxes;
Standard £10 (This might just be a tidy up at the sides or for those who wear low cut underwear/swimwear.

Californian £15 (This is a high bikini line for those who will wear high cut underwear/swimwear or for clients who will be going on holiday. I would leave a fairly thin strip.)

Brazillian £24 ( I would leave a pencil width of hair and remove everything from the labia and in toward the buttocks)

Hollywood £33 (All hair is removed from the bikini area)

This is how I have my pricing as well, only I will put a top dollar in there. So a Basic Bikini will be from $25 to $50 (US)
A Brazilian will be from $60 to $125

I tie the underwear up and ask if they want it angled or straight for the Basic.

I ask if they want to leave any hair for the BBW.

Full legs does not include the bikini and for the sake of client clarity I say the bikini is the top 2 inches of the leg.

I don't like using all the different names, I feel it only confuses the client.

What is BBW?
All this info on price structure and whats included is a great help to me as I only charge £6 for a bikini wax which used to include sides outside knicker/bikini line and a bit at the top. Over the years clients have gradually requested that I leave less and less hair but because I have nothing on my price list that gives a definate price and description I never charge more. This will be changing now (after lots of practice and my new hot/non strip wax ) and i will print out and display my new revised prices with a From £x price - £x price depending on the client. One last question. If you do a brazillian (approx 1" strip left) do you leave that same 1" strip running underneath (over outer labia) and round to buttocks?

BBW = brazilian bikini wax

And for your final question, there just is no exact: do you leave or remove. There is what the client wants gone and what they will pay you for.

Again this is why I say

Basic Bikini = no soft tissue

Brazilian Bikini = bikini plus soft tissue (from the belly button all the way around to the small of the back leaving hair where ever they want to leave it: be it a small strip or an angled section, or taking it all off)

I still prefer my way and judging by the positive comments that I get....so do the general public.

Give them any name you like but detail exactly what is included on your price list. xxx

100% agree. I love the way Kim details everything on her price list, clients know exactly what they get and for how much and can also get a tailor made treatment - the names she has chosen are great too! xx

HAHAHAHA!!! I actually think Kim's name are super cute and very well done. It's just not the way some do it and no need to make other ways wrong.

What I love is that they are called the 'California' and the 'Hollywood'. It's kind of like a 'European Facial' here in the states. What's not to love when I am a California girl myself?

I do mine like this!

Funny you should say that as I was speaking to two Brazilian women and they said that they don't call it a Brazilian, but it translates loosely to 'What the Euorpeans call it'. Is that true Lori? Proably another urban myth. xx

I also think the best part is Brazilian women don't remove all their hair! Of course we really can't say they do this or that, but the extreme bikini waxing did start there with thong bikini's. From there the U.S. took up the nickname Brazilian Bikini Wax. We have also had the 'Tiffany' (pubic hair on mound waxed into a diamond shape and dyed blue) Sphinx, Full Monty....blah blah. Your breakdown is really good and detailed. I have just always kept things super simple, it works for me.

urban myth and I'm sticking to it