I'm practicing waxing on my friends for my course but I am having a little trouble with honey wax when doing legs. I run a thin layer of wax from below the knee, down to the ankle and the put 2/3rds of the strip on the wax at the ankle and remove. Then I move the strip up to wax mid leg, then remove, then the last bit below the knee. When I remove the strip, it is still attached to the wax above so ends up slopping around a bit. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
Honey wax method advice
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Fold over about 1.5cm of the sticky short edge of your waxing strip and turn it round, holding it at the folded edge. Wax until your strip is snagging again, check the strip, if there is any bare area on your strip, you might want to fold over again, or it might be “full” - discard and get a new strip. You need about 4 strips (2 per leg) for a full leg wax. 1 strip per half leg. If you need more than this, you are spreading wax too thick.
You’re not doing anything wrong, what is happening is normal - you just haven’t learnt how to manage the strip.
You’re not doing anything wrong, what is happening is normal - you just haven’t learnt how to manage the strip.
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Thank you. I waxed my own legs tonight and realised I was putting it on too thick! After thinning it out, there was barely any snagging. Can you explain what you mean by the 'sticky short edge'? Do you mean wax a strip, then turn it around? I went through about 30 strips on my half legs tonight so definitely need more practice...and strips!
So a strip has a long edge and a short edge. You hold a short edge. You described the short edge not being held as getting snagged in wax.
What you should learn is to carefully fold in a bit of that sticky edge and then “top and tail” so you let go of the short edge you are holding and instead hold the strip at the other end that is all sticky. If you put your fingers on the folded over edge that stops you sticking to the wax.
You should be taught not to be wasteful on your course. If you need half a pack of strips per client and you have 8 clients a day, your employer will need 20 packs a week. That”s half a box. Boxes need space to store and ordering goods takes time, to order and unpack and put away, not to mention the cost. Waste also costs money to dispose of. A black bag is about £3 to get collected by waste collection services.
if you use too many strips you’ll also be using too much wax. Pulling off thick quantities of wax is potentially damaging for skin, some people have very sensitive or soft skin so you could damage their skin. Black skin is butter soft.
Professionals use expensive wax. Wax is very cheap - around £10 per kilo but professional high quality wax is more like £25 per kilo. It’s the same with strips. The good stuff costs double. I order wax from a specialist supplier once a month and I can’t store a whole van load! I need everyone to be frugal. Ultimately managing costs is about concern and care for the environment, your body (more product applied = more effort to remove), giving your client the most comfortable experience, and not charging your client more than you should need to (or bankrupting your boss). It’s also about not throwing your pay rise in the bin!
I took ages to perfect my waxing technique. In the end I put myself on Groupon. After 68 full leg waxes I’d found my groove, learned to do a full leg, underarm and bikini wax in 45 minutes without feeling knackered and learned to manage my costs. Stick at it!
What you should learn is to carefully fold in a bit of that sticky edge and then “top and tail” so you let go of the short edge you are holding and instead hold the strip at the other end that is all sticky. If you put your fingers on the folded over edge that stops you sticking to the wax.
You should be taught not to be wasteful on your course. If you need half a pack of strips per client and you have 8 clients a day, your employer will need 20 packs a week. That”s half a box. Boxes need space to store and ordering goods takes time, to order and unpack and put away, not to mention the cost. Waste also costs money to dispose of. A black bag is about £3 to get collected by waste collection services.
if you use too many strips you’ll also be using too much wax. Pulling off thick quantities of wax is potentially damaging for skin, some people have very sensitive or soft skin so you could damage their skin. Black skin is butter soft.
Professionals use expensive wax. Wax is very cheap - around £10 per kilo but professional high quality wax is more like £25 per kilo. It’s the same with strips. The good stuff costs double. I order wax from a specialist supplier once a month and I can’t store a whole van load! I need everyone to be frugal. Ultimately managing costs is about concern and care for the environment, your body (more product applied = more effort to remove), giving your client the most comfortable experience, and not charging your client more than you should need to (or bankrupting your boss). It’s also about not throwing your pay rise in the bin!
I took ages to perfect my waxing technique. In the end I put myself on Groupon. After 68 full leg waxes I’d found my groove, learned to do a full leg, underarm and bikini wax in 45 minutes without feeling knackered and learned to manage my costs. Stick at it!
Kyralouise
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Groupon? What do you mean? Is this a good way to get in new business? Do you still get paid the same way?
Groupon! Everyone has a love hate relationship with Groupon. Many people have come a financial cropper using Groupon to advertise their services.
this is off topic so I’ll be brief. Groupon allows people to post voucher deals as long as they are at least 50% discounted. Groupon keeps half of the money and you get the other half after the client has their service. So you get 25% of the normal price.
You have to be clever not to go bust. I’ve used Groupon for training and it also makes me more findable on the internet because I get loads of positive reviews on Groupon. A handful of Groupon customers will book other treatments at full price or return. Usually about 1 in 10.
this is off topic so I’ll be brief. Groupon allows people to post voucher deals as long as they are at least 50% discounted. Groupon keeps half of the money and you get the other half after the client has their service. So you get 25% of the normal price.
You have to be clever not to go bust. I’ve used Groupon for training and it also makes me more findable on the internet because I get loads of positive reviews on Groupon. A handful of Groupon customers will book other treatments at full price or return. Usually about 1 in 10.
