FACIAL + BODY WAXING:
PRE-WAXING
✓ The hair will need to be AT LEAST ¼ of an inch long to be removed effectively
✓ Exfoliating 24 hours before your appointment can help lift any hairs that may be trapped under dead skin in the areas you are planning on having waxed. (BODY ONLY)
✓ Avoid applying lotions or oils the same day of your wax appointment. (BODY ONLY)
✓ Clients who are prone to breakouts should come with clean, make-up free skin to their appointment. (FACE ONLY)
✓ Staying hydrated regularly is good for over all health, but can also help the skin respond better to waxing services.
✓ No tanning for 48 hours before your appointment. Please plan on scheduling spray tans at least 24 hours after your waxing appointment. Waxing after spray tanning can lead to loss of color in the areas being waxed.
✓ Assuming you have no allergies, you can take ibuprofen or advil 30-45 minutes before your appointment. Most clients do not need to do this as the services are usually completed in 10-15 minutes and the pain is minimal. It is an option for new clients who are worried about their pain tolerance.
✓ If it is your first time waxing, it is recommended to schedule your appointment a few days prior to any big events, vacations, photography, etc.
AFTERCARE:
✓Avoid applying heat to the waxed area for 12 to 24 hours. This includes hot baths, sauna, and steam.
✓Use an anti-acne lotion for face, back and chest following the treatment and twice a day until breakouts are gone. Use only an anti-acne product recommended by your skin care professional.
✓Avoid suntanning for 12 to 24 hours. This includes any strong ultraviolet (UV) light exposure or tanning bed treatments.
✓Avoid applying highly fragranced products to the waxed area. This includes, perfume, scented body lotions, anti-perspirants, cosmetics, or feminine hygiene sprays. Only use professional products, recom- mended to you by the skin care therapist who performed the waxing service
✓Avoid using harsh abrasive or exfoliates in the waxed area. However if you are prone to in-grown hairs, the day after your waxing treatment, exfoliate newly waxed area with a loofah to avoid future problems.
✓Avoid applying high SPF sunblocks to the waxed area for 12-24 hours after the waxing service. Sunscreen chemicals can be irritating to the newly waxed skin. This includes self-tanning products and tan accelerators.
✓Any pinking of the skin should disappear within 6 to 8 hours after the waxing treatment. Slight pinking is normal, and indicates that the hair was removed from the root, rather than superficially broken off, as in shaving. This is the reason that professional waxing lasts so much longer.
For best results, repeat your professional waxing every 4 to 6 weeks depending on the area and your individual hair growth rate.
If you have any questions about your waxing service or after care at home, please do not hesitate to call your skin care therapist.
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
✓ If you are taking anti-biotics or acne medication.
✓ Use of skin peeling, skin thinning preparations.
✓ Varicose Veins.
✓ Underarms: Mastitis.
✓ Skin disorders or diseases, such as bruising or recent haemorrhage, Scar tissue (especially recent).
✓ Warts, Moles and skin tabs (area can be avoided).
✓ Fractures or Sprains.
✓ Bruising.
✓ Diabetes - some people with diabetes have skin that is very slow to heal. The skin will be watched closely to make sure it does not over react to treatments.
✓ Sensitivity test may be conducted.
✓ Sunburn.
✓ Use of tanning beds 24 hours prior to waxing.
✓ If you are receiving cancer therapy (chemotherapy or radiation).
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
✓ Menstruation does not prevent you from waxing, however, your skin may be more sensitive.
✓ If you are pregnant, using oral contraceptives or hormone replacement your skin may be more sensitive to waxing, so it's best to have a patch test (like a small area on your arm) and see how your skin reacts for 24 hours before getting an entire eyebrow or leg wax.
✓ If you smoke or have Rosacea waxing can irritate dilated capillaries (weak or broken blood vessels) which are commonly found on people with Rosacea and smokers. If the capillaries are very red, stay away from waxing in that area.
✓ Stimulants such as caffeine or alcohol in your system can cause skin to be extra sensitive to waxing, meaning you could get more red or inflamed than usual. Give yourself a couple hours after drinking coffee or alcohol before getting waxed.
✓ You might be affected if you use powerful exfoliators on your skin. Salicylic acid (found in some toners or skin clarifyers), alpha-hydroxy acid, white willow bark, white willow bark extract and enzymes all strip cells from the skin. It's all too much exfoliation combined with waxing, and could make skin red, bleed or even scab over. So stop use of these products in the area getting waxed for at least three days before, and three to four days after waxing. (Depending on the strength of the product and the type of skin you have the safe wax wait time may be much longer before and after. If the alpha-hydroxy is over 8% then you may have to wait months before safely getting waxed.)
