Waxing

Waxing After Care Do

• Moisturize your skin daily. We recommend using Mancine Tree Tea Oil Body Lotion, especially for the first week because the follicles are open and are more susceptible to infection.
• Loofah your skin every second day in the shower, we recommend using the Mancine Tea Tree Oil Body Wash and the Dermalogica Buffing Cloth
• Shower after exercise and use the Dermalogica loofah to clear the follicles of dead skin and perspiration to avoid infection.
• If you have ingrown hairs inform your therapist and she will professionally and hygienically remove them for you.
• Apply ice compress, anti-histamine lotion or moisturizer on skin if sensitive after a wax to reduce stinging, redness, hiving or itchiness.
• Wear cotton underwear or a g-string for bikini waxing.
• If you have bikini waxes sleep with no underwear to allow your skin to breathe especially after a wax.
• Have a shower before coming in for a bikini wax

Waxing After Care Don't

• Do not loofah your skin everyday. Loofahing your skin daily dries up your natural oils making it harder for the hairs to break though the skins surface.
• Don't loofah your skin 3-5 days after a wax.
• Do not use loofahs made out of natural fibres as they lose abrasiveness quickly and harbour bacteria that thrive in natural fibres.
• Do not apply make-up directly after facial waxing.
• Don't apply deodorant for 24 hours after an underarm wax.
• Do not have a solarium or go out into the sun for 24 - 48 hours after a wax.
• Don't have a solarium 24 hours before a wax as you may burn.
• Do not pick at ingrown hairs, it may cause scarring. Come in and we will remove them professionally and hygienically.
• Don't shave in-between waxing as this distorts the hair growth cycle.
• Don't do high impact exercising straight after a wax, sweating can cause irritation.
• WE recommend not to swim in chlorinated pools for 24 hours after a wax.
• Do not wear tight clothing after a wax, it may irritate the skin.