Hard wax is designed to remove unwanted short coarse hair on the face, underarms, or bikini area. Here's what you need to know about each option. You can choose between hard wax, spa wax, or wax strips depending on your preference. Vida Sleek has various at-home wax kits for you to choose from. The first step for waxing your face is to get your materials ready. Read on for step-by-step instructions on how to get smooth, silky skin. While some hair you don't mind (like the ones on your head), many hairy areas are annoying.Īre you sick of unwanted facial hair? The solution is learning how to wax your face at home. An experienced waxing tech will advise you on what is best and may even use both during your service.Įasily accessible from Coquitlam, Burquitlam, Port Moody and Burnaby.Your body has around 5 million hair follicles. Ideally you want all the hairs gone and leave with the best results. The best wax studio will check with your skin, hair thickness, length and area to decide the best option for you. They all depend first on ensuring the highest quality of wax and the wax technician having experience using both. There really isn’t a ‘winner’ as to which is the best type to use. Some very fine hairs may not be removed as they are too fine for the wax to shrink wrap around Sometimes the stickiness is not strong enough to remove very course & deeply rooted hairs The wax is more expensive so some wax studios pass this charge to their customers and charge a lot more for hardwax Sometimes cheaper than hardwax from a supplier and from a service charge stand point Provide no or minimal exfoliation to the skin Now you have an idea of the process involved let’s look at the pros and cons of each… Soft WaxĬan take longer as each strip needs to set/dryĬannot be reapplied on the same area more than onceĬan be reapplied to the same area more than once Instead of relying on stickiness to remove the hair, the set wax ‘holds’ onto the hairs.’

The wax sets and dries on the skin essentially ‘shrink wrapping’ around the hair. A thick edge of the wax is lifted to give a ‘handle’ to hold onto the wax, the skin is held taut and removed.Wax looks like a thin layer of flexible plastic on the skin. Wax is given the required amount of time to set (average 5-20 seconds).Can be reapplied to the same area in the opposite direction of hair growth. Applied with a disposable stick (/tongue depressor) in the same direction of hair growth.The hair sticks to the wax, the wax sticks to the strip and the swift removal brings the hairs out.

Skin held taut and removed in the opposite directions of the hair growth.Applied with a disposable stick (/tongue depressor) in the same direction of hair growth.Reputable waxing studios should offer both soft and hard wax as each have different benefits and suit certain skin and hair types. Some are more expensive than others, some have added fragrances and perfumes, some are more natural. Ok so now onto what the difference is? This is probably one of the most commonly asked questions by clients as there is so much confusion.Īll waxes (hard and soft) come in a range of colours and consistencies and they vary depending on the manufacturer. (The wax is applied warm but sets so it becomes ‘cold’ or ‘cooled.’) Hard wax – aka – cold wax, peel off wax, stripless wax. Soft wax – aka – cream wax, warm wax, hot wax, strip wax

Hard wax for face