For those of you who are interested in at-home waxing kits, you'll love this recipe for a quick and easy homemade hair removal product. It's inexpensive, effective, and all you'll need are a few common kitchen ingredients. Before you begin, set aside:
- a cup of sugar
- a quarter cup of honey
- the juice from one-half of a lemon
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- a dozen thin cloth cotton strips
- a wooden tongue depressor
Following the steps are simple if you read carefully. Here's what you'll need to do:
- STEP 1: In a clean glass bowl, combine the lemon juice, honey, and sugar. Mix together and heat on medium in the microwave for two minutes. Stir for one minute and then let it cool. The mixture should still be warm when you use it, but not so hot that you're in danger of burning yourself.
- STEP 2: Next, lightly dust the area you are about to wax with corn starch. Then, using the wooden tongue depressor, spread a thin layer onto your skin.
- STEP 3: Cover it quickly with the cotton strip and pat it down in the direction in which your hair grows. Using your less dexterous hand, pull on your skin a little bit so that it's taut. Use the other hand to rip off the cotton strip. The faster you can rip, the less painful it will be.
- STEP 4: Wax a few small areas and reheat the mixture as needed.
For the last three steps, read more.
Derek Lam
Dunhill
Anne Weyburn
where could I find the cotton strips?
1Manay, cut some old cotton sheets
2Does this really work well?
3Wow! I shall definitely be trying this one out! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
4Ooh I think I'll try this tonight!
5These things never work!
6For the cotton strips, you can also use muslin. It is available at any fabric or craft store and is very cheap. You'll just have to cut it into strips.
7Hmm really?
8If anyone tries it, let us know how it went!
9I want to try this but I'm afraid I'll mess up.
10Yes, please let us know how this works for you if you try it!
11Is this how professional wax is made? Because professional wax doesn't taste a bit bitter like there has been something added to it- more than just honey sugar and lemon.
12So is this something you keep in the fridge and just use whenever? Someone brave enough to try?
13*Is this how professional wax is made? Because professional wax tastes a bit bitter like there has been something added to it- more than just honey sugar and lemon.
14I've never been a wax person but I may have to try this b/c it would be so cheap to make.
15i'm gonna try this. pray for me...
16This is so awesome! I want to try it.
17Do I remove the cornstarch or leave it on before apply the other stuff??
18No for me. I tried to wax myself once and I ended up so badly bruised I was in pain for days! Not to mention the ugly bruises!
19sounds interesting
20and yummy at the
same time, usually
waxing does NOT
have those words
together....LOL...
Thanks for the recipe, Bella! I usually wax, but going to the beautician is so expensive here I end up using lines of wax I found at the supermarket.. Nothing replaces this method though, I'll try that next time my legs need waxing!
21thanks for the idea! i want to give this a try sometime.
22where can i get the thin cloth cotton strips?
23Adding a little chamomile oil (aceite de manzanilla) will help with the pain.
24I just tried this and, sadly, it did not work.
25cool but i'm a bit hesitant to use hot wax!!
26It might work if it's done right. But it is better to just buy a jar of wax. They aren't that expensive. They might be around 8 bucks.
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