Sugaring

Name: Sugaring
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For the beauty professional

Last updated 2/2018

English

What you'll learn

7 sections • 20 lectures • 52m total length

History of Sugaring1:24
Discover sugaring, an organic paste of sugar, water, and lemon juice that removes hair from the root. Trace its origins in Greece, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean.
Sugaring Recipe1:29
Mix sugar, water, and lemon juice, then heat to a syrup. Read labels for gums, resins, or fragrances, and practice proportions, temperature, and cooking time to craft the sugaring paste.

Sugaring Preparation1:39
Wash hands and wear nitrile gloves to prep the skin for sugaring, clean with an anti-bacterial cleanser, warm the area, and dust lightly with a chemical-free powder to absorb moisture.
Sugaring Methods2:47
Learn two sugaring methods—hand application and spatula with strips—featuring pliable sugar balls, application in the hair growth direction, quick removal, and face-before-body hygiene guidelines.

Sugaring Patch Test1:51
Perform a patch test 24–48 hours before facial sugaring behind the ear or at the elbow, to prevent allergic reactions and insurance issues; record results and client signature.
Sugaring Contraindications1:08
Identify contraindications for sugaring, such as cuts, rashes, sunburn, bruising, moles, warts, infections, swelling; do not sugar over unknown or infectious lesions such as herpes.

Underarm - Hand Method8:16
Learn the underarm hand method of sugaring: cleanse, dust, apply sugar paste with fingertips, smooth into follicles, stretch the skin, and repeat in multiple directions.
Arm - Hand Method7:49
Cleanse area with an astringent, mold sugar paste into a ball, apply against hair growth with the top fingertips, stretch skin, flick wrist, remold and repeat 2–3 times.
Leg - Hand Method2:45
Learn leg-hand sugaring method: cleanse, apply paste with fingertips, mold and smooth, let sugar seep into follicles as it warms, stretch skin, flick wrist with hair growth, and remove excess.
Upperlip - Hand Method6:20
Learn hand method for sugaring upper lip: cleanse, form a sugar paste ball, apply with fingertips along hair growth, stretch skin, flick wrist, remold, remove excess with a damp sponge.
Chin - Hand Method5:16
Master the chin hand sugar method: cleanse with an astringent, stretch skin, apply sugar against hair growth with fingertips, flick the wrist, saturate into the follicle, damp sponge removes excess.
Brows - Hand Method1:13
Learn brow sugaring hand method by cleansing brow area, applying sugar paste against hair growth in three sections, stretching skin, flicking wrist toward the hair, and cleaning area afterward.

Upperlip - Spatula Method2:02
Cleanse upper lip with an astringent; apply sugar paste along hair growth using wooden spatula, place a strip, rub vigorously, starch the skin, rinse away excess sugar with warm water.
Chin - Spatula Method2:14
Learn the chin spatula method of sugaring: cleanse the skin, apply sugar paste in hair growth direction, place a strip, rub to adhere, and remove against hair growth.
Brows - Spatula Method2:23
Explore the brows spatula sugaring: cleanse brow area, apply sugar in hair-growth direction, use muslin or pellon strip to rub and stretch, remove opposite the hair growth.

This course is designed for those interested in sugaring hair removal techniques.
You will need a PC, tablet or smart phone to access this course
A pen/pencil and paper to take notes.
A professional beauty license, either a cosmetology or esthetician as this class is designed for the beauty professional, but anyone can take it for general knowledge.
A model to practice your sugaring hair removal techniques on.

This course is for the new or existing beauty professionals who would like learn sugaring hair removal techniques.

We will discuss:

This course is enriched with short video lectures and tutorials so that you can learn at your own pace. You will see demonstrations on:

After taking this course you will gain the confidence to perform sugaring hair removal services with confidence!