Tired of shaving and want to give Brazilian waxing a try? Make sure to have it done with “hard wax”- not strips! This means doing a little bit of homework to find a skilled waxer in your area. I have spent the past 10 years as a waxing specialist in Boston’s Back Bay and I am in awe of how few salons offer hard wax. There are a few reasons for this phenomenon.  At the top of that list is the difficulty level.

It can take an esthetician years beyond school to figure out how to properly perform this service. Keep in mind that every client a waxer works on has different body types and hair growth patterns. Since a Brazilian wax involves removing all of the hair from the bikini line and beyond, there are a lot of delicate areas, sensitive skin and soft curved body parts. Waxing is easiest on a firm flat part of the body. It is much harder to successfully and quickly remove hair on a bent or creased area of the body. Also keep in mind that bikini hair often grows in several different directions. Hard wax is better at removing this type of hair than soft wax with strips.

With soft strip wax, hair needs to be growing in one direction because when the strip is torn off, it has to be pulled against the direction that the hair grows or it won’t lift the hair. Brazilians done with soft strip wax are likely to break hairs not getting the root and leave behind ingrown hairs. With hard wax, the application is a lot different and can be difficult to learn how to do. Hard wax goes on in a circular motion in order to lift the individual hairs into the wax. Once the wax hardens, those hairs are suspended in the wax itself and have little choice but to be pulled out.   When done properly, this method is the most effective and useful for waxing any body hair that is coarse such as bikini and underarm hair.

AWARDS:

2012  “Boston’s Best” for Waxing by the Improper Bostonian

2011  “Best of Citysearch” with Beaucage

2010  “The Boston A List” by WGBH with Beaucage

2008  “Best of Boston” for Waxing by Boston Magazine