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Waxing |
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- All wax products
contain resins, even what is called "sugar wax"
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- Resins adhere to
live skin cells
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- Water soluble - you
will never ruin your equipment, bed, floors and clients clothes (as
well as yours)
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- Very difficult to
clean up - solvents are required along with tremendous effort
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- Will never adhere to
live skin cells
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- Can burn, bruise the
skin
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- Will never burn skin
as it is barely luke warm
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- May burn skin when
heated too hot
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- Bacteria does not
breed or survive in sugar
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- Damages fine tissue
cells
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- Will not damage
delicate facial skin tissue from long term use
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- May damage facial
skin tissue over long term use
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- Skin is left feeling
soft and clean, even before aftercare
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- Clients usually feel
uncomfortable for a period of time
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- No spatula or cotton
strips ever required again
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- Need cotton strips
and spatulas for most
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- Never hardens, even
if left on skin
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- Treatment must be
done with time efficiency so as not to dry on skin
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- Time efficient; sugar can be applied to the complete area being
treated before you begin to use the cotton strip
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- Time consuming; wax must be applied to an area no larger than a
cotton strip and must be stripped each time applied
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- Removes hair in
direction of natural growth
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- Can only be removed
in opposite direction of natural hair growth
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- Very little (if any)
discomfort
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- Painful to client
and traumatizing to the skin
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- Tremendous amount of
hair breakage resulting in early regrowth
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- Removes hair after 2
to 3 days growth (less than 1/8")
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- Requires ¼"
regrowth minimum
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- Will assist in
diminishment of ingrowns for clients who come to you with this
problem
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- Can sugar areas with
spider veins and varicose veins or diabetics and dry itch eczema
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- Cannot be treated
with wax
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- Skin is left feeling
soft and clean, even before aftercare
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- Clients usually feel
uncomfortable for a period of time
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