Spring has Sprung, and Waxing Season has begun!
- Ethos Day Spa
- Mar 19
- 6 min read
Updated: Mar 21
How to prepare and care for your skin before and after a Professional Waxing Session
Spring has arrived and that means Summer is that much closer! Are you beach-ready? Beach season is upon us! Professional Waxing is an amazing option to remove unwanted hair and to prepare your body for nicer weather coming our way.
Benefits of professional waxing offers not only removing unwanted hair, but Professional waxing hair removal can also remove the top layer of dry, dead skin cells, offering exfoliation for the skin. This gentle exfoliation helps to unclog pores, prevent ingrown hairs, and promote a more even skin texture. The result is skin that looks and feels smoother, brighter, and healthier. With proper skin preparation for waxing, Professional Waxing hair removal can leave your skin smoother than before.
However, when focusing on how to prepare skin for waxing, it’s essential to be cautious about exfoliating before or after a waxing session. Experts recommend avoiding exfoliation for at least 48 hours before and after your waxing appointment. This allows for the appropriate waxing hair removal aftercare and for the skin to heal, reducing the risk of irritation or skin sensitivity.
How to Prepare Your Skin for Professional Waxing Hair Removal
How to prepare your skin for waxing and achieving the full benefits of waxing hair removal requires seeking out professional waxing hair removal. This is the best option when hoping to maximize overall skincare benefits and to remove unwanted hair with the least amount of irritation and sensitivity.
Exfoliation should be a minimum of 48 hours before your scheduled waxing session. As mentioned above, exfoliation is not advised after 48 hours before your scheduled professional waxing session, it is advised to be careful not to over-exfoliate, as this can make your skin more sensitive and prone to irritation during the waxing process.
Exfoliation helps remove dead skin cells, which allows the wax to adhere better to the hair and ensures a smoother waxing process. Using a gentle scrub or exfoliating mitt to avoid irritating the skin is advised.
Ethos Day Spa offers a wide variety of professional, spa-quality products to help you prepare for your professional waxing session, especially when waxing hair removal for sensitive skin is a factor.
VOYA is a skincare brand exclusively sold at Ethos Day Spa; VOYA offers a revolutionary range of results-driven, seaweed-based body products. They combined the expertise of the world's best cosmetic scientists with VOYA's knowledge of the therapeutic benefits of seaweed to create outstanding, result-driven products. VOYA offers Body Exfoliators to aid in skin preparation for waxing.
Some of VOYA’s featured Body Exfoliators are:
“Effervescence” is a nourishing sugar scrub utilizing seaweed and sugar body scrub that gently removes dead skin cells leaving the body soft, silky, and smooth. VOYA's clever dual-action scrub exfoliates with sugar particles, whilst simultaneously nourishing the skin with a natural blend of seaweed and almond oils.
“Time to Shine” is a gentle body polish infused with uplifting Ginger and notes of Sweet Orange. Meant to buff and polish the skin using finely ground walnut shells blended with hand-harvested organic seaweed to encourage skin renewal. While Jojoba oil, Shea, and Cocoa butter work to enhance the skin’s elasticity and suppleness promoting luxuriously smooth and silky skin.
In addition to exfoliating, when preparing your skin for a professional waxing session, it is important to keep your skin well-hydrated. Moisturizing the skin regularly will keep the area of your skin getting waxed, soft, and supple. This can help reduce the risk of irritation and ingrown hairs after a waxing session.
It is best to avoid applying lotion, oils, or heavy creams 24 hours prior to a scheduled professional waxing appointment. These can create a barrier on the skin and interfere with the wax’s ability to adhere to the hair.
VOYA skincare offers both Body Oils and Body Moisturizers for the best hydration skin preparation for waxing. These are some of VOYA’s Featured options:
“Softly Does It” is a hydrating and nourishing body lotion. “Softly Does It” leaves skin feeling soft and dewy. Perfect for thirsty skin, the hydrating properties of Fucus Serratus (Seaweed) are combined with super softening Plum Oil and skin plumping Prickly Pear Oil, meant to improve skins suppleness and elasticity.
“Buoyancy” is a luxury body butter. This velvety nourishing body butter combines the deeply moisturizing properties of Shea and Cocoa Seed Butters with the calming and stress-relieving properties of Lavender and Rosemary essential oils for the ultimate self-care routine. This luxury moisturizer has been specially designed for dry skin. Your body and mind will feel soothed as you are enveloped in the therapeutic effects of the sea.
“Angelicus Serratus” is a seaweed-based, luxury natural body oil, which offers intense hydration to dehydrated skin. Providing moisture to the skin for hours, utilizing the hydrating properties of Fucus Serratus (Seaweed) combined with Rosehip Oil and Evening Primrose Oil meant to lock in moisture and promote and maintain skin elasticity.
“Mindful Dreams” is an award-winning relaxing body oil, which nourishes and hydrates dry skin overnight. It is a luxurious lavender body oil that features a combination of Himanthalia Elongata (Seaweed) and Rosehip Oil to support naturally balanced moisture levels. In addition, Argan Oil is used to enhance skin elasticity.
“Serenergise” is a rejuvenating body oil that hydrates and revives the skin. Laminaria Digitata (Seaweed) is used to deeply nourish the skin while Rosehip Oil restores the skin’s natural moisture balance.
These are just some of the wonderful products from VOYA Skincare that Ethos Day Spa has to offer. These products would be great additions to ensure the maximization and enhancement of the overall benefits of a professional waxing session. These products are great options for providing a proper preparation foundation for a professional waxing session as well as a great option for maintaining skin wellness in waxing hair removal aftercare.
How to Prepare the Hair
To ensure optimal results from your professional waxing session, your hair should be the correct length for waxing. Ideally, the hair should be about a quarter inch long or roughly the size of a grain of rice.
If your hair is too short, the wax may not be able to grip it properly, leading to less effective hair removal. On the other hand, if your hair is too long, it might cause more discomfort during the waxing process. If needed, you can trim the hair to the appropriate length before your appointment, but avoid shaving, as it can make waxing more painful and less effective.
It is important to avoid using any hair removal creams or depilatories for at least two weeks before your appointment, as these can make the hair too short for waxing. Additionally, if you’ve recently shaved, you may need to wait a few weeks for your hair to grow out to the ideal length.
For waxing appointments, Ethos Day Spa uses Berodin Wax. This wax is the latest and greatest technology in polymer formulation. This makes this the best wax on the market. Berodin Wax is gentle on the skin and strong when it comes to hair removal. This wax can be applied at low heat while staying flexible without being as sticky as traditional hard waxes, making it an outstanding option for high-quality professional waxing hair removal.
Effective Aftercare
After a waxing appointment skin will be more sensitive than usual, proper Professional waxing aftercare is essential, avoid hot showers, saunas, and intense exercise for at least 24 hours post-waxing to prevent irritation or ingrown hairs. Heat and sweat can cause skin to become irritated possibly developing red bumps.
It is recommended to apply a soothing lotion or aloe vera gel to calm the skin and reduce redness. Wearing loose-fitting clothing can help prevent friction and irritation right after a professional waxing session. Tight clothing can rub against the skin and cause possible irritation, opting for soft, breathable fabrics like cotton are best to keep your skin in a less irritated state.
With time, regularly scheduled professional waxing can lead to a noticeable change in hair texture. A repeated process of removing hair from the root weakens the follicle, resulting in hair that grows back finer, softer, and less noticeable. This can be beneficial for those with coarse or dark hair. There may even be certain areas, such as the legs or underarms, that become nearly hair-free over time, requiring only occasional touch-ups. This allows less maintenance and even less unwanted hair to deal with.
Proper waxing techniques are essential for minimizing the risk of ingrown hair and irritation. Professional Waxing is something to plan for and look forward to this Spring. The results are worth it and with the right care and products, this could be the greatest beginning to a low maintenance, or no maintenance, beach filled Summer!
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