The title of this post should be
self-explanatory: I went and tried out sugar waxing so you can preserve your
own cookies. Those are 30 minutes of my
life that are engraved in the part of my brain that records traumatic memories,
all in the name of beauty blogging. Of
importance, there are no photos since it would be significantly inappropriate
to show you my vagina.
I went to Toast and Co in Craighall
Park for my sugaring session. I should
have known what I was setting myself up for when the lady on the phone said, “my
friend, I won’t lie to you, it still hurts”.
I decided that nothing could be worse than a standard bikini line wax
anyway, so I booked the appointment.
If you’ve never been, Toast and Co is
absolutely stunning. The pistachio green
theme creates the exact kind of atmosphere necessary for when you’re about to
rip out the hair around your guava. Also,
my beauty therapist (whose name I have, to my shame, forgotten) was absolutely
amazing and made me feel much better.
Basically, the process of sugaring
involves the beauty therapist rolling this ball of molten sugar, water and
lemon juice around before she spreads it much like normal wax (just on her
fingers) and then pulls in the direction of hair growth. My therapist told me that a small ball of sugar wax can be
used to wax an entire body. For bikini
waxes, however, they use a few more balls because it hurts a little less when
the wax is softer.
In terms of pain, there is no
difference between sugar waxing and normal waxing. You can’t put lipstick on a pig: either way,
you are still plucking your hoo-ha hairs out en mass and it hurts like a
motherbuffer.
On a strictly intellectual level,
sugar waxing is by far the better option when it comes to trimming your
hedges. Firstly, it’s made of completely
natural ingredients and you use a lot less during an appointment, so you reduce
waste significantly. Also, the lemon
juice in the sugar wax is more exfoliating than normal wax, so your Barbie V is
going to last a lot longer.
That being said, it is not nearly as
efficient as normal waxing. Normal
waxing is over in 10 minutes and you can go sit in your car and cry for the
next hour. Sugar waxing, however, takes
forever. My entire appointment was 30
minutes and my therapist had to go over certain areas numerous times. NUMEROUS
TIMES.
Verdict: Sugar waxing is for you if you have a
very high pain threshold and want a longer lasting wax. Sugar waxing is not for you if, like me, you’re
a little bitch and need it to be over as soon as possible.
I will not sugar wax my cookie again
(without a large amount of alcohol and/or drugs in my system), but I will
definitely return to Toast and Co to try out sugar waxing my eyebrows, and any
other waxing treatment because my therapist was one of the loveliest humans who
has ever seen my private lady garden.
Be sure to check out Toast and Co’s
website (http://www.toastandco.co.za/index.html)
for any other treatments, if you’re in the 011 (or visiting).
Wishing you love and light until next
time ♡♡♡
PS. This post was not sponsored by
Toast and Co in any way, if anyone is wondering. I am almost 100% sure that a post containing
at least 5 different colloquialisms for a vag would not cut the mustard with an
establishment such as that.
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