If you cook it too long, it turns into hard candy. If you don’t cook the mixture long enough, it stays too soft and sticky to work. You could also use the stove instead of microwave, but you’d need a very tiny pan.Ģ) Cook mixture in the microwave (or on the stove) until it bubbles and turns brown. You’ll also need a knife or something flat to apply the wax and some cloth strips for peeling it off.ġ) Combine ingredients in a microwavable container.
Ingredients: 2 tsp brown sugar (from Whole Foods bulk bin), 1 tsp honey (purchased in bulk from Whole Foods in my own container), 1 tsp water. But honestly, I’m too much of a wimp for that. Note: I realize I could skip this whole process by simply tweezing my brows. Check out this video if you need to make a larger quantity for waxing legs or other body parts. Also, the recipe makes a very small amount.
Brown sugar sugar wax recipe how to#
You can do it with plain sugar.) and because the video shows how to use the “wax” to shape eyebrows.
Brown sugar sugar wax recipe skin#
Cool! I based my experiment on the Youtube Video D.I.Y Hair Removal Wax With Honey and Sugar because the recipe includes honey, which I thought would be nice for my skin (although honey is not necessary. 2) There are a ton of posts and Youtube videos explaining how to do it. The stuff is basically just candied sugar and water. So I Googled “homemade sugar wax” and found that 1) There’s no wax in it.
In addition to various kinds of sugars and herbal extracts, the stuff contains methylparaben (a preservative which the Skin Deep Database describes as an estrogen mimic and hormone disruptor), imidazolidinyl urea (which Skin Deep says is an “antimicrobial preservative that acts as a formaldehyde releaser in cosmetics and personal care products”), and artifical colors. The Sally Hansen sugar wax kit seemed like a possibility, despite all the plastic packaging… until I read the ingredients. Into the plastic collection they go, unless I can find someone who wants them. I’m not interested in using them, and as I recall, they never worked anyway. The wax strips are paraffin coated plastic. I can’t remember buying them, so I’d guess they could be over 7 years old. I found some ancient wax strips and a sugar waxing kit in the bathroom cabinet. This time, instead of paying $15 for someone to slather paraffin wax (a petroleum product) on my face and rip it off with half my skin, I decided to save my money and inflict the pain on myself.
I see the crazy, and that’s what matters. Don’t see what I’m talking about? That’s okay. But when the BlogHer Estrogen Fest rolls around, I get all self-conscious about my neglected feet and crazy eyebrows. I mean, how often do I write about cosmetics on this blog? Almost never. All other days of the year, I’m a pretty low maintenance gal. You know the saying that women dress for each other? When it comes to BlogHer, that saying couldn’t be more true. Time for my annual eyebrow wax and pedicure.
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