In my view, waxing beats shaving hands down. A razor hasn’t touched my skin since I put the pink Bic shaver in the bin 25 years ago. And despite the hassles involved in waxing, and the advancement of razor technology, I will never go back.
But what is with the wax being used in salons these days? My regular place I swear changed their wax (though they denied it). Suddenly I was getting an itchy rash after waxing and, most importantly, I wasn’t keeping that just-waxed smoothness for very long. From what I could tell, the wax was not pulling the hair out by the root but instead breaking it off so I would get… can you believe this…. a STUBBLE after about a week. STUBBLE.
I switched places and when they spread on the paper thin wax I knew it would be the same problem. And it was. more stubble.
Now, I have been waxing for a long time and I know this is not working the way it should.
A friend of mine gave me a jar of MOOM wax. It costs about HK$90 and you can get it at Watson’s. I was sceptical at first, but then I figured it couldn’t be half as bad as the salons.
Moom is a sugar-based wax. You heat it up for like, 10 seconds in the microwave. It goes on thick and comes off easily. Looking at the cotton strips (included with the wax) I can see quite clearly, that all the hairs are coming off with the roots. Amazing. this stuff is awesome.
I even overcame my darkest fears and did my own underarms. And best of all, the excess washes off with warm water. No more waiting to get a booking at salons.
But I am only so brave. I’ll still be leaving the bikini wax to the professionals. 
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