So, you lot're a waxing virgin? Fearfulness not, as here nosotros answer the most frequently asked questions past waxing newbies. Conduct in heed though that virtually of our new customers come for either Brazilian or Hollywood waxing, so non all of these questions/answers are every bit relevant to your average outset-time leg/countenance wax!

1. How long should my hair be before I book my get-go wax (and how long is too long)?

Nosotros recommend a minimum of 4 weeks regrowth to get the best results. If y'all have removed the hair via waxing/shaving/plucking or whatsoever other way whatsoever less than 4 weeks ago, so please bear in mind that although nosotros may still be able to carry out your wax, you are probable to get some regrowth quite soon later on your treatment. We advise that you exercise not book an appointment if you removed your hair less than 3 weeks ago.

Worried that your hair (especially your pubic hair) may exist as well long for a wax? Well don't! If it needs trimming downwards, we will do this for yous equally part of your handling, so please don't attempt this at abode!

2. Is at that place annihilation I need to do to prepare for my wax?

Scrub and rub is nkd's pre- and post-waxing mantra for all intimate, bikini and body waxing. By this, we mean lightly exfoliate the area 2 – 3 times a week and moisturise daily (and yes we're talking to you lot every bit well here guys!). Make sure yous utilise suitable products, mind – you lot shouldn't be using an exfoliator that is too grainy which could scratch the peel, and no exfoliators or moisturisers that are heavily perfumed which could irritate the area. You will become better results if you follow our pre-waxing communication, we hope!

Please make sure for your sake and ours, that you shower/bathe on the solar day of your wax and put on make clean underwear.

We besides advise that you don't slather on loads of products to the surface area that will exist waxed. Although we will e'er cleanse and sanitise the area beforehand, we would find it hard to remove big amounts of pre-applied production.

3. What volition happen when I arrive for my wax?

Ideally, you will arrive 5 – ten minutes ahead of your appointment fourth dimension. I of our friendly and welcoming receptionists will greet you. Equally a starting time-fourth dimension customer, you will be asked to fill out a consultation card, which asks questions nearly your general health, any medication you are currently taking, and whether you accept whatsoever other medical conditions or concerns that we need to know about. Once your therapist is ready for you, she volition come up into our waiting expanse and introduce herself to you lot and take y'all to the treatment room. Once there, she volition check over your consultation card to run across if in that location are any points she needs to discuss with you lot in more than detail.

Then she will double check with you what treatment you are booked in for before advising you to what extent you need to undress (see next question!). Your therapist will leave the room for a few minutes while yous undress and make yourself comfortable on our waxing burrow. If you are having an intimate wax, before your therapist leaves the room she will point out to y'all the individually-wrapped hygiene wipe which volition be left out for you to employ if you wish and where y'all should dispose of this. In that location will also be a towel for you to put over yourself once you take undressed to protect your modesty!

After around 2 minutes, your therapist will render to the room. She will knock on the door to check that you are ready. Assuming that you are, the treatment volition commence!

4. Volition I have to have my knickers/boxers off?

If you are having a Brazilian or Hollywood wax then yeah you will need to remove your undies (this applies to men and women). As well for certain other male intimate waxes, eastward.thou. back, sack and crack.

For other types of bikini waxes – e.g. G-string and basic bikini waxes for the ladies and speedo waxes for the men – we volition inquire you to keep your knickers/boxers on. We strongly recommend keeping your underwear on too for all eyebrow waxes, legs/backs/chests etc !

Please note that nosotros exercise non provide paper pants equally a matter of class. Like normal underwear, these simply dull united states of america downwardly and may mean that nosotros may not be able to remove all of pilus from all nooks and crannies.

five. So exactly where will you be removing hair from and how volition you get to that hair…?

A Brazilian wax involves the removal of all pubic pilus apart from a strip/triangle on top of your pubic os. Then for women, this ways all hair removed from their undercarriage (labia) and around the back (anus). For men, it means all hair removed from their scrotum and anus. The Brazilian landing strip left on top of your pubic bone can be every bit thick or thin as yous similar – your therapist will ask you lot how much hair yous would like leaving on pinnacle when she gets to that part of the wax. We commonly mensurate the Brazilian landing strip in finger widths!

For a Hollywood wax (both male and female), all pubic hair will be removed from everywhere. That means from on top (the pubic mound, underneath (the labia or scrotum) and backside (the anus), leaving you 100% hair-free in that area.

At nkd, nosotros use a number of techniques and positions to reach the more difficult-to-access areas. We may at times enquire for your assistance to stretch and pull certain bits of pare taut (which will aid minimise discomfort).

A lot of salons go their clients on all fours to remove the pilus from around the dorsum. Where possible, we volition try and avoid this, using dissimilar positions instead. More often than not speaking, we go on women on their back for the whole handling, merely request them to raise their legs for a minute or two at the end of the treatment. Sometimes, if nosotros can't achieve all of the hair that manner, or if the customer has mobility issues (or for example is meaning) then nosotros may ask her to plow over. Because men tend to have more than pilus in that area than women, it is more than usual for them to accept to turn over for some of their wax.

6. Errrr, won't yous and I both feel rather embarrassed at this bespeak?

We certainly won't feel embarrassed at this point, no, and there's absolutely no need for you lot to either. Remember that our squad carries out hundreds of these types of waxes every unmarried calendar week, so nosotros can assure you lot that nosotros really accept seen and done it all before!

That'southward the beauty of coming to waxing specialists, y'all run into. Waxing is all our waxing therapists practise, all mean solar day every day! So unlike generalist beauty salons where you lot might see a therapist who spends well-nigh of her day painting nails/massaging/doing facials and who might not feel so comfortable getting down to business at the other cease of the couch, this kind of activity really doesn't faze our staff (and if it did, they would exist working in the wrong identify!!).

7. Will it hurt?!

Complete waxing virgins are likely to feel some discomfort, yes. We'd be lying if nosotros said annihilation different to that. If you have regularly shaved the expanse to be waxed in the past or have particularly thick or coarse hair, then the discomfort may be greater than for someone with finer pilus.

Nosotros can absolutely promise you lot, even so, that the starting time time is the worst! You would not believe how much more comfortable a wax is once y'all are waxing regrowth (e.m. 4 – vi weeks later on your previous wax). From and then on, it's a walk in the park – read some of our customer reviews if you don't believe us!

It's besides worth saying at this point that because of how intensely-trained and highly-skilled our therapists are, y'all're not going to get a wax that hurts less than information technology does at nkd! Nosotros take developed a number of techniques over the years to minimise the pain and in fact we now teach the art of specialist waxing to beauty therapists and salon managers all over the land from our nkd grooming school, so they can endeavour and wax like we do.

The amazing brand of wax we use (Perron Rigot) also helps. For instance, before applying the wax, nosotros put oil onto the peel as a bulwark, then that the wax pulls at the hair, but not also much at the skin, unlike about other brands of wax. All of these factors really exercise combine to give an experience that is usually far more than comfy than people expect it to be!

8. What if I become my period?

Worry not. As long equally you're clean and fresh down there and are wearing a tampon, this won't be a problem.

9. Do I need to do annihilation after my wax?

Absolutely, YES. Following the correct at-domicile aftercare procedures are absolutely vital in making sure that you get the all-time results, for as long as possible, from your treatment. Afterward all, what's the signal in spending all that time and coin finding a reputable salon and the all-time waxing therapist who can give yous the perfect wax, if you are not going to look after the area too yourself so every bit to prolong the results?

Our total aftercare communication tin can be read here and is well worth a wait at, but in a nutshell, we strongly suggest the following "scrub and rub" policy:

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  • Moisturise the waxed expanse daily (ingrown hairs are oft caused past dry or flaky pare which does not allow the hairs to abound through). It is imperative that you use a suitable moisturiser, however, peculiarly for your intimate bits! For this purpose, we particularly love products containing natural clarified properties such every bit tea tree oil.
  • Exfoliate the waxed area several times a week to get rid of dead skin cells.Once again, think advisedly most which products you use here. We practice not recommend delving into the back of your bathroom cabinet for that manky old seasalt scrub that you lot used a couple of times three years ago! Anything as well grainy could scratch or irritate the skin and we suggest confronting anything that is heavily fragranced. Equally well as an exfoliator, consider an exfoliating cloth, which can practise a wonderful chore at removing dead pare and can leave yous feeling beautifully soft and smoothen. If going for one of these though, make certain y'all purchase one that you tin regularly put in the wash so that it doesn't harbour germs.

x. When should I come back for another wax?

Nosotros recommend that for the first few waxes, you lot return every 4 – 5 weeks. At this stage in proceedings, you desire to exist trying to get all of your hairs into the same growth wheel, and then that they are all breaking through the peel at the same fourth dimension. If your hair is non in the same growth bicycle, y'all could come for a wax and then have regrowth soon afterward, which will be hair that was merely lurking under your pare at the time of your treatment, which we couldn't possibly take reached.

Afterwards 3 months or so, once you lot accept trained your pilus into the same growth bicycle, most clients return every five – 6 weeks. Think that nosotros give a 10% maintenance discount if you exercise return within 6 weeks for the same kind of wax.

Once you lot are into that routine, you should discover that your skin stays beautifully smooth and pilus-complimentary for a much longer time, subsequently each session with united states.

And so there you lot have information technology, your height ten waxing virgin questions answered! If you lot have anything else at all that you'd like to ask us prior to your first time getting nkd, then please don't hesitate to get in touch, either by calling united states in Nottingham on 0115 924 1454 or in Leicester on 0116 430 0444 or by emailing info@nkdwaxing.com  . Otherwise, we look forrard to seeing you for your get-go wax very before long!

About nkd ( )

nkd_waxing_nottingham_logonkd ( ) exists to empower its clients by making them feel comfortable and confident in their own bodies.

Providing high-quality waxing treatments to men and women in a professional and make clean surroundings, our specialist skills mean that nkd waxes are quicker and cause less discomfort than waxes from generalist beauty salons, which do not typically use experts. Our friendly team is so knowledgeable that their detailed aftercare communication will ensure y'all get the best results for weeks after your handling.

nkd also offers the latest lash and brow treatments from its in-house lash & brow bar with the same level of specialist skill and advice.

nkd – giving our clients the confidence that comes from looking and feeling their very all-time.

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