There was a good video on YouTube showing how someone made their own, so I used that recipe. Making this stuff was much harder than it looked, though.
Body Sugar recipe:
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup water
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This pot was too small, it overflowed when the sugar boiled |
It seemed to get the right consistency, but upon cooling, it was not sticky enough to remove hair.
On the second try, I used a larger stainless steel pot. Turns out, this is the secret. The first pot I was using was only slightly larger than the contents, which didn’t allow the mixture room enough to boil up and then down again. Using a 3 quart stainless steel sauce pan was a much better idea.
I used the second batch this morning to remove hair and it worked great!
So, here are my tips for making your own body sugar:
- Use a pot that is at least twice as large as the mixture before it starts boiling. I recommend a 3 quart pot.
- I am not sure if the stainless steel made the difference, but I do recommend stainless steel over a non-stick pan simply because you can see the color of the mixture better in light-colored stainless steel.
- Do use a candy thermometer and maintain a temperature of 240-250 degrees.
- Do the hard-ball candy test – put a drop of the mixture into a glass of cold water. When it is ready, the drop will bend and spread but not dissipate in the water.
For more info, read my previous post on eco-friendly hair removal.
Oooh. I love that jar! It’s absolutely perfect (and pretty!) for homemade body sugar.
But now we need to know…how did it work?
Ah yes…well, I say it is not great for large areas such as the legs, because it works best with coarser hair and the legs are full of tiny, tiny hairs amongst the regular hairs.
I could not get the tiny hairs no matter how hard I tried and it drove me MAD.
Therefore, I recommend it for small areas. Small, coarse areas. I will not go into any more detail than that. 🙂
One of the earliest methods of hair removal was used by Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt. Historical records tell us that Cleopatra met with her handmaidens once a month for a hair removal session. Homemade body sugar to remove hair from anywhere on your body. However, using body sugar takes more time than conventional shaving. And, it’s a bit more painful.
Sugaring is great and your recipe isn’t bad thank you.
This is a great method for removing hair and I like your recipe thanks.