Waxing for Men:

Men + Waxing = Manscaping

Shaping and Waxing Eyebrows can enhance features and can be done as a 10 minute service added to your hair cut service. Warm wax is used to remove unwanted hair and create a more flattering shape. Salon Austin stylists often trim the brows and use a product to further enhance the shaping. At times we use coloring agents to color gray or even out color or add to the effect when needed. (Be sure to reserve extra time for service)

HELPFUL HINT: After your shower and you have blotted your face use the towel to gently brush your eyebrows away from your eyes and maintain a groomed look. This is also a good time to tame them with a bit of mousse to help control the wild ones. Make this hint a part of your daily facial grooming routine. (Without eyebrows you will look like a frog. Don’t ask me how I know.)

Waxing necks: many men have hairs that escape the trimmers and prefer to have wax removal. This can be another quick 10 minute service. Waxing your neck can be combined with having your back waxed. (Be sure to reserve extra time in advance for service)

Hollywood smooth, perfect for the body builder, swimmer or cyclist because there is no shaving stubble or burrs to catch on the Lycra with waxing. It is perhaps it is the best way to show off that new ink and the hair won’t catch on the new form fitting shirt. This treatment for hair removal hurts less that getting that new ink.

So you don’t want all the hair gone. Not everyone wants to have a hairless body. For those men who just need to get control, your body hair can be trimmed and even colored if the hair is gray and or multicolored and does not provide the look you desire. Don’t be afraid to ask about combining coloring, waxing and trimming to get special effects to go with the leather on Saturday night.

Waxing backs: to get rid of that hair on the back that makes you feel Neanderthal, a 30 minute treatment to clean your back for the summer swimsuit, Spring break, or Splash. Each person has a different hair growth pattern and the wax is applied the direction it grows and is removed the opposite direction for the most efficient removal of the hair. If the hair is very long it may need to be clipped to help determine direction of growth. Body Hair Grooming, to help show off all that work at the gym you can have the chest hair trimmed or waxed. Trimming is done with a clippers or trimmer. This service is done in a private room.

Waxing the chest and abdominal area will really help to show the definition with no stubble in a few days. The hair slowly returns finer in texture. Usually this treatment will last from 4 to 6 weeks. This can be a 20 to 40 minute treatment depending on the amount of area to be treated and how thick the hair to be removed is. Waxing can be done on part or all of the abdominal or chest area for the effect desired. The shoulders are often included with the chest and or back wax to keep that clean look. It is ok to ask about a Brazilian.

Waxing at Salon Austin is done with a new heaver wax that can be used in more delicate areas such as ears or the bikini area. A pretreatment can be done to slightly numb some of the area to be waxed.

After waxing treatment: is done using a special aloe gel treatment, followed with another soothing and healing lotion treatment.

Don’t forget! No sun or Retin-A, Renova, Differin or Accutane right before the treatment or the next 24 hours after the area waxed. Always start to exfoliate the area waxed the second day after the waxing treatment to insure no hair will get ingrown. Ask about the best way to do this.

Remember that the waxing process does remove the loose surface dead skin cells and thus the skin is very smooth after the waxing treatment. Skin may be a bit sensitive right after the waxing treatment. Also hair has to be at least 1/8th inch to 1/4th inch to be waxed. Come for your treatment with the skin clean and free of lotions or oils.

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