Sugaring (epilation)
Halawa (also known as hot wax, the process is referred to as sugars or sugaring ) is in Oriental countries the designation for a epilierendes depilatories, which is usually derived from sugar and lemon juice. It is painted on the to depilatory point and either deducted overlaid with a cloth, or the hair is applied with fingers, on the somewhat Halawa removed. In Germany, " Halawa " a trademark ( registered with the German Patent and Trademark Office under number 1089135 ). Therefore produced only by the trademark owner ( Halawa Aliki Gath ) sugar pastes may here be offered and sold for hair removal under the name " Halawa ".
Properties
In the budget you can even make a sugar paste for hair removal by heating sugar and water with the addition of citric acid. Chemically, it is used to this splitting of sucrose into invert sugar, a mixture of glucose and fructose. The citric acid acts as a catalyst. Occasionally find other organic acids using, eg salicylic acid. However, it gets a syrupy when warm, after cooling viscous mass of invert sugar, caramelized sugar and citric acid.
Hair removal
In contrast to the growth method, the hair is at the correct sugars not glued and then torn down, but pulled out painlessly. Furthermore, the skin becomes less traumatized by the sugar paste, as they will not stick like the wax on living skin cells and wax is often tempered too high. The sugar pastes consist of glucose or fructose molecules that are compared with a hair tiny. This allows them to penetrate into the Follikelhals and into the lamellar structure of the hair. Characterized and because sugars is carried out in the growth direction of the hair, do not tear from the hair. This also results in significantly fewer ingrown hairs.
In the Orient the depilation with sugar paste is a long-known method. Islam writes the faithful regular depilation of the body, especially the armpits and the genital area before. Since the population of the Middle East and North Africa's body hair is often thicker and stronger than in the north and east Asian nations, other methods of body hair like plucking with tweezers could not prevail in the long run.
As with all methods of epilation, the hair growth slows down after a Halawa application. Therefore, the skin remains smooth for longer than a depilation (eg shaving) and application intervals can be increased. Furthermore, the regrowth of thin, unobtrusive and soft. Therefore, the hair can be removed easily, making subsequent applications less painful.
Practice
Since the production at home is time consuming, sometimes congregate in the Orient several inter- related or befriended women to cook together Halawa / sugar paste and operated beauty care. However, hair removal is in Arab countries, a source of income especially for older women who have specialized in this method. Also epilation with Halawa / sugar paste in the hamam is carried out, it belongs to the Oriental bathing culture.
Since the depilation with Halawa / sugar paste is very thorough and less painful than waxing, the sugaring is offered in more and more beauty salons. Because of these properties, the Sugaring is particularly suitable for the depilation in the genital area ( Brazilian Waxing ). For home use hot wax is offered, which essentially has the same ingredients as the Oriental Halawa.