Posts Tagged ‘wax’

One year anniversary

June 23rd, 2015

July 1, 2015 will mark one year as Sweet Lemon…A large component of my success is YOUR SUPPORT!!! So now that we are about to turn the page on one year, I wanted to thank you for supporting me and my business! So, there will be a SALE on July 22July 15, 2015 , and I hope you can all benefit from it. More emails, facebook posts, twitter messages, google plus messages, and if I can find a way to get it on instagram, to remind you, I will. Just make sure you are following 🙂 You may have noticed I rarely do discounts or sales anymore, so this is really significant. I have prepared a mini-web-booklet to illustrate the sale. It’s easy to share too, hint, hint!

http://midd.me/J4eO

If you haven’t connected with me via social media, here are 3 ways to.

www.facebook.com/sweetlemonspa

www.twitter.com/staceyglmt1

instagram: sweetlemonspa

As this year has past, I have meditated on what makes my business unique, with those inspirational and healing thoughts, I have developed a signature service. Introducing:

Signature Massage Facial Treatment

Specially designed for the chronically stressed career woman or man. Begins with deep healing breaths of essential oils chosen to relax, mood-enhancing scalp massage, a sole reviving foot treatment, a full body, muscle melting, customized massage including steamed towels scented with essential oils, followed by a skin rejuvenating facial, enriched by our collagen building, peptide serum, a healing and hydrating eye treatment, and a vitamin rich masque. Also includes the gift of an inspirational card. 100 minutes, $180

Thank you so much for supporting me and my business, I appreciate you and hope to see you soon!

Stacey Garrett, LE LMT

www.sweetlemonspa.com

PS: Link to Gratitude Sale http://midd.me/J4eO

Wax FAQ’s at Sweet Lemon Spa

June 16th, 2015

Frequently Asked Wax Questions:

First of all, if you are 4 days before, during or 4 days after menstruation, it’s best to hold off because this is the most painful time to get waxing.

If you are especially sensitive, please let us know beforehand, we can arrange for you to receive  numbing cream which will need to be applied 45 minutes before your service.  Many people use ibuprofen before waxing, and if that’s something you are comfortable taking, it may help with discomfort.

Three days before you wax, you want to exfoliate.  If you are using our Orange Pomengranate Body Wash, it contains glycolic acid which is a wonderful exfoliant and skin softener, however before any body waxing we want to hold off using it for 3 days before body waxing.  Using a physical scrub such as a sugar scrub will also work, just do this 3 days before.  Then post waxing, we want to hold off exfoliation for about 3 days after, since the skin may be more sensitive.

For facial waxing, please avoid using any retinol products, such as our Rejuven-A or Retinol Resurfacing products for one week prior to a facial wax.  If you are using our Herbal Salicylic Cleanser, Glycolic Citrus Cleanser, Lemon Cream Scrub, Rose Cream Scrub, Cranberry Enzyme Mask, Papaya Pineapple Mask, Pumpkin Mask, Mild Medicated Toner or Glycotoner, please stop using them for 3 days prior to your facial wax.

Why exfoliate? Because we want you to get the best waxing service possible, if hair gets trapped under dead skin it may not be removed while being waxed.  The wax will pull off the dead skin, leaving hair free.  Sometimes it does not show up right away and you get home and realize that you still have hair in these areas.  If this does happen, please let us know right away and we can get you in for a wax cleanup service, depending on the amount, we may have to charge you.  This is a case by case situation, we prefer to avoid.

We begin each waxing service with a brief consultation.  We sanitize the area to be waxed.  Then, depending on your skin and the area, we determine whether to use hard or soft wax. Soft wax is used with a strip and is the most commonly used wax.  It’s best for areas like the eyebrow, where we need definition, or the leg areas which are usually the least painful.  The soft wax takes off the dead skin, and can be more painful than hard wax.  Our standard is to only use hard wax for bikini, Brazilian, chest, lip and chin waxing.  Hard wax does take a bit longer because it is applied to the skin, and must harden first, however it does not take off skin cells, it merely wraps around the hair and only takes the hair with it, making it a less painful choice. Sometimes hard wax is hard to remove, so we gently use a little strip wax or oil to remove it, depending on the area.

Depending on the area, and if you have had problems with ingrown hairs before, and if it’s not contraindicated, we use high frequency to the area post wax to kill any bacteria that has been on the skin.  If you are especially sensitive, we recommend getting an LED treatment afterwards, it will also kill any bacteria and help with any post waxing inflammation.  Unfortunately, if you are pregnant, we can do neither high frequency or LED, but we will use a grain alcohol and Topical C to sanitize and reduce inflammation.