A Brazilian Wax is the
removal of hair from the genital region, and it's a service now
equally as popular with men and women, young and old, straight and
gay, professional and blue-collar.
Brazilian Waxing enhances
the erogenous sensitivity of the genital area.
People also book treatments because they wear skimpy clothing or
simply because their partners prefer it.
There are dozens of
reasons, but whatever the case, clients agree that it looks better
and feels much cleaner.
- Wear loose fitting clothing to your treatment.
If you are receiving a Brazilian Wax, ensure that you wear undies
made of cotton so the skin can breathe, or alternatively, wear none.
Don't wear silks or satins until the skin has calmed.
- Use a proper after-wax lotion for at least a day
after the treatment, and again when regrowth begins to appear.
A bottle of Melaleuca costs about $10 and will last ages. Extra tip: It's great aftershave too.
- After a wax, avoid chlorine pools, saunas, the
gym, and hot
tubs until your skin has calmed down, to minimise the risk of inflammation.
- Sweating will
increase the recovery time. If you live near a beach, a swim
in salt water is great.
- Avoid colognes and antiperspirants until the skin has calmed down.
- You can also make a saline
wash using half a teaspoon of salt in a glass of warm water, and pad
it over the area.
- Do not exfoliate the waxed area until it has
calmed down completely. Your skin may return to normal quickly
or it could take 48-72 hours.
- As regrowth comes through at
about the 3 week mark, gently exfoliate each day then follow with
Melaleuca lotion.
- Waxing Treatments should be spaced 4 to 6 weeks
apart. Your hair should be at least 5mm long for the wax to
grip it.
Is Waxing permanent?
How much does waxing hurt?
Will my therapist be male or female?
If I get a Brazilian Wax, will it increase sensitivity during sex?
I'm worried that I'll get aroused during my Brazilian treatment.
Can I get
"extras"?
Will I have to get on all fours to have a Brazilian Wax?
I've had a Brazilian before and they made me wear a g-string. Do I have to?
When are you opening a store in my city?
Can you do a waxing outcall to my home?
Can I book a spray tan after my wax treatment?
Can I go to the solarium straight after my wax treatment?
A salon told me they were Reef Beauty Certified. What does this mean?
Is Waxing
Permanent?
No. Over years, waxing may have a
general thinning effect but if you stop waxing, it will return to
its previous state.
If you want to look into a permanent solution, visit the
main
Reef Beauty site and click on a treatment called SIPL Hair
Removal.
How much does waxing hurt?
As a general guide, the feeling is like being slapped with a plastic ruler and fades quickly.
Follow up
treatments, if spaced less four to six weeks apart, are gentler than the first, as the hair doesn't have time to fully
redevelop.
Will my therapist be male or female?
For ladies waxing, your Therapist will be female. If a female
Therapist isn't available but a male is, we'll let you know of that
option. We have many female clients who regularly see male
Therapists.
For men's waxing, your Therapist could be either, simply because
we have fifteen female Therapists and only two male.
Male therapists are hard to source, however we have
two guys who float between the five Brisbane and Gold Coast branches.
If you wish to ensure that you have a same-sex therapist, tell us when you book
and we'll do our best to accommodate you.
For reasons of staff safety, we do not allow
new clients to specifically request a Therapist of the opposite sex for Brazilian Waxing, unless they have seen that Therapist before.
All Therapists have the right to refuse
treatment to any client for any reason.
If I get a Brazilian, will it increase sensitivity during sex?
Yes, dramatically. The difference is amazing.
I'm worried that I'll get aroused during my Brazilian treatment.
Don't stress.
Whether you're male or female, a degree of arousal is common when someone is working in the genital area, be it a doctor, a nurse, or a waxing therapist.
It has little to do with true arousal and more to do with adrenaline. In any case, once the waxing treatment begins, the sensation quickly passes.
The only thing you need to focus on is feeling comfortable with yourself, and that includes not beating yourself up over a reaction that's perfectly natural.
Can I get
"extras"?
It is an unfortunate reality in the industry
that some people who perform Brazilian Waxing will also provide
sexual gratification.
At Reef however,
we don't. It is completely
unacceptable for a client to ask one of our Therapists to "do
something extra" or for them to "accidentally" feel up the Therapist
during the treatment.
Both
male and female clients have been guilty of this but thankfully,
it is rare.
Our staff have the same right as anyone else to work in a safe
and happy environment without being menaced by sexual predators.
I've had a Brazilian before and they made me wear a g-string. Do I have to?
For safety reasons, girls must wear a disposable g-string
to prevent wax going where it shouldn't. Guys however, do not
wear a disposable g-string. There's no point - We're waxing
what it covers.
Also on a male, there is a lot more skin. It needs to be
stretched firmly. We do not agree
with the general policy in the industry that a male client has to hold his own skin tight,
and nor that they should somehow do it through a fabric layer.
It's
crazy and dangerous and it's why so many guys get bruises and skin
tears at other places.
It also gives an untrained Therapist an excuse to blame the client
when something goes wrong.
We realise that our safety policy conflicts with our competitors, but
commonsense will eventually prevail in the industry, and our system will become the norm.
Our focus is on client safety, not the timidness of under-trained therapists.
Will I have to get on all fours to have a Brazilian?
No. A lot of places still ask clients to get on their hands and knees but we have no idea why.
We'll do our best to preserve your modesty at all times, and you won't need to get into any strange positions at all.
When are
you opening a store in my city?
We get asked this a
lot, and it's the only downside to us not selling franchises.
That said though, we've done a lot of infrastructure planning ahead
of new growth. From 2010, we'll be opening 3 to 4 new stores a
year.
We're well established in Brisbane and Gold Coast so we
don't envisage any more branches there for 2 or 3 years.
Our
first priority is to open branches in major regional cities in
Central & North Queensland.
Rockhampton is the obvious first choice, and by year's end we also
hope to have a presence in Gladstone.
We'll look to Townsville and Airlie after that. In NT, Darwin
is also on the cards.
In
NSW, we're looking at Wollongong, Coffs Harbour, and Newcastle as
priorities.
In Victoria, we'd like to open in Geelong and at
least one Melbourne store in 2011.
In
all other states and territories, we will have a presence by end
2011.
All of the above depends largely on the economy at present, but
that's our "soft" two year plan.
Can you do a waxing outcall to my home?
Unfortunately no, it would make the treatment too expensive.
Wax pots take around 40 minutes to heat up, and we would have to
charge for that time.
If we preheat the pots, then we risk spillage during transportation, which again is a costly (and messy)
affair.
Can I
book a spray tan for after my treatment?
Unfortunately no. The after wax lotion will create a barrier between your skin and the tanning solution.
Ideally you should leave the
after wax lotion on, then come back in a day or two for tanning.
Can I go to the solarium after my treatment?
Definitely not.
You should avoid heat following a wax treatment and solariums take heat to the extreme.
Also, the
chemicals in solarium tanning lotions will inflame the skin after waxing. Leave 2 to 3 days between waxing and solarium tanning.
It should also be said that Reef Beauty does not agree with or condone
the use of solariums or any other UV tanning device, even after that time.
A salon told me they were
Body Sync Certified. What does this mean?
Until 2006, we offered training in waxing to other salons and
they would send their staff to us.
The therapists then receive a certificate upon completion listing details of their particular level of skill.
Any therapists making the claim that they trained with us are usually happy to present their credentials.
Please don't
contact us to find out details of a particular therapist who has undergone training with us, as this is confidential information.
We no longer train people outside our
own company.
