DIY Sugaring Paste Recipe: How to Make Natural Hair Removal Sugar Paste at Home

✨ How to Make Sugaring Paste at Home ✨

Sugaring paste is one of the oldest, all-natural hair removal methods in existence. If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to make it yourself—right from your own kitchen—you’re in the right place. As a master herbalist and organic skincare artisan, I’m sharing my tried-and-true recipe that you can trust. 💛

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🌿 Ingredients

• 2 Cups Sugar – White, Cane, or Raw Sugar (see below for consistency differences)
• 18 tsp (3 oz) Lemon Juice – freshly squeezed preferred 🍋
• 6 tsp (1 oz) Purified Water – bottled/distilled is best

✨ Sugar Consistency Tips:

• White Sugar: Softest texture
• Cane Sugar: Medium consistency
• Raw Sugar: Firmest – ideal for coarser hair

🧪 What You’ll Need

• Heavy Bottomed Aluminum Saucepan (avoid Teflon!)
• Metal Whisk (avoid silicone whisks)
• Candy Thermometer – target: 250°F / Hard Ball Stage
• Heat-Safe Glass Containers – I prefer mason jars 🫙

🧑‍🍳 Step-by-Step Directions

1. Combine sugar, lemon juice, and water in the saucepan. Whisk to blend.
2. Clip thermometer to side. Make sure the sensor is in the liquid, not above it.
3. Turn burner to low–medium-low. Let it simmer slowly—patience is key.
4. Continue whisking gently. Don’t leave unattended!
5. The mixture will bubble and thicken. You’ll see it darken over time—watch for 250°F!
6. Once it hits 250°F (hard ball stage), remove from heat immediately.
7. Cool until pourable (~210°F). Carefully transfer to jars using a silicone spatula.
8. Store at room temperature and use as needed.

🎥 Watch the Tutorial

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💖 Prefer me to make it for you?

I offer handmade sugaring paste in soft, medium, and firm consistencies. Each jar is crafted with the same love and care as if I were making it for myself. 💫

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"She blooms where the sun kisses the earth and her petals whisper healing secrets."

Step into my garden apothecary 🌿

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I'm getting lots of things done at JBHomemade Sugaring and Skin Care today! Lots of orders going out today for my shop! More and more men and women are switching to sugaring! This week we have Pure Aloe, Thyme infused Sunflower Blemish #Serum, Hollyhock Facial Mask, 20+ orders of #sugaring paste and a sugaring wax shipping to my awesome customers!☺♥ Check out more at https://www.etsy.com/shop/JBHomemadeShop

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Exclusive! How To Use Sugaring Wax Tutorial instructions

The most common question that is asked me about sugaring gel/wax?
"Is it just like waxing in a salon?"
Well...yes and no.
There are similarities, yes. But that's where it ends.
There are so many DIFFERENCES that I can not say that sugaring is
"just like waxing in a salon".
Here's a comparison chart: (Click to Enlarge) SUGARING WAX: Do not confuse sugaring wax with the above-mentioned wax. The charts above include waxes used at salons (hot wax, resin wax, etc). Here's the low down on sugaring wax:

Facts	Sugaring Wax / Gel
Temperature	Just melted
Thickness	Applied very thinly over large area
Application	With a wooden spatula, butter knife Or applicator provided
Direction of Application	Against natural growth direction
Direction of Removal	With the natural growth direction
Method of Removal	With plastic, cloth or paper strips (I provide 2 denim strips)
Hair Thickness	Thin/Dark/Light
Goal	Temporary lasting up to three to four weeks
Hair Length	Trim if longer than 1/4"
Ingredients	Organic cane sugar fresh organic lemon juice Mountain Spring Water No chemicals or resins

How do you do it? Well, it could not be easier!
• Warm your sugaring wax ever so slightly, preferably, in a bowl of hot water until the wax has the consistency of syrup or honey*
Remember it should be somewhat warm, but NEVER hot!
• Always start with clean, exfoliated and dry skin**
• Apply a thin layer of cornstarch provided (or baby powder).
• Using the applicator provided spread a thin layer of the sugaring wax in the OPPOSITE direction of hair growth in the desired area.
• Apply a denim strip.
•While holding the skin taut, rub the denim piece back and forth creating heat friction. This action ensures the sugaring wax can soak into your pores, coating hair follicles.
• QUICKLY remove the strip pulling in the SAME direction of the hair growth.
*Note: You can use a microwave in 10-second intervals not to exceed 30 seconds.
**It is highly recommended that you exfoliate your skin gently before sugaring.
See? Similar to waxing at a salon, but I would say, well for lack of better words, OPPOSITE! AND naturally gentle.

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