Sugar away the fuzz? Sweeeeet.

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Last week during one of my watershed sessions one of the workshop participants mentioned that on a trip around India she had been amazed at the simplicity of people's personal hygiene routines. She had observed women using a honey solution and rags to take away unwanted body hair.

The honey solution can be just washed away, no problem and the rags can be washed and re-used. That sounded like a plan to me – a low impact, low cost and somewhat fun plan. I had heard of sugaring before but had never really looked into it properly. Until now!

Using a sugary solution to prize hair out of their roots was the method of choice in Egypt and across the Middle East. Basically a solution of sugar (from honey originally) in water and lemon juice is heated up until it reduces enough to form a gummy, caramelized solution.  If using granulated sugar the sugar/ water mix must be stirred until all of the sugar crystals are dissolved, with honey mix until the honey becomes thin and homogenous.  

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