Pour Some Sugar on Me (Or, Why You Need to Start Sugaring)

Sugar isn't just for baking anymore: The sweet treat is now the main ingredient for one of the newest trends in hair removal — sugaring.

Although it's only started to really catch on in the US over the past few years, sugaring is actually a very old method. It started as an ancient Egyptian technique, and remained a popular practice in the Middle East and parts of Asia. Fast forward to 2019, and salons dedicated to this technique are popping up all over the US.

The process is simple and effective: "The sugar paste is applied in the opposite direction of hair growth and extracts hair from the follicle when it is flicked off in the natural direction of the growth," explains Courtney Claghorn, Founder of SUGARED + BRONZED in Los Angeles. She hails it as being one of the "most all-natural and outcome-driven methods [of hair removal]."

Want to learn more? Read on for four big reasons why people are turning to sugaring over waxing, shaving, plucking, and threading.

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