Provide female and male intimate waxing services - Pearson Schools

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B26/B27 Provide female and male intimate waxing services
Level 3 Beauty Therapy
To be a confident intimate waxing specialist you also
need to be a very good waxing therapist from your Level
2 qualifications. You must understand the types of waxes
available and how they behave, how to use wax and the
different products your salon or college may use. You must
remember that working in the pubic area is much harder than
waxing a lower leg and requires a lot of skill to minimise
discomfort for the client.
Why is the human body hairy?
As the human body evolved it was extremely hairy all
over for warmth; the body also laid down fat deposits
to keep warm. Facial hair on men through the ages has
been considered a sign of virility, strength and masculinity.
Men only started shaving with razors during the twentieth
century. In fact, most Edwardian gentlemen had handlebar
moustaches or full beards. There has been a big change in
fashion towards clean-shaven faces, except of course for the
‘designer stubble’ trend of celebrities. This is also true of
intimate waxing – as bikinis and swimwear got smaller and
thongs became fashionable, then the trend for hair removal
in the pubic region grew, and what started as a bikini shape
became the full removal of hair.
Interestingly the women credited with bringing the Brazilian
waxing technique to mainstream popularity were seven
sisters from Brazil – hence the term – but there is no
equivalent term for intimate waxing in Brazil, they just call
it cavado meaning ‘to miss peripheral material’. There are
more terms for intimate waxing than just Brazilian waxing,
and these are covered later.
We still retain hairs for the purpose of warmth and
protection. Pubic hair is just a type of hair that grows long
and is oen coarse in texture. The different types of hair are:
scalp hair – which protects the head and helps keep in
the heat
eyelashes – which protect the eyes by catching particles
that may fall into the eye
body hair – which protects against heat loss
underarm and pubic hair – which protect the delicate skin
and cushion against friction caused by movement.
For your portfolio
Think about it
Equipment and materials for
waxing
Look back at your Level 2 waxing unit to remind yourself of
the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods
of waxing (pages 315–16 in Unit BT6 if you took your Level
2 examinations before 2011, pages 407–454 in Unit B6 if
aer this time).
Experts in intimate waxing generally prefer to use hot
wax, as it is easier on difficult contours of the body – and
specialist hot wax products are available for intimate waxing,
including male waxes.
Clients will almost certainly have used one or more other
methods of hair removal before and it is important for both
you and them to be aware of the effects that they may
have on your waxing treatment, and the advantages and
disadvantages of using them between treatments.