5 Ways To Naturally Remove Unwanted Body Hair
Body hair is often seen as a bad thing in women. And it’s not someone else but women themselves who always try to keep their body smooth and clean without even a speck of hair. Though there is still debate on the scientific significance of this activity, one thing is proven that removing hair from the body actually keeps you cooler and helps make you feel lighter.
But, most women use chemical compounds to remove body hair which can often affect their skin in a negative way. Thus, in order to help you out, we have come up with some ways to remove hair using natural materials.
Have you ever noticed how sugar turns thick and wax-like when heated? It's why we have delicious caramel and toffee!
Using sugar with honey can be a natural alternative to the costly paraffin wax used by so many spas and hair removal clinics. Adding a bit of a lemon helps to bleach the hair, reducing its visibility. Mixing honey and sugar make a thick wax that, once applied, will nourish your skin even as it sticks to your hairs--making it easier to rip them out.
For this remedy, you will need:
- Honey
- Sugar
- Lemon
Note: Add water to thin out an overly thick paste, or mix in cornstarch to thicken a too-thin paste.
Apply a bit of cornstarch to the areas you want to wax. This will help to prevent the wax mixture from clinging to your skin.
Using a wooden spoon, apply the wax to your skin in the direction of the hairs. Pat, a strip of waxing cloth into the still-soft wax, allow it to cool and harden, and rip off. It works like a regular wax, but far more natural!
When eggs dry, they harden into a sticky, waxy substance that makes for a perfect mask. It not only nourishes your skin, but it makes it easy to rip out any hair clinging to the mask. By adding cornstarch, you ensure that the mask is thick enough to pull out even the most stubborn hairs.
For this remedy, you will need:
- 1 egg
- Corn starch
- Sugar
Crack the egg white into a mixing bowl, and stir in half a tablespoon of cornstarch and a tablespoon of sugar. Mix well until it forms a thick, smooth paste. Apply the paste to your skin, let it dry (25 minutes or so), and peel it off--pulling out hair in the process!
Raw papaya contains an enzyme called papain, which restricts hair growth by breaking off hair follicles, slowing down hair growth and is also a great exfoliant. Add turmeric to the equation, and all the effects are doubled.
For this remedy, you will need:
- Raw papaya
- Turmeric
To use this method, peel the papaya and grind it into a paste. Take about 1–2 tsp of the paste in a bowl and add turmeric powder to the papaya paste in the bowl and mix thoroughly. Now massage the body parts you want to remove hair from with this paste.
Leave it on for about 15–20 minutes and wash it off with warm water.
While turmeric is quite popular for its antibacterial and antiseptic properties, it can also work quite well to prevent unwanted hair growth and adding rose water to it may help eliminate dirt from the clogged pores thanks to its cleansing properties.
For this remedy, you will need:
- Turmeric
- Rose water
Take the turmeric powder in a bowl. Add rose water to it slowly till you get a paste smooth enough to apply. Gradually massage the paste on the body parts that you want to remove hair from.
Leave the paste on for about 15–20 minutes and then, wash it off with warm water.
Potatoes contain acid that will bleach your body hair, lightening them and making them less visible. The addition of lentils will make the potato remedy more effective.
For this remedy, you will need:
- Yellow lentils
- Potatoes
- Honey
- Lemon juice
Soak the lentils in a bowl of water overnight. Come morning, run them through a food processor or grinder to turn them into a thick paste. Crush one potato into the mixture, and add a tablespoon of honey and lemon juice each. Mix and apply the paste to your body. After 30 minutes, rinse it off.
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