A sugarist is someone who uses sugar for hair removal instead of wax.

Sugaring is similiar to waxing in the sense that it removes hair.

Sugaring is a more environmentally friendly form of hair removal. You use just one ball of sugar when sugaring someone so there is a lot less waste.

It is made out of sugar, water and lemon juice and is heated until it is a candy like consistency. The lemon juice makes it smooth.

Sugar is gentler than wax because when you use wax, wax sticks to the skin. Sugar doesn’t adhere to the skin. So after, your skin feels soft and smooth and hair free.

Sugar in itself is a natural exfoliant. So you are gently exfoliating the dead skins cells at the same time a removing hair. (Think: a light peel for the skin on your body… which is an alpha hydroxy effect.)

It is also the traditional Persian method of hair removal.

To summarize sugar is a more gentle and effective way of removing hair over waxing.

I feel like people always ask me, “Did you have to go to school to do what you do?”

I started my college career at CSU thinking I wanted to be in the fashion world. As much as I loved fashion and clothes, the industry did not want to help people.

And, I always wanted to help people.

I have had this fascination with anatomy and physiology specifically the skin and why the skin does what it does.

In the 90s, I was working at the Oxford Spa as a massage therapist.

This amazing esthetician named Aya gave me my first facial introducing me to the world of esthetics.

And, I fell in love with it.

After six months practicing massage therapy, I realized I wanted to become an esthetician.

I went to Front Range Community College in Boulder for a year while working full time.

I did massage and esthetician work at Oxford. Then I got a job at Essentials and worked there for 17 years before I went out on my own.

Running my own business, I not only give facials, I offer lash extensions, lifts and tinting. I do sugaring. I am learning to make my own products. I enjoy coming up with new treatments to revitalize the skin and create a deep sense of relaxation for my clients.