Frustrated with shaving daily? Ingrown hairs not going away?

BEFORE armpit waxing 3 months growth

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Indulge Salon in York, Pa has been the #1 waxing salon that takes excellent care of men and women that want to rid their bodies of hair. Chest, Back, abdomen, upper buttocks, lower back hair, shoulders to elbows, nipples, Brazilian waxing, bikini, leg, arms, facial, full body top to bottom and everything in between. We will map your brows to the create the perfect shape. If you don’t have eyebrows, we will help you create the perfect shape for you.

Shaving vs waxing

Every day we are faced with the questions of shaving daily vs brazilian or extended bikini waxing. You see, I have clients that are gynecologists that open up conversations on the downside of waxing. Waxing the full brazilian has been popular for the past 15 years. York College and Penn State students have been on top of this trend because they hate hair. Any hair in the bikini (undercarriage area)  is a standard “gone” issue. They shave every single day to rid themselves of the pokey, annoying and unclean hair.

My professional clients dislike the hair too. When I ask about why they do this, their answers are:

After armpit waxing 1st time

• “I hate any hair on my body”
• “It’s gross on the beach”
• “I’m sick of shaving every day”
• “my wife loves it when it’s all cleared out”
• “my husband appreciates how everything looks down there”
• “saves me time”
• “deal breaker for the dating scene both with men and women”
• “I like when my shirt glides on my back after waxing”
• “when I play sports, there isn’t friction like it used to be”

Our waxing services last an average of three to four weeks. We talk about the benefits of our waxing services, especially underarm waxing, brazilian waxing, full body waxing, and extended bikini waxing. What is a brazilian waxing? A Brazilian wax is about the full front sides where the swimsuit cuts into the leg, the top of the pubic area that can spread to the belly button, the labia, the inside the labia to the base of the privates that move into the anus and the inner buttock (cheeks) and the buttocks.

Extended bikini is more than a bikini wax. Of course the bikini wax is the top of the pubic bone, the sides that normally peek out of the bathing suit is waxed away. When we provide the extended bikini, it’s all of the description above plus the inner leg area, plus leaving a landing strip. The landing strip that leads the pubic area is left with a nice well trimmed area. Not everyone digs a full exposure. To each his own preference. I’m cool with all of it because when a client of Indulge Salon chooses us to wax them, we take part in a trust relationship. It is professional. WE give advice on the shape, the angle, the process that prevents ingrown hairs and how to maintenance their newly exposed under carriage.

Are all waxing products the same?

We customize all of our services to each person’s skin type. If you have sensitive skin, we will use the smoothest hard/soft wax that is appropriate for you. We would prevent a break out by coaching you on how to maintain your skin prior and post waxing. If you have some hard short hairs, we will use our hard wax that takes care of business. It’s akin to that old boyfriend that just doesn’t want to let you alone. We take care of those stubborn hairs with the special wax that grabs it and goes. The armpits and under the arms can be very stubborn and need some encouragement.

Will it grow back in a week?

The hair has several growth cycles that it has to go through to get on the same routine. If you shave during any one of those cycles, you will have to start again. We encourage you to schedule 3 – 4 weeks in advance to start the cycle. As those shaven divas pop back up after a week or two, we need to catch them while they come out to have all of them on the same path to be pulled out. Brazilian waxing, chest, back and full body is highly recommended to book 3 – 4 appointments around the same time of the week and day. Once you get through the 2nd -3rd cycle, we can pretty much guarantee that your hair will start to behave. Book online here

What do I have to do to maintain?

Indulge Salon has their own specialty system of educating their clients on the before, during and after process of waxing services to gain the most weeks of not having to shave. Our system has provided the best prevention to ingrown hair frustration, no more dry skin, no more rashes and no more itchiness. We use Indulge Pure Originals products that include our Oatmeal Soap, a dry brushing system and our very own Indulge Pure Originals body butter bar that is designed to moisturize for after care daily. We have created a post WAXING KIT for our clients that make it easy to use for both men and women.

After using our Post Waxing Kit, the hair will start to behave, will slow down over a period of time and hold its shape. This is what you want from your waxer.

What are the prices?

We recommend you go native (wild and free for a few weeks) to allow the hair to grow into it’s natural state to about 1/2″. Any longer can be a thick mess. We can trim it down to a reasonable length to work with. When the length is to long, it can be quite uncomfortable applying the wax that can get to thick or bungled up which pulls on the hair.

Abdominals – $45

Buttocks – $25 – $50 depending on how large or expansive the real estate

Arms $25

Back wax $45 – $75 depending on the density, thickness, starting length – we wax the sides between the back and chest.

Bikini $30 – top and sides of the public area

Bikini extended wax – $45 top, sides, landing strip, the lower base of the pubic area

Brazilian wax first time $85 –  100.00 depending on the density, thickness, starting length

Brazilian waxing maintenance $60 IF you stay within 3 weeks

Chest $45 – $75 depending on the density, thickness to the sides and stretched to the lower abdomen into the groin area.

Full body for both men and women – consultation for price, will take about 3 – 4 hours

Half Leg – $35 – $45 upper or lower

Legs $75 – both top to bottom

Neck $20 the sides of the nape, the lower neck towards the shoulders

Shoulders to elbow – $25

Toes $10

Upper buttocks – $25

Trending now? Young people in the Lake Oconee, Ga school system for middle school and high school are rebelling against shaving, going native?! I’m ignoring this rebellions due to the fact that their parents might not even know and they are doing this for attention. Oh, they aren’t wearing deodorant either. It’s a smelly mess out their folks. Do you know if your children are shaving right now? If you have a high schooler needing waxed? Yes, we make sure the parents know what their students are up to. We will not allow our staff to wax students without parental consent. We still believe parents are parenting.

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We started at Indulge Salon York Pa carrying natural body care products out of necessity because my skin was so dry that I scratched till the skin bled. That became problematic for me since I tried other lotions and creams but they burned my skin when I applied them.

Safe body butter lotion bars are moisturizing on dry skin

After I had spent time with a formulator creating the most natural product, zero sulfates, zero chemicals, my skin started to feel better. Even after one use my skin started to heal in a way that I felt comfortable apply more of the Indulge Pure Originals lotion bar because it put a protective barrier on my skin that I didn’t need to worry.

As we progressed with the sales of our products with mom’s-to-be because the Indulge Pure Originals lotion bars are superior to prevent stretch marks. No chemicals. All organic the Gold bar that has shea butter, cocoa butter with zero grease feeling. We started out of necessity but grew into Indulge Pure Originals Moisturizing creams and lotions that are so good for the skin you could almost eat it. We don’t recommend that you eat it, however; if your pet licks it their fur will get most likely be moisturized.

layering our body care products gives the best resuults

Often times we found that our clients would only use one product and expect big results even though they loved our products. We recommend starting with our Indulge Pure Originals soap to cleanse the skin without SLS (ingredient that is horrible for the skin found in most soaps) We believe in the purest ingredients that cleanse with minimal lather for cleansing yet the aromatic approach gives us good feelings for the day. Then after rinsing the skin without the film on your body, we recommend trying one of our four lotion bars to use in the shower to moisturize while wet, then pat dry. Once you pat your body dry then use our Indulge Pure Originals Ultimate Moisturizer that goes on smoothly while the skin is warm. Our creams and lotions are meant to be used with warm skin so the product melts into your skin then when the skin cools off it will work more effectively for you to prevent dry skin. We have had successful results this way. the layering of products in the way to go.

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Since 2011, our product offerings have grown to our signature bath salts. Clementine Spritzer (orangy bright and energetic),

Eyptian Musk (sexy, soft, de-stressing) Almond, Milk & Honey for relaxation. (sweet almond fragrance) Mix and match 8 oz for $8.00 each. Comes in a glass bottle for freshness.

We package all of products in a customized box that we are proud of. We do wholesale for licensed businesses. To see more of our products go here. Call if you  would like to try some of our products. 

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phone: 717.846.424 York

phone: 706.999.9911 Georgia

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Ready to go from brown to gray with your hair color?

AFTER going from brown to gray

Meet Maggie K from Greensboro, Ga. She is a professional that was tired of coloring her roots every 8 days. She has been toying with the idea to take her hair from brown-to-gray to live more freely. Read more…..

Maggie is a professional that is speaking on stage and has always been aware of how she appears as a professional in front of her peer groups. She travels around the world delivering high performing information to help teachers be able to communicate effectively with their students.

Maggie and her many shades of gray

Other lighting from highlighted brown hair to gray hair

When Maggie and I first entertained the idea of her taking her brown hair to gray, we had some considerations to think of such as:

1. the pros and cons of gray hair
2. what if her hair wouldn’t lift as light as we needed it to? Back up color was necessary.
3. maintenance of gray hair as it naturally grows in
4. the initial cost to remove the brown highlighted colors

Is platinum right for you?

Maggie wanted to achieve a pretty platinum color that was nice and icy looking to match with her skin tone. Know that when you are working with so many different tones of brown that has highlights and low lights in it, the “what lies beneath” emerges. This becomes a discovery process. I had to use many types of bleaching with an additive that re-bonds the insides of the hair to protect it from breaking.

Lightening hair is time consuming. It is a slow going process that has to be watched. Some areas of the hair or head that might be light enough have to be rinsed or removed early, other areas may be darker and need to be left on longer.  In some cases a strand of hair could be 3 colors from brown to gray on a single strand!! . This where having a professional that has been trained on advanced bleaching is going to give you the best results.

the process of going from brown to gray with foils

Makeup colors matter with gray hair

Glo skin makeup

FYI as you decide on the right color goals to go with your skin tone and a back up plan if the hair won’t lighten as much as you would like it to, then the back up plan would be to come in a few weeks to have more lightener applied to keep the integrity of the hair. This is normal procedure when you are trying to lighten as much as you are in one appointment. We recommend 2 – 3 appointments to achieve the level of lightness. We did have to change out Maggie’s makeup with a beige to enhance her skin tone. She looked even younger after the makeup changes to beige foundation, pink lip colors and we even tried colors that we discovered didn’t work for her.

Patience is a key factor in the waiting game to process. Bring a phone, a book, something to do because hair color removal/bleaching when going from brown to gray can take hours. Hours meaning 7 hours sometimes more. Slow as you go is the way to think about hair color removal.

After the initial removal, we were looking for the hair staying healthy while processing especially the ends of the hair. One of the considerations in hair color removal is the ends because of them being lighter, the opportunity for breakage would be higher than normal if we hadn’t taken any precautions. We did use a re-bonding product to help keep the integrity of the hair. Once we were able to rinse the hair out and found we were happy with the raw underlying  color, then we were able to pursue the right tone.

Choose the tone of gray wisely

When choosing a tone of gray when going from brown to gray, this is a visual adjustment for the person wearing these new colors. You might look at Pinterest or Instagram and think you will like the color but if the color you want is not held up against your skin tone, you might have the adverse affect with your skin tone and have to rethink or redo the color to make it work for you. This is a time consuming process but an important process all the same.

Try a wig on to get an idea if you like yourself in gray

I recommend trying on wigs BEFORE you make a big comittment to changing your hair color from brown to gray or red to gray to make sure you will be happy with the transition. Going from blonde to gray is easier because of the lighter shades.

Transitioning from brown to gray can be an adjustment visually  with your eyes, skin tone, and getting used to looking at yourself in the mirror can take about two weeks.  The maintenance on gray hair will still be a comittment by using Fabuloso color conditioner that keeps the direct dye pigments in the lightened hair. Keeping the hair toned every two to 4 weeks in the beginning will help your gray hair have longevity  is  essential to maintaining the gray tones because the underlying yellow in naturally dark hair can start to surface within a week or longer depending on how often you wash your hair, which shampoo and conditioning products are used all have affects on the hair. Those Fabuloso color tones can help keep the yellow at bay.

Do your research by having a color consultation done with Indulge Salon York Pa. You could even go to a paint store pick out some gray paint swatches that you like, hold them to your skin or take them home in the lighting that you are in the most to see if you like yourself in those colors. Color tones do matter. Some gray hair color tones have blue, beige, yellow or violet which all those tones can make a difference in your skin tone.

If you are interested in going from brown to gray, call us at 717.846.4424 or 706.999.9911 for a consultation prior to having the service done. We feel it is a privilege to provide good information for you to make a good decision on your color choices.

BEFORE going from brown to gray

BEFORE brown

BEFORE brown with highlights

BEFORE changing her hair color from brown to gray picture taken under lights