Halawa/Egyptian Sugar Wax

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• Step 1

  Assemble your ingredients. Make sure you have a pretty big pot so the mix doesn't boil over and on to the stove, that's a real pain.

• Step 2

  Put everything into the pot, mix it up, and throw it on a burner on high heat.

• Step 3

  Stir often. Make sure you keep a close eye on this, when sugar starts to boil, it boils fast. At about the time everything starts boiling throw the candy thermometer in there to keep an eye on the temperature. You'll be cooking it to about 250 degrees, or the hardball candy stage.

• Step 4

  Once the mix has hit 250 degrees take it off the heat and let it cool just a little bit. Then pour it into a microwave safe container, and let it cool some more.

  Once it's cooled to your liking, it takes about 45 minutes for mine to cool enough (Make sure you check just a drop on the plam of your hand before you cover yourself in it), slather it on and get waxing, but you know, if you decide to back out at the last minute you can always just eat this like a candy. Mmm lemon sugar.

  Hope someone found this useful, or at least interesting.

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Lebogang M. · Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA 6th December 2015

I have made three batches with no success. Mine gets really hard when it cools off. I've read some blogs and they mention that the sugar should never be cooked for long.
Is the cooled off syrup supposed to be as hard as glass when you tap on it with a spoon?
Help please! I'm so frustrated cos I really want to sugar wax because my skin is really sensitive.

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Fariha · Karachi, Sindh, PK · 12 projects 8th December 2011

i'll try at home..

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Fariha · Karachi, Sindh, PK · 12 projects 8th December 2011

i'll try at home..

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Ben · 1 project 15th June 2011

instead of using a thermometer you can look at the substance, once it's almost ready, it'll get a gold-brown color and the substance will be "syrupy": so when you let it run off a spoon, it won't go as "fast" as when it was still water..
you can also put some on the side of you pan, if it sticks instead of running down you can turn down the heat..
next the bubbles will get a yellowish color and when taking it off of the fire, it'll be darkish-brown...

This is just what I experienced, see it for yourselves

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Megan M. · Ottawa, Ontario, CA · 5 projects 10th June 2011

every time i make it by the time its cool enough to use its too thick to wax with and its not sticky. any idea what im doing wrong?

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Natalie V. 21st August 2010

hey i was wondering how you know when your wax is ready without the thermometer, i dont know what you mean by the hardball candy stage. ;S

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Pyrate Pixie · Oviedo, Florida, US · 2 projects 25th June 2010

I have tried this twice now. I love it! So much easier than waxing! And less painful. I was a long time waxer. And though I will still get my eyebrows done at a salon, this is my new treatment. (I've tried to wax my own eyebrows before. It wasn't pretty)

@Deanna...COffee filters! They are cheap to buy, easy to cut up and are customizable. You can also go to a fabric store (joanns for instant) and buy a yard or two of muslin. It's pretty cheap and you can get LOTS.

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Midori~ K. · 5 projects 22nd June 2010

I tried this and it was a DISASTER! sticky stuff everywhere! i had to scrub it off for a really long time. I really wanted this to work I guess i over boiled it T_T

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deanna 29th May 2010

this is awesome, but i've never waxed before. do you just buy waxing paper or is there something else (cheaper) that you can use?

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Czeux Von Czeckeslovenisk · Huddersfield, England, GB 6th April 2010

mmmmmmm, is nice xD

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