Has this ever happened to you?

There are many many different types of wax. For example car wax, wax candles, furniture wax, wax used in makeup, hair wax and wax hair REMOVAL. (Do you see where I am going with this?)

For the person who shall remain nameless I contacted several of my colleagues and asked for their suggestions on the best way to remove the kind of wax you would normally use to rid of unwanted facial or body hair from the hair on your head. Hmmmmmmm.

A big thank you to Roger from Studio 600 and Adrianna from Knotty Boy for their replies. Here's what they had to say:

My suggestion is to use either acetone or "sure clean" which is used to
clean wax pots. If he can pull most of the dread out and it is just hair
(hopefully) then use an old crappy towel. Apply sureclean or acetone to
the wax and using your fingers try and work at the wax. Once you break
it up and can try and pull most of large chunks away then just apply
mineral oil to all the hair. (the kind of hair oil you would find in
supply stores in the black hair section) put head under the dryer to
heat up and then use fine tooth comb to comb this out. Once it has been
combed out apply baby powder to the hair until it no longer turns wet.
Then without wetting clients hair just add palmolive dish soap work into
a lather and rinse with very hot water. This removes the oil and any
left over wax. I have had to do this to a few clients over the years.
-Roger


This sounds like the perfect opportunity for me to brag about our Knotty Boy
Emergency Dreadlock Removal Kit. ha In our salon we've removed the most
difficult, beeswax-filled, years-old dreadlocks I've ever seen with this
special shampoo and conditioner. It works far better than we ever imagined.
The shampoo is formulated with a body-safe citrus-derived component that is
the only thing known to break down water-repelling waxes, and the deep
conditioner is some of the slickest stuff I've seen for detangling. We soon
will be making an Ultimate Detangler version of these two products suitable
for all hair types, but for now, this is what I recommend. There was nothing
else out there that we knew of, so we made it - hey, kinda like our
dreadlock wax and shampoos. :) He'll want to soak his head in a hot bath
for as long as he can float around in there, then start lathering up with
the shampoo and carefully go to work, as per the instructions. Check out
http://www.knottyboy.com/shop/dreadlock_removal_kit/ , esp. the eZine at the
bottom of the main info page for more good stuff.

Over the past 7 years now we've heard of toothpaste, eggwhite, boot waxes,
mango puree... the list goes on and on.
Leg wax is a first, though. Geezy creezy.

Hope that helps!
-Adrianna

posted by Knot Just Dreads at 12:57 AM