I have previously uploaded an article titled “I tried Brazilian waxing in Baguio. Last time, I had no information about the salon because it was my first month in Baguio, so I introduced a famous salon with a lot of information about the salon.
Comparison of prices and services at three stores
All of the services I performed were “Full Leg” services. First, I will compare the services and prices of the three salons I visited, including the salon I introduced last time plus the two new local salons I visited and saw. After that, I will introduce the details of my experience at each store.
(1) Hey Sugar! (a well-known store in SM Mall that I introduced in my previous article)
Price: Full Leg (HOT course): 970 pesos (about 2,425 yen) for men, 800 pesos (about 2,000 yen) for women
Overview: Hot wax is directly dripped and peeled off in small amounts with paper.
(2) Beauty Lounge Hair and Nail Salon Legarda (on Legarta Road, near City Hall)
Fee: 800 pesos (about 2,080 yen) for a full leg
Outline: Drip wax directly from a bottle and peel off a small amount with a paper.
(3)Beauty room (at the end of Mabini Road, near the University of Baguio)
Fee: Full Leg 700 pesos (about 1,820 yen)
Overview: Dripping hot wax directly on the skin and peeling off the hardened part by hand.
(2)Beauty Lounge Hair and Nail Salon Legarda
This store was not listed on Google Map, and I could not find it when I first arrived. However, I happened to pass by it near the school and noticed some kind of salon. If I am not mistaken, it seems to have recently moved to a new location.
The “Hey Sugar!” I went before was a specialty store, but this one seems to be mainly a hair and nail salon, and is built like a beauty salon. According to the official Facebook page, it is open 24 hours a day, but I am not sure. However, it is open relatively late at night.
I went there without a reservation, but I was allowed to pop in on the day. Basically, the room is rather full-fledged, with hair care machines lined up in various places. After waiting about 20 minutes for preparation, we were shown to a private room. Shorts for the treatment are provided here, which were not available at the previous store.
A unique feature of this store is that the melted wax is put into a bottle and applied to the legs. In the past, the melted wax was applied by dripping it in a kind of metal pot with a shallow bottom and wide mouth, which was sometimes hot, but here the temperature is lukewarm.
In the beginning, the treatment went well, but as the wax cooled, it became harder to remove from the container. This not only made the treatment less effective, but it was painful in a different way as they tried to apply it by forcing it onto my legs.
Not only that, it took about 20 minutes to warm up the wax again. During that time, the treatment cannot be done and you have to wait. After repeating the process of removing and warming the wax several times, I was told that the machine that heats the wax had gone bad, so I only had to have one leg done that day. As a result, I had to visit again the next day.
The total time it took for the two days was less than four hours, and I was exhausted beyond enduring the pain. The normal state of the waxing was not the best, and there was definitely a problem with the quality of service.
Naturally, we offered them a discount for the various mishaps, but they insisted that they couldn’t do it, and we ended up paying the full price. And even though the first day was incomplete, they offered to pay half of the price as a matter of course. I didn’t want to get into any trouble, so I agreed to do as they said.
The menu of this store is as follows.
(3)Beauty Room S&Z Salon
The next store is located on an easily accessible street and is also mainly a beauty salon. This one is also not registered on Google Map, but it is a store in a mall near the University of Baguio called UB Square. I found it while searching on Facebook.
It is a small store in an old mall, but inside it is quite clean and there are a few customers inside for hair care. There was also a decent Free Wifi setup. Hours of operation are from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM according to their official Facebook page.
I thought that maybe the problem with my last visit was that I had not made a reservation, so on reflection, I made a reservation in advance. However, when I went there on the day, to my surprise, the reservation was not communicated to the treatment staff, and only the receptionist knew about it.
I was told to wait for a while, and I waited for about 40 minutes until they were ready. I learned for the first time at this store that the wax before melting seemed to be in a solid state like beads, and it took quite some time to melt it down.
The treatment finally started, and the freshly melted wax was so hot that it almost burned me. Normally, the temperature would be adjusted after melting until it reaches the proper temperature, but since it was taking so long to melt, the treatment was rushed, and as a result, I ended up receiving the treatment with hot wax.
The bony parts of my legs could still tolerate it, but the calves and other fatty areas felt the heat easily and felt like they were going to burn. The staff was somewhat attentive and used a fan to cool me down, but I was still in agony from the intense heat that came every now and then.
Also, this store uses a method where the wax is dripped over a wide area, hardened, and then peeled off by hand. I don’t have a professional opinion as to which method is more effective, but in terms of the degree of pain, I think that removing the wax by paper is more painful. In other words, this one is more painful.
And this store is also not completed in one day…. As with the previous store, we had to split the treatment into two days, and as a result, it took a total of 4 hours…. Naturally, there is no discount on payment as well, and the regular price is split between the two days.
However, the owner of this store was very apologetic and the staff was trying to do the best they could. They explained that they had run out of their regular wax and used an older type that was not of good quality, but again, no discount was given.
The menu for this restaurant is below.
Summary
When it comes to hair removal, choose a well-known specialty store! This is all I have to say. This time, I went on many adventures, but next time I will go to the first place I visited, Hey Sugar! It’s not an establishment I frequent often, and the difference in price is only a few hundred yen.
After having experienced many different stores, I found the quality to be high, the time to be short, and the pain to be mild. The first time should be the hardest, not only for hair removal, but this time, the more I got used to it, the more painful it became.
I myself will refrain from exploring new salons for a while. This is my report of my three Brazilian waxing experiences in Baguio! I hope it was helpful.