Southern Style: Southern Sugaring of Savannah
Photography by Izzy Hudgins Photography.
Styling by French Knot Studios.
Modeled by Jessica Mock and Andresa Eaddy.
Hair by Mandy Russell of Dollface by Jules.
My name is Jessica Mock. I am a 27 year old sugaring practitioner and educator, as well as an esthetician, a blonde, and a recovering perfectionist. Food, fashion, and fitness inspire me, and my husband of almost six years and I love to travel.
I was first exposed to sugaring at my first job out of esthetics school. The owner of the salon taught me to sugar briefly before becoming sick with pneumonia, and I had to take over her clientele for the month while she was sick. It was a pretty intimidating experience, having just graduated from school, but through a lot of trial and error, I grew to really enjoy sugaring. I saw firsthand how differently my skin reacted to sugaring, and I knew that this was the kind of experience I wanted my clients to have with hair removal.
When I left that spa, I pursued my own sugaring certification in order to continue to offer the service to clients. After establishing a solid client base, the owner of the company whose products I use approached me about becoming an educator. I feel like teaching makes me better at what I do, and I love remembering how challenging it was to learn in the beginning. There is an art to every little aspect of sugaring, from holding and maneuvering the paste to flicking the paste from the skin. I have aligned myself with Tamara’s Professional Body Sugaring because the company’s products are top notch, and their emphasis on technique during training is vital to proper education.
I opened Southern Sugaring because I saw the demand for an alternative to waxing and other forms of hair removal in Savannah. There was also a desire for a different kind of hair removal experience, one focused on a luxurious approach in a fun atmosphere. I specialize in brow shaping and a variety of bikini styles, including Brazilians, and my clients know they can trust that their service will be done expertly.
- The hair is removed in the direction of growth as opposed to the opposite, causing fewer ingrown hairs than other methods, and removing every hair by the root instead of breaking some at the surface of the skin.
- Because of the direction of removal, every hair is extracted by the root. Waxing tends to break some hair at the surface of the skin, resulting in faster regrowth.
- The sugar paste attaches only to the hair, whereas waxing removes the top layer of live skin. When a client leaves a sugaring appointment, their skin feels smooth and presentable, and opposed to raw and guarded. I have lots of lunch break clients who enjoy that they can return to work without brow or lip redness and irritation.
- Sugaring is an all natural process, with paste made from sugar, citric acid, and water, decreasing any chance of an allergic or histamine reaction.
- The paste is applied at body temperature, eliminating any chance of burns, something I hear about way too often with waxing.
In five years, I see Southern Sugaring with multiple locations in Georgia. In ten years, we may very well have expanded into other southern states as well. My philosophy on life and business has always been to work hard but not force anything – the things that are meant to be will happen, and by working hard, you put yourself in a position for those things to be blessings. I am so grateful for what Southern Sugaring is at the present, and I am excited to create something even bigger.
Well, I hope y’all have learned something new about Southern Sugaring from Jessica! Be sure to go and see her if you’re in Savannah- and keep your eyes open for ever expanding locations!
Love to all y’all,
Molly
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