Waxing removes hair for a longer period of time and with better results than any other method, making it a sure choice for brides-to-be. It removes the hair at the root and not just at skin level.

Instead, we attempted to live our best beauty-therapy lives at home: waxing, bleaching, masking (the mud pack variety, rather than the global pandemic one), French manicuring.

What do you do if the wax feels too hot? ‘You can say to your therapist and they will adjust it for you but you can’t really have the temperature turned down completely,’ Chiara explains.