C3 Wellness Spa
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A bikini wax is $55, a Brazilian is $75 and full legs are $85. Every price sits on this page, next to the hair length you need and what a first appointment actually involves.
3001 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. Weeknight appointments run until 8pm.
The short version
Grow the hair to about a quarter of an inch, then leave the razor alone until your appointment. Nearly every complaint about waxing traces back to one of those two.
Prices for every area sit further down in plain text, so you can add up the cost before you pick a time slot.
You are in a private room with one licensed esthetician and the door shut. You decide how much hair comes off, and you can call a halt at any point.
What it costs
These are the standing rates, charged per person and per appointment. Nothing here is an introductory price that climbs on your second visit.
| Waxing | Length | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Lip Waxing | 10 min | $15 |
| Chin Waxing | 10 min | $15 |
| Glutes, cheeks only | 30 min | $20 |
| Under Arms Waxing | 15 min | $30 |
| Chest Waxing | 30 min | $45 |
| Full Face Waxing | 30 min | $45 |
| Half Arm Waxing | 45 min | $45 |
| Half Leg Waxing | 45 min | $45 |
| Bikini Waxing | 25 min | $55 |
| Brozilian Wax, male, front only | 60 min | $65 |
| Brazilian Wax, women, front only | 30 min | $55 |
| Brazilian Wax, women, front and back | 45 min | $75 |
| Brozilian Wax, male, front and back | 90 min | $85 |
| Full Arms Waxing | 60 min | $85 |
| Full Back Waxing | 60 min | $85 |
| Full Legs Waxing | 60 min | $85 |
Brow shaping, brow tint and lash tint are priced on the eyebrow and lash tinting page instead, because most people book those on their own schedule.
Before you come in
Wax grips hair, not skin, so the hair has to be long enough to be pulled cleanly from the root. Short hair snaps at the surface and grows straight back.
Mention any medication or recent skin treatment when you book rather than when you are already on the table. It changes what can safely be done that day.
The part nobody describes
Wax goes on warm, somewhere close to bath temperature. It is tested on your skin first and should never register as a burn.
Each pull stings sharply for a second or two and then stops. Your esthetician presses a hand over the spot straight afterwards, which cuts the sting noticeably.
Work happens in small sections, so a large area becomes a run of short stings instead of one long one. Full legs at 60 minutes is mostly application time.
Coarse hair hurts more than fine hair. Underarms and the bikini line are the tenderest ground on most people, and the first appointment on any area is the worst one.
By the third visit the change is obvious. Hair returns finer, less of it comes back at all, and your growth cycles line up so more lifts in a single sitting.
Speak up if it is too much. The area can be broken into smaller sections, and asking for a minute is completely ordinary.
First timers
This is the appointment people put off for years. Here is what happens, in the order it happens, with nothing skated over.
A bikini wax at $55 clears the hair sitting outside your underwear line and takes 25 minutes.
A Brazilian for women is $75 either way. Front only runs 30 minutes, and front and back runs 45 minutes and takes everything between.
Brozilian is this spa's spelling for the men's version. Front only is $65 for 60 minutes, and front and back is $85 for 90 minutes. Male hair is coarser and denser, which is why the clock runs longer.
The glutes on their own are $20 for 30 minutes if you only want that one area handled.
Everything from the waist down. You get the room and a towel to yourself while you get ready, and you stay covered anywhere the esthetician is not currently working.
You lie on the table and change position a few times so every angle can be reached. You will be asked to hold skin taut or hold a leg, because taut skin hurts less and gives a cleaner pull.
That includes turning onto your knees or lifting a leg for the back section. It takes two minutes and it is the least eventful part of the day for the person doing it.
Leaving a strip at the front is a normal request, as is taking the lot. Say what you want before the first strip goes on rather than after it comes off.
Yes, with a tampon or a cup in place. Mention it when you arrive so your esthetician can plan the order she works in.
Skin runs more tender that week, so the same wax stings harder than usual. That is the only real drawback, and plenty of people book anyway.
Arousal is a reflex. It happens occasionally, nobody comments on it, and nobody gives it a second thought once you have left.
Expect redness and small raised bumps for a few hours, sometimes into the next day. That is a normal reaction rather than a rash, and it settles without help.
Afterwards
Four to six weeks suits most body waxing. Legs often stretch to six once you have been coming a while, and underarms usually want the shorter end.
Book the next one before you leave the building. The gap between appointments decides how easy the next one feels, more than anything you do at home.
When to wait
Wax lifts a fine layer of surface skin along with the hair. Anything that has already thinned that layer turns a routine appointment into a raw patch or a scab.
None of this is a reason to cancel quietly. Call (919) 616-7868 and the front desk will tell you whether to keep the slot or move it.
Before you book
About a quarter of an inch, roughly the length of a grain of rice. That is two to three weeks after shaving, or three to four weeks after your last wax. Any shorter and the wax has nothing to grip, so C3 Wellness Spa in Raleigh may move your appointment rather than give you a poor result.
In the moment, yes. Each pull stings sharply for a second or two, and the pressure applied straight afterwards takes most of that away. The trade is three to six weeks of smooth skin instead of two days, and hair that returns finer. Your first appointment on any area is the worst one.
Every four to six weeks for body waxing. Holding that rhythm syncs your hair growth cycles, so more hair lifts each visit and the appointment gets easier. Shaving in between resets those cycles and puts you back where you started.
Brozilian is the name C3 Wellness Spa in Raleigh uses for the men's version of a Brazilian. Front only is $65 for 60 minutes and front and back is $85 for 90 minutes. It runs longer than the women's service because male hair is coarser and denser, so the area is worked in smaller sections.
A bikini wax at $55 clears the hair outside your underwear line in 25 minutes. A Brazilian at $75 takes the front in 30 minutes, or the front and back including everything between in 45 minutes. With either one you decide how much stays, so leaving a strip at the front is a normal request.
Yes, as long as you are wearing a tampon or a cup. Mention it when you arrive so your esthetician can plan the order she works in. Skin is more tender during that week, so the same wax stings harder, but plenty of people book anyway.
Stay out of the gym, sauna, pool and hot tub for 24 to 48 hours, wear loose cotton, and keep fragranced products off the area for a day. Begin exfoliating on day three and keep it up two or three times a week with a scrub, a mitt or a lotion containing lactic or salicylic acid. Never shave in between.
At C3 Wellness Spa a Brazilian for women is $75, either 30 minutes for the front or 45 minutes for front and back. The men's Brozilian is $65 for 60 minutes front only and $85 for 90 minutes front and back. A bikini wax is $55. Those are standing rates on Hillsborough Street, not first visit pricing.
Answer a few questions and we will tell you where we would start you, and why. It takes about thirty seconds and nothing you pick is sent anywhere.
Bikini at $55, Brazilian at $75, full legs at $85, on Hillsborough Street until eight on weeknights.