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MsSaskia -> RE: Wax Play (11/20/2007 8:01:37 AM)
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Some things I do that I haven't seen mentioned yet:
Baby powder over the skin first. Helps ease removal and doesn't get hot the way oil does
Use crockpots to heat whatever wax you're using. I have a large crockpot that I mostly fill with pure paraffin, but have started mixing with soy wax. I got a small electric skillet and filled it with number of ceramic pots that I keep soy wax, paraffin and candle pigments (or crayon) in.
With crockpots full of melted wax, I dip in feathers, sponge rollers (the ones made for decoupage work well), huge paint brushes, itty bitty paint brushes, miniature ladels (from the dollhouse section at the craft store) and slightly larger ladels. A friend recently gave me some glass straws to tip into the molten wax so that I can hold my thumb on one end of the tube before pulling it from the pot, then release it to let a stream of molten wax down onto a few layers of wax on skin. I also wait to use bigger ladels til I have a few layers down on the skin to help the heat of a splash dissipate quickly.
Note of caution with crock pots: don't leave them on high and, if you do turn them up high for a short period to speed liquification, be aware that the paraffin can send off fumes that are volatile and can explode in the presence of flame. Also, if you have the wax on high and don't give it half an hour or so (depending on volume in pot) to cool, you're going to burn the bejesus out of your partner with even the most innocuous of applicators. Also be careful of using short-handled implements in the crock pot: they have a way of slipping under the surface and digging them back out is not easy, plus they're too hot to hold for several minutes after. Any metal on brushes etc. can also get hot enough to burn skin very badly if you're careless and lay a brush down on a person or even touch them with it briefly.
Some friends of mine hold blocks of paraffin in toothed tongs and hold a small blowtorch to the wax to get it to drip onto skin. It looks like fun and I may end up using it for a performance sometime, but I personally looooove the way feathers and hot wax feels on my own skin (like hot silk) and fussing with all the brushes is fun, so I'll probably stick with that technique.
What everybody's said about height is very true. I'd add that you can use a crayon and a blowtorch as your main materials as long as you know for sure how hot that wax is when it hits your partner's skin. Drip it onto your fabric-free foot, drip it onto your nekkid knee, drip it onto your bare belly and observe carefully: how bad does it burn YOU, how quickly does your skin turn red, and - most importantly - how quickly does the red fade? If the red isn't fading, you may have caused a burn or even a blister, so plan on making some changes before you cackle too evilly and make a move on your partner.
A game I like to play with a candle, ice cube and blindfold is "fire or ice?" Sometimes a blindfolded bottom cannot immediately tell whether what just hit them is a drop of molten wax or a drop of icewater. And if you're not playing a guessing game, having an ice cube there can serve as a follow up to cool down sensitive (in terms of color changing/burnable) skin after a few drops or splashes or strokes of hot wax. .
Removal: knives and rough brushes are favorites. It's a bit like shaving, then currying (as in horses).
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