About Wax Safety...

 Wax play is/can be edge play. It is a sensation play both by putting it on and taking it off. Not all wax is made the same so be familiar with the wax you’re playing with temperature wise. Some are made with of soy wax, some with beeswax, some with coconut or other oils. Some have parabins in them, not to be confused with paraffin (which can also be in wax play candles), and all can cause an allergic reactions. Some may cause reactions that are not allergies but simply chemical imbalances between the wax ingredients and the person you’re putting it on. Colored wax may stain so test it before you play or make your space where you won’t have to worry about it. 

In prepping your place for wax play you want something that won’t tear or melt through so painters’s plastic is way out. We use four mil plastic at a minimum. We also use red rosin paper for pathways, both avast the big box stores in the paint section. You want to protect the space where your heating if using more than pillar candles along with a splash zone around your bottom. You may want to go a foot or so up the wall if you’re close to it. You may also want to protect the walk space to the bathroom and have whatever you’re going to use to do final removal already in the bathroom shower. You may want to offer a shower cap so that they don’t have to worry about the dawn or wax in their hair. We keep the disposable ones in the wax tote. We use dawn dish soap because it will break down our wax along with hot water. Know that some waxes do not break down with Dawn and regular hot water. So be mindful of them in your pipes.

When negotiating a wax place scene find out where they do not want wax and then negotiate how you are taking it off either plastic spatula, resin knife, plastic knife, real knife, what have you. There is a lot to be said for the intimacy not only of putting a wax on, but taking the wax off. Some of that will depend on how you’re applying the wax just dripping or pouring from a warmer of some type be a crockpot, beaker, or other things.

Always and I will say it again Always test the temperature before putting it on your bottom. Every pillar that’s lit every scoop that is poured if you can’t take the heat they won’t either and your scene will end rather quickly. The closer to the body it is poured the warmer it is. The higher You are the more chance for splash but the cooler it is. The top needs to watch and keep track of not only how the bottom is but how the pillar is burning or pillars. I like to use three or four candles in one hand so that I get a steady drip, but I have to manage how they are burning as well. As like any other kink, wax play may cause a bottom to Subspace, so please make sure to check on them both after a scene and/or later on. Both their mental well being and body may not show reaction right away.