While Sugar Me Right! is certainly aptly named, sugaring is not the only thing Shannon Gray’s downtown Peterborough beauty studio does right. Whether you’re getting a facial, eyelash tint, laser hair removal, or a relaxation massage, you can be assured you’ll receive expert and professional service.
It all began back in 2011, when Gray began offering sugaring services — a gentler and safer form of hair removal that can be used on all parts of the body — based out of her Buckhorn home. Within a year, she began renting spaces in Peterborough for her business before opening her first beauty studio on Park Street, later moving to Charlotte Street and finally, in 2017, to her current larger location at 161 Sherbrooke Street, where she added even more services and more staff.
Today, Sugar Me Right! Beauty Studio specializes in Alexandria Professional Body Sugaring services, and Gray herself has become not only certified but a Master Educator of the award-winning brand’s technique. While Alexandria Professional’s sugar is all-natural and high-quality, it’s the up-to-date training on the brand’s advanced sugaring techniques and skin health principles that really makes it stand out from other methods.
“You can be good at sugaring but there’s always room to grow and learn, and if you stop doing those things, you’re doing a disservice to your customers,” says Gray. “Ongoing education is the key to making us who we are.”
Unlike decades-old sugaring techniques, Alexandria Professional’s techniques have been constantly evolving to not only streamline the experience for clients, but to improve body mechanics for the practitioner and reduce the risk of injury. For its dedication to service and the knowledge of what products can do for the skin, Sugar Me Right! received Alexandria Professional’s 2021 award for the highest sales in an Ontario retailer during the company’s 30th anniversary year.
Recognizing that sugaring can be beneficial for everyone for a number of reasons, including overcoming skin sensitives and reducing stress, Gray works to remove stigmas around hair removal by offering sugaring services for men as well as women, and also welcomes people who are nonbinary.
While Sugar Me Right! specializes in sugaring, Gray has continued to expand her business by offering a range of other beauty services, such as Sharplight Technologies for laser hair removal and body contouring. From upper lip and jawline to the chest, abdomen, and beyond, the services can be used anywhere on the body with a few exceptions.
Other services include lash and brow lifts and tints (including using Refectocil), while facials and massages are always available. In fact, Sugar Me Right! encourages starting the week on a relaxing note with Massage Monday, where all massage bookings will come with a free hand scrub.
Sugar Me Right! is open at 161 Sherbrooke Street from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. For more information about the available services and to book a session online, visit sugarmeright.ca. You can also follow Sugar Me Right! on Facebook and Instagram.
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