Hard wax possesses which characteristic?

• A. Adheres only to the hair, not skin.
• B. Adheres to both hair and skin.
• C. It adheres to the skin and hair.
• D. It adheres only to the skin.

Answer: (A)

Hard wax is designed to grip hair more than skin. When it cools and sets, it forms a film that bonds to the hair shaft and pulls the hair out as you remove it, while the surrounding skin remains largely unaffected. This is what makes waxing with hard wax relatively less painful and gentler on the skin. So, the characteristic that best matches hard wax is that it adheres only to the hair, not the skin. In contrast, soft wax sticks to both hair and skin and requires strips to remove, which is why that other behavior doesn’t apply to hard wax.