Sugar Sanctuary

I just got back from the most incredible hair removal appointment I’ve ever had. Yung Ai’s A GENTLE, well-​versed in sugaring, organized, informational and most of all does an absolutely fantastic job. I am mixed race and have hairs that vary in length and consistency throughout my body, Yung was super thorough and consistently removed every hair with NO DAMAGE to my skins top layer AT ALL! I could cry how happy I am to had this experience as I’ve waxed for years and shaved and had such pain and issues in these areas causing hair removal to be a somewhat traumatic occurrence if not done with super refined care which Yung Ai 100% whole heartedly applies in her work! From the moment I arrived I was comforted with Kombucha and chocolate and was made very comfortable! Can’t wait to continue seeing Yung she’s incredible and dependable with her communication and phone usage ! Thank Goddess for her !

Had my first sugar waxing this past weekend!
so its a room inside a salon I think its called K2 let them know you have an appt with Yung Ai Sugar Sanctuary and they will let her know.
first impression of Yung Ai: warm, welcoming, friendly, passionate and very knowledgeable of her sugaring.
She’s into all natural products and gave great recommendations and educated me on what to do and not to do we also have great conversation.
If you can believe it I used to go to Habit in SF and Yung Ai is way better and less painful.
I will only see her for my waxing needs and im so happy that I had the opportunity to meet her and that Unilocal helped me find her.
Thank you Yung Ai ill see you soon! :)

Yungai is simply the best! I can’t thank her enough for all the amazing work, attention to detail, and genuine care. The best sugar mama around. I used to wax, veet, nair, self-​bleach and everything under the moon… but Yungai has inspired me to stick with sugar from now on. She always shares valuable advice for what my skin might need. Highly knowledgeable and sticks to the natural remedies. She’s all about toxin-​free products, which I love. My skin has greatly improved since seeing Yungai and following her advice — less ingrowns and no more painful bumps! She really is a magic woman, a professional in her field, and a complete joy to be around!

Can’t recommend Yung Ai enough. If there was ever such a thing as a spiritual Brazilian experience, this is it. Yung Ai shines kindness and radiates love, even as she plucks hard-​to-​budge hairs from your nether regions.
I’m hairy, and the first time she breathed and talked me gently, assuringly through the whole thing. Yes, it was painful, but survivable with her calming and caring manner.
I was swollen as heck for 3 days after my first time, sitting and sleeping on frozen peas, but that’s cuz I’m of the hairier variety and this was my first ever experience with hair removal other than shaving.
I have since gone back two more times, and each has been MUCH easier, and even enjoyable, as I get to hang out with a beautiful, soulful woman who is living her spiritual path in each moment, leaving me more faithful in humanity every time I leave.
For reals.
Go.

I have been getting sugared for close to 10 years now and I must say this is THE BEST sugaring experience that I’ve ever had! Yung Ai was knowledgeable, efficient and gentle! I can’t say enough good things about her! If you’re looking to try sugaring I would highly recommend her

Yung-​Ai is a great esti and «sugarologist» ;) She is very flexible with your schedule which is a plus if you have kids or have a busy schedule like me. I only use to do wax until she asked if i want to try sugaring and everything else she’s ever suggested has been marvelous so i went for it and… WOOOOOOWWWWW!!! Go for the sugaring its totally worth it!!! It is definitely 100% better. Less painful, less redness afterwards than waxing and my skin was super smooth. She is into natural and holistic skin care which I love. The Kambucha and chocolate is also a nice touch!

Everyone should sugar rather than wax to begin with. It’s a lot more sanitary (no double dipping!), good on sensitive skin, and hair grows back slower. That said, after moving down to the East Bay from Seattle where sugaring is way more popular, I was worried about finding someone good. It was a huge relief to find Yung Ai. She does an amazing job and she’s so easy to talk to There weren’t any awkward moments or anything like that. She’s awesome and if you’re in need of hair removal, go to her!
2 notes: She’s located in a salon and parking is easy

I have very sensitive skin and a lot of hair. Sugaring is amazing and yungai is great! I felt so comfortable during my session. Afterwards I enjoyed my hair — free, smooth skin for a few weeks. I highly recommend sugaring at the sugar sanctuary with yungai!

I had my first experience with sugaring with Yungai at the sugar sanctuary. What a great experience! It is so much gentler than waxing, and will even get those fine hairs that waning doesn’t seem to get. The space is very clean and private, and Yungai is so sweet and unassuming, she makes you feel completely comfortable, and she is a perfectionist when it comes to getting every last hair. I highly recommend her.

I couldn’t be happier that my Sugar Mamma Yungai moved her business to Oakland! No more driving to SF for sugar, it’s right here by the lake! I love her new space it’s clean and bright. Yungai is the only person I will let remove my hair «down there» she is gentle and accurate and her calming energy makes you feel comfortable even when in potentially award positions. Love this lady and I would never go back to wax, sugar for life!

Yung is amazing! She explains everything during the sugaring process and all the advantages of sugaring vs waxing. At the end my skin was very smooth and not red at all. She also made me feel very comfortable about everything that she was doing because she is very professional and super nice! She also answered to all of my questions and gave me great tips of how to take care of my skin. Yung seems genuinely interested in her clients, and not only about the business, and its really easy to contact her, which is great to schedule appointments. I’ll definitely be coming back and bringing my friends. It was a great experience, with a lot less pain than with regular wax; and I’m excited about my next session!

Yung is the absolute best. I will try to make this concise but very informative for anyone looking for the best hair removal salon. (1) Yung is a great teacher. She explains the history behind sugaring and the benefits compared to waxing, and believe me, there are many. (2) Sugaring is a lot less painful than waxing. I have a pretty bad ingrown hair problem, and she was able to get around that issue. My skin was not red, bleeding, or ruined like it usually is when I get waxed. (3) Yung is an absolutely wonderful person, and great to talk to while you’re getting sugared.
Her salon is clean and professional, and she is easily accessible to make an appointment.
All in all, I cannot rave enough about her, and everyone should go see her if they are looking for great hair removal solutions.

Yung Ai is amazing! It was incredibly easy to make an appointment and she was professional and thorough. To top it off it was the least painful sugar experience I’ve ever had. I couldn’t be more please with the service and outcome, even got a few samples for at home care between sessions.

I’ve been coming to Yung Ai for months now! She got me totally hooked on waxing and sugaring and now I can’t imagine an alternative. Yung Ai is sooo sweet, makes you feel comfortable, is full of advice and helpful tips, she’s gentle and is always checking in on how you’re doing… She’s just the best! Highly recommended, I regularly travel from San Francisco to Oakland to support her — and get my perfect sugaring!

A miracle has happened. My skin is soft as a baby’s butt and smooth. What’s more, I have not touched it for over TWO WEEKS.
If you’re anything like me– lots of fine body hair, with highly sensitive skin, you’re also no stranger to the pitfalls of waxing and shaving. Shaving– what a waste of time! The five o’clock shadow is what I’d consider ideal — even with a brand new 5 blade razor I get the 11 a.m. shadow. If I want to be hair free, I really have to shave twice a day and battle the inevitable razor burn and bumps that come with it. No thanks!
I tried waxing too– it works okay, unless my skin comes off with the wax. And often it leaves me feeling raw with little microscopic bits of wax clinging to my flesh. It smells like burnt plastic to me. Next, there’s something about waxing that seems to encourage rapid hair regrowth and ingrown hairs.
So – up until now my hair removal device of choice has been a Braun epilator. It’s a spinning wheel with little tweezers that revolves and rips out each hair at the root, sometimes causing blood to squirt out. Yes, it hurts like hell, and it only lasts a few weeks.
So my experience with hair removal has been pretty dismal. Then my sweet neighbor mentioned that she was having a sugaring party to introduce her friends and neighbors to a new business owner from Sugar Sanctuary, Yung Ai. I envisioned getting exfoliated with a big sugar scrub. I said ‘sure’, mostly because I like my neighbor. It was only then that I learned it was hair removal. I gave it a whirl on my inner thigh. Ever since the birth of my second daughter I grew a weird stripe of tenacious hair there that seemed to regenerate in seconds. Yung Ai took care of it in a few minutes, while engaging in pleasant conversation. It didn’t hurt. Sugar goes in the hair growth direction and isn’t as harsh on your skin. I barely felt anything. Best yet– it washes off with soap and water, and has no perceptible odor.
A few weeks passed then a whole month, and I noticed the hair hadn’t grown back. AT ALL. Wow. No ingrown hairs, no bristle, no nothing. I booked an appointment with Yung Ai at her actual shop, Sugar Sanctuary which is clean, beautiful room in the K2 salon space in downtown Oakland – well Chinatown really. This time I did my entire leg. It took over an hour to have every microscopic hair meticulously coaxed off. Yung Ai made me feel so comfortable. She is a gentle, kind, non-​judgmental person, which is really important to me. I don’t want to feel ashamed about my middle aged mom body for one minute! I cannot describe to you how slipping on a pair of jeans felt after the treatment. I felt so… gloriously… naked. Even though my skin flares up over every little thing, the minor redness was gone in less than an hour, and I suffered no palpable damage to my delicate skin.
It’s been over two weeks. I have zero ingrown hairs, and very very little regrowth. It is nothing short of a miracle! Yung Ai is a master of her craft. I am never waxing or shaving again. I am going to the sugar sanctuary for everything. I should mention that the Sugar Sanctuary prices are the most affordable when I did a brief comparison to other Oakland venues, so the treatment will not break your budget.
Next I am going to try removing my Peri-​menopausal moustache. First I have to grow it out so it can be removed– oh, the shame– If the results are in any way similar, I will weep real tears of joy, being freed from my 100 tweezes a day ritual.
Seriously– go get sugared. You won’t believe it.