1 listing · Greater Manchester
Hair removal for legs, underarms, bikini and face, lasting four to six weeks. Manchester is the beauty capital of the north and the place where trends from social media reach the high street first.
One listing currently offers waxing in Manchester, identity-verified. Listed prices run from £18 to £70, with a 60-minute appointment typically around £64. Appointments are listed at 15, 30 or 60 minutes. They treat clients at their own studio or salon and also offer mobile appointments. Availability is concentrated in Salford Quays. Besides English, languages spoken here include Urdu.
Waxing removes hair from the root, using either warm strip wax pulled off with a fabric strip or hot (film) wax that sets on the skin and is lifted away on its own. Hot wax grips the hair rather than the skin, so it is the usual choice for sensitive areas such as the underarms, bikini line and face; strip wax is quick and effective over legs, arms and backs.
The skin stays smooth for four to six weeks and, with regular appointments, regrowth often becomes finer and sparser. Salon menus list waxing by area — half leg, full leg, underarm, bikini line, brows, lip and chin — and most offer bundles. Male waxing for backs and chests is widely available too.
Hair needs to be around a quarter of an inch long for the wax to grip. Exfoliate gently a day or two before but not on the day, and avoid hot baths, sunbeds and the gym for 24 hours afterwards. Tell the therapist if you use retinoid creams, which make the skin more fragile.
Read the full guide to waxing — what it involves, who it suits and what it costs. Also known as leg waxing, bikini wax and hot wax.
The City Centre and Deansgate have the polished salons and the aesthetic clinics, with HydraFacials, skin peels and laser courses booked around office hours, while Spinningfields serves a lunchtime trade in gel nails and brow tidies. The Northern Quarter is home to the independent nail artists and lash technicians, often in shared studios above bars and vintage shops, and it is the best part of the city for detailed nail art and Russian volume lashes. Salford Quays is busier midweek, with appointments fitted around MediaCityUK, and Didsbury is residential, with long-standing salons whose clients have been booking the same therapist for years.
More on beauty therapists, salons and clinics in Manchester — areas, pricing and how booking works locally.
For waxing specifically, the professionals listed here work out of Salford Quays . You can also browse everything in Manchester .
Listed prices run from £18 to £70, depending on the treatment length and on whether you go to them or they come to you. A 60-minute appointment typically costs around £64.
Yes — every listing offering waxing in Manchester offers mobile appointments, and all of them also treat clients at their own studio or salon.
The listing listing here works out of Salford Quays.
