Ryane Ashley Sugaring Studio

The studio sits at 195 E. 4th St. in the East Village Arts District of Downtown Long Beach, inside Salon Row, and offers free parking on 4th Street. It serves clients from Long Beach, Belmont Shore, Bixby Knolls, Signal Hill, Lakewood, San Pedro, Naples, Carson, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach and surrounding areas. Appointments are available Thursday and Friday evenings, Saturday daytime and Sunday daytime; the studio is closed Monday through Wednesday.

Sugaring is the main service. The studio offers sugaring for most areas of the face and body, including the Brazilian, bikini line, legs, underarms, arms, upper lip, chin, brow, stomach, buttocks and back. A Brazilian sugaring appointment removes all or most of the hair in the pubic area and typically takes 30 to 45 minutes, depending on hair density and how the skin responds. Hair should be at least a quarter inch long before an appointment. First visits begin with a consultation about past hair removal, skin sensitivities and goals. Each service takes place in a private suite.

The studio offers a 60-minute custom facial and a skin analysis that helps shape a skincare routine; the analysis is booked through the website. The studio publishes daytime and nighttime routines, along with skin education pages on ingredients and products, and some product links on the site are affiliate links that earn the studio a commission. Clients are asked to skip retinol, exfoliating acids and other active skincare for at least 48 hours before an appointment, and to avoid heat such as hot showers, saunas and intense workouts for 24 to 48 hours afterward.

Tools and surfaces are disinfected between every client, and the studio uses a single-use sugaring technique to limit contamination. A new client special offers two Brazilian sugaring appointments for $80. Ongoing sugaring specials, including a Bring a Babe Brazilia offer, do not expire, need no promo code and cannot be combined with each other. Clients must be 18 or older to book, and cancellation and rescheduling terms are given at the time of booking. The studio describes itself as a top-rated sugaring studio in Long Beach.

Focuses on gentle hair removal and personalized skin care for sensitive and reactive skin, with the goal of reducing irritation, ingrown hairs and sensitivity after removal.

Each service takes place in a private suite, and the studio describes its setting as calm and private.