Clears the follicle

Salicylic acid reaches inside the follicle while glycolic and lactic acids smooth the surface, so hair grows through clean instead of curling back.

Apply right after the service

Camphor, glycerin, and vitamin E calm and hydrate as the acids work, so it goes on immediately after waxing, sugaring, or shaving and dries without a sticky residue.

One for the room, two to sell

Every 3 pack is half of retail. Use one as your treatment room bottle and retail the other two, and the last step of your service becomes the start of the sale.

Roll on, pump, or pad

Choose the 100 ml roll on, the 50 ml Dreamsicle roll on, the 100 ml glass pump bottle, or the pads, and mix formats across orders as you learn what your clients reach for.

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What is in Smooth Operator

Smooth Operator works with three exfoliating acids. Salicylic acid is oil soluble, so it reaches into the follicle where an ingrown hair starts, while glycolic and lactic acids work on the surface to keep dead skin from trapping the hair as it grows back. Camphor cools and calms the skin, glycerin and vitamin E hydrate it, and the alcohol base helps the serum dry fast so it can be applied the moment a service is finished. It contains acetylsalicylic acid, so anyone with an aspirin allergy or who is pregnant or nursing should use Truth Serum instead. The complete list is below.

Full Ingredient List:

Water, SD Alcohol-40b, Isopropanol, Glycerin, Acetyl Salicylic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, Dimethicylmethoxy Chromanyl Palmitate, Tetrahydrodiferuloylmethane, Salicylic Acid, Glycolic Acid, Lactic Acid, Cinnamomum Camphora, Camphor, Vitamin E, Cyclohexasiloxane, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Phenoxyethanol

Complement your routine:

Sugar Body Scrubs

Slowyourroll Skin Care Oil
Slowyourroll Skin Care Oil

Nourishing Oils

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lifted brow lamination

Body Wash

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Woman owned skincare products

Why Smooth Operator works when other ingrown hair serums do not

Smooth Operator is for anyone who gets ingrown hairs or razor bumps after waxing, sugaring, or shaving and wants something that works from the first application. It was created by a licensed esthetician with almost 25 years of waxing behind her, because nothing on the market was strong enough to clear a stubborn ingrown and gentle enough to apply the moment a service is finished. It has been used on real clients before it was ever sold, and it is the product our customers reorder most.

Apply it to clean skin as soon as the wax is finished, let it air dry completely, then follow with Nourishing Oil. That is step two and three of the routine on our aftercare cards, and the client repeats it daily at home.

3 packs are half of retail, so each unit costs you half of what you sell it for. Most studios keep one open in the room and two on the shelf.

Both, if you can. Smooth Operator is the stronger, acid based option for clients with persistent ingrowns and razor bumps. Truth Serum is acid free and pregnancy safe, for sensitive skin, expecting clients, and facial or brow waxing. Choosing per client is the easiest upsell in the room.

The 100 ml roll on in our regular scent is the workhorse, and Dreamsicle is the one clients pick up because it smells good. The pump bottle suits clients who apply by hand, and the pads sell to travelers and gym goers.

Yes, that is what most pros do. The formula is the same in every format, so use whichever applicator is fastest for you in the room, and retail the rest.

You already have it. There is no application and no login. Add 3 packs to your cart and check out with your business name and email, and we confirm professional status before the order ships. Email your resale certificate to hello@justthestrip.com before ordering if you would like sales tax removed.