My Gold Sugar is made with sugar, lemon juice and water. There are five unique flavors. Each one can be used with the paste method (ball method, flick method) without heating or heating slightly for a few seconds in a microwave or on a low setting in a wax/sugar warmer. My Gold Sugar can also be used just like soft wax with strips to remove it. When using the strip method, heat the sugar to a honey consistency (and still a safe temperature for the skin) so that it goes on thinner. Ideally this sugar is most economical when used with the paste method because no application sticks or strips are needed and less product is used since you can keep reusing the same ball of sugar for entire body areas.