Rebecca began sugaring solo in Ocean Beach in summer 2009 and opened Swanky Sugar on Newport Avenue in 2010, now operating from 1929 Cable Street behind the Dirty Birds building with a trained team of estheticians working as licensed Sugaristas. The studio runs sugaring as its primary hair-removal method — a body-temperature paste of sugar, lemon, and water that eliminates burn risk and pulls hair in the natural growth direction, which is a gentler mechanism than the strip-wax technique common at blow-dry-forward hair-focused salons like Hue Salon. Additional services include electrolysis for permanent single-follicle hair removal, dermaplaning, and brow shaping, with Mangomint booking infrastructure handling the scheduling across multiple practitioners. The studio is identified as women-owned on Google and retails a curated selection of locally-made jewelry alongside post-wax aftercare products. Full-body sugaring clients often pair appointments with same-day blowouts at nearby stops like Chameleon Hair Lounge & Boutique, building out a beach-prep routine around OB's summer event calendar. Hard kombucha on tap in the waiting area and a loyalty program covering regular Brazilian, underarm, and brow maintenance round out the membership model. The most complex bookings coordinate a full-body sugaring session with a multi-session electrolysis plan for clients transitioning away from maintenance waxing entirely, a combined protocol that takes several months to complete.