My mom and I made a sugaring paste yesturday and today I was extremely anxious to try it out. However the paste does not stick well and I noticed that it melted pretty fast. Is there something I did wrong in the recipe? I used 4 teaspoons of lemon juice, 2 cups of water and 3 cups of organic cane sugar. I just can't win -.-

I think the water did it. You should probably not put any water in it. I made mine a few days ago. I used 1 lemon, half a kilo of sugar and a spoon of salt. After it boiled it became very dark brown, and also pretty hard.

Get a good piece and warm it up in the microwave for 3 seconds or so. Not more than 5 seconds or it won't work.

The problem I had was that while I was working with it, the paste just kept melting in my hands which kept becoming warm. Keep making it a 'ball'.

Hope this helps.

you must be very accurate in order to get a working product. I've posted this link to my instructions several times, but really everyone's problem seems to be sparse instructions on the internet.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgnsbgd3_22drs3m7c6