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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G/A</submissionType>
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          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: Ararat Capital Management LP -->
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    <coverPageHeader>
      <amendmentNo>4</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001856236</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>European Wax Center, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>29882P106</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>5830 GRANITE PARKWAY, 3RD FLOOR</com:street1>
          <com:city>PLANO</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>TX</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>75024</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(c)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Ararat Capital Management LP</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>2218002.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>2218002.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>2218002.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.0</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>PN</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>The information set forth on this cover page reflects information as of the date of this filing. As of  December 31, 2025, this Reporting Person may have been deemed to beneficially own 2,140,700 shares  of Class A Common Stock (as defined in Item 2(a)) representing 4.9% of the outstanding shares of  Class A Common Stock as of such time.</comments>
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      <reportingPersonName>Narrow River Capital Partners Master Fund, L.P.</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>E9</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>2077603.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>2077603.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>2077603.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>4.7</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>PN</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>The information set forth on this cover page reflects information as of the date of this filing. As of  December 31, 2025, this Reporting Person may have been deemed to beneficially own 2,140,700 shares  of Class A Common Stock representing 4.9% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock as of  such time.</comments>
    </coverPageHeaderReportingPersonDetails>
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      <reportingPersonName>Raffi Tokatlian</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>X1</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>2218002.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>2218002.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>2218002.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.0</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IN</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>The information set forth on this cover page reflects information as of the date of this filing. As of  December 31, 2025, this Reporting Person may have been deemed to beneficially own 2,140,700 shares  of Class A Common Stock representing 4.9% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock as of  such time.</comments>
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    <items>
      <item1>
        <issuerName>European Wax Center, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>5830 Granite Parkway, 3rd Floor, Plano TX 75024</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>This report on Schedule 13G (this "Schedule 13G"), is being jointly filed by (i) Ararat Capital Management, LP ("Ararat"), a Delaware limited partnership, the investment manager to a certain managed account and to Narrow River Capital Partners Master Fund, L.P. (the "Master Fund"), a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, that holds (x) as of the date hereof, 2,077,603 shares of Class A common stock, $0.00001 par value per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), of European Wax Center, Inc. (the "Company") and (y) as of December 31, 2025, 2,140,700 shares of Class A Common Stock, as reported on this Schedule 13G; (ii) the Master Fund; and (iii) Raffi Tokatlian, as the sole member and manager of Ararat Capital Management GP, LLC ("Ararat GP"), the general partner of Ararat ("Mr. Tokatlian," and, collectively with Ararat and the Master Fund, the "Reporting Persons").

The shares of  Class A Common Stock reported herein may be deemed to be beneficially owned (x) by the Master Fund, (y) indirectly by Ararat, as the investment manager to the Master Fund, and (z) indirectly by Mr. Tokatlian, as the sole member and manager of Ararat GP.</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>The address for the Reporting Persons is: 2 Railroad Place, Westport, CT 06880.</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>Ararat is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Mr. Tokatlian is a citizen of the United States. The Master Fund is a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership.</citizenship>
      </item2>
      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item3>
      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>The information required by Item 4(a) is set forth in Row 9 and the comment box of the cover page for each of the Reporting Persons and is incorporated herein by reference.

The percentages set forth in this Schedule 13G as of December 31, 2025 are calculated based upon an aggregate of 43,692,903 shares of Class A Common Stock reported to be outstanding as of November 7, 2025, as reported in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended October 4, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2025.  The percentages set forth in this Schedule 13G as of the date hereof are calculated based upon an aggregate of 44,017,971 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of February 6, 2026, as disclosed in Exhibit 2.1 attached to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 10, 2026.

The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that any Reporting Person is, for the purposes of Sections 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of the shares of Class A Common Stock reported herein.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>5.1%</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>The information required by Item 4(c)(i) is set forth in Row 5 and the comment box of the cover page for each of the Reporting Persons and is incorporated herein by reference.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>The information required by Item 4(c)(ii) is set forth in Row 6 and the comment box of the cover page for each of the Reporting Persons and is incorporated herein by reference.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>The information required by Item 4(c)(iii) is set forth in Row 7 and the comment box of the cover page for each of the Reporting Persons and is incorporated herein by reference.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>The information required by Item 4(c)(iv) is set forth in Row 8 and the comment box of the cover page for each of the Reporting Persons and is incorporated herein by reference.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
        </numberOfSharesPersonHas>
      </item4>
      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item5>
      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>See Item 2(a).</ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>
      </item6>
      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item7>
      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item8>
      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item9>
      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
      </item10>
    </items>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Ararat Capital Management LP</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Raffi Tokatlian</signature>
        <title>By: Ararat Capital Management GP, LLC, its general partner, By: Raffi Tokatlian, Managing Member</title>
        <date>02/11/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Narrow River Capital Partners Master Fund, L.P.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Raffi Tokatlian</signature>
        <title>By: Narrow River Capital Partners GP, LLC, its general partner, By: Raffi Tokatlian, Managing Member</title>
        <date>02/11/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Raffi Tokatlian</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Raffi Tokatlian</signature>
        <title>By: Raffi Tokatlian, Individually</title>
        <date>02/11/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
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