u/Maleficent_Hand_4031

Hi!

I am not quite sure how to approach this, but I am looking for someone in the Boston area who would work on doing a couple layers of white and / or some minor shading for three tattoos.

All of the areas are very small, around the size of a finger or so.

I have never really done this, as I have always worked with the original artist in the past.

Thanks!

Hi!

I want to apologize ahead of time, because I read the Wiki and keyword searched and I am still having an issue figuring it out, so I apologize if my answer is there.

I have a lot of ear jewelery, so in an ideal world I would wear the masks with the straps that go behind your head. But they tend to cause migraines, so I have decided on wanting ear loops instead I guess because it feels like the best of two bad options for me and ones that I will reliably wear the most. In addition to this, I have fragrance sensitives, so wearing masks is also really helpful for being in Ubers and Lyfts. The important thing to me is that I wear them, and if that means they get caught in my jewelry, it does unfortunately. :(

I am hoping to find recommendations on the best (cost effective hopefully) ear loop masks available on Amazon or somewhere with quick and zero cost shipping. I know that looking for something with ear loops that doesn't cause issues for ears is going to be hard, so like I said, just hoping for the best possible options.

Thank you so much for any suggestions!

EDIT: To clarify, I was hoping to hear from people who are either in this situation or who have been in this situation with jewelery or who were thinking about ear loops with that in mind. Sorry for any confusion!

Hi!

So I know there are a bunch of questions here about face wash already, and I tried to look through them and I couldn't find anything that answered this, but I apologize if it's there and I missed it.

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So, I'm in my mid thirties, and up until now I have never needed a specific face wash. Like, I washed my face so it was clean, but nothing that needed to target anything specific.

The main issue now is my chin and the area around it. It is oily and has rough bumps that you can only see if you look really close up. The rest of my face is fine, including the rest of my T-zone area.

From looking online it looks like I have dehydrated skin that overly produces oil in some places? I am not sure.

So I guess I am looking for something that will help with this (I have not been able to find anything so far), but ideally not cause any issues with the rest of my face. If the answer is I need more than one product I can deal, I would just rather avoid it.

Hopefully this makes sense!

Hi!

So I want to adopt a cat, but I have allergies to some cats.

(I have lived with cats and I catsit sometimes, and I am generally not allergic to cats, but it is something that I definitely want to verify before adopting since it has come up before.)

I was hoping to learn more about potential options -- I think ideally I would want to meet a cat that is currently at a foster home a few times just to make sure it was a good fit, but I am not sure if that is possible? I know there are places to adopt where you can visit the cat at their foster home once, but I am not sure about multiple times.

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to ask shelters or rescues about this? Or has anyone else been in this situation? I know that foster to adopt is an option, but for a variety of reasons that doesn't seem like a great fit.

I live in the greater Boston area if there are any specific recommendations!

I am happy to answer any questions. I have never adopted a cat by myself and am not really experienced around this process (though I have done research around general cat adoption), so any help would be welcome!

Hi!

I have been a vegetarian for most of my life. I haven't eaten meat aside from when I was a younger kid in a mostly vegetarian house, and a random short period in my early 20s where I tried to do the whole pasture raised beef situation. I am now in my mid thirties, and have been vegetarian otherwise.

I have tried to become a vegan a few times before, and it never worked out super well. I am a terrible cook, and have some chronic health stuff that doesn't really help in regards to food prep, etc.

I really want to try again, and I wanted to hear from folks who are vegetarian and in the same spot. What are the harder parts for you? Where are you in this process? What are you most worried about relationship wise? Part of this is a post asking for advice, and part of it is sort of processing I guess, and hoping to find people in the same or similar situations.

I already don't drink milk by itself, and I don't eat eggs directly. So basically where I am stuck is when eggs/dairy are in things, and cheese. And ice cream. I still eat yogurt, but I am pretty close to cutting that out.

Anyway, love any thoughts!

(I also want to clarify in case it comes up, this post is not to judge folks who never plan to be vegans. It is solely to try to figure out more things for myself.)

Hello!

I wanted to ask about average costs for monthly cleans in the Greater Boston area. To clarify, I am really not trying to underpay anyone -- I am trying to understand if this is something that I can really afford or something that I just might not be able to have happen anymore. I believe people should be paid fairly for the work that they do.

I have my 1bdr/1 bathroom apartment (with a very very small kitchen and what feels like a fairly average sized living room) cleaned monthly, by two cleaners, a woman and her daughter. They are usually here around two hours, sometimes a little more and sometimes a little less. They charge $185 for the clean. It is incredibly helpful for my life, especially because I am disabled and work full time.

However, I sat down and looked at my financial situation, and I think I really can't afford it anymore. I am trying to understand if this is a reasonable cost in the Boston area (I am also not within Boston itself just in case that makes a difference). I have tried to get other quotes, but they are mostly from larger cleaning companies, which I am trying to avoid, but they do charge less. I have posted on various social media pages, and I haven't had a ton of luck.

Thank you so much to anyone who can help!

So this was long enough ago and ridiculous enough ago that to me it is less devastating and more absurd (though it certainly did not feel like it at the time), and I am curious if folks know how this happened / how common this is.

My step grandmother is absolutely nuts / really awful, and between those two things a lot of false things got put on his death certificate.

It got mailed to me versus my father (who was dealing with most of this) because he lives outside of the country, and I remember getting it in the mail and opening it and seeing all of this bananas stuff like that he had been in the military (he had not) and that his first wife's name (my dad's mother) was incorrect, but in a really rude and obvious way, and it was a mess. His middle name was wrong. I remember calling my dad and hearing his jaw drop over the phone.

I can't remember all of the details of what happened because it got passed off to someone else at some point and it was years ago (and I am not sure if my dad would want to talk about it), but I would be interested in learning more about how these kinds of things happen. I imagine some proof of identification and documentation is generally needed to get information for this kind of thing?

Hi!

So I know this isn't a beauty question (I'm sorry, I think this is the second time I have done this -- I haven't found any ff channels on reddit that people regularly use besides this one? Definitely open to suggestions.)

Anyway, waterproofing spray. A group that I am in wants to use it for a banner, and I am trying to understand if the spray is going to stick into the canvas. I definitely understand that I should be not near the spraying or the banner anytime soon after it was sprayed, but has anyone been around materials that have been sprayed? The particular brand is called 303 fabric guard.

I might totally be overthinking this but like...I have a hard time believing the smell isn't going to stick into the canvas fibers?

Sorry again that this isn't beauty related. Feel free to delete if needed / let me know if you know of a better place to put it.

Thank you!

Hello,

This is of course a very basic word (library), and I am 99 percent sure that it is ספריה but I have seen ספרייה in multiple places, so I wanted to verify, because my usual issue is like everyone else's, which is context with multiple options, but this seems different than that?

Thank you, and I'm sorry for a question that I think is probably very obvious to answer. I am also curious if there are other words like this and if there is some sort of pattern? Again, apologies if this is obvious!