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A shirt I bought has the collar cut off and smells heavily of fragrance. It was not advertised anywhere in the listing that the collar was cut off and I can't wear this shirt with my Rosacea because fragrance is a trigger. Maybe if the the collar was tact I'd give it a good wash. I'm a seller myself and have never gotten negative feedback and this is the first time I've had to give it. Would you want to be messaged or should I just give it the one star and move on? This shirt is being thrown in the trash anyway.

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My hair: Fine 3A-3B fine and thinning due Vitamin D deficiency.

Routine (before): Not Your Mothers Curl Talk rice protein shampoo, Not Your Mothers Curl Talk rice protein 3-n-1 conditioner (leave-in), Herbal Essences curly hair mousse, 10 minutes in a microfiber curly hair towel, and air dry. My hair stayed hydrated and had a couple good days before needing a refresh.

Not Your Mothers stopped making their rice protein shampoo and conditioner.

Current routine: Suave moisture repair deep moisture mask, shampoo, and conditioner + Not Your Mothers Curl Talk rice protein leave-in conditioner spray, Herbal Essences curly hair mousse, 10 minutes in a microfiber towel, and air dry. My hair is soft and dry and bigger and loses some of its curl pattern. It's frizzy too. I will have to hit it with the spray bottle in the morning to avoid tangling until the next wash day. This is just a temporary routine though.

I got the Suave moisture repair to reset my hair. I'm not a big fan of the spray leave-in it doesn't hold like the 3-n-1 did. It's been a long time since I've needed to start over. It's upsetting that NYM stopped making that line, it worked so well for me and was affordable. What they put in it's place is essentially a clarifying Shampoo/conditioner with added fragrance (I have to be careful with fragrance because Rosacea).

Any recommendations? Something hydrating. No coconut and I'm not a volume girlie either. I used CurlSmith eons ago, loved it back then, but I remember it being expensive.

I am not in construction, I'll just make that clear since its in the rules, but I am seeing someone who is. If it helps to know what items specifically are needed, he insulates houses and he's bad about keeping stuff he needs like Advil or hand sanitizer in his truck. I have an empty plastic case that could work for a first aid kit and access to what I called a Super Dollar Tree (bigger store, a lot more stock). He's working overtime right now and doesn't have the time to do it himself. Premade first aid kits are mostly bandaids. I want to make him his own first aid kit. So far on my list is: Tylenol, Advil, Bandaids, Guaze, Hand Sanitizer... I was thinking of adding some of his favorite electrolyte packets as well (debatable since it's getting colder, would he still need them?). Anything else someone can suggest would be great. I'm even willing to hit up Walmart if I have to.

I'm also thinking of grabbing a USB-C charging cord. It's not first aid, but he told me his charging cord broke at work one time, so maybe a backup would be helpful just in case.

Thank you.

I started selling again after a long break of not selling back in June. When I would list my stuff would show up in the search right away. Then I got a few sales, continued to list, and suddenly my stuff was no longer showing up in the search. I discovered that if you filter it for Newest then sometimes (but not all the time) it shows up, but who is thinking to filter like that? As a buyer myself I'm taking what I see in the search directly.

The stuff I've relisted has got less traffic and less likes too, but the same time I had a few items pushing 10 likes, kept sending offers out for as low as I willing to go (which was seriously shortchanging myself) and buyers weren't biting. There's just no winning with Mercari anymore.

I'm so disappointed. It seems Not Your Mothers discontinued their Curl Talk shampoo and conditioner with the rice protein. It's been the only thing to keep my curls tame and not make me look like a soft poodle. What they put in it's place doesn't have rice protein in it, has scent/fragrance (I have sensitive skin due to Rosacea so I can't do that) and seems to be more of a clarifying Shampoo than a general shampoo. This really, sucks, for lack of a better word. Why do companies do this? It was affordable and actually worked for my hair. I managed to find a listing on Amazon which I'm guessing is what's left of their stock. I might get two orders of it, that'll get me through the rest of the year and maybe a little longer, then I don't know what I'll do. I'd prefer something with rice protein, but I'm also not wanting to spend on shampoo and conditioner what I spend to fill my car with half a tank of gas. At the moment I still have half a bottle left of each the shampoo and conditioner at home at least.

Routine: NYM Curl Talk Shampoo, NYM 3-n-1 conditioner, Herbal Essences curly hair mousse, 10-15 minutes in a curly hair towel, and air dry the rest of the time. I also just started once a week NYM Bond Building Shampoo and Conditioner since I've been having issues with shedding.

I'm trying to figure out tackling my oily tzone (my nose is shiny af), been watching some videos on YouTube, and someone says your pores need to be opened in order to accept active ingredients like SA for the SA to work? This one person said to hit your face with some warm water or hold a warm cloth over your face for a few seconds and it will basically create a steam effect and open your pores. Is this true or false?

I have an oily t-zone and it's particularly bad on the nose. Some days I think I'd deal with the redness if my nose didn't look so damn shiny.

I have a derm appointment in November, but its end of November and that's still a lot of time managing my skin at home until then.

Because Edge is doing that now and I can find nothing in the settings to stop it.

Basic because I am basically trying to baby my skin/work on barrier with a very simple routine until my first official derm appointment in November, but the appointment isn't until late November (the earliest they can get me in). I did a purge of all my self care products, stuff that wasn't working, stuff that was probably too much or expired. I've got it down to the basics with Micellar water (Dollar Tree brand), Salicylic acid cleanser (Walmart Equate), and an SPF moisturizer (Walmart equate).

I have Rosacea, occasional acne, and an oily tzone + oily eyelids. I hate my redness, but I hate the oil more. I can feel the oil as I type this and while I do plan on talking about it at the derm that's still some time away yet and if I can do anything to help the oil until then I'll try it, but I want to keep it basic, meaning no harsh actives or expensive serums and preferably within a drug store budget if possible.

Please no recommendations for oil blotting sheets lol those are like a temporary bandaid.

Thank you.

I'm someone who has recently got into lotion, wanting something for my legs and arms. Being that this is a recent change my routine I recognize that I potentially may have to be using this lotion consistently for a bit to consistently feel the effects, but my legs and arms aren't really dry and EOS is a $10 lotion that advertises itself as 24-hour moisture. Shouldn't a lotion that pricey last longer than a few hours? I love their shave cream and pair it with a razor that has a lubricating strip with vitamin E, which feels amazing on my legs, but the lotion itself... Not as nice. I love the scent (Fresh and Breezy) at least. I'm wondering if perhaps I need to get the oil to help too or is EOS just a social media aesthetic?

Does anyone perhaps have any recommendations for a good lotion otherwise?

That's my favorite genre and these days nothing is making me want to curl up with a blanket and just read for hours. Lately I just avoid reading because it feels like a chore and I want something to get me hooked again.

Preference: More modern set stories

Topics I tend to avoid in mystery/thriller: Kidnapped women stories, graphic violence against women, main character goes back to small hometown that they left to uncover secrets of a past crime, the one's combined with horror, the Verity blueprint.

Also, no Freida McFadden please.

Thank you.

For starters: I know see a doctor, go to a gyno. I'm a female woman trying to get healthcare in America. It's next to impossible these days. Appointments are near a year out with my PCP. Appointments are 6 months or more out with gynos. Our walk-in clinics are no longer walk-in and also have long waits. Our planned parenthood closed last year. I'm on a wait list queue but I'm at the bottom of the list.

I'm embarrassed to even admit my title, but its true. I'm not going to get into the deep history of why, but to tl;dr... What would've been my first time turned bad, mental health, shitty men, stress, convinced I was asexual and thought negatively about sex for a long time, was overweight for a long time and didn't want anyone to see my body...

Well... A lot has changed in my life since all that. I've lost some weight. I've mostly got my mental health in check. I've met a guy who has the patience of a saint, he's been so good to me and understanding and keeps saying he's going to take care of me. Somedays, I wonder if he's even real. Despite all that it's a lot of pressure on him to take care of someone for their first time and I've been making attempts at penetrating myself or at least trying to open myself and I am confused...

When I try touching myself while laying down everything is flat and I don't feel where my vaginal opening is... I let my fingers wander and my middle finger will slip into some kind of opening (seems to be right above my anus area where I assume I leak when I on my period), my finger will go inside but it curls and curls around something thats round and hard. Research has told me it's potentially my gspot but I'm not buying it because it's not going deep enough for that to be. Potentially my cervix, but I don't know. All I can picture is having sex and this guys dick curving into me and barely going anywhere and just mentioning it is weird and awkward. There has to be penetration going a little more north right?

I looked in a full mirror this morning standing up and can definitely see the vaginal opening, but there's nothing for my fingers or toys to penetrate into. It's just hard and not wanting to open.

I'm guessing maybe vaginismus, but the thing is I'm not in pain, nothing hurts, nothing burns, nothing tightens up. I want to be touched I want to be penetrated. I'm not anxious.

It's hard for me to get turned and experiment though. I live with my mom, she's disabled with early onset dementia; I'm with her full time to help her out, the house is small and she will hear if I try to relax and really let myself go. She walked in on me day to put something on my desk, I had my toys and lube out and she looked my way for a microsecond, I threw my stuff on the floor when she turned away, and that was that. I don't think she realized what I was doing, but it still killed the mood and attempt and I was annoyed that she didn't even knock. It's rare I get time to myself, let alone time to myself where she doesn't need something from me. And yet I can get turned on, I can feel it and I feel the need to do something about it and at night under the bed the only thing I can do is touch my clit because there's no other way for my fingers to go.

I don't even know where this is going or what my question is... But I'm starting to think my past ironically screwed me and my body just might not be able to have sex. I was fine with that for so long too and now I'm ready and here I am...

The heat, moreso the humidity has been rough this month. It hit hard for the past couple of days this week. We don't have central air just window units. I didn't realize how bad it was until I took a kleenex to wipe my face with to get away from the stickiness and sweat from the humidity and I happened to look up into a mirror and it was like my face had been painted with a red marker. I have baseline redness, but I've never had a flare up that bad. Is there anything temporary I can do to help in the moment? I have a spray bottle filled with water that I will spray on my face when it gets really hot, but that's it.

I've officially got a dermatologist appointment, but that's not until the end of the November. So if I can get anything over the counter to help me out for the rest of the summer... Our local storm chasers are already talking about another heatwave coming in a couple of weeks. RIP me.

I just got a bundle offer on two Funko Pop's, which I didn't even know Mercari offered that now (thought it was just discussed between buyer and seller). I have a set shipping price based on the size of the boxes I have for a single Funko Pop. I'd have to get a bigger box and the price of the shipping would probably go up, but when I go look at the bundle offer there's no more details on shipping and weight. What do I do? I haven't accepted yet.

I've had the Joesoef soap bar on my Amazon Wishlist forever. Where I'm at is having a cooldown in the weather after just having two back-to-back heatwaves. This is probably my chance to order the soap without it melting in transit. The Joesoef brand is $13 though and that's expensive for a bar of soap, in my personal opinion. So, before I buy it, I am curious if it's worth it? What's your experience with it? How long does it have to be used to be effective?

I started the pill (Hailey) on June 18th. I didn't miss a day. My doctor said I didn't have to take it at the same time every day, just as long as I do take it every day. I set an alarm for 8PM on my phone. My phone typically warns me at 7:30 an alarm is coming. I typically have been taking it between 7-7:30. There was one night I took it around 10 because I wasn't home and didn't have it on me. I haven't taken a placebo week because I didn't know about it. On July 3rd, around when I would've expected to start my period I got a tease, but nothing happened. Last Saturday (July 11th) I got teased again got a few days of light spotting with a dark brown color (normal for me). Tuesday the color started turning red. Wednesday it officially started, bleeding, cramping, all the symptoms and has stayed that way since. Usually I get breaks from the cramping and my flow will lessen and there's about a 12 hour period between day 3 and 4 where I get a break, but that hasn't happened. Should I be worried that it hasn't let up yet or is this the normal process of my body adjusting to birth control?

Details: I started Hailey (Loestrin, a pill) June 18th, 11 days after my last period.

I got it to prevent pregnancy (also hoping it might balance some of my breakout issues, but definitely for pregnancy prevention). I am currently not sexually active as my doctor said it would be a month before it would be effective and my boyfriend and I are absolutely not wanting to FAFO with a pregnancy with just relying on a condom.

My doctor said I could start it without affecting my period and expect that my period will probably go away altogether. She never explained to me why it was only 21 days. She never told me about a placebo week. She told me I didn't have to take at the same time every day just to be sure that I do take it every day or it would be a problem. I admittedly did not read about it in the little folded up paper of information because my script came with a 4-month supply and was buried at the bottom of the bag + I picked up other scripts that day. They bagged it all in one bag.

I set an alarm on my phone for 8 PM. I get a half hour warning at 7:30. That's typically when I've been taking it. Sometimes at 7 PM, but not earlier.

My periods have been three weeks apart and made me extremely exhausted + low mood because of already low iron issues. Typically I know I'd be starting my period a few says before with dark brown spotting. Then once the cramping starts it's on.

At the beginning of the month, July 3rd I was teased for about three days, thinking I was going to get my period. Only it never got dark. It truly was a tease, with some next to nothing cramping, a hint of blood and then that was that. I breathed a sigh of relief that I wouldn't have to deal with it for the month.

Now, since Saturday (the 11th) I thought I was getting teased again, only this time it's actually making me think I'm going to get my period. The spotting has been dark brown on and off. I've been cramping since 4am this morning. The dark brown is starting to turn red.

I think I've only missed one day of taking the pill since the 18th and that's because the pills are tiny and have to be popped out of foil. There was one day I gaslighted myself into thinking I must've taken that one yesterday, popped out another one, took it and then the next day I found the pill sitting on my desk. I did not know about placebo week and I guess technically this would be my placebo week, but once I finished the pack I just started another one from the top. I've been reading that it's okay to not have a placebo week? Which, honestly, I will continue to opt out of. I don't want anything to mess up me being protected. My boyfriend and I are being smart, but I also don't want to feel guilty because I want to have sex and don't want to keep delaying it.

Now, I feel like my period is actually coming. I'm bummed, especially since my state is in the middle of an extreme heatwave so that will suck to deal with this week.