u/firstmatedavy

I have a US model of Miele dishwasher (and am in the US), and I'm on a well that has hard water. I have the 18" model, there is no spot to add dishwasher salt that I can see. I'm having issues with white gritty residue on the dishes. Should I add dishwasher salt to my rinse aid (which is the 10% citric acid recommended by the manual), or is there another way I can dispense some salt when my dishes are done?

I mention the country because dishwashers in the US typically do not take salt.

I mean, obviously yes, if you buy basic bulk goods and make things yourself. I'm asking specifically about "consumer goods" type things with plastic or electronic parts.

Thrift stores are awesome, of course. Buying used is the one way I see to have things like this and not support bad labor practices in manufacturing.

I see people say to avoid Temu/AliExpress because of poor labor conditions, but many of the items on Amazon and Walmart are the exact same ones on AliExpress. (Can't speak to Temu because I haven't looked there.)

The things that are for sale in local physical stores, which are mostly chains, don't seem meaningfully different. I've heard about branded products being made by mistreated workers so often that I have to wonder, are they actually likely to be any better than the thing sold by 5 different keyboard smash companies on various cheap crap online storefronts?

So I'm left unsure about whether buying from slightly smaller big corporations is actually better. Is the higher price at a local store doing much to help anyone, or is most of the cost difference going to the company? Within the realm of cheap shit, bootleg cheap shit that might be made by the factory "borrowing" a brand's injection molds to make some extra copies and gets shipped in no particular hurry seems like it might actually be an equal or better option. I wish AliExpress hadn't brought in the gamification and fast shipping.

I used Jamila henna from Henna Caravan to dye my hair on Friday. I mixed it with orange juice because I heard that would have the brightest result. I really like the color, but I'd like to fade the natural brown pigment underneath a bit to make my hair look more orange.

I know that 3% peroxide plus sunlight works for me because I've done it in the past. The previously bleached hair is almost entirely griwn out - I'm a guy and my hair is only an inch long. So I'm not worried about damage.

Do I need to wait some amount of time for the henna to fully set, or can I just go for it?