list your local holy grails!!!

hi!!!! i want to buy some makeup after panning most of what i have, but i’ve never really used local products before. i’m interested in trying pakistani brands :) please list the products/brands you’ve tried and what you liked about them !! (psst: especially eyeliners!!!)

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u/mangocrates — 3 days ago
▲ 3 r/HairCareInPakistan+1 crossposts

where could i find 100% natural amla oil?

looking for some tried and tested suggestions. i know branded products typically have extra chemicals added to them. would be helpful if the given site also had other oils (rosemary, etc) available!

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u/mangocrates — 17 days ago

local cleansing oil suggestions?

big on double cleansing but also trying to cut back costs. i know some local brands have cleansing oils, like primary, klean beauty, bnb, etc… are they any good? which is better than the rest? some feedback would be helpful :)

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u/mangocrates — 25 days ago
▲ 6 r/NCAH

AFAB members, did you get a handle on your symptoms?

hi all. i’m 23F. after years of neglect for my health due to feeling utterly unattractive and unworthy because of everything this condition inflicted on me, i have been diagnosed with ncah. initially i thought it was just pcos, but i am wrong.

this scares me because ncah seems much harder to manage than pcos with a lower success rate as well. it’s absolutely killing my self-esteem. i don’t feel feminine at all, i have severe hirsutism that grows a stubble back just an hour after shaving and a green shadow that never leaves. i have body hair literally everywhere (though it’s thinner and responsive to IPL and shaving so i don’t care about it that much). abdominal weight gain, puffy face, thinning hair, just all of it. i hate that i have this and i hate that it seems so hard to treat. i’ve felt masculine all my life and none of this is helping. i don’t want to go on pred because i’ve worked hard to lose weight down to a manageable level and the thought of losing that scares me. i feel utterly exhausted and defeated.

i just want to ask everyone else here, did you manage to control this?? especially hirsutism? improved your quality of life? my diagnosis has me spiraling and i don’t know what to do. i’m terrified that i’ll never look better, like i was SUPPOSED to

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u/mangocrates — 2 months ago

how do i live a fulfilling life? feeling so depressed constantly

i’m 23F lesbian in islamabad. parents obviously unsupportive and don’t even acknowledge it, just said “oh it’s a phase” and moved on to operate as usual. this was when i was 13 and it’s been this way since.

i just feel so jealous of people abroad, who have these mixed-gender diverse friend groups of different identities, the freedom to go where they want when they want, who just live normal lives. i feel insanely isolated and lonely because i never meet anyone who is accepting of the lgbt community and like i can’t form meaningful friendships.

i feel so bitter about my arrested development too; i never had a reckless teenage party phase because of this ridiculously imposing country, never had a typical high school romance, never formed a strong group of friends. it’s like i just missed half my life and i don’t know how to move past this feeling

how do you guys deal? how do you build a community of real friends? the loneliness and jealousy is honestly driving me insane. the feeling of “i missed out” haunts me every second of every day

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u/mangocrates — 3 months ago
▲ 56 r/BPD

genuinely how do you guys get over the chronic emptiness and boredom??

i feel like i’m going insane. i’m constantly restless because i just want to ENJOY something, but genuinely nothing holds my attention or brings me true enjoyment. i get so jealous of my friends who are able to partake in hobbies and go places, the only thing that brings me any sort of dopamine rush is interacting with my FP which is my constant source of obsession these days and it’s not even healthy because i feel like our friendship is falling apart !!!!

i just want a distraction but nothing holds me. i am so tired of feeling so empty all the time unless i’m fixated on a person who has all the power over my mood. how do you guys deal honestly?? i can’t go outside much since i live in an unsafe country and my transport is limited. currently titrating lamictal, on a low dose atm (25 mg)

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u/mangocrates — 3 months ago