u/nauticalwarrior

I've been really into haircare lately and have been reading up on the Abbey Yung method. I DIY my haircare so I make my own products and I have trouble showering so I modify her method to work better for me. I wash my hair outside of the shower and leave my conditioner on for like an hour with a claw clip in. It's stressful having to shampoo and condition all at once so the break in between is helpful and I think it's good for my hair too.

Anyone else getting an SSL error when trying to get into making cosmetics? Trying to figure out if it's just me

What makes a shampoo "clarifying?" Just using harsher detergents, I assume? I usually formulate either a shampoo bar with SLSa and SCI or a liquid conditioning shampoo with SCI, coco glucoside, and CAPB as surfactants. I'm wanting to try the Abbey Yung method but make the product categories myself as I diy all of my products currently. I see a lot of hard water treatment and clarifying shampoos recommended and am not sure what is needed to formulate those. Would EDTA work for hard water as it's a chelating agent? And would switching one of my surfactants to SLS make it "clarifying?" Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree lol

I made my own homemade micellar water wipes by adding micellar water to a cut up old t shirt and I use them as makeup remover or as bath wipes. I make the micellar water myself so it's inexpensive and I can wash and reuse the t shirt squares. really nice hygiene diy

I've been applying for teacher jobs and I have an interview for a middle school science position Monday!! I'm really excited. I'm working on my credential to teach high school biology and middle school science and a year long residential job is part of that so I'm really hyped

Hi, I'm new to this sub! I'm Lily and I'm 25. I like horses, making skincare/cosmetics (I make all my own cosmetics!), horse races, cats, and umamusume! I'm autistic and chronically ill/disabled. I live with my three kitties, Vanta, Roswell, and Slinky. I work in fast food right now but I hope to someday own my own skincare/haircare business!

Nice to meet everyone!

So I dropped out of my PhD program because it turns out I hate academic science, woohoo! They're giving me a Master's (non thesis) of science in Genetics as a consolation prize. That's the short version of a very long story. I work in fast food rn. I'm kind of feeling like I probably could be doing something with my degree but I don't know What. I am vaguely interested in genetic counseling but that requires a completely different, unfunded degree and I don't actually have 60k lying around. I don't have a strong bioinformatics background.

I don't really like lab work that much; the long hours and poor compensation (I legit make more at unnamed fast food restaurant 40 hour weeks than I did at Big University working 16 hour days, 7 day weeks.) turn me off of it. I would be willing to consider lab work if it was guaranteed to be a reasonable work life balance and not the most punishing work, but all the jobs I've seen advertised are like "dissect zebra fish embryo brains for 6 12s a week for 24k a year" (hyperbole obviously but they are all paying LESS than my current 32k for harder work and longer hours)

Are there any jobs I could do? Or is the job market shit rn/am I expecting too much with the degree I have?

I'm really sick of how people, especially NTs but also some other autistic ppl interpret everything. everything is a personal attack and they have to prove me wrong. even when I'm stating my own opinion or my own experiences, they have to somehow find some way to disprove it with some unrelated anecdote or they have to do some "actually don't call me that" when I wasn't talking to them or "I don't like it when you say that" when I wasn't talking about them. if it has nothing to do with you fuck off. had someone get mad that I was calling them not their name because I use the term John Hancock in reference to a signature. I'm not calling you John Hancock. it's a fucking noun. not every noun and is in reference to you. you're not that important.

I also hate that men have no fucking awareness of what it's like being a woman and will insist that people have to solve all of their problems face to face. I can't do that. it's dangerous for me.

in my apartment community form recently, people have been getting mad at others for reporting them for breaking the rules or for complaining in the community chat about them breaking the rules. there have been posts basically saying that we should shut up and stop complaining about them breaking the rules because we're being Karens. it's full of implied misogyny and outright misogyny. it's also full of ableism because most of what they're complaining about is people reporting those parked illegally in handicapped spaces.

if I were to confront my neighbors for acting up like they suggest I would get my ass beat or worse. it is much safer whenever you're having problems in an apartment complex to talk to the management, than to talk directly to the neighbor who's causing you problems. especially if you're a woman living alone. the fact that people think I'm attacking them and somehow being unfair to them when they're the ones breaking the rules. and I'm the one who just wants to peacefully exist a community where people follow the lease is insane.

It's also not so easy for an autistic person to confront their neighbors. I have communication problems! I am often read as aggressive whenever I don't intend to be! if this is interpreted incorrectly face to face, I face much more severe consequences than if it is over the phone or through an email!

I'm also sick of people on Reddit. everything has to be a fight. you can't put in your two cents without somebody trying to debate you. everyone has to be the most logical and smartest. well I don't give a fuck. i just want to share how I relate to the post. I'm not opening myself up for a debate! it's bad in autistic spaces too. you would think when people are aware we have communication issues they would be understanding that things might not be worded perfectly but no we have to be PERFECT or we're gonna get owned in the comments.

imma be real there's a common denominator between all the people I have "problems" with and it's that they're all men. never had these issues with women. But whatever misogyny is supposed to be dead right? right? lol.

edit: also if you want to pick apart any of the specific wording of this post go to hell im venting, angry, and I wrote this with speech to text

I may just be dumb, but how do you set up contributions/funds on an Amazon wishlist? I can't seem to find the option

Hi. I'm on propranolol 10mg for heart rate (used to be 120mg but I've titrated down as my tachycardia has improved). I used to have extremely low BP when I first started this med (80/50) but recently I took my BP and it was 116/83, which the Internet is telling me is stage I hypertension/isolated diastolic hypertension. A few questions.

1. I thought 80 was pretty normal? Is 3 points going to matter?

2. Is my BP increasing so much over ~3 years cause for concern? Especially since I'm on a medication that should be lowering it?

3. Should I talk to my GP about my diastolic?

Thanks in advance.

I use either mint (prescription toothpaste) or grape (hismile) right now!

how do y'all feel about shampoo bars? personally I LOVE them and find them a good sensory friendly way to get my hair clean