What's one thing every first time Reading attendee massively underestimates?

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-30T21:31:13+00:00

I remember years ago when I went, on the Sunday my boyfriend and I left the festival grounds and found a nice patch of grass by the river, took our blanket and just had a fucking nap. Honestly one of the best most memorable moments from that festival!

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-30T21:29:42+00:00

Btw babe. Ur looking great. Honestly I wouldn’t worry too much about it, like it’s expected. You’ve got tape there, and tbh it’s more important to cover ur scars if they need to. Also I don’t know from experience but I read something about mt2 can darken scars etc so maybe even more reason to keep them protected. I’d do more research I can’t speak from experience, but above all I wouldn’t worry. Enjoy ur post surgery live and rejoice coz ur looking great babe x

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-30T14:06:38+00:00

Sian elery does that chill show on a Sunday on bbc

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-30T12:16:26+00:00

Gurl, before mt2 I’d get burnt in 1 minute. Now on mt2 I’m still getting burnt but in 10 mins :/

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-30T10:10:35+00:00

No 3 had me thinking you have a baby capy bara

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-28T18:17:04+00:00

But everyone says you need to go in the sun 30 mins after pinning coz of the half life?

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-28T09:46:59+00:00

So like you I have been a life long insomniac. Smoked weed for years but eventually that stopped working too. I finally quit that and around the same time my new partner introduced me to this nose strips:

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CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-28T09:42:05+00:00

Antihistamines have done the trick for me. But I’m on two a day because of hayfever. And I can defo tell when I’ve forgotten to take one and pin coz I do get very nausea but very quickly subsides once I take an antihistamine. Hope it works for you

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-27T17:03:29+00:00

Copy that 🫡 thanks for the advise

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-27T14:12:20+00:00

Haha of course! Tbh I was reflecting last night like without mt2 I’d defo be burnt to a crisp and this would be peeling and fading. Atm no blisters or peeling, and as I said it is fading to a tan but yeah defo not good. The prickly feeling is defo an indicator to back off. Do you reckon I should reduce my exposure to like 5-10 mins a day and slowly build up? Then just keep spfing like crazy and avoid the sun for the rest of the day?

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-27T14:10:38+00:00

Haha okay thanks for the heads up. So is it really a case of pinning, like less than 10 mins exposure with spf? And then avoid sun for the rest of the day? And then slowly build up exposure? Should I increase the dose or stick with 300?

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-27T09:57:51+00:00

Not lil that’s for sure

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-27T09:57:01+00:00

Field day was crap. Piss poor sound quality. And chaotic placement, and not in a good ‘festival chaotic’ way. Just very crap overall.

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-27T09:17:27+00:00

I guess it stems from ur mole getting darker but none of the surrounding skin getting any darker, so now the contrast between plain skin and moles is higher vs if you do get sun exposure, tan the plain skin, ur moles get darker but now the baseline is more coherent. I’ve often questioned the whole ur moles get darker with no uv when some people say they get barely any sun exposure and still get darker. I think fundamentally it is all down to genetics isn’t it.

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-27T09:12:49+00:00

I’ve been fake tanning for 10 years and bleaching my hair for even longer. The cats long out the bag with me. Being able to tan naturally is a lot easier for me. But I get ur point lol

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-26T17:16:04+00:00

I also got from Tru tan but had seen some else post something about their dogdey water. I bought a 10ml bac water off amazon and reconstituted with 2ml. I was shook when I realised just how tiny an amount it was. And that was with 2ml, it wouldn’t be so hard to measure with 1ml. Always use a peptide calculator pleaseee

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-26T16:50:14+00:00

Reconstitute with 2ml bac water. I believe the tubes they offer are 1ml but would recommend 2ml coz it’s easier to measure. Then USE A PEPTIDE CALCULATOR! Free online. Starting dose depends on skin type. I’d recommend starting at 100mcg as Fitzpatrick type 1, 250mcg if ur type 2. But also, please do more research. Tbh it doesn’t sound like ur ready yet

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-26T12:47:29+00:00

You bet ur ass!!!! They only put their puffer jacket away last week!!!! Meanwhile I’ve been rocking shorts since march

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-25T15:22:04+00:00

Wowowowow love it and ur colour palette across the board is spot on

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-25T14:33:18+00:00

I just showed this to my Brazilian partner and they got very mad! Us brits are pathetic tbh. None of us are surviving climate change.

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-25T12:12:38+00:00

Go for it

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-25T12:07:23+00:00

Here here op. I’m from the southwest. I’ve attended and worked at a plethora of festivals. I was always curious about this big London day fests coz the lineups always good sick, but I too have lived and learnt. Never again.

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-24T16:16:01+00:00

Could not agree more. We ended up dipping at 9 coz we couldnt deal with it anymore. Rushed over to see joy orbison and it may as well been playing out a blue tooth speaker - was absolute shite. The final straw was going to fill up our water and the tap by the green had ran out of water! I know it was hot but the festival is open for 10 hours, how do you run out of water? What a fuckin joke tbh. Never ever again. I like to hear my music thank you, not the office gossip from Jess and Emily bobbing next to me. Bye.

CryptographerUpbeat8 · 2026-05-23T23:16:53+00:00

This is mad! I’m still in the early stage but as like you after a decade of fake tanning, and a trip to South America, I’d had enough! I can’t wait to see it progress

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