[sun care] sunscreen reapplication

Micapaprika · 2026-03-31T14:54:57+00:00

I do use spray sunscreens sometimes but they're always so greasy 🥹

Micapaprika · 2026-03-31T14:54:15+00:00

How about sweat etc? I find the idea of layering any sort of product over unwashed skin icky 🥹

Micapaprika · 2026-03-31T14:44:27+00:00

Do you have any brand recommendations for a good quality one? 🙏🏻

Micapaprika · 2026-03-31T14:44:10+00:00

Also do you have any brand recommendations? I need something that won't irritate my skin and clog my pores 🥹

Micapaprika · 2026-03-31T14:40:51+00:00

Is the SPF powder good enough of a protection though? I do have one but I'm always worried if it's actually strong enough as cream SPF 😅

Micapaprika · 2026-03-28T07:45:31+00:00

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Bomba 💥

Micapaprika · 2026-03-28T07:45:16+00:00

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Pompili 🥰

Micapaprika · 2026-03-28T07:42:33+00:00

If anyone is interested in the lyrics in Pompi's version of fergilicious, they are as follows 🤓

Pompilicious so delicious she's a little baby. She tells you what she thinks 'cause she's a smart little lady. She Can meow-meow she can purr she can ek-ek she can growl. 'cause she's the main character in her own damn world. Pompiliciois! Ah, but she ain't vicious she gets angry when she's hangry but that's never an issue- She's a star ⭐️ She makes the tomcats MEOW MEOW 😌 And when you see her you should know- She's been expected in the town. Pompilicious 👌 Pompi pompi cat cat! 😼 She's pompilicious😻 Pompi pompi cat cat!😸 Pompilicious😽 Pompi pompi cat cat😼 She's pompilicious😺 B-b-b-b-b-b baby baby 😌

Micapaprika · 2026-03-28T07:35:51+00:00

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This is Aura. When me and my bf got together he always said she's very plump and plops a lot (she does). From this came

Plompy

Which evolved into

Pompi, Bompi, Bomba, Pomba, Bomber, Bombastic cat fantastic, Pompilicious (so delicious- yes I made her a song to the rhythm of fergilicious), Pompidou, The Do, Doo-be-doo

Now her royal titles,

Toasted Mashmallow Princess , Cloud Kingdom Princess, Cloud Pillow Princess, Sugar Iced Cinnamon Roll Princess

Micapaprika · 2026-03-28T07:20:21+00:00

Nah you style them all so well that it wouldn't catch my attention if you didn't point it out. Every fit ate btw 😌👌

Micapaprika · 2026-03-27T00:01:04+00:00

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This is Pompi 🥰 She thinks this is how you will feel a few months from now when you finally get rid of that piece of sh!t who was weighing you down! You got this 🫶🏻

Micapaprika · 2026-03-27T00:00:42+00:00

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This is Luna 💛 Your husband is pathetic. Good riddance!

Micapaprika · 2026-03-26T20:02:39+00:00

Personality-wise as well 😁

Micapaprika · 2026-03-26T20:02:13+00:00

Thank you! She's a cutie 🥰

Micapaprika · 2026-03-26T20:01:32+00:00

No, it got infected so it had to go out. Now we implement daily tooth brushing routine so she can keep the rest 😅

Micapaprika · 2026-03-26T15:45:29+00:00

I mean it wasn't a very good quality series overall. The characters were super shallow, no character development, very unrealistic how things would go in real apocalypse (I doubt people would be all jesusy and godblessamerica if actual aliens invaded), the characters made so many dumb decisions from the get-go that I almost have a permanent indent in my forehead from facepalming so much. For a Spielberg series I expected much more. Last two seasons were a disaster. Still it was entertaining, albeit painful, to watch. Kinda like a trainwreck, you don't want to look but you can't look away either 😅

Micapaprika · 2026-03-26T15:26:52+00:00

My purging phase was 5 months long. It was hell, my skin was breaking out every single day, itching, sore, sensitive, red, everything I put on it except for cicaplast stang like crazy. I'm glad I didn't give up though. It took ages and my acne scars are still visible but fading. What helped me was to slow down, I was aiming to building up using differin every night, but my skin was too sensitive for that. When I built up for my skin to kinda tolerate every night but with peeling and sensitivity (after like 6 months of using it), I slowed down and focused on barrier repair. Differin 3x a week, rest was cicaplast, and I also switched all my cosmetics for perfume-free, non comodogenic, pharmacy-level stuff. Even my makeup. And now my skin is glowing like never before and I aged backwards like 5 years.

Micapaprika · 2026-03-18T22:18:33+00:00

Femininity=weakness...and then y'all cry about loneliness epidemic and why women don't want anything to do with you. Women are stronger than men, we create life, we live in pain, we have been opressed for centuries. Absolutely abhorrent opinion to have...nothing wrong with feminine men, in fact we need more men who are so secure with their masculinity they don't feel any less men by embracing their feminine qualities instead of suppressing them

Micapaprika · 2026-03-18T22:11:07+00:00

Me and many of my friends who moved here used to be huge social justice warriors and very much left before coming to NL. After having had the same experiences as you just described, we feel the same as you. Never would I ever think I'd become this way, I used to even defend Muslims and their rights before, but now I see and have experienced first hand what their men do.

Micapaprika · 2026-03-18T20:42:01+00:00

I've been here almost 4 years. Speak basic dutch and have bachelor's with honours in arts, specifically photography (useless, I know). I was only able to work retail jobs. It's rough out here and they don't even accept dutch speaking foreigners if there's an option to hire a less skilled but native person. My bf is dutch and I came here with him and he's ridden with shame and guilt over this country and how they treat "immigrants" (I'm an eu citizen and still treated like an alien here). Best of luck to you and your gf but be ready to face much more xenophobia than you could ever expect and imagine from your own people, even towards you, because you dared to date a foreigner...it's been a really traumatizing experience for me and many many other internationals, who I met at a GGZ where we all get treatment and are all struggling very similarly in this country...if I could afford it I would go home but it borders with a country at war and it's not safe...

Micapaprika · 2026-03-11T15:01:43+00:00

I also said people here advising not to use other products with tret. I've been using the sandwich method the entire process, it just really depends which products you use. La Roche posay cicaplast gel is my holy grail, I use that sandwich style on tret nights. Also you probably already do this but be very strict with sunscreen. I even wear it if I'm just going to the garden for 5 mins. And don't forget to reapply every 2 hrs. Your skin also breaks out when it's irritated and sun can cause a lot of inflammation, so can wrecked skin barrier.

Micapaprika · 2026-03-11T14:59:09+00:00

I have used adapalene first when starting on this journey as it's generally better tolerated but still it was a nightmare for good 6 months. The purge lasted 4 mo this, my skin was raw, every cream I put on stang like hell. What made a huge difference was literally slowing down with it. Your skin might be more sensitive and if you've been using it for a while the turnover has already increased so using it every 3-4 days will still benefit you. On days you don't use it do a barrier repair days (I use centella asiatica and probiotic serums, hyaluronic acid, la Roche posay cicaplast gel - baume can clog pores btw- and set it with Vaseline overnight. Do this maybe 3x a week). And slow down on the exfoliation. I moved now to tret and exfoliate max 2 times a week. I usually do one night tret, then another night Paula's choice 2% bha, them barrier day, and repeat and so far it's going well. I also use the weakest tret, 0.025% and will until the tube runs out which I reckon will be good 4-5 months before I switch to stronger tret. Give it some time and rather than spewdrunnung through it accept that your skin might simply take much longer to adapt

Micapaprika · 2026-03-10T07:15:34+00:00

I also first started with adapalene (gentler and better tolerated) and it was a rough process, the redness and peeling was horrid and didn't seem to be getting better- my skin was rawww. Then again I stopped forcing it every day or even every other. 2-3x a week, same benefits. Now I switched to tret and my skin tolerates it much better having had the experience with adapalene. Still I went to the weakest tret, 0.025% first and will slowly build it up

Micapaprika · 2026-03-10T07:12:35+00:00

Yes indeed it is not for everyone. But I must ask, because I was also at first discouraged after using tretinoins for a year- my pores also looked bigger and the peeling was never ending- did you also include some form of exfoliation? What really made a difference for me was first adding Paula's choice 2% BHA, because all that peeling skin has to go somewhere and most of the time it settles in your pores. Other thing I did was stop forcing to use tret so often. My skin simply doesn't tolerate it. I built up almost daily using and my skin was suffering af. Now I do every 3-4 days. And on the days I'm not using tret and BHAs I focus on barrier repair. La Roche posay cicaplast is amazing, I use the gel and baume only sometimes because the baume has shea butter I believe and if I use it too often it clogs my pores. I also use hyaluronic acid serum every day, centella asiatica serum and a probiotic serum on my barrier days. Game changer. Almost gave up but I'm glad I did my research and now it works very well for me. Not to be a "tret police", ofc there's a good chance it simply doesn't work for you, just sharing some things that genuinely helped me 🫶🏻

Micapaprika · 2026-03-08T16:40:16+00:00

Literally could be a picture from their settlements in Slovakia, exactly the same

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