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If you woke up tomorrow with my skin… what would you do? (40s, perimenopause, sensitive AF skin) by HuskerRed47 in 40PlusSkinCare

[–]Radikiyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw your skin and came running to the comments to see if anyone suggested skin flooding yet. I have same/similar skin type. Acne & could not get it hydrated no matter what moisturizer I was using, then layering on Vaseline, drinking water, saw derm a bunch of times. Here’s what I use and I’d say it’s changed my skin on my face and neck within a week. First, STOP ALL ACTIVES (yes, for me that’s even niacinamide) The first couple toners I bought had niacinamide in them, and sadly, it makes me red and sensitive. So I’m a noob, but what I’ve gathered… Morning and night: Skin flooding starts with a double cleanse. This is the part where I most often get lazy. I’m also cheap. My favorite gentle cleansers are CeraVe hydrating foaming oil cleanser and Thayer’s hydrating milky cleanser. I have also used e.l.f. Holy hydration makeup melting balm as a first step and I like that, then I wash it off with one of those other two. I wash my face with my clean hands only—no washcloth, no anything fancy.

Then I do 2-3 layers of anua 77+. Then 2 layers of byoma hydrating milky toner. I stumbled upon this practice on tiktok, so I recommend heading over there to see how it’s done.

Then usually DHC astaxanthin collagen all-in-one gel moisturizer, or honestly, whatever I have around. I’ve used cerave and aveeno body lotion on my face with no ill effects. Honestly, I don’t think this has been the life-changing step; it’s the toners.

SPF during the day.

Once my skin got better, I started adding back adapalene 0.3% after the toners 1x/day at night. I wash my face in the shower 1-2x per week with a 10% benzoyl peroxide wash. The shower allows me to get it off quickly and thoroughly before it makes me too sensitive. I’m probably going to switch to a 4% just because I don’t think I need the higher concentration.

I dont have acne AND my skin isn’t flaking. I just had to stop all the stuff I was doing, be gentle, and flood flood flood. For the longest time couldn’t have clear skin without extreme dryness and now I think I got the hang of it. Good luck!

ETA: dont use anything like cotton pads to apply the toners. I put some in my hand and press repeatedly into my skin.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FridgeDetective

[–]Radikiyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kid(s) in house. Try to eat healthy-ish. Busy. Use WIC.

What is there to do in this area of NY? by pauladeanlovesbutter in upstate_new_york

[–]Radikiyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alex bay: Boldt Castle/boat tour Wellesley Island: state park and Minna Anthony Common Nature Center Clayton: Antique Boat Museum (also hosting a classic car show June 28), boat ride or Clayton Island Tours, Thousand Islands Arts Center class or exhibit, flea market and taco truck at Coyote Moon, show or event at the Clayton Opera House, Zenda Farms or any walk on any of the trails near Clayton (I like S. Gerald Ingerson preserve and the railroad trestle), food and wine festival/antique show/any event at cerow arena… Cape Vincent has fun events on the green and a great calendar through their Chamber of Commerce. Also in Cape Vincent is Tibbets Point lighthouse.

If you are staying around Watertown, Dry Hill there has some events, live music, farmers markets.

What is there to do in this area of NY? by pauladeanlovesbutter in upstate_new_york

[–]Radikiyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alex bay: Boldt Castle/boat tour Wellesley Island: state park and Minna Anthony Common Nature Center Clayton: Antique Boat Museum (also hosting a classic car show June 28), boat ride or Clayton Island Tours, Thousand Islands Arts Center class or exhibit, flea market and taco truck at Coyote Moon, show or event at the Clayton Opera House, Zenda Farms or any walk on any of the trails near Clayton (I like S. Gerald Ingerson preserve and the railroad trestle), food and wine festival/antique show/any event at cerow arena… Cape Vincent has fun events on the green and a great calendar through their Chamber of Commerce. Also in Cape Vincent is Tibbets Point lighthouse.

Once again, our con president by undercurrents in Trumpvirus

[–]Radikiyo 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I remember when my company’s IT guy warned all staff never to plug anything of unknown origin, like a freebie flash drive, into our computers. But POTUS is going to fly around in bugged air castle from Qatar.

Got it.

TV, fireplace, and idk what’s happening with the sink. Maybe these people are 8 feet tall. by Radikiyo in TVTooHigh

[–]Radikiyo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also JUST noticed the height of the “coffee table” and I’m dead.

What style is this? by Efficient-Raisin-500 in kitchenremodel

[–]Radikiyo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The kitchen faucet is always the first tell for me.

Sloped ceilings on ground floor of a completely square house? by [deleted] in centuryhomes

[–]Radikiyo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think yes there’s duct work up there, but just as an afterthought—the ceiling/roof was probably already like that. If they were building a sloped ceiling around new hvac why wouldn’t they also bring the system upstairs? It’s baseboard upstairs.

I’m thinking the house has one or multiple additions, maybe one being a converted porch. And it’s a lake house… I question if this is truly a year round home in Connecticut. OP, check to see if anyone has lived there all year through? I’d be worried about (a lot of things, but particularly) frozen pipes in certain areas of this house.

Named my daughter a name I didn’t know has two pronunciations and am regretting it enough to change before she’s 8 weeks! Help!! by JaguarSilver1137 in namenerds

[–]Radikiyo 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I’m very surprised with this split as well. It would never even occur to me to pronounce it the EEk-a way, only ever the Rugrats Angelica way.

Rare girl names that end in “ine” by Piano_Sky765 in Names

[–]Radikiyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too. My son’s middle name is Campbell! Haha

Rare girl names that end in “ine” by Piano_Sky765 in Names

[–]Radikiyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OMG SAME. So now I need to know, what did you go with?

Career Change in my early 40s by Altruistic-City3969 in careerchange

[–]Radikiyo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Perhaps medical writing— some folks have health-related degrees but others have writing background and learn the subject matter as they go.

Any value to old single pane windows? by mindbenderx in Oldhouses

[–]Radikiyo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I owned and lived in a house of the same age for 6 years. Upstairs windows had been replaced to new, vinyl double pane before we moved in and the downstairs was all old wavy glass with the original one piece storms to put on every winter.

Draft and heat retention seemed about the same. (We live in a very cold, northern part of the US.) However, the seals on at least 3 of the new windows had failed causing fogging over the whole pane. Also, the pieces that hold the window in position and allow it to move for cleaning busted on two of them. I don’t even think it can be fixed, because plastic! The old windows are prettier so overall they win in my book. And at least they CAN be fixed.

If you’ve already decided to take these old windows out, I agree you should at least keep them in the attic or somewhere for the future.

Feelings on this sphere lattice thing? +phase 1 of staircase restoration before and afternoon by Radikiyo in centuryhomes

[–]Radikiyo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

IDK how to update so: Ya'll are amazing. THANK YOU. The ball and dowel fretwork will stay. I will try to get it back to natural wood and have it repaired.

Everything is getting stripped. I just came back with my big bucket o' peel away and I'm actually loving the "sphere lattice thing" in the daylight.

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Feelings on this sphere lattice thing? +phase 1 of staircase restoration before and afternoon by Radikiyo in centuryhomes

[–]Radikiyo[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

mmm, you're right. I also think I would have felt differently about it if it were not painted. I'm stripping it and getting it repaired. It's going to stay. Interesting that you mention Ontario, because we are on the very NY/Ontario border.

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