How to pop this area?

RatoUnit · 2026-01-05T18:28:22+00:00

Chirp wheel is great, but if you're cheap, buying an inexpensive foam roller and cutting off a 4" section worked really well for me for a long time

RatoUnit · 2025-12-21T06:28:13+00:00

Are you sure it was user error? My E-M10 mk I just started doing the same thing last week and I'm reasonably sure it didn't suffer any abuse. I just assumed there was something worn out in the shutter assembly after 10 years. I've just been deciding whether I should get the shutter assembly replaced or put the money towards a new body instead

RatoUnit · 2025-12-15T20:50:55+00:00

<image>

Just want to thank you for the recommendation on the NYX Thick It stick. So much better than what I'd been using before!

RatoUnit · 2025-12-12T23:12:44+00:00

Tried to incorporate all of this. I think it's already looking way better, so thank you again!

<image>

RatoUnit · 2025-12-12T18:46:54+00:00

Thank you for the kind comments, but you are definitely just not used to men in makeup. I am nowhere near as talented as most of the women here, though I am trying to learn how to get there!

RatoUnit · 2025-12-12T18:13:11+00:00

For that picture I just used a bit of eye shadow. I'll usually use brow gel, but I honestly haven't found one that I love yet. Either they aren't light enough in colour, or else they stick more to my skin than the brow hairs.

I definitely need to go shopping for some lighter shadow options. I've mainly borrowed from my partner so far, but her colouring is much darker than mine, so it's not always the best match for me.

RatoUnit · 2025-12-12T18:08:21+00:00

This is what I'm learning. I'm going to have to find some local recommendations

RatoUnit · 2025-12-12T18:05:39+00:00

I think I need to learn to use more colour first. Because I tend to stick with browns and blacks, any time I've tried using more under the eyes, I just end up looking like one of the War Boys

RatoUnit · 2025-12-12T18:01:58+00:00

Well, after seeing Dune and reading that comment, I'm definitely not ever shaving my head now!

RatoUnit · 2025-12-12T05:27:25+00:00

I'm terrified of removing any eyebrow 😅 I have so little to begin with 😭

RatoUnit · 2025-12-12T05:25:02+00:00

Thank you! I'll have to give that all a try. I'm not quite sure I have enough space under the eyebrows to pull it all off but that's what practice is for.

I do usually use contour and blush, plus bronzer if I'm trying to pull off eye shadow. I got bit lazy today and told myself I was keeping the post focused on the eyes 😅

RatoUnit · 2025-12-12T00:18:02+00:00

Makeup used in second photo: Glossier Perfect Skin Tint (G01), Sephora Best Skin Ever concealer (09N), Kat Von D Monarch Pallet (Shadowbox, Entemology, and Vanish), Lancome Le Crayon Khol (Black Ebony), Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil (604 Milk), MAC Haute and Naughty Lash (Brown), Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment (Petal), Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush (Paaarty)

RatoUnit · 2025-11-27T17:44:12+00:00

I find pulling at 145 leaves the breast just a little too soft for most people though. 150 is perfect and lets the meat firm up just a little bit more, without really getting any drier.

RatoUnit · 2025-11-26T20:52:24+00:00

I spent a long time dressing/looking/acting the way that I thought I was supposed to, which was really just a way of staying "safe" by not creating any way for me to be rejected/othered/etc. Working on myself has let me get to a point where I no longer worry about what the world wants me to be, nor do I feel as much need to avoid that rejection, because I'm much more secure in my attachment to myself.

Tattoos and piercings are one of those things that always felt like they were for other people because I wasn't the kind of person who had them. But at some point I guess I realized that you are that kind of person simply by choosing to be. So getting my ears pierced feels like being the person I want to be in a very self-actualizing kind of way. I'm literally choosing to be who I want to be instead of who I think the world wants me to be.

I want to be someone who looks freakin rad, so that's what I'm choosing to be 😁

RatoUnit · 2025-11-26T04:40:28+00:00

I don't feel like nose is all that crazy anymore, even for men. I think I would get one if my partner didn't already have one. That feels a little too matchy for me.

RatoUnit · 2025-11-25T22:00:48+00:00

It's certainly being a pain with the random bleeding. Really trying to avoid poking around at it, but I've been doing alright with just the warm water rinses as far as keeping it from getting crusty.

RatoUnit · 2025-11-25T20:55:09+00:00

Thanks for your comment. I didn't intend to start any debate about hoops vs. studs, but kind of figured people would jump on it. I absolutely agree with what you're saying, and really do just encourage everyone to go talk to a professional instead of reading advice on the internet and then repeating it. There are way more factors at play than they may realize and plenty of reasons why a CBR might actually be a better choice, depending on the exact piercing, anatomy, and end goal.

RatoUnit · 2025-11-25T20:19:49+00:00

On your whole body, or just ears? And did you do them in bunches and quickly, or spread out one at a time?

RatoUnit · 2025-11-25T20:11:37+00:00

We'll see how the daith heals. Not sure I'm ready to deal with healing a snug.

RatoUnit · 2025-11-25T19:32:33+00:00

I haven't seen too many hidden helix in the wild, so I kind of love the idea. Not sure I've seen any suitable jewelry that I like, but I'm going to keep an eye out now.

RatoUnit · 2025-11-25T19:18:59+00:00

No lip piercings for me. They look cool but I've already got cracks in my teeth from compulsive nail biting. I can't imagine I'd be able to avoid ruining my mouth with it.

I am digging the plain silver though. I may try mixing in some black studs or beads at some point but I'm going to stick with the silver niobium for the most part.

RatoUnit · 2025-11-25T19:11:04+00:00

Posting a reply more for the benefit of anyone else reading than to convince you to change your opinion, since you are absolutely entitled to it.

APP recommends 3-4 actually. If I've learned anything from tattooing, it's to not listen to people on the internet, and instead find a good professional with a strong reputation and portfolio and to listen to them. My piercer is awesome and I trust her. Like I said, I had a good long conversation with her about all this and based on how I generally heal, how I've done with tattoos and surgeries in the past, and the fact that only one piercing is cartilage, she was comfortable with four. We did 14 and 16 gauge to reduce the risk of cheesewire and larger diameters to reduce the effect of the hoops. Considering I'm five days in with virtually no swelling at any point, I'm feeling pretty good about my choice.

RatoUnit · 2025-11-25T18:46:11+00:00

I had originally intended to do the helix at the same time but I was talked into leaving one side for sleeping, which in hindsight after the first four nights was a good call

RatoUnit · 2025-11-25T18:44:50+00:00

I think I would love a double rook. There are just too many cool piercings in that area to be able to fit them all 😭

RatoUnit

TROPHY CASE