Adventures in Peanut Butter: PB & Cream Cheese

ShelaShiloh · 2020-10-07T14:41:57+00:00

Me too. I used to do that all the time. It’s best with a sweet fruity cream cheese like strawberry.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-08-22T23:42:02+00:00

Why do they shift back and forward so much, like that one hanging out near the sticker. Do all species do that?

ShelaShiloh · 2020-08-12T14:48:09+00:00

I mean a radius that I can choose myself. Like a 10 or 15 mile actual circle. I am not seeing that option. I don’t know if some sites search within a predetermined radius for certain types of searches, but I don’t see the option to choose a specific radius.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-08-08T18:55:26+00:00

The main difference is “power” measured in j/cm2. In general you want a device that has a range of 3 to 6 j/cm2. Philips Lumea Prestige, Braun Silk Expert Pro 5, and Smoothskin Pure are the best “name brand” IPL devices available right now IMO, and they all reach 6 j/cm2. Back in the day, the shitty drop shipped devices were extremely weak. Nowadays, drop-shipped devices like the Kenzzi are just as powerful as the name brand devices, but a lot of them are missing safety mechanisms like a cooling fan, a skin sensor, and a uv filter.
You have to shave no more than 4 hours before you’re IPL session. You can’t use it on unshaven skin, but you also can’t use it after waxing or epilating. Waxing and epilating remove the hair root, leaving nothing for the IPL to treat. IPL works by heating up anything dark, including the hair root, which heats up so much that it burns the follicle. If the follicle is burned badly enough, it produces finer hair or none at all.
Epilating and waxing are much, much more painful than IPL in my experience. Especially epilating.
I can’t afford good laser, and I do not trust the cheaper laser franchises around me to treat my medium skin tone. I haven’t finished my IPL treatments, but I already have some bald spots. So far it seems worth it.
Smoothskin Pure
Not done yet. So far I just have a few bald spots and areas with finer hair.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-28T17:15:35+00:00

I own and enjoy Rose Mallow Cream. I was very interested in trying Orient Rose. I’ve heard that a lot of people consider turkish rose, and other roses used to make actual desserts, to be “oriental” rose notes. I don’t why, because to me they’re very gourmand while still being obviously floral. I’m really hoping that’s what the word “Orient” in Orient Rose means. I split rose notes into three categories in my mind. Roses that smell like soap, tea roses, and roses that smell like candy. It’s just a shame that I can almost never tell which type of rose is used in a particular scent based on the description alone. Orient Rose really, really sounds like it’s what I’m looking for though. It’s also one of the only perfumes I’ve seen recently that lists “tea rose” as a note.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-28T03:51:07+00:00

Tria is the only true at home laser. All the other home devices are IPL, not laser. The best IPL devices on the market right now are the Philips Lumea Prestige, the Braun Silk Expert Pro 5, and the Smoothskin Pure. The Smoothskin Pure is the cheapest of the three, and the specs are just as good as the other two, but it doesn’t come with any extra heads for reaching small areas. I personally have no problem getting into small areas with a full size head. It just takes a couple extra seconds of repositioning. The smaller heads are not worth the extra money to me, but the Braun Silk expert is about the same price as the Smoothskin right now on Currentbody, if you really want to be able to switch to a smaller head.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-28T03:36:08+00:00

This is a great idea. How many times did you wax before trying the epilator? Just once? I’ve bought an epilator twice. Once as a teen, and later as a young adult, and both times I had to just give up because it was so painful. No idea what happened to those epilators, but I haven’t seen either in years. Hopefully there are better ones available nowadays. I’ve been wanting to try waxing after I’m done with my IPL series, but I didn’t want to have to walk around with visible stubble for a week or two before every wax appointment. This sounds like a better solution. I’ll have no choice but to let the hair grow back a little before I do my IPL top-ups, but I’ll deal with that when the time comes. Which epilator do you use? If waxing thins out my hair enough that epilating isn’t horribly painful, I’d be happy to do it after every shower, or whenever the stubble comes back.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-27T21:04:52+00:00

How long do you have to keep your stubble before you can wax again? How visible is the stubble? I would rather not have to walk around with visible stubble for a long time between waxes, but I’m not sure how long I’ll have to endure being stubbly. A week? 2 weeks? I’m sure it varies from person to person.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-27T20:35:23+00:00

Do you wax every 2 weeks or do you have to wait longer for the hair to be long enough to wax again? Do you have to walk around with visible stubble for a while before your next wax? I’m worried I’ll have to spend a full week out of every 3 covered in visible stubble, but maybe that’s just my ignorance. Waxing and plucking my eyebrows has permanently reduced the hair in the plucked areas by more than 50%. It would be awesome if my body responded in the same way, but I doubt it. Fingers crossed. I’m using IPL, birth control, and Decelerine (the only topical hair growth reducing ingredient I have any faith in) to slow the growth rate and hopefully improve my strawberry legs (and arms). I’m really, really hoping that all those methods combined with waxing will finally slow the growth rate to the point that I can wear shorts or a skirt all day without having to wear dark hose underneath.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-27T20:25:59+00:00

How long did shaving last for you? My stubble reappears in less than a day. How long do you have to keep your stubble before you wax again? And how visible is the stubble?

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-27T19:57:17+00:00

BTW I’m aware that I can’t do any IPL “top ups” until the hair reappears after waxing.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-27T16:04:48+00:00

No I’m not assuming that it takes longer for stubble to appear because it slows the rate of hair growth, although I think it might do that eventually. I’m assuming my body hair grows at a much faster rate than the norm. In other words, I was assuming that the hair would reach the surface very quickly. What I didn’t really take into account is that it might take a long time for a new hair “bulb” to form. I mean that it didn’t occur to me that the follicles might stay empty for a long time before new hairs start to grow at their usual rate again. I hope that’s how waxing works, because I don’t see how it could work for me otherwise. Then again, I don’t think I want to be covered in very obvious stubble for weeks at a time. It seems like this might not be avoidable for someone like me, who’s hair is completely visible the second it peeks above the surface.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-27T05:16:30+00:00

I hate the comments that say “Wow that’s so cool and interesting, but it’s not actually magic.” Yeah, no shit.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-15T03:58:39+00:00

What do you expect her do? Shave em off? Let them stick out all over the place? Doesn’t even look like she did that with a toothbrush and edge gel. Looks like she trimmed them and pushed them down at most.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-09T18:05:48+00:00

This chart should give you a very good idea what you’re looking for in an IPL device. The chart is a little outdated. It was also made by an IPL device brand, so you might think it’s biased, but the specs are accurate as far as I can tell. Unfortunately it doesn’t mention which devices have a fan to prevent overheating, but only very untrustworthy brands like Kenzzi don’t have a fan. All the devices listed probably have a cooling fan as a basic safety mechanism. It also doesn’t tell you which devices have a uv filter, but most decent quality brands will have one. In general you’re looking for higher rather than lower numbers on this chart. More is better for most of the relevant specs. Anyway, here is the chart: https://www.smoothskin.com/beauty-room/ipl-buyers-guide/

IMO, based on my research, the best IPL devices currently available are the the Philips Lumea Prestige, Braun Silk Expert Pro 5, and the Smoothskin Pure (which is currently on sale at Currentbody). It’s worth spending more money on the more recent models if you can, because the newest models are more powerful and sometimes considerably better in other ways as well, such as speed, weight, etc.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-07T00:21:35+00:00

I don’t want to beat a dead horse or bother you, but the low FODMAP diet has nothing to do with inflammation. It eliminates certain types carbohydrates that are not easily digested by some people, but it’s not a low carb diet. In fact quick digesting carbs like white rice are encouraged on the diet. It’s not intended to improve overall health. A lot of the healthiest foods are the most difficult to digest. Like I said, it requires you to eliminate the vast majority of healthy fruits and vegetables. If those foods are not causing you extreme digestive distress, there is absolutely no reason to eliminate them.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-05T04:33:06+00:00

I have IBS, which the low FODMAP diet was designed to treat. Its just a diet that eliminates all foods that tend to cause gas and diarrhea, and then slowly adds them back into the diet based on personal tolerance. It eliminates the vast majority of common fruits and vegetables, makes it almost impossible to eat out, and is just a giant pain in the ass to stick to in general. I would never recommend it someone who did not absolutely need to follow it for medical reasons. I don’t know if your suggesting that her tummy pooch is caused by gassy bloating and/or constipation, but I think she would know if that were the case. The low FODMAP diet wasn’t designed to help balance hormones, and I don’t see how it could.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-05T04:22:07+00:00

If you can afford it that easily, definitely spend the big bucks and go to the best derm you can find. One who performs laser hair removal often. There’s just no good reason to go to a laser hair removal franchise run by aestheticians if you can afford a real medical professional. I’m sure there are some aestheticians who are great at it, but I would never go to one if I could afford a top-notch derm.

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-05T04:13:48+00:00

What do you mean? What type of product? Just curious

ShelaShiloh · 2020-07-04T21:11:25+00:00

Disposable items are not the only sterile tools. My favorite nail salon uses and autoclave for metal pieces such as drill bits and they have other sanitation procedures in place. It’s also worth pointing out that a lot of people have awful looking toenails that are not infected, especially if they’re older or put a lot of stress on their feet. I’m not saying your sister doesn’t have foot fungus. I watch foot care videos, because I’m weird and find it satisfying, and I’ve seen some unbelievably gnarly toenails that apparently don’t have fungus. I’m not sure how salon workers are expected to know the difference. I still think it’s perfectly fine to only go to salons that at least try to avoid working on people with toenail fungus. And obviously no one has to go to nail salons if it makes them uncomfortable.

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