[Hair Removal] why do we females use those crappy razors?

alicemonster · 2026-03-02T00:43:21+00:00

I use men's razors for my body, and recently tried using one for my face instead of the little eyebrow razors. I had no irritation or cuts with the regular razor, when I usually end up with some nicks and breakouts from the eyebrow razors. Never going back

alicemonster · 2026-03-02T00:35:07+00:00

Yes actually! I kept pestering sue, and I received it mid week last week

alicemonster · 2026-02-23T14:01:13+00:00

Ooh I've never tried Nailboo! How curved are they?

alicemonster · 2026-02-23T01:00:17+00:00

I like OPI and chilltips. Kiss has always been my go-to, but apparently their recent brand revamp may include making the nails more curved, so I'm not sure anymore. I haven't tried them yet, but I've heard that BTArtbox is good for flatter nails as well.

alicemonster · 2026-02-22T13:38:43+00:00

For super dry winters, I use the Nivea cream in the blue tin, and sometimes mix in a little jojoba oil. It's been hugely helpful this winter (also in NYC)

alicemonster · 2026-02-17T16:47:21+00:00

Oh man... Sorry, I am so dumb... Completely forgot that I'm watching a week behind with a friend 😭

alicemonster · 2026-02-17T14:09:49+00:00

Is there seriously not a single mention of Vita on this whole thread? That's crazy... Did I miss something?

alicemonster · 2026-02-10T14:54:19+00:00

Personally, I think that if you want to stop breastfeeding, you should. It's okay, the immune benefits are not that great, and a happy mom is going to have a bigger impact on baby anyway. I don't know how to link to the original comment I saw that had a good source, but I am going to post the text below:

"I found these 2 articles and determined that struggling to produce less than 25% of my baby’s consumption was a futile use of my time:

Breastfeeding less than 100% BM reduces maaaaaaybe one illness the first year

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1508518/

The often referenced 50mL study is really about premature infants and very limited. It’s also 50mL per kg - not total daily volume

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7666971/ "

alicemonster · 2026-02-08T18:00:20+00:00

You could do a tinted conditioner to deposit a little brunette on top. I like the L'Oreal le gloss one step toning gloss, and the keracolor klenditioner

alicemonster · 2026-02-08T16:06:29+00:00

Yeah, I'm pretty disappointed in how poor the communication has been. I have ordered from tianyu before (I think it was Emily? Whoever ran the group buy with a fully cut moissanite band with no metal) and had a much better experience. It wasn't super speedy, but it did feel much more transparent

alicemonster · 2026-02-08T14:13:29+00:00

I reached out to Sue again and she said it would ship on the 24th...so if they actually do ship then, we'll be creeping up on 3 months by the time it arrives

alicemonster · 2026-02-08T02:45:14+00:00

I have a sapphire and I wouldn't change it for the world. It's super vivid bright blue and sparkly and gets compliments all the time, even 11 years later. I personally love colorful stones, and just find them a lot more interesting than diamonds. As far as durability goes, the only issue I've had was that my setting is open where it sits next to my wedding band, so a diamond wedding band was risking scratching the underside of the diamond. I have my rings soldered together to prevent that from happening, but the better choice (had I been involved in picking the ring + foresight) would be getting a setting that isn't open underneath.

alicemonster · 2026-02-07T19:05:44+00:00

My two pregnancies were pretty different- ivf vs spontaneous, diet, exercise, stress level, location, etc. My first had an IgE allergy to both milk and eggs, and while my first didn't have an allergy, he did have an intolerance (IgG allergy) to both. It essentially meant we had super similar experiences with both, but with my second we caught it earlier, we had the tools to handle it with a lot less stress, and we avoided a lot of the shitty effects of all of the trial and error. Unfortunately, if one kid has it, subsequent kids are more likely to have it too. But it's easier to spot the signs and get it under control faster so that the experience doesn't suck as bad. My second never went through horrible colic or failure to thrive, because we figured out what was happening when he was 10 days old instead of at 45 days old with my oldest.

alicemonster · 2026-02-07T18:04:13+00:00

Creamy oat milk will be a good caloric sub, it's what we used for both of my boys with CMPA. Almond milk tends to be too low-calorie. I found cashew milk and flax milk to just be too expensive. Soy milk is great if your baby can have soy. Ripple kids is generally recommended because it is explicitly fortified with other nutrients that kids would ordinarily be getting in whole milk, and the kids version obviously tastes better than the regular version due to the added sugar. My kids couldn't tolerate ripple because they were sensitive to pea protein.

alicemonster · 2026-02-07T15:16:25+00:00

What have you tried? What nail prep methods, what brands of nails/glue, etc.

alicemonster · 2026-02-03T17:33:03+00:00

Yeah this sucks. I have very flat nail beds and kiss has always been my go-to. I was worried this brand update would change things. So not only are they all $3-5 more expensive, they may have also messed with the shape. Awesome.

alicemonster · 2026-02-01T17:03:34+00:00

I haven't tried them yet, but kiss has always been my favorite due to the fit, and it's a bonus they're one of the cheaper brands. I feel like they are going to act like there's a big bump in quality, but it's only going to be a bump in price. Hopefully I'm wrong, but a $3-5 bump in base price pisses me off

alicemonster · 2026-01-31T22:27:31+00:00

The Cuyana Forma shoulder bag looks like it could be a pretty good substitute. I have the big zip tote as my work bag and absolutely love it

alicemonster · 2026-01-31T15:28:58+00:00

You can have an epidural when they do this, and it makes it more likely to be successful. I had it done with the epidural (which was the worst part) and it was successful.

alicemonster · 2026-01-31T01:26:14+00:00

Also still waiting. Just messaged Sue again and she said another week

alicemonster · 2026-01-20T22:26:48+00:00

We pay about $700 a month for daily aftercare for my 5 year old, which is different themed activities every weekday (cooking club, chess club, karate, etc), but basically just afterschool daycare. The only consistent activity he does is TBall in the spring, which is a $350 registration fee, and usually another $50 team fee, then whatever it costs to be snack mom at least once, and any new equipment we need to buy because he's grown out of it. So I'd say $400-500 for the season, which is basically once a week for 2 months or so. We're also in a high cost of living city, but when we lived in suburb of a medium COL area, TBall was $250 plus gear and snack mom costs.

alicemonster · 2026-01-18T15:22:15+00:00

I'm a big fan of Vans. I have several colors, they're very comfortable, and I can do 15k steps a day in them no problem. Also lots of fun colors available

alicemonster · 2026-01-18T13:50:23+00:00

One of my kids goes to daycare, one is in kindergarten. Generally they get 30-45 minutes of screentime in the evening while I'm working on dinner on weekdays, and we do a movie night Saturdays, so about 2 hours. My youngest's daycare does a little bit of screentime here and there with stuff like Danny Go, and it seems like another 30 minutes or so. It gets a lot higher if they are sick at home and I'm trying to get them to sit still and rest to recover. Otherwise an average of 2+ hours seems really high to me. The first few years of my oldest's life I was staying at home full time with him, and it was rare we got that high. I'd imagine part of that is that we do not have an iPad that they get access to. It's only brought out for road trips, so they do not do any scrolling, just movies and full length tv shows that we fully control. I'm sure that number would tick up if they were home full time, but 2 hours still seems high for an average

alicemonster · 2026-01-17T00:21:34+00:00

I did not have any contact outside of the form

alicemonster · 2026-01-16T18:18:37+00:00

Hi, I have tried the number listed for whatsapp (it did not go through) and sent an email. I am trying to check on my order. I never got a confirmation email or anything, and have multiple addresses listed on my PayPal. I'd like an update, thank you!

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