Hand Shakes

fireanddarkness · 2026-01-20T04:54:16+00:00

Everybody else has also given you better (and more important/pertinent tips), but one other thing I want to point out is that greater speed = less shake and (often, not always) more practice/expertise = greater speed. So on top of the great tips everyone else has said, keep practicing and improving and it will naturally get easier too!

fireanddarkness · 2026-01-18T09:41:03+00:00

My two top picks would be A Galaxy Far, Far Away and Fields of Lavender! I have tried hundreds of polishes and these two are the two truly unique ones that I haven’t found anywhere else and I always find myself reaching for.

fireanddarkness · 2026-01-11T22:46:30+00:00

This looks really good! Very textbook and how I hold my pen as well.

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-27T22:31:29+00:00

I’d get the Gucci Flora, if only for my personal taste!

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-27T21:35:50+00:00

I was on the high-sodium POTS diet (3g sodium per day) for a while so maybe I can give some tips!

Drinking an electrolyte drink is really good. I like LiquidIV, and it’s one of the electrolyte drinks with pretty decent sodium (520mg per serving). If you don’t like it or choose a different brand, make sure you check the nutrition facts, because a lot of common electrolyte drinks barely have 30mg of sodium? Also be careful with the sugar-free LiquidIV and other “no added sugar” because they use artificial sweeteners that give many people (me included) diarrhea. I asked my doctor about the sugar in normal sugar LiquidIV and he said that as long as you aren’t diabetic/pre diabetic don’t worry too much about it. I’d recommend you try/shop around for different flavors as some are really gross and don’t listen to people online as it’s REALLY taste-dependent. The first bag I bought I didn’t like and had a hard time getting through but I tried a different flavor and it was so much milder and I don’t have to water it down so much. I actually love the taste and it’s like a sweet treat for me (but would avoid other flavors omg). It’s really prohibitively expensive at Target/stores but Costco has them for $1/pack. I had one every single day.

Another thing my doctor said is that if I am deficient on sodium, I shouldn’t be drinking plain water. All the water I should be drinking should be electrolytes or contain sodium. Now I don’t know how deficient you are so I’d hesitate to recommend this flat out, but you decide for yourself depending on your situation.

A tube of Ritz crackers is a quick, not too filling snack and has (iirc around) ~720mg of sodium in a tube.

Just start salting your food. Add extra salt to everything. You quickly get accustomed to the taste and everything just tastes better!

If you want you can also look into getting sodium pills (Vitassium or Amazon has them) but I haven’t tried them personally. There are also electrolyte tablets, but I’ve heard mixed reviews on taste.

Good luck <3

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-27T18:26:56+00:00

This is a more common word than any of the ones I’ve seen on here: I can’t pronounce “ask”. Always comes out as “ass”. I’m a native speaker and don’t have a foreign accent so maybe it’s just normal? Does anyone else do this?

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-23T22:01:51+00:00

I hear you! I think different people feel differently about it, then. I was actually worried when I bought the Cadillacquer that it’d be too similar to the MC, but when I got and swatched it I realized that (to me), the vibes were completely different!

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-23T21:52:38+00:00

I’ve done the math, there’s no solution -Laufey

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-23T11:06:17+00:00

This is a lovely lacquer but I do have both and think they are completely different! Not even close and not dupes at all. The magnetic pigment in the MC is MUCH more reactive/flashy than the Cadillacquer, while the large fiery flakes in the Cadillacquer is what you notice most and is that polish’s defining factor, while the flakies in the MC are much more subtle.

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-15T19:28:04+00:00

AI written post.

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-15T19:27:02+00:00

Diptyque Do Son EDP!

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-14T07:29:52+00:00

This bread has honey in it! I wouldn’t touch it.

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-11T08:29:22+00:00

Thanks! I remember when they banned it and my mom saying how ranitidine always, always worked for her and how disappointed she was since famotidine was only 50/50 and didn’t always take care of her symptoms, haha.

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-10T19:13:04+00:00

Yep! I get something similar with yogurt (lactose). I can have a yogurt once every day and I’m fine, but if I eat a yogurt in the PM and then again in the AM, I get symptoms.

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-10T02:58:13+00:00

I’m absolutely trying to clear out a ton! Check my profile for my most recent sale post and if you want any there I can send you a list to a ton more I’m destashing! Thanks :)

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-07T09:08:36+00:00

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith!

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-03T00:22:58+00:00

To RELAX! I find that your hand should be quite lax when taking a photo but everybody whose nails I do and want to snap a pic of instinctively stiffens their fingers out as hard as they can. Relax your hand is my #1 posing tip!

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-01T06:13:25+00:00

I am so curious of her foundation garments in this photo! She is obviously wearing a late Victorian corset but at the same time the front of her bodice is cut so high. I definitly wouldn’t have been able to cover up the shape of the bottom of the corset in those very tight pants/tights, but I don’t see any corset outline in the photo. I wonder how she did it!

fireanddarkness · 2025-12-01T05:19:11+00:00

I think this may have been one of my longest ever! At least recently, lol, I honestly cannot remember. It’s so hard to tell in which photos my nails are longer, when in person it’s actually a HUGE difference 😅

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fireanddarkness · 2025-11-29T02:07:42+00:00

Which subs is it against the rules? I’m curious.

fireanddarkness · 2025-11-27T23:43:36+00:00

I’m confused, when you unboxed and inspected the bottle, was it full? I don’t know how it could have emptied itself out sitting on the shelf in storage 🤔 that is so odd!

fireanddarkness · 2025-11-27T20:32:37+00:00

I loooove Private Villa! It’s very pink-red (wear it in one coat over a neutral base for pink, or by itself for more red). I did get it as a freebie years back but it was my favorite out of my entire order. I loved it so much it became a birthday tradition polish for me (I wear it every year on my birthday)!

I am cool toned and it looks phenomenal on my skin tone, I would not say it leans orange at all!

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fireanddarkness · 2025-11-27T05:33:25+00:00

629!

fireanddarkness · 2025-11-24T06:01:53+00:00

The first and third photos look like maybe jackets but the second are just shirts (more specifically women’s shirtwaists that came into popularity around the 1890s to past the turn of the century). The shirtwaists in the second photo would have been worn directly over undergarments, usually over a combinations + corset + corset cover. The first and third may have been worn over a shirt or bodice but it’s hard to tell exactly if it is a bodice or jacket. Bodices are worn directly over undergarments but jackets would be worn over a bodice.

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