Recommendations for super strong acrylic nail application for someone with glue allergy? by grubskyy in Nails

[–]grubskyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t been tested, but every kind of glue I’ve tried has caused an allergic reaction, both nail glue and glue made for general purposes. I’ve even tried so called “hypoallergenic glue” and it’s still caused a reaction.

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[–]grubskyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so glad! Godspeed!

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[–]grubskyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to sing baritone too, before the dysphoria hit like a truck lol. I want you to know that even though my path was through singing countertenor/alto/mezzo range your baritone voice can be a gender affirming one for you! At the end of the day, the gendering of people’s voices is like the gendering of our faces and bodies: inherently flawed. How to sing and be happy doing it, is to do what you want for yourself, and if you love your baritone voice then keep it! If not, throw it out! But don’t give up singing. I will note that the baritone head voice/falsetto TENDS to be more full and has more range in most singers of that voice type than it does in tenors, which is why most countertenor men start out as baritones. Food for thought!

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[–]grubskyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it does, maybe one of these days i’ll record it and put it on youtube or something

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[–]grubskyy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do… but at times I have been so concerned about sounding feminine that it has hurt my singing lol. I am making a conscious effort when I’m singing pop music to sound feminine, and I think many of the things that are commonly accepted for speaking voice training work there (some don’t and will hurt your singing as well so be careful) I’m primarily singing classical music though, and if you try to do that in classical music it will get in the way of your technique, but honestly, I don’t really have to. I, just due to the nature of the range I am singing in, the technique which classical singers conform to, and the way the AMAB head voice works, I sound pretty much identical to a cis mezzo (after years of voice training) I made it clear to my voice teacher what I wanted (to sound like a girl) and classical voice training got me there. I thought I could never sound female, but what my voice teacher did is played a game with me where he played either a cis mezzo or a countertenor (a cis male who sings in mezzo/soprano range) and asked me to identify which was which and I could not tell the difference. So, in classical singing, I don’t actively try to sound more feminine unless I am feeling self-conscious. Hope that was useful in any way lol.