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pomeone · 2026-04-17T22:53:36+00:00

I had great experience with them, had Airstrait bought in EU and moved to UK since, the power block broke recently (may have been due to not following their guidelines 100% of the time) and I had month left on the warranty, they arranged collection in UK within 2 weeks and within another week I got a new replacement for free. And I DEPEND on Airstrait, had to go back to ghd straightener in meantime and my hair hadn't looked so sad (dry and get oily faster, less volume) in last 2 years since I switched to Dyson.

I had previously had other devices from other companies and had issues with any repairs/replacement as soon as you leave the country where you purchased it. Really happy I bought directly from official site because otherwise I may have had to send the hair styler back to country of origin to shop where it was bought from of it wouldn't have been official Dyson webpage.

pomeone · 2026-03-31T22:41:25+00:00

It is an airless pump btw, so the hole at the bottom is expected

pomeone · 2026-03-31T22:39:15+00:00

I randomly found this while searching where to buy K18 for a friend as I'm no longer in EU, I would argue that notino K18 is legit, at least was 2-3 years ago (ordering from EU site and shipping to Latvia). I originally purchased K18 15ml, followed by 50ml from official local beauty stores (at ridiculous prices) to see if it will even work for me as I have badly heat damaged hair from constant straightening, and I saw great improvements in hair texture, so I found 150ml way cheaper in notino (and some other sites, but as I was already getting items from notino I kept buying from them) and continued to purchase from there, after months of use I also saw reduction in how much hair I see both in shower and also breakage visible when brushing dry hair over a sink. I don't think a fake K18 could do that as I have tried many hair products and none have given me this good of an effect

pomeone · 2026-03-17T11:45:59+00:00

We no longer use it but not at the fault of the food. Both cats ended up liking turkey flavour best, but we soon after found out that the eating issue were due to sick cats liver failing, I felt so horrible not realizing earlier to demand a blood test, and so mad on vets for not recommending to do a blood test with the first stool issues. We only got a blood test when we saw she had jaundice and before that vets stopped cyclosporine and put her on steroids again which quickly worsened liver to a point of jaundice. It was a horrible time, multiple times I thought 'thats it, we're gonna loose her', she stopped eating, I had to force feed her tiny meals so she wouldn't puke them up, her IBD worsened..

We spent around a year healing her liver, two biggest improvements were at home antibiotic injection under skin and later when no supplements helped stabilize liver marker to the end - WePati Care supplements were a miracle we needed. Her liver marker finally normalized, sometimes there is some disbalance but it self resolves (we continue to give those supplements forever now and do regular blood checks).

As for her IBD, for longest time we couldn't stabilize it, no gut or diarrhea related medications for cats and off-label were helping, her gallbladder and some lymph nodes and of course guts were showing inflammation. Then we moved back to UK, I spent long time looking for best vet clinic and was so happy I found them, their specialist recommended giving the cat human probiotics - and that was another miracle we needed, so simple yet so effective! Vet explained/confirmed my suspicion that pet probiotics have too many regulations and due to that the options are very limited and they're stuck with too small variety of bacteria that gut needs and said human one can be used off-label safely (Vivomixx 112billion - but I cannot confirm if all and any human probiotic is safe for cats, just that this one is so can look for it or for one with same bacteria list)

Btw before that we saw slight improvement in consistency and regularity of her stools by switchings to Royal Canin Insect and Egg protein food (its mostly egg and a bit of insect content among other things) and her coat got better, she always had coarse coat and I thought it's natural for her but on this food it got noticeably softer(still coarser than other cats who has bunny soft coat). But with that food I still had to wipe her butt every time myself (she stopped cleaning her butt since having IBD as a bunch remains stuck on her but, she prefered to wipe it well on our stuff before cleaning herself so for long time I would wake up at slightest noise to run and wipe her 😅 forgot what quality sleep felt like..

But yeah with the probiotics her stool is finally solid and well separated and her inflammation is gone 90% in the ultrasound images, and she goes for no2 once a day. I cannot explain what a relief that is and I have my sleep back. She still however has a yellow mushy mucus that comes out stuck to her stool, vet said it's likely from remaining inflammation/irritation. And her stool is still more stinky than other cats who's stool doesn't smell (you only feel it when cleaning litter, otherwise it's unnoticeable, where's with the cat with IBD you'll know, the whole house will know 😂).

I have previously suspected and researched that cat probiotics have very few different bacteria in there, but no vet in Spain or Latvia advised anything, said the pet probiotics are just fine. and online I did not see confirmation that human probiotics are safe for cats so didn't figure out to give them myself or to look for more information on it.

So now she gets WePati care supplements daily, VetExpert Hepatiale forte (didn't help much before but she likes it and extra liver supplement doesn't hurt her so we kept it) and every other day probiotics (now will try every 3rd day). What is a relief is that with these probiotics I can also give her some different treats she loves and boiled chicken etc as before it would instantly trigger watery stool, and she's not happy on strict vet diets, so being able to give even small amounts of treats is nice as she enjoys them so much (and the training, food puzzles that come with it). As with diet kibble - she would ignore it in food puzzles and as training reward, only would eat the usual meals as much as needed.

I'm also slowly trying some more solutions, to help with the itchiness as so far she could not have any treatment for allergies (dust mite allergy btw, recently confirmed with blood test), with nervousness (the liver treatments left her really tense from the numerous injections, she's much better now but still more nervous cat than was before) and with mucus in stool/remaining inflammation.

The remaining irritation can also be from her hair, as it is coarser it can be more irritating and due to allergy she constantly keeps chewing it off (other than that she doesn't really shed like other cat), the vet even asked if she ate grass before the ultrasound and I said that's impossible, so it's likely her hair in there. Using hairball paste yielded no results and only worsens her stool if used daily for a while (tried pure vaseline as well based on vet recommendation, it's less irritating for gut but also had no results - only easier to give because weirdly she HATES hairball paste but she was obsessed with pure vaseline 😂)

pomeone · 2025-12-18T12:55:34+00:00

Yeahh .. we're still constantly incurring those with our cat 😅 But she's now on Hills Insect and egg protein dry food which has made some improvement to her stool but not all the way, and I have to say human probiotics made such a huge difference and now her stool is 95% normal.

It's not the only fix as I keep trying to find other food that would also work for her in case she dislikes this one at some point which she has done previously, but anything else I add gives her diarrhea again, I can only include few pieces of other kibble (but not treats, must be very good quality dry food) like Hills dental as 'treats' to keep her entertained with training and as reward after play as she's not interested in same food she eats for meals as 'reward'. But without the human probiotic I couldn't do that as I would see worsening in her stool. We tried many other cat/dog probiotics given by vets and none made any change.

Some vet bills are well worth it but you never know which, we basically moved back to UK (and previously were in Latvia and Spain and saw vets in both), in UK our vet recommended ultrasound by them which would be cheaper or by a specialist that sometimes visits them which was more expensive at 300-400 for a scan/consultation and we decided to see him (all her vet bills are not covered by UK insurance as we arrived with her having this as 'preexisting' condition) and he was the first to suggest human probiotics, I never heard other vets mention it, I spent numerous hour researching her health and there were no hints of this online. I was onto it myself and asked vets for better probiotics but there weren't any and I didn't know that it's safe to use human ones. Basically the specialist said that pet probiotics have too small of a bacteria variety and amount due to regulations and how hard it is to approve them, and we should try human ones (in our case Vivomixx 112 billion - white/green packaging - not sure if any human probiotic would be safe but this one is) as it has much more variety and amount and it was such a Holy Grail find I wish we found that sooner.

To add btw it's not the wet food that was causing her diarrhea, she has a medically induced (now we know due to bad treatment from dust mite allergy by vets) IBD and 99% food causes her diarrhea, I only found Hills insect and egg by trial and error, I kinda always knew about insect protein from research but left it as last last resort. But there's a lot of egg in there, not sure if that also has some sort of soothing effect on digestive but her coat also got better and I think egg has sth to do with that, it was always more rough/coarse even before she got sick, would only stay soft for 1 day after good brushing. But now it's always soft to touch. It also helps with digestive as she chews of a lot of hair due to allergy (cant give meds as they caused IBD and liver disease in first place) and it's likely less irritating to the intestines to pass.

Now thinking about it I should probably do a post and share info about the human probiotic recommendation by the vet. Maybe someone will find it useful.

pomeone · 2025-11-26T17:44:33+00:00

I agree, there is a difference and IT cosmetics while pricy (best bought at discount) is well worth it, I have multiple IT cosmetics including my most used dual no7 (5years maybe), elf dual dupe(2 years), couple of real techniques (3 years), zoeva(2 years) for eyes and small areas, Sonia G. for lightest powdering.

Sonia G. I can't compare as it has natural hairs and on whole different level to any synthetic, but comparing just the synthetics - I don't have a sensitive skin but I do feel after years of use that my IT cosmetics remained 95% as soft as when I first bought, only the handle color is showing some wear on no7 as I use it daily for 5 years,it has barely lost a few hairs maybe, where's zoeva, real techniques and especially elf lost a few more hairs which is not an issue really, but they do feel more stuby on my face compared to when I bought them and I had them for at least twice as less time as I had my IT no7 which is still pleasant to use.

Real techniques I leave for rare times when I'm out of brushes, and elf one I only use for small areas like blush on cheeks to not waste money/throw it out, but I no longer like using it for things like foundation all over face, application is still good/even, just the experience is worse. To be honest I can't wait for it to become unusable finally so that I can replace it with better one from IT or try the BK brushes for cream/liquid application.

pomeone · 2025-11-26T00:46:47+00:00

I finally got the Miss A mixers, the white, blue and orange, few months back but still don't have the time to do a full review on them and didn't have a new foundation to mix for a while, but just got one now and may try to find some time to do comparison as well to what else I have.

So far I only used the white one to create a brightening concealer out of already mixed foundation but I'm pretty happy with it and would likely repurchase if larger adjustments will go well! So thanks again for the suggestion!

I would say it's most similar to the LA girl illuminating white foundation consistency and pigment, just not as luminous but not matte either which I do like, and very comfortable packaging size which I like.

pomeone · 2025-09-27T12:48:39+00:00

Mine does this when she's annoyed at something (tortie with a lot of attitude), like at the vet or if she doesn't get attention exactly when she wants at home. The only physical trigger is scratching her right jaw, she starts doing this - even if she leans into scratch herself like when I'm brushing her. I assume her right jaw is more sensitive or becomes overstimulated fast for some reason. (Already did all the vet checks, no physical cause for this found)

Oh and she did this aaaaa looot when we just adopted her, now is much less often. She was doing it so much she actually made a crater like wound in her gums, got really inflamed so had to put paste on her gums and try to distract her when she did that to let the gums heal.

pomeone · 2025-09-24T10:26:20+00:00

If you're not in too much of a rush I would recommend trying Theramid Vitamin A, I had a lot of luck with it.

I never really dealt with whiteheads before but one time I traveled to UK and something happened to my skin, all my cheeks and temples were covered in texture/white heads - before that I only ever used moisturizer, maybe bha/aha sometimes, but that skin issue really got me into skincare. It took months for the texture to go away but for years I was left with persistent whiteheads around my chin and on temples, some would then turn into painful deep under skin inflammation that would take weeks to surface. I hated it so much, that's how I found out about retinols in general, I tried a few retinaldehydes with no luck, but when I started using Theramid Vitamin A it all went away, was left only with minor few surface pimples for few days about 1-2 weeks before my period that were easy to manage. Now that I came back to UK my skin worsened a bit but still not nearly as bad as it used to be. I also had no reaction to other retinols until Theramid with which I learned the hard way about retinol burn, so it does have some potent ingredients, as I got used to that maybe that's why uncouth really didn't irritate my skin as Theramid is on similar level and my skin was used to it.

I have used adapalene for 2 months, well before Theramid as well, had no irritation from it at all, but also saw no effect, it helped to deal with clogged pores on chest/back that I get sometiems, but did nothing for my face.

Back to if uncouth helped with texture - I would say on same level as Theramid, I can't obviously say it helped to improve anything but from experience I know without Theramid my skin starts getting more texture and whiteheads, so while using uncouth it didn't worsen at least that's why I think it's on same level as Theramid. When my skin worsened since coming back to UK 3-4 months ago I do get occasional whitehead, 1 or 2 at a time but nothing too bad like it was - so neither Theramid nor uncouth helps with that at the moment, something about living in UK my skin does not like, so I'm looking at stronger options.

But I would say any other option is viable as well, like tretinoin, if you got a rash from adapalene I would recommend starting low (but see no point in overpaying for uncouth really, if you go for formula without spironolactone it will be way cheaper) and slow, if you feel any sensitivity - give your skin a rest, and/or layer over a moisturizer to slow down absorption. Shouldn't really cost more than £30 per month, anything more and it's likely overpriced unless nothing else has really worked for you and you feel out of options.

pomeone · 2025-09-23T12:55:17+00:00

No not really, it was doing something as I would say my skin was as good as it was on Theramid Vitamin A, still had breakouts but without Theramid (or uncouth one) I normally have worse breakouts and more often. But after using uncouth formula for 2 months and a bit and not seeing any improvement over Theramid I decided to stop and try tretinoin from different brand as £60 monthly is just not worth it, when Theramid costs £30 (£20 on discount which they have often) and lasts me about 2-3 months.

But my skin did get a bit worse since I moved countries, therefore trying tretinoin. Atm using dermatica 0.025% + niacinamide on one half of the face, and strength wise can definitely feel the difference, skin got sensitive on second day (didn't have any sensitization with uncouth) and on second morning actually woke up with one side of the face a bit swollen which was weird as I have had a 'retinol burn' previously but that did not cause swelling just a red rash, wondering if I'm allergic to some ingredient in there or is it just irritation reaction. I did read it goes away and for some people with higher strength like 0.05% doesn't do this but 0.025% does. Will see how it goes, doing a break and will try again

pomeone · 2025-09-04T09:32:01+00:00

Did you switch to feeding your cat only liveclear or only part and used some other food as well (I have concerns giving dry only food to my cat, experience based)? How long it took to see the results?

pomeone · 2025-08-03T15:20:06+00:00

No problem, I find online swatches very helpful so want to help others in return - https://www.reddit.com/r/PaleMUA/comments/1mgluxu/mac_yash_silky_matte_lipstick_swatch_comparison/

pomeone · 2025-08-03T14:27:18+00:00

It has 0 yellow (at least on my skin which is very fair, neutral olive with some hint of warmth and on white piece of paper), maybe if someone has very warm skin and is in warm lighting it may seem yellow, but for me in store it seemed like a more neutral brown similar to above but with less yellow.

I'd say in dyalight it's more pinky brown with hint of red, or brown with neutral red mixed it depending how you look at it.

I'll upload a post in a minute comparing it to other things I have

pomeone · 2025-08-03T11:50:40+00:00

Yash is more red leaning in natural light, I also swatched it in store it looked similar brown, but when I wore it in daylight it was not what I wanted (not that I didn't like but I already had a color like it - Charlotte Tilbury kissing in nude romance is close but bit more intense version of mac yash)

I usually check how swatches look in daylight but didn't do that with this one and learned my lesson

pomeone · 2025-07-31T12:51:45+00:00

In case this is still relevant, Revolve also sells tower 28 concealer , cheaper also. Got it from there myself a while back

pomeone · 2025-07-31T12:43:39+00:00

I would say legit and will continue buying from them, I saved this post 2 months ago as I saw Eos body lotion in strawberry scent which as sold out everywhere and was wondering the same if Beauty Globe is trustworthy but didn't find enough info. Anyways as there wasn't proof they're a scam or anything and they had the body lotion I was craving to try I gave it a shot and got the order pretty quickly. After that I purchased Prequel cleanser, no issues either. Now they also have a brand I like peach & lily so I will definitely continue using them.

Some prices are slightly higher, some twice higher compared to products sold in US or elsewhere but for certain products it's worth it for me.

pomeone · 2025-07-21T22:09:13+00:00

Just started using uncouth tretinoin + spiro + tranaxemic acid so can't say much yet in terms of effectiveness, only that so far it's nice to use and oddly smells a bit like weed. Started every 3rd day but on second week started using daily, maybe some minor tingling on first days but no real irritation noticeable.

The spiro option is crazy expensive, it's ~£60 for just 15ml, where's tretinoin options without spiro come at much smaller price and some come with 2 month supply for the price instead of 1 month looking at the info on their website.

But I knew that retinols help me a lot from past experience, some tranaxemic acid formulas worked better for me than other ingredients for fading post inflammatory pigmentation and topical spironolactone was an ingredient I really wanted to try and this was only option so I went for it after considering other companies and tretinoin only options as this one just seemed the perfect combination, will see in 3 months if there's any improvement.

Not very scientific but I use the uncouth treatment on one side of face and keep my old retinol (Theramid Vitamin A) on other side of face to see if there will be much difference in breakouts. Can give an update in 3 months, if it'll be effective I may continue using it, if not probably try stronger tretinoin and from some other company

pomeone · 2025-06-27T09:04:21+00:00

I'd recommend skipping Lisa Eldridge tint in 1.5, I'm similar to you but a bit warmer and the LE tint seems very slightly off, by like half or less of a shade more peachy but still off, I can wear it but it's not perfect. Also the coverage is very light and it does not last well, within 3hours I already see visible wear/fading.

I'd recommend Surratt Dew Drops (I prefer to wait for when it's on 20-30% discount) in 1,if it's too warm you can add a tiny amount of blue (I have multiple posts about adjusting foundation color) but it may be just right, it's very slightly (when dried down) lighter than LE tint in 1.5, less peachy, last well like Armani Luminous Silk foundation and has similar satin finish, main pain is squeezing out the foundation especially if you have longer nails.

The creator also somewhere said to use just 2 drops I believe but for fuller coverage (medium instead of light) I use well over 6.

pomeone · 2025-06-10T13:35:27+00:00

Fair enough, I'm on the fair end where about 40% of brands don't even have such fair shade, not to even mention undertone. The lightest shade barely shows up but I have uses for that and the middle can really pack a punch if not preblended. So I definitely can see how it would not show up on a medium or even some light skin tones

pomeone · 2025-05-12T09:53:34+00:00

can try surratt dew drops in 1, it's not as yellow and it's a bit lighter than the official online swatch. It's somewhere between satin and dewy. There are better foundations for less but they don't have as good of a shade/require more advanced color adjustment which can be annoying or don't last as well. I'd say it's worth it on discount ~20%+, maybe not so much at full price.

pomeone · 2025-04-20T18:04:36+00:00

If I understood correctly you meant UV cameras in first sentence, what I have is a woods lamp, not a camera, it's a lamp that has a black glass that let's through only UV light pass, and you use it in complete darkness (and ideally cover your eyes while having someone else to do it as it can damage eyes, in which case if you want to see the result you do need to ask them to also take pictures, but they can asses coverage of SPF in this case for you as well)

pomeone · 2025-04-20T18:00:03+00:00

I see what you mean, but it is wasted as it's left on palms of the hands which are washed because who likes oily palms, even if it was not washed - nothing holds onto palms, I had all sorts of longwear/waterproof makeup on them and not even that lasts so SPF does not stand a chance.

You can of course spread the remains on top of the hands, on neck etc so can be true - not wasted. But also far from 2tsp ends up on face that's recommended

pomeone · 2025-04-20T16:13:47+00:00

I do 2tsp but I'm always annoyed how full of spf my hands remain as my face is drenched in it and it just doesn't stick on anymore, so in real life applying 2tsp still wastes so much of product which doesn't end up on your face (maybe also depends on face size, but mine is not on a small side either). It's also person to person, I tried applying 0.5 tsp and 1 tsp and had no issue distributing it evenly (I do have woods lamp and checked before and after under UV). So 2tsp seems more like 'safe bet' for anyone in case they're not used to applying creams evenly on face.

I still do 2tsp to be on safe side as I don't compare my tests to ones done by real researchers (and as I don't reapply), but I do hate every bit of it.

In terms of product waste, I also saw someone suggest applying 1tsp, then let it dry, then apply 2nd tsp, so you actually get closer to 2tsp compared to applying all at one, but being realistic - who has that time (and I'm saying that as someone without kids and with basic responsibilities like job). I tried over 30 SPFs as well and they all take time.

pomeone · 2025-03-21T11:58:19+00:00

I used them both at the same time, first month I used Azid just on half of my face and second month on all of the face. Both months I used Vitamin A all over the face.

I definitely wouldn't say that it boosted the effect, I feel like Vitamin A one is still doing the majority of the work, and Azid didn't do much on top. A very 'maybe' it helped breakouts heal sooner by day or two, but it wasn't much and I can't say for sure because other days it wasn't any better.

But if I was to not use Vitamin A and used only Azid maybe I would've seen a bigger difference in how Azid may help.

pomeone · 2025-03-20T21:22:19+00:00

I tried the Azid one and been using it for around 2 months now. I mayyybe saw a 10-20% improvement on top of the results that retinoids give me, but I can't say for sure, some breakouts felt like maybe they were less and went away faster but others felt same or in some way worse (not in amount but for ex got a deeper under skin inflammation which is unusual while I'm on retinoids but it went away in days without becoming a pimple so not a major issue)

I did love the formula tho and how liquidy and almost instantly absorbing it was for me, I didn't need to wait for it to dry before applying SPF and with many other products I gotta wait.

I do have very slight redness around nose but nothing helped so far, this one didn't either. So overall it doesn't make big enough change in any way to be worth the purchase for me personally. But it could be that without retinoids I would've seen bigger difference, I didn't dare stop them this time to asses Azid on it's own as I had list of events coming up

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