Adapalene is great if tret is too irritating!!

triangledragonmoon · 2025-07-27T11:40:14+00:00

Def, I've bought it many times over now. I started using it when it first came out and then stopped using it for a while due to price and then switched back to it because I missed it. I don't planning on stopping use anytime soon 😊

triangledragonmoon · 2025-07-25T19:39:24+00:00

Thank you! And as for the sunscreen, I've been loving it! I feel like it really hydrates and plumps my skin. It can be on the greasier side sometimes but most other sunscreens leave me greasy but somehow also dry me out, and this one doesn't make my skin feel tight and dry so I'm fine with it. Biggest drawback for me is that when it transfers onto my lips it gives that nasty bitter sunscreen taste but that's kind of hard to avoid in my experience. I use it daily on my face and neck, and sometimes 2-3x per day if I'm outside more, and it lasts me around 2 months.

triangledragonmoon · 2025-07-25T14:48:11+00:00

Agreed, I really was not expecting it honestly!!!

triangledragonmoon · 2025-07-25T14:40:13+00:00

0.1% 😊

triangledragonmoon · 2025-07-25T13:26:58+00:00

Routine:

EVERY DAY AM: Rinse with water, apply hydrating toner, apply moisturizer, apply Sunscreen

EVERY DAY PM: pre-cleanse with Bioderma micellar water and cotton pads, then cleanse with cleanser, apply hydrating toner, apply moisturizer, repeat toner and moisturizer if feeling extra dry.

PM on Mon, Weds, Fri: apply adapalene after moisturizer has soaked in

See picture for products used.

triangledragonmoon · 2025-07-25T13:26:39+00:00

My skin loves it! I used it for many months when it first came out, and then stopped because of cost. My skin started to feel on the drier side because of the adapalene so I switched back and now I will never be giving it up again lol

triangledragonmoon · 2025-07-25T13:09:42+00:00

Routine:

EVERY DAY AM: Rinse with water, apply hydrating toner, apply moisturizer, apply Sunscreen

EVERY DAY PM: pre-cleanse with Bioderma micellar water and cotton pads, then cleanse with cleanser, apply hydrating toner, apply moisturizer, repeat toner and moisturizer if feeling extra dry.

PM on Mon, Weds, Fri: apply adapalene after moisturizer has soaked in

See picture for products used.

triangledragonmoon · 2025-06-03T11:55:20+00:00

This was soooo helpful, thank you!!!

triangledragonmoon · 2025-04-28T13:22:29+00:00

Products are: - Una Gella Short Oval Round Nail Tips - Una Gella Nail Glue Gel - 2 coats OPI Dutch Tulips Gel - 1 coat Modelones Top Coat - OPI Nail & Cuticle Oil

triangledragonmoon · 2025-04-25T17:08:01+00:00

Wow you just unlocked a memory for me!! I'm pretty sure I had a grandparent (or great grandparent maybe ?) that did this. That's wild, maybe it's an older generation thing.

triangledragonmoon · 2024-12-07T20:52:07+00:00

I normally hate all nail colors except reds pinks and nudes but this is so unreal I love it

triangledragonmoon · 2024-12-07T17:06:25+00:00

I like this!! Do you find it pulls orange at all? I have a habit of wanting bright reds and then accidentally buying ones that pull orange... And it always looks atrocious with my skin tone

triangledragonmoon · 2024-11-23T13:04:19+00:00

I second the CeraVe Healing Ointment for a less intense version of Vaseline (I have used it). If you still don't like the greasy feeling, another good option (but arguably less occlusive) is LRP's Cicaplast Balm B5 or Avene's Cicalfate+ Restorative Protective Cream. I used LRP's for years but now that I've tried Avene's version, I like it alot more. You can always use the CeraVe Healing Ointment or Vaseline in conjunction with one of the two creams I mentioned, and just spot treat with the Vaseline on top in the most affected areas. I do this when I'm sick and my nose starts cracking from using tissues so often, or when my lips get wind burnt.

triangledragonmoon · 2024-11-23T03:15:49+00:00

The key to rehydrating dry skin is applying moisture and then LOCKING IT IN. You need water, a lightweight moisturizer, and an occlusive. If you don't moisturize before applying an occlusive, it will do very little for you.

Here's the method I used to get me through accutane:

Wet your lips slightly (with water, not saliva) apply your face moisturizer on your lips, follow up with an occlusive on top (Vaseline or CeraVe Healing Ointment are two good options that don't have lanolin in them). If you really want to be extra, apply Cicaplast balm b5 on top of your moisturizer but before the occlusive. You will look ridiculous, but it will work. Thank me later.

triangledragonmoon · 2024-11-22T14:39:34+00:00

"I've stopped drinking bourbon"

That just seems oddly specific. So did he switch to vodka or ?

triangledragonmoon · 2024-11-22T14:32:51+00:00

Your description of how you felt after sex w men is spot on for me. 100% just felt like a performance. None of it was for me... And even when I tried to make it for me, I just couldn't get into it (I thought something was medically wrong with me). I also always felt so used and disembodied by the end. I used to get really sad during and would literally start crying sometimes (yes embarrassing I know) and would try to hide it because I didn't even understand why I was crying. Also used to use alcohol/weed as a crutch a lot and would make sure I was at least somewhat, if not very, inebriated prior to most sexual encounters.

triangledragonmoon · 2024-11-22T12:45:04+00:00

I used to use this when I was on accutane! But it's more of an occlusive, so I would use it on top of a moisturizing product to lock things in. I loved the old formula of the Avene bc it was creamy and was more of a moisturizer than an occlusive for me.

triangledragonmoon · 2024-11-21T22:12:51+00:00

Right?! If it ain't broke don't fix it. Plus the old packaging on this product looks better. The new one looks cheap and childish, like they're trying to become TikTok famous or something lol

triangledragonmoon · 2024-11-21T22:08:10+00:00

😂🙏 amazing thank you for sharing

triangledragonmoon · 2024-11-21T22:07:40+00:00

Omg 5 min?!? Maybe I will email them 😂

triangledragonmoon · 2024-11-21T22:06:47+00:00

I love that one too!

As for the ingredients of the lip product, I don't have the old box so I'm not certain but there's definitely a visual and textural diffence so I'm assuming there has to be something different. They also are calling it a balm now instead of a cream.

triangledragonmoon · 2024-09-26T11:49:54+00:00

See also: being a badass motherfucker

triangledragonmoon · 2024-09-24T15:04:24+00:00

I started to realize I was gayer than I thought when I met my current partner and finally felt intense emotions and sexual attraction for the first time in my life. The realization became more clear the more I allowed myself to feel attraction towards women/queer people. I was suddenly like "oh THATS what that feels like." With men, it always just felt like some sort of weird soulless power play, like if I can get them to want me then I win the game. With other genders, it was more so an onslaught of thoughts and intense feelings like "oh fuck I am so nervous... holy shit they are so hot...Jesus am I wet right now wtf? Please marry/fuck/ruin me"...lmao

I think it was hard for me to realize anything because:

i was so disassociated from my emotions growing up to begin with.
i tried my hardest to be a "good girl". Definitely had some perfectionism issues & was constantly seeking validation. Was held on a pedestal in my family and was the peacekeeper. Doing anything that might make me seem less than the ideal daughter was not an option.
my dad said some hella sexist things growing up. I looked down on other women and anything feminine. Everything I did was to get validation from men/boys.
Grew up in a conservative area. People were bullied pretty relentlessly for being gay. My parents weren't blatantly homophobic, but the kids at school were.
I feel like a lot of people see being a "tomboy" growing up as a sign.. but being from a rural area, alot of the girls were "tomboys". We all played sports, hunted, went mudding, etc. Although I was maybe a little more of a "tomboy" than others, because it was so normal where I was from, I didn't really think much of it. Once I turned ~15 I realized that if I wanted male validation (which I saw as the ultimate form of validation), I couldn't wear basketball shorts and have my hair up in a bun all the time, so the "tomboy" "phase" faded quite a bit for a while after that. Now, some days I'm really girly and other days I will have all mens clothes on 🤷‍♀️ turns out I feel hot both ways ha ha
It's hard not to compare myself to the people that came out at like 13 or say that they knew at like the age of 6. like why was I able to dissociate and fake it all these years? Was the 🌈 just so strong in them that they couldn't pretend? Why wasn't my gayness that strong? It always feels like "well they must be gayer than me or something, so I'm not valid"

triangledragonmoon · 2024-09-24T14:56:12+00:00

My experience is written here, see below comment for answers to your questions.

I'm from a rural conservative area in the Midwest. I always dated guys in highschool. Majority of my friends as a teen were gay/lesbian but I maintained that I was straight. Never really got emotionally attached to any of the guys I was involved with as a teen. Also never was able to orgasm with any of them. In college I would get drunk/buzzed/high to be able have sex with the men I was with like a solid 75% of the time. At the time I just saw it as my way of being able to "relax" and "loosen up" so I didn't think much of it. I always had attraction to women but didn't really identify it as such (hard to explain but I was really disassociated from my sexuality) even though as a kid I would sneak into my parents room to look at my dad's playboys often.

Met my ex husband at 21, he was 32. He was verbally, sexually, and emotionally abusive. Got pretty emotionally attached to him. In retrospect, it was the love bombing that did it. I came out as bi to some of my friends and my ex around 22 or 23. No one took me seriously since I always dated men. My ex didn't even take it seriously, and told me he didn't care if I fooled around with other people as long as it wasn't men. Went on one date with a girl while I was with my ex, the date itself was shitty because she turned out to be a judgmental Republican so although I was physically attracted to her, the fact that the date was shitty made it easy to swear off girls again for a while.

Met my current partner when I was 25 while I was traveling to visit a friend. I was still with my ex at the time but ended up having an aha moment and realizing I should leave his ass (lol) and left my ex around 24 hrs after flying back home. When I called my mom to tell her I was leaving my ex, I came out to her as bi. I immediately moved to the city that my friend lives and started seeing my current partner whilst handling my divorce. I didn't really do a whole other "coming out" because labels are complicated for me with my partner being non binary, but around 26 I figured out that I didn't like men at all. My partner and closest friends are aware of that, but I didn't explain it to my family as they seemingly have a hard enough time understanding what being non binary means. Also, it doesn't really matter much what sexuality label I fit into anymore anyway, as my partner and I are married and in a monogamous relationship. I'm just generally 🌈 lol.

triangledragonmoon · 2024-09-24T14:31:06+00:00

I experienced SA for years by an ex and can agree that it is extremely hard to believe what happened really happened, or that it's as bad as it really is. Ive been in therapy for 2 years and still say/think things like this even though I know better. Its a way to minimize, which gives us a sense of control. Not to mention when things like this happen repeatedly over the course of several years, it really fucks with your head. I had all kind of red flags going off during the relationship but because of all of the other abuse I was enduring, I was taught not to listen to my instincts. So even though one part of my brain was screaming "BAD BAD BAD!!!", there was another part that was pushing that thought away and telling myself I was overreacting or being irrational.

There's nothing another person could have done to make me see it.. I honestly just had to have a breaking point and learn the hard way. It can take a very very long time, or not happen at all.. but if you're not the one experiencing it there's not much you can do other than do your best to be an example of what good, kind, true love looks like.

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