/hb/ - Health & Beauty

Western vs Asian makeup
I want to try Asian makeup sometime

>>22880
i like western makeup when its like the left, a lot of the time its overdone and looks tacky

>>22880
Left one makes her look vapid, i'm offended you label it as "Western".

>>22880
The right looks like she's genuinely sick and needs medical attention

>>22880
right but without the drawn-on eyebags

>>21842
paying to remain a child while enjoying some of the benefits of an adult

use Unpluq with one of their NFC tags

I need to make my smartphone into a dumbphone, pronto. Smartphones are fucking evil.

Also, to all the detractors: OP is in the right. You can pretend this is stupid all you want, but data proves her putting constraints on phone usage just works.

Blocking mobile internet on smartphones improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/2/pgaf017/8016017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2858036.2858359
The mere presence of a smartphone reduces basal attentional performance https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36256-4
"Both interventions reduced smartphone use intensity, problematic use tendencies, depressive, and anxiety symptoms. In both groups, life satisfaction and physical activity increased. Most effects were stronger and remained more stable over 4 months in the reduction group than in the abstinence group. Moreover, in the reduction group only, the number of daily smoked cigarettes decreased" https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-50916-001
"In the model with intention as the mediator, the intervention (vs. control) condition was positively associated with increases in intention at T2 (b = 0.23, SE = 0.12, 95% CIbc [0.05, 0.41]), which was associated with reduced smartphone usage time during the following seven days " https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563225000718#sec3

>>20562
I get it. I’ve looked into dumb phones but if you are under the age of 70 you basically need a smartphone to exist now. I think it is one of the many challenges of younger generations is learning how to use this technology responsibly without letting it dominate and reduce the quality of our lives.

also nona, be careful with putting pimple patches and other occlusive layers on top of active ingredients like tretinoin! it can burn your skin or over exfoliate it. best of luck on your skincare journey :3

>>21864

Vanicream made my skin burn, I don't understand why at all and my derm was also perplexed. Its the equivalent to thinking ketchup is spicy but with my skin. Crazy.

>>21866
Oh no, that sucks. Have you ever tried colloidal oatmeal, nona? Might work for your uber sensitive skin. I know there’s some creams and serums that use it as an ingredient. Best of luck.

I just wanted to find a skincare thread to post this guy I found on reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/30PlusSkinCare/comments/1u5m8o8/9_months_of_putting_health_and_skincare_first/

>>22849
iironically, the retinoid hes using is the main thing that helped him. the very thiing op is saying didn't work

>>22853
im sorry this sounds scary.
do you live in the usa? can you get on medicaid? there may be places you can go, depending on your state, that can treat you even though you are uninsured.
also, it's possible if you call the hospital and explain you're uninsured/in poverty, they will reduce the $400 bill. just say you literally couldn't afford it.

>>22854 thanks so much, this is actually really helpful advice… i will do those things! and luckily im from a blue state so hopefully they’ll have something

i’m just so flabbergasted that something as simple and normalized as going on birth control could lead to this terrible of a health consequence. i feel so bad for any other nona’s that have heavy bleeding.

if anyone reading this has heavy periods and feels tired all the time like me, then please get your iron checked before it gets bad…

>>22744
show your hair

>>22745
The most I will show.

Real experience with no shampoo for 200 days

I wish I had hair like pic related. I never figured out how to take care of my hair right. My mom was absent so I couldn't learn it from her.

I basically shampoo (with repeat) and condition (leave in hair while I was the rest of me) with Tresemme every other day and use a microfiber hair wrap after the shower. After a little bit I take the wrap off, brush and let it air dry. That's been my routine for a while. Well I started using this silicone scalp massager thing recently.

>>22842
My hair naturally looks like that with locks at the end and I kinda hate it

haha idk why everyone went after you like that. unless you live in goddamn scandinavia, they are uncommon. they obvs exist, but again unless u live in scandi 99% of adult blondes you see just dyed their hair

If you have to ask this question you are blessed to not be from a horrible anti-social aryan state.

They exist and they scare me.

I am very real. It ain't all its cracked up

think so

>>22719
have you ever been to northern germany, the netherlands, denmark or scandinavia? half of the people there are blond.

>>22821
You could get fat and they'll grow that way.

you have a c cup and consider that to be small?
i guess thats what happens when beauty stanards are shaped by porn

>>22823
im sorry if that's stupid i was feeling insecure

>>22819
Get stronger on your pecs. Buy push up bras if you want a pet moid. That's it.

I got an IUD and mine got bigger and rounder ! It was nice

Depends how much sweat and if you have that stink gene… I don’t like wearing deodorant when I’m at home.

>>22808
No one ever complained I stink, and even when Im out and about some people stand way too close to me, I feel like if i stunk that wouldn't happen

>>22809
This is heavily subjective and culture-dependent, though
>source: I ride the bus in a very multicultural area
If you're from the land of left hand-wiping and then move abroad, others will definitely appreciate deodorant use

>>22807
>I always hear from people that if you don't wear deodorant you stink and that it's gross but I've been told I smell good.
STINKY WOMAN ALERT STINKY WOMAN ALERT STINKY WOMAN ALERT STINKY WOMAN ALERT STINKY WOMAN ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, maybe you don't smell and it is the perfume of your clothes that still lingers on you, OP. That is, if you wash and dry your clothes everyday or so. Also, DO NOT SKIP A DAY OF NOT SHOWERING IF YOU KEEP THIS HABIT.
>I just find most deodorants smell too strong and artificial
They're a bit expensive, but just buy more natural deodorants that have the least chemicals. Google it and see if any of them are at your local store.
I tell you this because it is always good to wear just a bit of deodorant in case a given situation makes you sweat a lot and can make you smell foul. I happen to have done that mistake once at work and my coworkers didn't want to talk to me for the rest of that week.

>>22831
Man, I would hate having to work with a tranny.

>>19663
light blue eyes, white with olive undertones, brown eyebrows with darker brown hair, streaks of blonde due to dye fading.. i have the blobfish phenotype

Honestly, shit borders on astrology. But it has some merits: I had never really wondered what color suited me best, I just used to pick whatever I liked.

Common Myths About Seasonal Color Analysis Debunked https://myaicolor.com/guide/common-myths-about-seasonal-color-analysis-debunked.html

>>22680
alternatives hurt way less, cheese is overrated and learn to season your food

>>22680
>but unfortunately most alternatives to meat and cheese also hurt animals

this is what mindless consumers actually believe

>>21300
It's the bare minimum of moral consistency in my opinion, and I don't even consider myself a particularly good person. A significant part of what I consume still comes from exploitation in some shape or form, but it's a manageable goal for now. I'm starting to replace my cosmetics with cruelty-free ones. Hopefully one day I have enough energy to actually look into fair produce too. I'm really sad though because most vegan communities are filled with communists and troons and the rest of the world hates me. At least there's hummus

>>22793
>I'm starting to replace my cosmetics with cruelty-free ones.

i just recently started putting aloe vera into my smoothies and every time i do, i have a few off cuts from where i removed the skin that have plenty of that good gel left on them. then i take these offcuts and just rub them on my skin or on my hair.

i buy the leaves in the asian grocery store but i guess it would be even easier to just have a aloe plant on my balcony.

>>21300
Yeah, but i didnt "try". Meat just suddenly didnt felt like something i wanted to eat.