On Nine Ways to Enjoy Adult Acne
@magnificentjane I'm uglier with zits, not any of you guys. You guys probably look way better than normal with adult acne. No offense intended.
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On Nine Ways to Enjoy Adult Acne
@MollyculeTheory This is my rationale every time I eat wheat. Then an hour later when I'm wanting to die and getting uglier I remember that I really am allergic.
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On Bad Sex, Paying for the First Date, and Asking Out Your Barista
Yep. I had this one time. Super great guy, terrible chemistry. I kept trying to tell myself that the sex was good enough and that other things were more important. Turned out the bad sex was a huge symptom of the ways we were incompatible (lack of passion, his unwillingness to leave his comfort zone even just a little). I still think he's wonderful, but breaking up was so smart (even though it hurt a lot at first). I'm pretty happy to be with a guy where the sex is hot and the partnershippy stuff is pretty good too. I need both.
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On Nine Ways to Enjoy Adult Acne
So like, I had amazing skin until I was 27 (I'm 30) then it got shitty and adult acne like crazy and I tried everything (aside from going to the dermatologist, of course, cuz whatever). BUT I did go to a holistic health care practitioner and was like HELP ME! and she was all like ok, let's do some tests, and then she was like, oh it's cuz you have a wheat allergy. SO I went through the hell that is avoiding gluten (it's easy now) and I feel way better and my acne is gone. Should I trick myself into thinking I can eat wheat, I get a zit immediately. Like within an hour. Go figure. You could figure out on your own if this is the problem for you by quitting wheat for a month. Worth a shot, maybe?
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On Bathing Suit Shopping With Annette Kellerman, the Australian Mermaid
Heck yeah!
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On Ask a Clean Person: Stovetops, Used Bike Shorts (Yup!), and Yellowing Sheets
I need a post that's like, how to be a clean person. Not how to clean specific things, just how to be that person that keeps everything clean all the time.
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On Ask a Clean Person: Stovetops, Used Bike Shorts (Yup!), and Yellowing Sheets
"And now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go sprinkle my boss with baking soda and mist her with vinegar."
HAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAA!!!!
More green cleaning! Way to go Hairpin!
Re:Bluing. I'm having one of those moments where I feel like I've just been pretending to be a grown up. Bluing? I'm never even heard of it. Can someone tell me where to find this so I don't have to walk into the grocery store and say, "Where's the bluing?"
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On Ask a Clean Person: The Answer Is Always Bleach
Oh thank god. Someone else. Bleach is super bad, not only for your health, but for the earth as well. I'm a little appalled that the hairpin isn't at least mentioning green cleaning options.
The other day I had a huge plumbing crisis, long story short, sewage in way too many places in my home, I busted out the bleach for the first time in years and years. Vinegar cleans almost everything and there are even pre-made disinfectants that don't use bleach. Get with the program Hairpin!
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On I'm Changing My Name, Again
I can top this. Post divorce, I didn't want my ex's name, and I didn't want my dad's name, so I picked a new one completely. It's a variation of my great grandma's name, changed to make it more last-namey. But! it took me forever to actually do the legal part of it, and by the time I did, I thought,
"you know I never really liked my first name much, and I'm 30, and I can do what I want." So I changed it. The whole damn thing. My mom was mad.