/hb/ - Health & Beauty

Find some celebrity or w.e. with the same hair type and hairstyle you want and ask your hairdresser how to maintain it. You might need to experiment with different products too. Don't be afraid to buy something that may never prove useful while you do.

I know it's all obvious, but you really just have to keep trying until it works out.

>>22460
>but you really just have to keep trying until it works out.

what I have been doing since I started earning my own money

>>22459
Have you considered growing it enough to make braids ? Mine is only wavy and I noticed that past a certain critical length the weight is enough to keep it for me

>>22468
The longest it goes is to the ends of my shoulder blades

And braids look embarrassing on me, they're as thin as my finger

>>22462
Count calories. There's just no going around it, whether you're overweight or underweight.
For starters, you can get yourself some gainer and have a cup daily before sleep. Of course, it's not supposed to replace whatever you're eating atm, it's supposed to add to it. But it's more of a temporary solution for as long as you're tackling the core of your problems.

>>22462
Have milk or juice with your meals.

>>22462
Give yourself rewards for eating?

Today I was hungry so I ate a 500 calorie sandwich instead of a small pastry or lean protein because I wanted the veggies & meat. Proud of myself for just eating what I feel I need instead of trying to save caloriesfor later.

I realized it's a pretty shitty condition to be in and puts me in a pretty bad spot in the long run, I'm trying to eat more even though it makes me want to puke
>>22437
>but anorexics don't actually die as soon as you'd think.
actually the stats look pretty bad, there are more news of severely overweight people dying but anorexia has the highest mortality rate out of all disorders out there, like 5-10% dying within 5 years and 20% in 10

I've been kicking ass in the gym lately and it's starting to show in my arms. I'm happy but I want more! I still don't look like I workout yet.

>>22322
I do not keep track of my protein intake. I try not to eat too much because I'm trying not to get big. I do cardio every day I'm at the gym (that's the 30 min incline walk), HR gets up to like 170-180 usually

>>22342
different nona, but you can't get big doing cardio.

I've been getting a lot stronger at the gym. My legs are definitely looking better. I can see progress in my arms, but I'm not big enough for anyone else to notice yet.

Okay, so I found out hypotension, aka low blood pressure, actually makes you in general less stress resistant. Mine is constitutional so I was basically born this way.

I'm gonna try improving my endurance for doing this >>22322 and report my results. At the very least it should train your body to regulate itself better, I think.

Any nonas have personal experience with this? I don't see much info on hypotension unlike its counterpart for some reason.

>>22452
I eventually got the laxative effects and decided I can't take this with certain meds.

As for your situation, it's hard to say without more info. How long have you been taking it for? Maybe you need an actual therapeutic dose or you're not that deficient? In these cases it's pretty normal not to feel strong changes. I'd advise you to ask a doctor about it. They can figure out if there's contributing issues and recommend an actual good supplement. I probably lucked out with magnesium helping me. It was perfect for my situation which was strong affective flares for no reason, probably depleted Magnesium reserves in the past.

>>22452
Also sounds like that red liquid is a certain form of vitamin B that not everyone absorbs well for various reasons. Plus it's probably maintenance dose?
What I personally take is just a normal pill, but it's super high dosage that's supposed to raise vitamin B levels real quick. This might be why our experiences differ.

>>22454
yeah because of your vitamin b post i’m going to ask about it at an upcoming appointment, i’ve never had prescribed any vitamin except iron and everything else they’ve just told me take over the counter. but now that i know it’s an option i’m going to pursue it. i’ve been pretty good about taking various brand magnesium supplements over the years. i stayed with the one i use now cos drink powders can be a chore and i hate the huge chalky white square oval pills they sometimes sell them as. my current ones are purple capsules they’ve tapered to be easier to swallow. seriously massive horse pills a lot of the time in the US at least. i also usually take vitamin D but i’ve been slacking. if you take those i know you should eat or take a calcium supplement at the same time because your body absorbs those together!

>>22455
The doc will probably want to have an issue to solve before they prescribe you strong vitamin pills.
I literally got vitamin B because of my hearing issues being connected to neurology/vascular issues.
That said vitamin B deficiency has a lot of symptoms, so I'd try to complain about those (if you have them) or just take the blood test even. If you have a strong deficiency the doc will prescribe something 100%

btw, funny thing is, it was the ENT who prescribed me vitamin B, not a neurologist or anyone else. They had 30 years of exp. Wise doc.

I personally think it's more of a flex to look good without all of that. if you need fillers/extreme makeup/etc to look good then you don't actually look good. that's why I invest much more in my skincare and personal grooming.

>>22387
>What would be the point of brainwashing someone to do that

Because it aligns with the broader programming we receive; the more converging factors there are, the harder it is to break that programming. The general message we're sent is "you are a unique individual, and the way you express that individuality is by buying something someone else made." Tattoos are one of many commodities we can buy to supposedly express individuality, except that standards have slipped enough that the only way a tattoo can stand out now is if you get it on your face.

Another theory of mine is that tattoos make you a lot easier to identify, so it probably helps law enforcement when you get tattoos.

I feel like the motivation to get tattoos comes from the same part of the brain that makes people give their children shitty names like tragedeigh
like it's a semi permanent way to show "individuality" that's more important to the person than the negatives, such as broader social disapproval (which is what makes it trashy)

But it isn't always trashy. Tattoos can be culturally consistent and be appropriate for certain groups. Yakuza are an extreme example but I wouldn't cringe if it's congruent with whatever the person does. I think it also has to be a bit of a flex to break social norms while still being tolerated or accepted - it actually requires more social skill than most have. Which is also when it's less trashy.

>>22386
its like cigarettes
they were marketted as rebelious and signaling freedom or some bullshit
when historically they were used to brand cattle and criminals lol

>>22413
tattoos are honestly cheugy now and i’m so glad they’ve been out for a while. i’ve genuinely always wondered how women with large tattoos cope. a couple cute little ones are one thing, but taking up your upper thigh or shoulder or upper arm with a tattoo is as bad of self harm as blacking out your face to me im sorry. especially when all of them are bad and ugly. i see good ones on the internet but i assume they’re photoshopped or brand new.

>>22439
cool, I’ll try to find some way to get it. thank you for all of the help. do you think that it would be wise to also check for hormonal imbalances or something?

>>22283
Drink milk every day.

>>22442
does it really work? does any type of milk work i dont have bread for rawmilk. also, how much?

>>22443
Its anecdotal, but a slim girl with big ones told me it is because she drank cow milk every day and it looked like it works, but it could be just genetics, although her mom had smaller ones. I don't know any more details.

>>22444
i’ll give it a go, thanks

>>22067
That's horrible advice. IMO you should grow LONGER bangs. The kind that reach your lips or beyond so no one ever really sees your eyes and you look demented as fuck.

Consider the pippi look too with bangs

hey ur really pretty :)

>>22064
Your bangs are lovely

No ur super cute its fine bae leave the bangs

I never got it KEK

>>18711
Non-vaxxie sisfist

>be me in '16
>for 23 fucking years no cold has ever lasted more than 3 days
>everytime I get sick I get like a 2 day long severe fever and wreck the living shit out of every virus
>get summer job at the hospital
>need to vaxx for hep B
>3 doses in my antibody count remained low so they give me one last booster halfway into my contract
>4 years later develop MS at 27
>learn that concerns existed about the vaxx causing MS
Fuck vaccines
Fuck medicine
I don't care anymore I'm not taking anything even if I die I don't want to be a labrat anymore
Fuck this

>>18711
same girl!

>>11172
Yes, I have about a dozens of vaccines in me right now.
…Of tested, developed over decades vaccines based on making the body associate a sing of the ilness with an antibody response.
I do not have any untested experimental gene therapy inside me.

>>22384
They're probably just holding the pudge back with their stomach muscles. I have a flat stomach while lying down, but standing up there's a little bit of pudge unless I hold it back (which I do bc I'm self-conscious of it as well).

flat stomach girl here, straight up its from not eating. i take adhd meds which makes me forget to eat/it does some weird metabolic shit and drink a lot of coffee which makes me shit after eating. no woman’s stomach is gonna be flat like a man’s due to where the uterus is also how is your posture?

The only time I had a flat stomach was when I was dangerously underweight. It's just not possible for some of us.

Have to keep working more and losing more, you just need more muscle holding the other tissues, i think leg ups while alternating sides helped me, but i still see it when i sit down.

Weird question, but do you poop fully? My tummy will have some "pudge" right before I go and will stay puffy during the days right before my period when I get a little constipated and it doesn't fully empty. My tummy is literally only flat when it's totally empty cause when you're skinny, any amount of food, bloat, or poop is visible pretty much. If you don't fully empty or your schedule means you poop right before a meal, you may never get the totally flat tummy look. Models will poop and not eat right before a shoot to keep themselves flat for it. Also some girls seem to have some extra womb pudge there that never goes away, there's this creepy surgery you can get to remove it. Iirc Grimes was the celeb I learned it from and it looked odd. It's probably there as some biological trait for protection of the organs or something like that.
Another thing is maybe you're skinnyfat? If so then working out your abs will help tone it up. It won't remove womb chub if that's what it is, but sometimes it will look chubby when it's just lacking muscle. At least I felt like my belly would flop about and looked almost chubby before i started working out my abs.

I struggled filling them down to size but got them on! The other hand's nails look a little worse on the nail bed cause I filled a little too agressive but still they look really nice! They're thin so they don't really look like bad quality acrylics like you'd get done in a mall. Up close you wouldn't say they're customs but they're really cute
>>20068
I got them at a local African beauty store. They're a brand I've seen around called Miss Yes that's under 10$
>>20070
You can buy press on nails by real nail artists. They're real acrylics just done to your size on a mannequin then applied later by the artist or you at home. Imo they're a better idea than getting the acrylics done on you cause it's the same quality and will actually last if you remove them carefully. As for mass produced press ons they're nothing like they used to be in the 00s, I think they're better than a cheap nail artist now cause they're thin and come in nice designs you'd be paying so much extra for to get done. Tbh they beat a lot of "artists" in my city from seeing pics online unless you jump to 150$ minimum but I couldn't imagine paying for that to be applied temporarily instead of getting a set to keep at that price

>>20085
how cute! I recommend brush on nail glue, i can link the one I use. super strong. also you should have pushed back you cuticles and put the nails further up so they looked more real

>>20089
I would really appreciate the glue recommendation, I used these stickers it came with but the nails popped off by night haha. It did come with glue too but it's probably not great.
Should I cut a bit of the cuticles do you think? I pushed them as back as I could but they're a little long so they moved back into place onto the fake nails. I've had a lifetime nail biting habit (partially why I got the nails) so I don't really know anything to do with nail care lol.

Hope I chose the right thread cause I wanted to show these off. Wore these for an office Christmas party tonight. Technically Halloween themed due to the Ghostface but ah well, nobody noticed that part. Only that they matched my earrings. I got a few compliments on them so I think I'm getting the hand of press ons. I will say, I was so happy to have press ons now that I've left. So satisfying to pop them off and let my fingers breathe now before bed. Also could get them cute and long without worrying about practicality!

>>22430
Inserted the wrong pic, here's a hand before I started removing the nails