@tributary said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
CPS eventually did show up with him, and he was blissfully unaware of how upset he'd made all of the adults. His father installed a lock on the sliding glass door at the top, and within a week, the kid was pushing over a chair to stand on to disable it. Eventually they did have to lock him in his bedroom at night.
Holy shit, did anyone think to exorcise Harry Houdini's spirit out of that kid?
Got some unexpected cash from a lawsuit. See stuff I've wanted to buy so I could make cold process soaps. Do math. Realize if I order this now, I can have soaps ready for early December.
Proceed to panic for even thinking it, because I don't even know if I could sell them.
Put on repeat in brain.
@macha said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
Got some unexpected cash from a lawsuit. See stuff I've wanted to buy so I could make cold process soaps. Do math. Realize if I order this now, I can have soaps ready for early December.
Proceed to panic for even thinking it, because I don't even know if I could sell them.
Put on repeat in brain.
I don’t visit MSB daily so if you posted elsewhere about the context of that lawsuit I might’ve missed it. But from a few posts of yours I’ve noticed here and there referring to totally inappropriate working conditions and behaviour, I’m very glad to hear (hope? suspect?) that you’ve seen some justice for that BS. Congrats, rooting for you.
@macha said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
Proceed to panic for even thinking it, because I don't even know if I could sell them.
If you are making soaps to make a living, it may be a little late.
Unless you sell them here.
Either way, if you like to make soap, make soap. Everyone needs it; everyone likes it.
Do what brings you joy, even if it does not bring coin.
Khajiit will not judge.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
I would buy some soap!
Masculine scents come in one of three varieties:
Variety 1: "Here is this strange blend of chemicals with no discernable scent which may not be even appropriate for anything ever" ala Axe. Ladies. You all know the joys of Axe. Dudes -- easy on the Axe.
Variety 2: 'wtf dude did you just like go hump an evergreen or something'? Why do people think men need to smell like pine needles and sawdust? Why has this variety of scent not changed since our grandpa's grandpa's grandpa was probably out literally humping a pine tree or whatever?
Variety 3: Musk. Just. Fucking musk. WHO decided that this gland-juice is something we should proudly wear? It's like the dog that goes and rolls around in animal crap like warpaint and then just looks so damn pleased with himself... not... that... my dog does that. NO. You can't prove it. Shut up.
Anyway. Something with a better blend of scents that doesn't cost as much as a mercedes would be great.
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@kestrel not for work stuff. Part of a class action for something else entirely.
@ganymede no, this is something I've been doing, just not the cold process stuff. I finally have the place/support/etc to make the CP stuff work.
In a fantasy world, I would eventually be able to quit the rat race and make nice smelling things all day long, instead.
@derp I do custom scents (Though for cold process, probably not, that's bigger batch stuff than the other stuff I do.
But yes, I could make you stuff that is neither Axe-nasty, tastes like you ate a christmas tree, or makes you smell like you... well.
I do a lot of fandom scents, too, which I love.
I so want to dive full on back into making. Gah.
@macha said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
In a fantasy world, I would eventually be able to quit the rat race and make nice smelling things all day long, instead.
Well, I mean, you won't get there unless you start.
But if you get your gear and want to market your good-smelling stuff here, I would not object.
Because, y'know, we're so fucking toxic.
(I mean, Derp is, sort of, if we're talking about scent.)
(He's from Indiana; they smell.)
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
@ganymede said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
(I mean, Derp is, sort of, if we're talking about scent.)
(He's from Indiana; they smell.)
True story.
@derp said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
I would buy some soap!
Masculine scents come in one of three varieties:
Variety 1: "Here is this strange blend of chemicals with no discernable scent which may not be even appropriate for anything ever" ala Axe. Ladies. You all know the joys of Axe. Dudes -- easy on the Axe.
Variety 2: 'wtf dude did you just like go hump an evergreen or something'? Why do people think men need to smell like pine needles and sawdust? Why has this variety of scent not changed since our grandpa's grandpa's grandpa was probably out literally humping a pine tree or whatever?
Variety 3: Musk. Just. Fucking musk. WHO decided that this gland-juice is something we should proudly wear? It's like the dog that goes and rolls around in animal crap like warpaint and then just looks so damn pleased with himself... not... that... my dog does that. NO. You can't prove it. Shut up.
Anyway. Something with a better blend of scents that doesn't cost as much as a mercedes would be great.
I would like to add Sandalwood to this. Somehow, in some way, sandalwood became synonymous with masculine. Its a nice enough scent but hooooooooooooooly fuck a very little goes a looooooooong fucking way. Please do not bathe in sandalwood.
Also, wtf is up with scents like 'Sea Spray'? They smell like NOTHING. Know why? Because the ocean STINKS. Don't smell like the ocean.
I do admit to liking the leather scent, though. But, I mean, new leather smell. So like... Leather + Sage/Vetiver? Fuck yeah, I'm down.
See, I thought about Sandalwood. And then I realized that there is no such thing as 'Sandalwood'. There are a variety of woody scents that are called Sandalwood, and they range from the Basically-Baby-Powder smell of oils like Auric Blends to the Holy Jesus Rotting Wood Plant Matter smell of some like -- shaving soaps and stuff.
Basically, when you buy something called 'Sandalwood', you are taking quite the gamble, in the same way as you took a gamble when you bought something labelled Dragon's Blood in the Early Naughties. You weren't buying a scent, you were buying a potential range of scents that all sort of orbited an idea. Loosely.
ETA: The smell of actual leather is good. The smells of leather-scented products never smell like leather to me, though. English Leather smells like tobacco and wet dog.
ETA2: Amber is good, though. I like Amber.
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@too-old-for-this said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
I do admit to liking the leather scent, though. But, I mean, new leather smell. So like... Leather + Sage/Vetiver? Fuck yeah, I'm down.
Hi. I see you've been into some of my mixes.
@macha said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
@too-old-for-this said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
I do admit to liking the leather scent, though. But, I mean, new leather smell. So like... Leather + Sage/Vetiver? Fuck yeah, I'm down.
Hi. I see you've been into some of my mixes.
eyeshifts and hides the bottles I don't know what you mean.
If someone comes up with a cologne that smells of old books, I'd consider it. Love that scent.
@tnp That is a thing. I know how to do it, but everyone has their own take/preference. Leather bound books, or just the old paper smell, etc etc
@too-old-for-this Snrk.
When people want sandalwood, they want weed.
Leather? Steak.
Amber? Wealth.
So come up with a ritzy steakhouse you can smoke reefer at.
I would be there.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
@ganymede What if I just want bourbon?
@ganymede I once had a friend ask me for a perfume oil with a lot of plant notes. I looked up from the notes I'd taken and said "You know that'll smell like..."
Liz: "Weed? Oh yeah, I know. I want to get pulled over and have some cop think I've got it" (before it was decriminalized, here.)
@tributary said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
CPS eventually did show up with him, and he was blissfully unaware of how upset he'd made all of the adults. His father installed a lock on the sliding glass door at the top, and within a week, the kid was pushing over a chair to stand on to disable it. Eventually they did have to lock him in his bedroom at night.
Holy shit, did anyone think to exorcise Harry Houdini's spirit out of that kid?
