Abby Martin (u/abbym20)

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PSA: My vertical foil trick for harsh highlight grow-out lines

Lately, clients keep showing up with obvious highlight lines. It looks choppy and unnatural. I tried just adding more highlights, but it didn't help. Then I recalled a tip about placing foils up and down, not side to side. Tested it on a client with dark regrowth. It blended the colors perfectly without a full redo. Now I use this for all my highlight touch-ups.

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abbym20•3mo ago

Tried to explain fabric grain to my date and it went sideways.

We were at a dinner party and I got way too into talking about how to match patterns. Now she thinks I'm obsessed with sofa cushions.

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3mo ago

The day my brother used my favorite geode as a doorstop

That's actually painful to hear, like using a collector's item as a doorstop is wild lol. A polished geode is way more than just a random rock, it takes work to get it like that. Totally get why you locked everything up after that.

3mo ago

After several botched attempts, my drywall patch job finally looks okay.

150 grit did the trick. Smooth finish every time.

3mo ago

A happy accident with layer blending modes gave me a fresh look

Man, it's wild how overthinking things can actually block those happy accidents!

3mo ago

Didn't want to try pure water systems for so long, but dusty neighborhoods here finally convinced me they're worth it!

Honestly disagree based on my own place. Washed my windows with a pure system last week and they still got dusty streaks after they dried. The problem is our wind just blows new dirt onto any damp surface before it can fully dry.