#manhattanbohemes

[ignitesthestxrs]

manhattanbohemes replied to your post: okay i have on my skin right now - toner -...

i should probably figure out a routine for myself but it always sounds so complicated and i immediately give up tbh. glad to know it’s working for you, maybe i’ll try again sometime

i have only been doing this for a few days so who knows what the long terms effects are going to be! i have period acne at the moment so i don’t expect it to start working on that yet LMAO. but my skin really is lovely and soft, and an hour after applying everything it feels simultaneously....clean, and also like i have nothing on it? it’s a really pleasant experience.

i started out with buying this pack, because i wanted something that was a) on sale, b) in a set so i didn’t have to make decisions and c) acne related. i looked into reviews, and a lot of kbeauty bloggers have good shit to say about cosrx, so it seemed like a pretty good bet.

the most basic of steps is to, in the evening, cleanse + use the returning a-sol (it absorbs into your skin in about half a minute tops and smells like tea-tree oil) + use the returning emulsion (light moisturiser). i also use the pimple pads that came with it on my chest and the back of my neck, and the acne patches on a few really bad spots. 

the acne patches are AMAZING and DISGUSTING and I LOVE THEM. they suck all the gross goo out of your zits and make the zits smaller and it’s just. very satisfying. and gross.

i’m currently using as a cleanser my rosehip by essano cleanser, which is also lovely and hydrating and i have been really happy with for the last month or so.

the cosrx products i had at this point need you to wear sunscreen as well, and the set came with a sample for missha sun milk 50 spf. i put it on my face and wanted to cry from how lovely it was??? so i went out and got that (this was the expensive mistake i made yesterday oops. the mistake was not getting it online - i used it again this morning and i LOVE IT SO MUCH)

and then i used this post to built a starter kit, and in the meantime am following that regime with my own cleanser. i’ve edited it slightly because i don’t want to use the intense acne treatment yet, so i’m using the milder stuff i got with the cosrx pack. 

SO i bought the cosrx good morning cleanser per the post’s rec, which has also reviewed really well, and then the banila co oil cleanser bc it was recced in the post, and also a friend of mine (WHOSE FAULT THIS IS @ravaging!!!!). those are still to come! and i’m using the returning emulsion as my moisturiser because it’s so light and i adore it.

this all happened in the last six days who let me have disposable income

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for the rest of my loves

there are so many of you that i hold dear who write things that touch my heart but maybe you just don’t write so much anymore and that’s okay. i still love you dearly and look over your works fondly so i’m going to include some of my favorites with tags as well! 

authors that have changed me: @socksssss, you always motivate me in the best ways. i’m so excited to let you back into my process and share with you because it was my favorite part of chatting with you, was just being in the writing process with someone else. your words are always some of my favorite to read. @beanaroony, i’m so proud of you. your writing will always floor me with its rawness and you’re always going to be in that god-tier idolization that i have of you, nothing you do can take that away now. @manhattanbohemes, it’s been so long but i still peruse your fic tag just to read things and your writing is as lovely as a cool summer day, so crisp and concise but full of energy and emotion. i’m always going to be envious of it. @foepucker, going to always be in possession of those dumb fics that broke my heart, god. i still remember being terrified to talk to you and @kiichi because you were just so. good. at what you do. still are!! always going to be interested in anything you guys ever produce, seriously. like katie just had one of those giant stories that people like...verbally harass you to update. too good at everything. @voltisubito and selena, who pulled me from fandom to fandom with their words, leaving me picking up the drabbles like breadcrumbs into all of these new worlds. you two were some of the sweetest gems of those fandoms we were in so long ago and i still hunger for your writing, i can’t wait to see some of it in the future. 

for anyone i didn’t mention: i’m still scared. i’m still learning. so trust me, i read everything voraciously and i take it all in slowly. i am cheering for you always and rooting for you and will always offer encouragement. i’m not perfection but i spend days reading and come across so much that i’m scared to say i like. scared to talk to you or approach you so just know i’m cheering from the background.

[ignitesthestxrs]

manhattanbohemes replied to your photo “okay i want hair like this”

this is so pretty! and pretty easy to do at home if your hair is already bleached tbh

honestly i couldn’t risk it, i’d rather spend the money and cry about it later :’D

[ignitesthestxrs]

manhattanbohemes replied to your post “what were some of your earliest ~villain~ ships?”

ummm @ the harry/draco thing

OH MY GOD DON’T LOOK AT ME I WAS 14

[ignitesthestxrs]

it is/was your birthday? omg happy birthday <3

is! we’re only halfway through this party yet

[bananannabeth]

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what are some themes you love writing about?

i looove writing about personal identity, and discovering yourself and your capabilities and how you fit in with the other people in your life. that’s so broad haha. it’s kind of like ‘coming of age’. 

thoughts on critique

it’s a necessary and unavoidable part of sharing creative works. every artist is critiqued by someone, and you just have to learn that some things are based entirely on opinion and personal preference. you need to learn to read reviews critically and pick out which bits to take on board and which you can leave behind. 

at the same time, there’s a nice way to critique. threatening is unnecessary. reviewers should watch their tone, because often creators feel vulnerable putting their work out into the world. keep the review about the work and leave the artist out of it, and you’re fine.

[ignitesthestxrs]

you made me watch star wars

OKAY BUT WHEN YOU SAY THIS

do you mean the new movie??

the original trilogy? the prequels? have i accidentally terrible scarred you i apologise greatly

(but yes come to the star wars side)

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10. Do you ever write in a foreign language?

I do not, because i am terrible and only know english.

13. What’s the most useful piece of advice or criticism you’ve received?

(email in haste, repent at leisure--)

no uh, that would have to be that first drafts are trash and that’s okay. it doesn’t have to be good, it just has to be done.

38. How do you deal with writer’s block?

it depends! step one is to keep writing anyway. step two is to take a break from that story for a day and just think about it Real Hard instead. are there other paths i could have taken? can i delete some stuff and rewrite? is it what i’m planning on writing next that’s making the scene difficult? i tend to view writer’s block as a sign that something Isn’t Right about the draft/writing decisions i’m currently making, so maybe rethinking will help

Step three is crying to a friend familiar with the piece i’m working on and getting them to reassure me :’D Step four is to put it aside for a few weeks or even months and just work on other projects for a bit. if it’s not a case of something being Not Right about what i’m currently doing, it might be something Not Right with the idea as a whole, and the whole thing needs more time to simmer in my brain. that, or i’m just tired of the story and want to work on something else ahah.

42. Which of your own stories would you like to experience, and as what character?

I think Sleeping Gayly? I like the magic system there a lot, and it’s definitely a verse where like. things are Improving rather than slowly getting worse. Being Reynaud (Jasmine’s dad) would be fun tbh because he has no fucks to give about anything except fairy magic and his family. Oh, i got exiled from the capital? too bad i guess gonna hole up in my manor for two decades and write books.

46. Your current favourite fic(s)?

@starforged‘s Have You Met My Wife, @gizkasparadise’s Lone Candles, @anythingtomakeyoustay‘s au where Alina and the Darkling take parem and EVERYTHING HURTS.

68. Do you have NOTPs?

on rare occasions? not often enough that i can remember what any of them are tbh :’D

73. What are some clichés you’re tired of reading about?

NO MORE DEAD MOMS 2K15. woman dies so man can learn something about himself. woman dies/is a huge bitch so two dudes can hook up. grizzled white men protags.