Comments | fabricdragon: Boston, Arisia, merchanting

fabricdragon

Boston, Arisia, merchanting

Jan 13, 2008 19:07

Just a reminder, this coming weekend i will be in the Boston area for Arisia Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. There will be many fine and wonderful merchants there selling all sorts of yummy stuff.
i will be selling yarn and yarn related stuff, beads, more beads, some sale beads, and some jewelry.
I am bringing my bread machine, so there ( Read more... )

filk, boston, arisia, bpal, conventions

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littleblueghost January 14 2008, 00:27:45 UTC

I keep forgetting to ask, as it is entirely beside the point, how is the hair growing back going?

fabricdragon January 14 2008, 00:50:18 UTC

about half an inch or so...
its still too short.
i try to keep it out of my face, but i have yet to get my hair styx to work "properly" (that is without little whisps everywhere)

littleblueghost January 14 2008, 00:53:45 UTC

It is annoying when it is that length. My hair is now pretty much long enough to go into a ponytail without pins, which is what I was aiming for before I went to the US. Oh well, it will grow more before I head overseas again :D

liamstliam January 14 2008, 00:32:30 UTC

We will not be there to join you, and that makes us sad.

We had to make the budgetary decision on this one, because we are more committed to Birka and Boskone.

fabricdragon January 14 2008, 00:50:59 UTC

i will see you at Birka then!

mjcan January 14 2008, 00:35:31 UTC

i have been playing with non chemical things to put on my skin. hormones and chemicals are not an option any more. adding salt or sugar has made such a nice srrub that leaves my skin feeling soft. peach kernel oil with a touch of a fragrance, depending upon what i feel like is such a nice luxury. i am becoming hooked. do you have info to share about ideas on how to make these things? do you have any rose scent that is not an arm and a leg?

Really hope don't mind me replying... littleblueghost January 14 2008, 00:46:08 UTC

Really, really hope you don't mind me replying to this, but as you are using peach kernal oil anyway, you may want to investigate some good perfume making/aromatherapy books. They give quite good information about adding drops of different essential oils to a base. Usually the information talks about "notes" - base notes are the ones that last longest, top notes are the scents that hit your nose when you first put something on and fade over quite a short period of time.

Good perfume/aromatherapy books give tables of the different notes and what work well together and then it is a matter of trial and error about what suits you.

As far as rose scents go, I think rose water is the easiest thing. You can buy it at Turkish supermarkets usually, and in summer make your own. I have a recipe somewhere. It is fairly inncocuous as far as affecting your skin goes (unless you are allergic to rose oil at all) and it smells like rose petals.

Re: Really hope don't mind me replying... mjcan January 14 2008, 01:06:56 UTC

do not mind at all. i usaully do not wear perfume....1. many of my students can be set off by scents. #2 i find that i often turn scents rancid. it smells wonderful on someone else but bad on me. i remember a scent called "blye jeans" that i always liked but is not around anymore. opium and a few other spicy scents are pleasant, i like some florals but not real heavy. grape fruit is something i found theat i really like. sandal and rose woods...

what books do you think are good. i would not know a good book from a bad one.

thanks

Re: Really hope don't mind me replying... littleblueghost January 14 2008, 01:16:27 UTC

I will have to see if I can find the books I used when I go home.. I have moved house about 9 times in the past 5 years, so some books have been put in very odd places (and unfortunately,some were left behind...) I know I still have one book somewhere safe, it is just a matter of finding it :D

I find everyone is an individual when it comes to perfume. We all have slightly different skin as far as acidity and oils that we produce and these interact with any scents we add. (For example my mother wears a perfume which smells completely different in the bottle compared with on her skin, and to get the same scent for me I use a completely different perfume. It is bizarre as we get together and smell the same, and for both of us it is nothing like the perfume smells in the bottles.)

I don't wear perfume on a daily basis either, and it takes me a LOT of searching to get ones I actually like on me (and usually they are the not so popular ones that are difficult to find!!)

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felflowne January 14 2008, 16:47:13 UTC

Sorry for the random, but thanks for friending me! :) I have returned the favour! x