Theraisa K's Blog

I've been using Shein for awhile now and feel like its time to review the app, store and products (in general). So, without further ado.... The Shein App If you're looking for a cheap alternative to Amazon especially for clothes and home decor items (well, actually pretty much everything!), Shein is the place you should be shopping.  I love the Shein app, it's easy to use and super easy to filter content to your preferred buying habits and searches. I like how you can click the main category and then filter the sub categories to search only the items you're really interested in looking at and buying. Even with filtering, sometimes you still have to scroll and scroll and scroll to get to sections that interest you the most.  I do find myself thinking "hmmm... there's a lot of really risky (i.e. provocative) items here" and find it difficult to find clothes that aren't skimpy, see-through, full of holes (the latest trend) or show way too much skin. So, i

Finding a Screen Capture Tool (For Free) Back Story:  I recently acquired a new-to-me laptop, so now it's time to install programs and tools that I use frequently; one of them being a screen capture tool.  Previously I used Screen Hunter 7 , which worked perfectly for YEARS, it had all the bells and whistles that I needed; it was simple to use and saved to my computer flawlessly. BUT, recently it started spamming me with pop-up registration / pay for service screens after nearly every capture. It got to the point where, as much as I love the program for it's simplicity, I no longer want to use it due to the annoyance of the popup window. So... that brings me to the point of this article: Finding a program that works flawlessly, does exactly what I want, doesn't annoy me with ads/pop-ups, is free and requires no additional registration to use. That's when I came across this little gem:  Awesome Screenshot* https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/ If you're anything like me

 I think I might start reviewing things again, so expect to see a lot of them coming up over the next little bit. 

 Has anyone actually been successful at making money online through these "paid survey" websites?  I know a lot of them are tiered based and you have to start SOMEWHERE, but after subscribing to a minimum of 20, I've managed to waste a LOT of time and have only accumulated maybe $5 worth of "credit" - that I can't even cash out (because most sites seem to need a minimum of 200-500 credits to do so). So now my time is spent and I'm still broke. Definitely a lackluster experience.  Maybe I'm just a noob and don't know how to tier up fast enough to make the good bucks, usually I reach a certain point then have to pay money (or use my credits) to tier to the next level.... which is pointless in my eye because the amount I have to dole out doesn't even equal the amount I might possibly get in return. Definitely not a good investment.  I would love to hear your experiences with paid survey sites. Have you had similar experiences or have you cracked

 Have you ever Googled your own name to see what was floating around out there? Turns out I have a lot of blogs, sites and pages all over the place from all my various past adventures in music writing, photography, graphic design, DIY soap making and who knows what else! Definitely too many projects to wrap my head around. But, I do miss writing and want to get back into it. Maybe even make it a "real" job at some point in the future. I know as I get older, my abilities to do what I currently do for a living will no longer be "do able" so I will need to find another way to make a living. I hate retail work, factory work is just as horrible, both of which seem to be the core available jobs in the city I currently live in. Bah! So, lets give blogging another go and see where it goes!

As I start my venture into the DIY homemade handcrafted bath and body (cosmetic) business, I find I'm constantly writing down notes only to lose them over time. So just for my own personal reference, I'm cataloging all my fact finding here and intend to grow this list of information over time. This blog post is solely for reference only . If you see any errors, concerns or would like to add-on or offer advice on any of this information feel free to contact me or leave a comment below! Abbreviations and their Meanings EO = Essential Oils INCI = International Nomenclature for Cosmetic Ingredients PET (plastic resin - used for containers) = P olyethylene Terephthalate ROE  = Rosemary Oil Extract Commonly Used INCI Names Baking Soda =  Sodium Bicarbonate Beeswax =  Cera Alba Citric Acid = Citric Acid Coconut Oil = Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil Coffee = Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Corn Starch =  Zea mays (Corn) Starch Epsom Salt = Magnesium Sulfate Lemon = Cit