Difference is unreal" - yeah, your neighbor basically told you your workshop was a cave and you had no idea. Cheap LEDs are great for lighting up a closet but trying to do real work under them is like squinting through fog. Did your headaches actually stop after the swap or was that just me imagining things?

My starter did the same thing last spring and I thought I had accidentally created a super yeast hybrid. @taylor929 I worry my starter is having an identity crisis too because it keeps acting like it wants to run a marathon after years of being a couch potato. Maybe I should just accept that my kitchen hit the perfect temperature zone and my starter finally decided to show off.

People keep saying it's not a big deal but I think it actually is. You see the difference when you're working with real clients who show up expecting to look like a filtered version of themselves. It puts makeup artists in a weird spot where they have to manage expectations that are literally impossible to meet. The industry has definitely shifted because now clients bring in pictures of themselves with filters on and want that same look in real life. That wasn't happening as much a few years ago before filters got so realistic. It's not every client of course but it's happening way more often than it used to.

grant_palmer mentioned 4 to 1 is the standard he goes by.

Three of my regulars did the same thing last month... one had a full face of scabs she tried to cover with makeup. It's rough having to explain why their skin looks worse when they swore up and down they didn't do anything at home.