Before reading my post, please be aware that i am a newbie and whatever I say should only be taken at face value and you must experiment yourself before reaching any conclusions.
I love Instant Shine. So much so that i have become addicted to it. I need a ‘fix’ of shine even on days that i am not going out of the house beacuse if find that it keeps me in a great mood which helps me make better decisions.
Anyways, I decided to try dosing myself with larger amounts of shine than i am accustomed to with my regular products to try and notice any changes. Phero sprays seem to affect me quite heavily even at smaller amounts and so the no. of sprays that i quote are only applicable to me.
Here are some effects of Shine that i observed and i didnt find any discussions in the forum about (blame my lack of searching skills for that),
At higher doses (4+ sprays for me), i found that shine drastically affects the intensity and the range of exposure for -none based products. usually with ammo, i find that it affects people who are at quite some distance from me (this is not placebo as i have observed this on a consistent basis). However with 4+ sprays of IS, the ammo seems to affect people only if they are at very close distance from me. It also has the same effect on Instant Jerk (the only other -none product that i have and hence the -none conclusion). I imagine that people would want want to create a large radius for attraction which IS does not seem to help with. This can be an advantage if you are trying to create a low profile though, but in such a case i guess it would be best to wear no pheros at all.
Higher doses of IS also tends to give people the impression that I am someone they can mess around with and sometimes this can get unintentionally malicious. I also noticed a loss of respect from guys i do not know well. however this is very good if among friends as it uplifts everyones mood. people tend to bump into me often though i guess that is a desirable effect for some people.
Higher doses of IS also tends to make me tired and thus uncommunicative for around 2 hours after application. this can be a major problem because everone else seems to want to chat your brains out. I get quiet when tired and so it might be specific to me, however i cannot imagine too many people wanting to talk their brains out when tired.
*]I havent tried CCTM but with higher doses of shine people definitely seem to want to come and talk to you for no reason at all. It helps when you are not much of a small talk person (like me) as your only job will be to nod and drop in a few words in between.
I have found my sweet spot for IS to be just 1 spray and that lasts till the evening. I see people using a lot of IS in all of their combinations. Is this because you have tried smaller doses and found larger ones to be more effective or some other reason ? Any comments/experiences welcome …
There probably aren’t many threads dedicated to Instant Shine since it’s been around for a bit. There is plenty of information scattered here and there, sometimes it helps to show posts rather than threads, that way you can get to the information, then get the context on it through the rest of the thread.
IME, IS is great for attraction, but it is not the same type of attraction as -none. People often use IS (or other socials) to buffer the -none in products such as Ammo or TUTH, but I think the results you are seeing are from the IS dominating the air around you compared to the Ammo. You are essentially overbuffering.
The people bumping into you, and such, stems mostly from them wanting to be close to you, IS makes you magnetic in a sense. You could even say approachable, but that might lead to someone making a joke that might be misinterpreted, or seems out of place compared to the level of familiarity that you have with them. (If I call to to my friend, ‘hey asshole, come check this out!’, my expectations will be different compared to a stranger. Perhaps some of the disrespectful comments/actions might be considered friendly banter between friends.
And yes..girls bumping into me is indeed, a nice aspect of IS.
Getting burned out like that will pass. Like you said, you seem sensitive to pheromones, and it might be a sign that you’re body is not used to the large amounts of pheromones. Drink some water, and take it a little easier on the pheros.
I like around 2-3 sprays of IS regular, or one spray of IS2x. Instead of one large initial application, I like to respray throughout the night.
Lol, well, then you need to start talking to more girls than guys. Kidding.
I wear the same concentrations during the day as I do during the night. But I don’t usually refresh during the day because I’m not out all day. I just have a couple classes, then it’s either I go back home, or just hang out for a little while. At a party, it’s not hard to just step outside and respray real quick. I usually wear unscented/Neroli scented products and the scent is not that noticable, but I do prefer showing up, already pheroed up than applying at the party.
Although, sometimes I do think, it’s not even necessary to refresh. You should be outta there with a cutie within 2-3 hours anyways.
Oh, well about the male interaction. A little -none can be enough for some guys to stay distant, but othes might feel inclined to challenge you. Obviously, this is a huge generalization, but like the women, we guys just gotta take the unwanted hits with the wanted hits sometimes.
If guys are constantly on your jock..I would just tell them to back off and go jock some girls. You have more than pheromones at your disposal to get the message across.
Im back to bathing myself in -none which tends to keep unwanted guys at a distance
Direct confrontation isnt really an option for me as most of the guys i work with are atleast 5 years older than me. I prefer attacking their subconscious
Kidding.