The proper way to use Vicks? hurry! lol

[Cheshire Kat]

Sorry, sometimes I forget that local terminology or raver tequniques are not known by everyone.

How to make your very own Vicks Mask:

1. Go to any local harware store or Walmart, and buy a dust mask. The type you wear when you spray paint something so that you don't breathe paint fumes. Try and get the ones with the little piece of bendable metal at the top so you can make it fit snug over your nose.

2. Apply a small ammount of Vicks Vapo Rub to the inside of the mask, rubbing it evenly. Don't apply it get too thick, its better to do it light and re-apply later as neccesary. Often while one is rolling, one has the tendency to over-apply the Vicks Vapo Rub.

3. Wear the mask. You will be breathing in happy, happy Vicks fumes all night.

When you need to talk to someone or smoke, you can just slip the mask down on your neck like a neclace (they come with elastic bands attached that go around you head.) This keeps it from getting dirty. Avoid setting it down, because dust and dirt and shit stick to the Vicks rub like glue, and you don't want to be breathing that in. You can also decorate the outside of the mask if you want, so that it looks nicer. Just be sure to use non-toxic paint or markers, so you don't breathe in toxic chemicals. You can re-use the mask if you want, but since both Vicks Vapo Rub and dust masks are so cheap, its easier to make them one-time-uses, and make a new one each time you roll.

Enjoy!

 

[bowdenta]

im telling you, no rush is more intense than flaming up the tip of a vicks inhaler and breathing it in (creates wayyyy more vapors). wearing a mask all night makes you look like a etard, and there are other things to do whilst pilling than breathing in vicks all night

 

[Cheshire Kat]

im telling you, no rush is more intense than flaming up the tip of a vicks inhaler and breathing it in (creates wayyyy more vapors). wearing a mask all night makes you look like a etard, and there are other things to do whilst pilling than breathing in vicks all night

You actually don't hold the flame over just the tip, you run the flame along the entire length of the inhaler repeatedly while rotating it.

If you are indeed rolling, then why would you care if you appear to be rolling?
Hmmm?
Furthermore, I think sitting there igniting a small white tube before inhaling it, and then repeating every few minutes throughout an entire eventing, would look just as rediculous as wearing a dust mask or having it hand around your neck.

Your entire post is so contradictory to itself that I can hardly understand what point your are trying to make.

 

[joey78]

buy a few of them and boil them in a water....
the whole house will smell like it
I've never tried it but someone told me to try

 

[bowdenta]

well your right, that method is what i was trying to convey about using a vicks inhaler. but i dont sit there and light up a vicks the whole night. i do it about as often as I spark a cig. haha, do you really think i would waste a night flaming up an inhaler?

like i said, there are better things to do on e than smelling vicks all night. me personally, i get sick of the smell after a while.

and even if you dont care if people know you're rolling, you'll still look like an idiot wearing a mask around all night. sorry, every time i roll with my friends we make fun of people who spend the entire night with a michael jackson mask on, but if you dont care what me and my friends, and many others think...go ahead!!

 

[Cheshire Kat]

like i said, there are better things to do on e than smelling vicks all night.

What better things can you do that are dichotomous to a vicks mask?
You've got me all curious.

and even if you dont care if people know you're rolling, you'll still look like an idiot wearing a mask around all night.

Apparently that view is rather regional.

sorry, every time i roll with my friends we make fun of people who spend the entire night with a michael jackson mask on, but if you dont care what me and my friends, and many others think...go ahead!!

Michael Jackson Mask? What the fuck are you talking about. Since when does he wear a dust mask?

And I don't roll anymore, actually, I was just repling to the intial post about someone who wanted to know the proper way to use Vicks.

 

[bowdenta]

^^^uh ok, you cant dance with with girl without lookin a fool with a mask on, you basically cant look like anything but an etard. its cool for being munted and chillin' in a corner, but thats a waste of a pill in my opinion...unless you're at a hotel party

it is one of the best ways to use vaporub, but only for a short time: such as when getting a light show. (if someone has a mask with vapo on them, i will tell them to put it on while i let my sticks work their magic)

its not a regional view, its age thing. by your post count and member date i put you around the age of 16. people dont do that shit anymore. it soooo 1999 . lol but i guess you're a lot older

michael jackson wears a mask like that every time he's in public. he's secretive, he covers up his son blanket with well, a blanket. he wears them all the time. technically he wears a sugeon's mask, not the specific type you find in a painters store.

i guess if all you have is vaporub, and you can go out and buy a mask, but not an inhaler, and you dont care you'll look like an etard... go for it. but i dont like smelling vicks ALL NIGHT. it loses the desired effect after 15 minutes

putting vaporub on the walls of the shower and taking a steam shower is the best way to use it IMO.

its people that wear dust masks that were highly responsible for the destruction of the rave scene in the USA...and christian conservatives.

if you wanna respond, take it PMs

 

[hitomaro]

im yet to see a person use the vicks mask, i just see ppl use the inhalers... and i when i do i hardly use it, like twice a night? thats about it

 

[Cheshire Kat]

^^^^

Looks like I hit a nerve...


Your entire post seems to ignore my previous points:

When you need to talk to someone or smoke, you can just slip the mask down on your neck like a neclace

and:

And I don't roll anymore, actually, I was just repling to the intial post about someone who wanted to know the proper way to use Vicks.

And save the oh-so-sly personal jabs and attitude for someone else. I come to bluelight to get away from that shit.

 

[bowdenta]

if you think im ignoring your points, you aren't even reading my posts. i'll put it real simple

wearing a mask all night looks foolish

to the original poster: dont wear a mask all night and contribute to the etard stereotype (especially if you're in public), next time buy an inhaler

and chesire, i wasn't atacking you in any way, im just letting you know (as well as the original poster) that basically everyone Ive rolled with in the last 2 years shares my sentiment. it was popular years ago, but its passe now, so don't wear one in public. its kinda like walking around with a popped collar in a bar

 

[Cheshire Kat]

okay, now i'll put it real simple:

I'm not advocating wearing a vicks mask all night

Stop putting words in my mouth. I specifically advocated using it when you want it, but when you don't need it or you don't feel the effects, you can slip it away and walk around without wearing it. Did you honestly believe I was advocating wearing it for 6 hours straight?

Wearing a mask doesn't contribute to a stereotype. Making posts such as yours that are judgemental of how people like to make their high feel better are. Theres nothing more etarded about wearing a mask for 15 minute incriments than there is about covering the inside of your shower in vicks. The only difference is, people are more judgemental about the first. And thats what needs to change.

I didn't say you were attacking me, you were giving me an attitude. Don't try and backpedal; its just that we all need reminding now and then to be chill with our fellow bluelighters as if we were sitting together passing a bowl. Stating your regional status quo as the definitive reality comes off as arrogant. You gave your advice to this fellow, I gave mine, but there is no need to start critiquing each others points of view.

 

[bowdenta]

heres what i heard you say

3. Wear the mask. You will be breathing in happy, happy Vicks fumes all night.

When you need to talk to someone or smoke, you can just slip the mask down on your neck like a neclace (they come with elastic bands attached that go around you head.)

You all sound like a bunch of Vicks Inhaler Cultists.

MAKE A VICKS MASK INSTEAD.

You keep breathing Vicks all night, you don't have to hold an inhaler up to your nose every 5 seconds

it sounded to me like you are telling him to wear a mask all night, save for a few minutes every now and then, and then you still have a mask around your neck. and it does contribute to the stereotype because you wear masks in public, but you shower in private.

I did say if you dont care what others think, that you can ahead and do it, but it was warning that many (i think most) will think you look stupid.

listen, an etard is someone who is obvisouly fucked up on e. they usually wear kandy and a mask. they suck on pacifiers and lollipops. they have glow bracelts on and wear pink butterfly wings. I hate that image because those are the only people you ever see from the media. so yes, you are contributing to the stereotype that all e users are etards which is negative in public eye. even amongst people in the rave scene, people are getting sick of mask. it tells club owners and event organizers you are on drugs and maybe even have pills in your pocket.

like I said it contributes to the destruction of the rave scene. sure masks have their purpose, but no where did you ever say breathe it for 15 minutes and put it away. if all mask wearers did that, I wouldn't have a problem.

 

[Cheshire Kat]

it sounded to me like you are telling him to wear a mask all night, save for a few minutes every now and then, and then you still have a mask around your neck.

I think that if I give someone instructions on how to make a Vicks mask, they can figure out on their own how often to wear it. Anyone telling them how often to use it, be it all night or only once for a few minuites, is pretty meaningless because the individual is going to make that descion on their own. I was just giving the information on how to do it, to let them decide.

and it does contribute to the stereotype because you wear masks in public, but you shower in private.

Who the hell rolls in public?
You roll in either a house party (in which case it shouldn't matter because you're amongst friends), a rave (in which case it doesn't matter because its a fucking rave), or at a club, in which case your points about outward appearance are valid.

listen, an etard is someone who is obvisouly fucked up on e. they usually wear kandy and a mask. they suck on pacifiers and lollipops. they have glow bracelts on and wear pink butterfly wings.

You clearly have a underdeveloped understanding of rave, particularly Kandie Kid, culture.

hate that image because those are the only people you ever see from the media. so yes, you are contributing to the stereotype that all e users are etards which is negative in public eye.

An etard is someone who is high on MDMA. You're trying to find a way to break the stereotype that all people on MDMA are etards? That frankly doesn't make sense, and furthermore its a lost cause to try and make drug culture acceptable to mainstream culture by minimizing outward appearances. Average Joe thinks MDMA is bad regardless of weather they wear masks or not.

even amongst people in the rave scene, people are getting sick of mask.

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Stating your regional status quo as the definitive reality comes off as arrogant.

it tells club owners and event organizers you are on drugs and maybe even have pills in your pocket.

With club owners, yes your point is valid. Thats why you shouldn't wear masks at clubs. Or major events with established venues and licenses, because that puts the risk on them. But in most other situations, thats completely irrelevent.

like I said it contributes to the destruction of the rave scene.

The destruction of the rave scene? Are you serious? That statement is erronious on so many levels I don't know where to begin, or if it would even be worth my time.

sure masks have their purpose, but no where did you ever say breathe it for 15 minutes and put it away. if all mask wearers did that, I wouldn't have a problem.

No where did I say you couldn't take the mask off, either. I leave it to the person making the mask to decide. You've made a classic slippery slope argument.

 

[betsym]

Okay, here's one more method. Take a regular washcloth, you can either wet it in real hot water or leave it dry, put Vicks Vapor Rub on it, put it in the microvave for 30-45 seconds then take it out and hold it up to your face and breathe in. You can also hold it up to someone else's face and blow on it. Wonderful.

 

[GoerenZ]

You could get a painters mask, and just rub vicks all in that, and use it. I sometimes do this when I go to parties.

ahhhhhhhh, explains a few people at creamfields
never seen that over here

 

[Blue_Phlame]

Nobody mentioned how applying the flame to the vicks inhaler will cause the plastic on the tube to reliese those noxious plastic vapors.Which isn't exactly healthy...

Keep it simple stupid... shove a vicks inhaler in your nostril and inhale.
Repete if necessary.
If its simply vapo-rub, place a light coating on your nostrils and thats it.

 

[stipppy]

i sore a few people last night at utopia with vicks masks on. didnt know why they were wearing masks at the time, looked kind of odd, but then again there were many stranger costumes.
we light up the vicks stick a few times throughout the night when we were having a smoko

 

[FlowMotion]

In my experiences putting it anywhere above your eyes can go downhill bad. If you start to sweat it will get in your eyes and hurt like hell.