Hi there!
I'm Kim Arre, Software Project Manager and former Software Developer here at iFixit! I graduated from Cal Poly SLO in 2016 with my degree in Computer Science.
If I weren't pursuing a coding career, I would probably be a makeup artist. In the future, I hope to find ways to combine these two passions somehow.
My fur-children
I am so grateful to be able to work for a dog-friendly company. The ability to bring my doggo into the office with me on rainy days is something I never take for granted.
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| Maya, Pembroke Welsh Corgi | Moose and Charlie, Grey tabby and Ragdoll |
Super awesome makeup funtime!
My favorite method of destressing from school and life is by escaping to a few hours of creative makeup fun. My Bane mask shown here is probably my favorite because I freehanded it while using a reference picture from The Dark Knight Rises movie. It was done with a combination of makeup and facepaint and took about 3-4 hours to finish.
Other than face paint, I like playing around with normal beauty techniques, as well as a little bit of special effects stuff such as fake cuts and wounds.
Protip: The iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit has the perfect tools for depotting eyeshadows from their original packaging.
With this kit and a little fire, anything is possible!
Band!
From age 10, through my college career I was in marching band. I played clarinet as a main instrument, percussion as I got older, with some colorguard mixed in.
It’s a bummer to see so much adhesive. Nice guide though, thanks for making it!
Really helpful guide, thanks! I made an edit to omit the part about making sure the small squares in the mesh align with the frame because (as I experienced in my case) the mesh wasn't cut perfectly parallel, so there wasn't enough overlap if I aligned them this way. I think the most important part is to just make sure there's enough overlap on all sides.
It's also good to mash the surface down with something flat like a coin on top of a paper towel, while it's still a little malleable. This way, you get an even, similar texture as when it was new.
Great guide!
The size #00 is just a little smaller than the #0. When we wrote these guides, we used whatever worked for us. Either should work, but generally you should use the largest that will work to avoid stripping the screw.
I'm so glad we were able to help!