Val Helsing

Name's Val. My pronouns are they/them. I'm currently working on my Master's thesis on the evolution of succinate dehydrogenases in prokaryotic organisms. My work is the biggest part of my life. I'm originally from Bashkortostan but I emigrated to Austria a few years ago. I love plant-based cooking, contemporary dancing, and parrots. I'm old enough to could have been an emo back when it was popular but I claimed to be a metalhead as a teenager, lol. Now I'm just an academic who likes platform shoes, tattoos and heavy music. Sometimes I slap colorful stuff on my face and take pictures for fun. I believe that makeup should make people happy and help them express themselves rather than freak them out that their "skin is not an even shade" and as a results buy a bunch of concealers and anti-aging snail slime creams or whatever other crap is sold out there that no one needs. Down with the overpriced sexist "natural" makeup culture!