Featured Mixer Pippa Starr
Quick Tidbits About Featured Mixer Pippa Starr
- Creator of DIY Downunder
- Mixologist and DIY eLiquid Artist
- Always Encouraging Fun & Creativity with DIY
Pippa’s Introduction to Vaping
Our featured mixer Pippa began vaping around 3 years ago to stop smoking. She says, “I stopped rather than quit, because I’m not a quitter! Lol”. “Vaping was the only thing that worked” she said after trying all the methods including NRT, hypnotherapy, and acupuncture. Pippa tried all the known methods. “I nearly died from an obstructed airway while driving using an inhaler, how ironic that would have been!” she said. Finally, she discovered vaping and hasn’t looked back. Her doctor even recommended it to her partner who was a smoker after hearing Pippa explain to her doctor the success she had with this method to stop smoking.
The Leap Into DIY Mixing
Pippa began DIY’ing through a passion to create and enjoy a more economic way to have a reliable supply of e-liquid and while this was achieved, it was the community around DIY just as much that keeps her going with this highly enjoyable art form.
Pippa’s Suggestions For Those That Want to Get Into DIY But Are Intimidated or Unsure
Pippa suggests to those who are looking to begin DIY to start simple from a single flavor first and work up.
“Good results are possible with one or two flavors and great recipes happen with patience and time. Learn to laugh and learn from your mistakes and just maybe you may discover something really significant that you didn’t expect!”, she explains with an empathetic laugh that suggests she has made plenty of her own mistakes before.
Vape Community Involvement
She could see a demand in Australia for quality DIY content that is directed by the community, but brought together to make it easier for others to understand and learn how to DIY. Pippa passionately explains, “There are a lot of us that vape that also share a passion for DIY in Australia”. She combined her experience and contacts that she formed on her mixing journey from around the world and created a growing DIY platform that assists well-over 1000 members from not only Australia, but from around the world. She says, “While around 70% of members are from Australia, the friendly and helpful culture we have created around our platform has attracted people from Greece, Norway, Egypt, USA, Vietnam, New Zealand, Thailand, and more. We welcome those at all levels from beginners to advanced and have fun with this art form.”
Active on:
DIYdownunder.com
YouTube – DIYdownunder
Facebook – DIYdownunder
Instagram – @diydownunder
All The Flavors – Search “StarsandClouds“
E-liquid Recipes – Search “DIYdownunder“
What is The Best Way For People to Advocate for Vaping?
Pippa Starr encourages advocacy and industry awareness: “Here in Australia we are bound by some of the toughest regulations in the world around vaping and we need to let our political heavy weights know that it is not ok that around 50 Aussies die from a Tobacco Related illness every day! We need to do our bit and let not only our representatives know that there is a lot less harmful and effective technology in vaping but we must educate the general public as well so they don’t think we vapers are all about doing big clouds and tricks. We need to make others aware that this technology saves lives!”
That’s All Folks
A big THANK YOU to our featured mixer Pippa Starr for letting us write about her and for her willingness to share personal experiences with us all!
That’s all we have for now, but stayed tuned for more mixer features throughout the year!
Also, feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns that you have.
