Hi everyone -
So, the month of October is breast cancer awareness month, and this is something close to my heart, due to the fact that several years ago, my mom called me on the phone and told me that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. It took my breath away. My main outlet for my feelings at the time were sculpting things using fimo and also making things using paper. I sculpted a lapel pin for my mom using fimo in support of her fight with breast cancer and sent it to her. Luckily, for four years now, she has been cancer free. My manicure today, while simple, reflects the love for my mother and her fight that she won while battling breast cancer. I love you, mom :)
Hi everyone!
First off, I want to apologize for not making a blog post for so long - I've been super busy with work lately and have had no time to do any new swatches or manis for a little while. But I'm back now with a gorgeous color that I think is just wonderful for the autumn months....it's Sinful Colors "Rich in Heart". This is a very dark, vampy color, it really looks almost black unless you view it in sunlight - and when you see it in the sun, you realize that it's a very dark burgundy color with a lovely reddish shimmer to it. The photo I took of it does NOT do it justice....the color that is seen on my pinkie finger is the closest I could get to showing the true "in the sun" picture of this beauty.
What do you think of this color? Is this something you would wear this autumn? Would you jazz it up somehow, and if so, what would you do?
Peace.
Add on - My mom said to me that she'd like to see a little something extra with this color - so I did one coat of Colorama's "color girl", which is a sort of holo flakies (shards? not sure of all the terminology out there just yet) glitter in a slightly yellowish base. The flakies turn from orange to green to yellow. I quite like it. What do you think?
Peace.
Hi everyone!!
I am SO excited over today's post because I got a wonderful, wonderful box filled with goodies from a friend of mine on FB. In the cute little cupcake card she sent with everything she said "...since you were sick on your birthday, we can pretend this is a do over." I'm all for that!! (for those who didn't know, I had a massive tooth/lower jaw infection on my birthday and I had to go to the doctor and get antibiotics and was absolutely miserable. Everything's ok now, tho!)
Look, just LOOK at all the awesome stuff she sent me!!!
First, the list of polishes:
Megan Miller - Lemon Ice (I know, right?? Megan Miller!! :O ) I love the peacock feather on the bottle, and the bottle and cap are so cool looking.
WnW Magnetic - A Force To Be Reckoned With (my first magnetic!)
WnW Wild Shine - Sparked (pink glittery goodness!)
Sinful Colors - Snow Me White (SO glad I didn't buy this a couple days ago like I was planning on - finally a decent white!!)
Sinful Colors - Rich In Heart
OPI - Pepes Purple Passion
Nicole by OPI - Just Busta Mauve
Pure Ice - Busted
Also 2 little boxes of minis, 8 that are color polishes and 8 that are glitter polishes.
And if all those awesome polishes weren't enough, she also sent me:
All seasons and all episodes of True Blood!! (you know what I will be doing tonight!)
ROLOS!!!!!
A little box of Russell Stover assorted chocolates
Hello Kitty boxes of candy!!
A cool palette of 12 different eyeshadows!! Gorgeous colors!
A small spiral notebook with cupcakes on the front and back cover. So cute!
A Memory card game that has cupcakes on the cards
A 5 pack of mini gel pens
two sheets of little rainbow stickers, one with hearts and one with holographic-y stars!
I love, love, love everything in my birthday do-over box, thank you SO much!!
Can't wait to wear these polishes! ~pops a Hello Kitty candy in her mouth and smiles~
Peace.
Hi everyone!
G is for Gage...er... I mean Giraffe!
I did this manicure for the son of a dear friend of mine who likes giraffes!
First I did two coats of China Glaze Lemon Fizz. Then I stamped using Sinful Colors Nirvana.
Overall, I am a bit disappointed with the end result of this, as the image on the plate (MASH 20) was too small to cover my entire nail, so on all but the pinkie (don't look at the pinkie!), I had to double stamp, then go back over a few areas with my brush and remover to try and separate some of the spots.
Then, I mattified it, because hey, giraffes aren't shiny. Not entirely sure what happened on the pinkie, but I think it's a result of overzealous clean up, and that's what happens when remover hits the matte top coat. Let's just pretend that a bird flew over the giraffe....
See T? Giraffe nails aren't that hard to do, and I KNOW you have the MASH20 plate ;)
Peace.
Even though my blog was deleted a week ago, I continued to play with my polish and take pictures, so I will share a couple of them with you so you can see what I've been up to this past week. The first one was done using Wet n Wild's Tickled Pink and a black sharpie to do the swirls and dots. I accented my thumb and ring finger with little pink rhinestones. I did this one for a friend of mine because she likes the black and pink combo, and I used a sharpie to freehand the swirls because I couldn't get my stamper and plates to work right for me hah hah!
A couple days later, I did this one, using Sinful Colors Nirvana as the base color, Wet n Wild's Tickled Pink for the design on the accent finger, and Finger Paints Paper Mache for the dotted lines.
Which one do you like better?
Peace.
