Hey everyone. Today I have a special mani to show you. While everyone knows when it comes to October it's all about breast cancer awareness, it's also depression awareness month. Depression is actually a very normal part of our lives. When you feel sad or blue you say you are depressed. Many of you know I lost my father to complications from chemotherapy recently. I am still very depressed about this. I love my dad, I can't imagine living my life every day without him, BUT dying is the only guarantee we have in this life. I cry and I get very angry when I think of my father's dying but I know this will ebb. I know this because I also lost my beautiful sister, Lisa, to breast cancer 3 years ago. I've also gone through a divorce and a break up which left me very sad. People will often say something I think is dumb, such as, time heals all wounds. Time heals a physical wound not a wound of the heart and soul.
My green mani for Depression Awareness is one that shows just how depression can creep up on us. It's silent and steady and sometimes without help it can be deadly.
There is a difference between depression and clinical depression. Plain or simple depression is considered as a normal occurrence of everyone's life. that doesn't mean it's plain or simple--losing a loved one, a pet, a job--are all things that can cause plain or simple depression. When they are happening to us they don't feel plain or simple. They feel heart wrenching.
When depression starts to hinder your everyday living--i.e you can't get out of bed, you can't eat or sleep, you can't work then you're not looking at simple or mild depression. When depression lasts longer than 6 months, when it affects your everyday life to the point you no longer function as you once did this is clinical depression. This is where you really should seek professional help.
Sometimes we like to think we can diagnose and treat ourselves. Please don't do this with something like depression. If you are depressed and it lasts more than 6 months, if you aren't eating or sleeping, if you can't get out of bed, or go to work, please seek help, you are not alone and you don't have to suffer.
My mani is done with a base of Zoya Ray--it might be my new favorite green. I stamped on it using the green Bohemians Unpredictable, Rare & Radiant and Deviantly Daring. The image plate is Mash 42.
This is a month long collaboration to focus on Depression Awareness. Please stop by to see what all the other gals have come up with
Hi Readers! I had SO much fun with the new MASH plates this weekend I couldn't contain myself to just one mani lol! I sported yesterday's post on my left hand and did a different design on the right! I decided to stay with the neon gradient theme and again I really love this one! What is wrong with me Readers??? I'm liking some pastels and neons all of a sudden. I could try to say midlife crisis but I'm past midlife LOl! Here's my neon right hand and just a warning my right hand does not lay nice lol! What is UP with that???
This time I went with a yellow, green, blue gradient. I don't have a neon blue so I had to settle for a blue I had--I still think it looks good
My left hand looks normal when I hold it like this don't you think? Just a nice regular looking hand. Even holding it like this it's still okay
But OMG look what happens when I try to get my thumb in there!
It now becomes attack of the giant claw hand! The index fingers swings out and not of them line up together and don't even get me started on that "man" thumb! So now you know why you don't see my right hand in many pics lol!
Here's a picture of the polishes I used and how the sponge looked
Colors left to right are Le Femme Beauty Ultra Yellow, China Glaze In The Limelight and China Glaze Shower Together. I stamped with Kleancolor Black using Mash-42.
And YES this is exactly how I looked walking around the past couple of days!
I even attempted a "The Carly" a split shot like my friend Carly from the Lacquered Lover does. She is WAY better at it than me lol!
So how about both of these fabulous neon mani's using the new MASH plates??? I love them both so no way could I decide which one is better!
Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
