Hi Everyone!!! Happy Friday! I'm so glad it's Friday because I feel exhausted! Since it's Mother's Day coming up this weekend should be all about me and letting me get some rest and relaxation LOL!
I did some stamping over another one of the Julie G Gumdrops and I just LOVED it! I really love these textured polishes, apparently I just cannot say that enough!
This time I used Rock Candy which is a dusty teal
I really love how stamping looks over these types of polishes!
It gives it a much "edgier" look I think
Check out all that sparkle!!!!!
Even thumbie looks great!
I haven't ordered the summer Pixie Dusts yet from Zoya or the OPI Bond Sand's but I just got in a few Kiko Sugar Mats!! Can't wait to try them out!
Oooops I almost forgot to say I stamped using RA-113!!
Thanks for stopping by!!! I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
Hi Everyone, today is National Ovarian Cancer Day. It's day dedicated to raising awareness of Ovarian Cancer--a cancer with a very low survival rate and currently no cure. Unlike Breast Cancer Awareness that get's a whole month, Ovarian Cancer has been sadly delegated to one day. It's another one of those "awareness" things--can it really be true the world has to be made aware of a cancer that kills more women than any other gynecological cancer? Do we honestly need to be made aware 20,000 women a year are diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer and less than half will survive? We shouldn't have to be made aware of this, we should all know this and wish for continued research to find the cure for this horrible disease.
I lost a grandmother to Ovarian Cancer. Her name was Mary Shaw. She died on my mother's 18 birthday. Can you imagine? Your own mother dying on the very day she gave life to you? Honestly don't try to imagine it, it's pretty awful. My Grandma Shaw was a beautiful, vibrant woman cut down in the prime of her life at age 42. Despite a 20 year age difference between them, my grandfather long outlived his young wife.
Sadly they aren't further along in curing this cancer that took my grandmother's life 54 years ago.
This is the poster for May 8th Ovarian Cancer Day
You can be a part of helping to spread awareness by sharing this via facebook, twitter, instagram--you name it! Wherever you can share it!
My mani today is in honor of the beautiful woman I have yet to meet--I know she is waiting for me and someday I'll feel her arms around me
There is currently no cure for Ovarian Cancer. Early detection is virtually non-existent. But you can help yourself by making sure you see your OB-Gyn annually.
You are at a greater risk for Ovarian Cancer if you are 50 or older. If you have a family history of Ovarian, Breast, or Colon Cancer you are at a greater risk. If you or someone in your family carries the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations you are at a greater risk. If you suffer from infertility or have never been pregnant you are at a great risk
The signs and symptoms of Ovarian Cancer can be:
Gastrointestinal complaints that are persistent and unexplained such as gas, nausea or constant indigestion
Pelvic and/or abdominal swelling and/or pain; a feeling of fullness or bloat
Unexplained change in bowel habits
Unexplained weight loss or gain
Frequent urination
Abnormal post menopausal bleeding
Prevention of Ovarian Cancer is such things as
Taking an oral contraceptive for more than 5 years can help reduce your risk of up to 50%
Multiple pregnancies and breast feeding
Removal of the ovaries can help to reduce your risk
As the color for Ovarian Cancer Awareness is Teal, I chose the lovely Illamasqua Muse and paired her with Illamasqua Poke and China Glaze For Audrey
Please keep yourself informed of the many gynecological cancers that can affect your life. WHENEVER you feel something is off in your body call your doctor--it can save your life.
If you or someone you know has been affected by this terrible cancer my thoughts are with you. If you are a survivor many happy blessings to you.
I hope someday there is a cure for all cancer
Hi Readers!! When I was trying to think of a mani to do for today I was sort of whining about being sick. I don't like to do that really because having a cold is not really being sick. I think of all the times I watched my beautiful sister, Lisa, fight so hard during her breast cancer treatments and eventually succumb to her cancer, I truly know what being sick is. So I had to pull myself up by the chin straps and tell myself to knock it off. I thought of the old song by Lynn Anderson--I Never Promised You A Rose Garden--along with the sunshine there's got to be a little rain sometime.
That being said I decided to do some roses of my own to remind myself there's usually a little bad along with any good.
I hauled out all the stops on this one!! I used a total of 5 polishes for this mani lol! I gradiented with my new Zoya's Darcy, Micky and Josie, for my roses I used a blob of Yana and then stamped white over it! Check it out, not one by 4 of the new Zoya Stunning's in the mani alone! But that's not all! I got to do an accent nail of the beautiful Leaping Lyretail from Sea Lore!!!
First let's get this party started with a gradient
Toss in an accent nail of Sea Lore's Leaping Lyretail and add some stamping
Leaping Lyretail is super lovely! A mix of yellow, pink, and fushia perfect for Spring and Summer!
Let me tell you how I almost ruined this mani! I had wanted hot pink roses over light pink so I tried to stamp with Yana and it was a major fail. You couldn't really see it show up at all. So then I stamped black over it--OMG wrong thing to do! I finally settled on white over Yana and yes suddenly we have winner! winner! chicken dinner!
I hauled out the trusty BM's to stamp with BM310 and then I took individual roses off of BM323
Thumbie looks good too!
The idea for this gradient came to me while I looked at them sitting in their Zoya box! Sometimes that's all it takes!
Leaping Lyretail is part of the new Spring Collection from Sea Lore. It can be purchased HERE. You should stop by and check out all of Jamie's polishes, they are quite lovely!
Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!!
Hi Everyone! Happy Monday! Today I have a MSMD mani with a twist. I've been lamenting all the untried polishes I have for days now. I just don't get how/why this happens. Why do I keep buying more when I'm not even wearing what I already have. I made a promise to myself to stop doing this--I mean what good are buying them when you aren't even going to wear them?
So this brings me to the lovely Julie G Gumdrops I have. Yep I got them over a month ago and yes I've worn a few but I haven't worn them all yet! Looking at the colors of them all lined up I thought about some sort of sunset nails. I've already done a red or orange gradient with them but what about something different? I googled sunset nails for some inspiration and BAM I ran across this picture that was SO different than the standard sunset scene. I found it on Chopsuey Nails. I decided to go for the same look only using textured polishes instead of regular. I chose Sugar Rush, Tangerine Dream and Blueberry Fizz for my gradient with some added help from Zoya Kerry. Then I did some freehand art and a bit of stamping.
I'm surprised it wasn't harder to freehand on this textured stuff!
I put another tree on Thumbie too!
This is the picture that inspired me
What do you think? How'd I do?
There's such a huge difference in these shimmery textured polishes. I really love them, the flat creme's not so much--here's a pic of the mani in the shade
This colors aren't even the same!!! Here's the same pose in the light
Bright and vibrant! How'd I do with the recreation? Don't you just love that whale tail???!!!! There's so much you can do with these textured polishes--I can't wait to get more of them! Oh Oh!!! There I go again!
Here's a picture of the polishes I used!
Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
Hi Everyone!! Happy Sunday! To be honest it's not a happy one here. I'm sick and hacked off about it! I managed to get out of Winter unscathed while everyone around me and I mean EVERYONE around me was sick. I felt invincible yet here I am in the beginning of Spring felled by the stupid common cold. I spent the day in bed all day yesterday, which wasn't too bad because I had a few books to read and my son made me Italian Wedding Soup. But still! How do you manage to stay clear of a cold in Southeast Wisconsin during the Winter and then get one in the Spring??!!
Boggles The Mind!!
I am feeling slightly better today, no aches and pains and no sore throat so I'm hoping to muddle my way through this baby without too much whining LOL!
Today's Adventures In Stamping Challenge is Over A Lilac base--I did a lovely gradient with Sinful Colors Candy Coated and an unnamed LA Colors I have--I hate getting those LA Colors from the dollar store--the name is on the package WHICH YOU THROW AWAY for crying out loud!
Here's a shot of the gradient before I stamped
I keep saying one day I'm going to stop gradienting all the time, but then I do one that's so lovely and I feel it gives any mani so much more depth so then I say, nope not gonna stop!
I stamped over it using Zoya Suri, who's quite lovely on her own but who also STAMPS LIKE A BOSS
I haven't used the cloud image yet from BM312 so I decided it was high time
I love a good tone on tone mani!
It's delicate but again the added second color in the gradient really give this mani an extra boost!
Here's a lovely collage with the gradient alone and stamping over it
I hope I can stay feeling okay today because I found a picture online I want to recreate for my MSMD mani tomorrow only I'm tossing in a twist!
Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
Hi Everyone!! Happy Friday!! It's a dreary and cold Friday here today but that's not stopping me from rocking a fun all Zoya mani. Today at work it's our Cinco de Mayo food day celebration. Everyone is bringing in food for a day long feast. I'm bringing in black popcorn! Ooooomg I just discovered it and am in love with it. Several of my coworkers agreed with me that it's the best popcorn in the entire universe so they told me to pop up a bunch and bring it in. 5 am this morning and the house smells like popcorn lol!
I wanted to do something fun and festive for today so I have a Mexicany feely type thing going on. I did some fun gradients with Zoya Thandie, Yana, Lara and Robyn
It's too bad it's only 40 out and not the 82 we had on Wednesday!
I stamped using quite a few plates Mash-30, SH13, BM204 and Cheeky XL C
In the process of doing this mani I came up with a great idea for Cinco de Mayo nails too! Can't wait to see if they turn out as I envision.
Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!!
Hi Everyone!! Hope everyone is having a great day. I threw together this lovely holo butterfly mani and by threw together I mean it took me HOURS! That is no lie. I had no issues whatsoever with my gradient the lovely China Glaze He's Going In Circles and LA Girls 3D Effect in Brilliant Blue, my issue was the analness that is me when it comes to stamping lol! I got my Nail Craze NC01 butterfly wing plate FINALLY--I've been wanting it forever and I was finally able to order it! I just had a lot of issues with placing it on my nail. I didn't like it if too much black showed up, I didn't like it if not enough black showed up and don't get me started on how much dotting needed to go on the wing tips--it wasn't pretty people LOL!
Finally after nearly 3 hours I had 10 fingers I was happy with!
This really is quite a lovely mani
I can't wait to get my Jades in from Ninja Polish so I can do an orange and red holo gradient with this image plate!!
All in all it was a dirty job but someone had to do it!!!
Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!
