My "Pink" Breast Cancer awareness post

So when PaA announced a pink Monday challenge I knew I wanted to head out and grab Wet N' Wild Hannah Pinktana. The swatches I had seen looked pink to me. I'd say this is a pink-purple or a purple-pink with micro-glitter that makes it hard to stop looking at *dreamy look*.

 So the swatches I saw were pink and this looks more purple to me. But observe:

Now we see more pink! It's like magic and with all that yummy microglitter amazingness I'm inclined to say it it.

Now this design comes from Konad stamping plate m4 (one of the first plates I ever bought). I was drawn to this design. The half face is so glamorous and yet so lonesome to me. I added the rhinestones as a woman facing something such a breast cancer sees how precious life is. Seeing through those eyes is something none of want to face but so many do anyhow.

When I was about 10 or 11 I remember reading this book about a young girl diagnosed with cancer. Not breast cancer of course, but I was so struck by the image she gave. How, in a time of no awareness, her friends pulled away from her like she was contagious. It broke my heart. This thumb art represents the pain and anguish a person who feels so separate and desperate.

Sorry for the long post. Many of us have lost loved ones to breast cancer (and other forms of cancer). I know I have. Be blessed and take a moment to seek out survivors and fighters to tell them you care.

My Shattered Manicure - Minicure Monday

So this manicure started when I came downstairs to find that the toddler had pushed his sister's bench down the stairs and it went straight through the window. We live in a rental with a landlord who loves to nit pick every tiny thing. Apparently when we moved here we weren't supposed to actually "live" in the house. Gees what was I thinking right?

So to deal with my stress I created this mani:

OPI Not like in the movies meets Wet N' Wild Disturbia (two celebrity polishes) and I LOVE how Disturbia really brings out the purple duochrome side to this polish. Super fine glitter gives a lovely little shimmer (and reminds me of the glass lol).

You can really see the duality in this picture. Greyish-green with an incredible purple duo makes this one like an oil slick on the fingers (only much safer to have there).

Not the best picture in the whole world but you can really get the glitter in this one - this is with flash.

The image design is a Konad one from plate m73. I love my cheaper plates but the quality difference always jumps out at me when I stamp with a Konad plate. Such wonderfulness.

On the topic of Minicure Monday I feature my daughter's Lisa Frank-esque nails:

I saw this technique where you drop two colors of differing polishes on the design plate and then scrape straight across to get a "gradient" effect and it worked out beautifully! She loved this design so much.

Clean up is nearly impossible with her so I apologize for the design residue left on the fingers but, hey, she's five and what can I really do? I didn't realize till I was editing that she and I were both wearing green of a similar shade...how funny!