September-Ovarian Cancer Awareness

A sweet friend from Instagram alerted us to the fact that it is Ovarian Awareness Month. She has a clean bill of health now, but a few years ago was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer.

My sister is an RN who worked in oncology. She has many times told me that Ovarian is the scary one because it is usually isn't detected until it is to late. We need better screenings for this monster!

I am religious about getting my yearly Mammogram and Pap Smear. But there's nothing for this one. 

I did this for Sarah and all the other lovey ladies who are fighting the fight, those who won the fight, and for those who lost the fight. 

I thought the Butterfly was an excellent symbol for this cancer and I really wanted to hand paint it and not use a stamp.First I drew it with my Strip Rite Stripper and then added detail with a-England's Merlin and my fuchsia Sharpie. There's two, I guess one for each ovary. I don't know how well it came out, but it was heartfelt, I can tell you that. 

Here's the individual shots that I used in my poster.  The base for the Butterflies is Kim Michelle's soon to be released "Teal Me Your Fantasy". The gradation is done with Kim's Teal and a-England's Excalibur on a base of Zoya's Harley.

I then added a small amount of Bellaluna's glitter topper Metanoia.

A macro so you can really see that it's a Butterfly. HaHa

 And finally, the curtain call for all the actors...........

I used:
Zoya's Harley
A-England's Merlin and Excalibur
Kim Michelle's Teal Me Your Fantasy
Stripe Rite Silver Stripper
Belalluna's Metanoia
Jolie's Latex to protect those cuticles

And finally, I wanted to provide a link for Ovarian Cancer Warning signs. 

That it for this time around. So until next time, take care and think Shiny!   (You probably need to be a Firefly fan to get that LOL). 

Terri


 

Bellaluna Cosmetics-Swatches and Review

Hello Everyone on this December Monday. For today, I have three polishes (and some extra designs) from the new Indie Bellaluna Cosmetics. These lacquers are handcrafted by Samantha Garland who has established her shop on ETSY.

I personally purchased these during my Black Friday and Cyber Monday hunting expedition. 

First up, I have Belle Of The Ball.

Belle Of The Ball is an emerald Green with copper shimmer. The green and copper was too hard to resist. Belle Of The Ball is of a thinner consistency. Although two coats probably would have worked, I added a third. It goes on smoothly without any streakiness and dries to a satin finish. And I will make a note here that all lacquers were used with a base-coat. No top coats were used except where specified.

  
Wanting to see what Belle Of The Ball looked with a high gloss, I put a top coat of Wicked Fast (Cult Nails) on it. And it is gorgeous with a high shine. Can we say perfect for Christmas.

I love the way the green reacts differently in this macro. Some of it seems to come across as blue-green. 

And Now I have Cinnamaspice

This one fooled me. When I saw it in the bottle, it was, "well that's nice". But when I got it one, it was,"WOW!". This is hands down my favorite of the three. It just glows!

Cinnamaspice is a brown jelly base with deep gold hex glitters, gold dust and some gold added in for good measure. And, as far as I am concerned,  it adds up to spectacular. 

Cinnamaspice was opaque enough with two coats, but I added a third for the fun of it. 

I need to say nothing about this one

These two seemed to be quite suited for Christmas, so I did a very simple quick Christmas tree and decorated it with a rhinestone and some coppery StripeRite.

Merry Christmas

And finally, I have Winter Blizzard

This is the dark lady of the group but there is so much lurking under her surface. Winter blizzard is multi colored shimmer floating around in a black jelly base.

It can be used by itself, as I have. Or it can be used as a topper. If used by itself I recommend using least three coats. 

Just wanted to do a bottle shot for this one, it is so pretty.

 

I thought a Winter Blizzard called for some silvery icicles.

 I do wish the bottles were labeled. Bellaluna, at this time comes with cute white tags tied on the bottles. They got in my way and I took them off. Knowing me, I will probably lose them.

This is a nice premiere collection and I am happy with my three selections. With the thirteen polishes that Bellaluna offers, I feel there is something for everyone. The polishes are priced at $8.50 which is an average price for Indies. Again, Bellaluna Cosmetics can be found on ETSY.

That's a wrap for this visit. Until we see each other again, take care. And being the beginning of the season, take a few deep breaths and some time for yourself. ............TerriG