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
Well, here I am again one month later. Here's a run down of the few manis that I did for August. Or in other words, this was my IG feed for August. If you follow me on IG, these are all review.
I started August with this flower dotticure using Signet Nails Kiss Off, Yoko 3000 and Hashbrown No Filter. It is a jelly sandwich with a design in the middle rather than glitter.
Still working with Signet Lacquers, I then did a simple design using Tainted Love and Bells And Whistles.
It's Signet Again. This is my green wrap using, New Leaf, Out Of The Woods, and Opulent Okra with some added gold with my Strip Rite.
I was on a roll last month with Signet. Lauren was closing up shop and wanted her customers to do designs if possible. This is her Opal Flash over Dolf with an added top coat and studs.
This is Signet's thermal Tear The Roof Off over Dolf with some added stamping.
Macro
My last Signet mani. I did classical Greek vases using Lapis Lazuli over Yoko 3000.
Took some time off with Zoya's new Naked Manicure system.
O.K., I got bored and ended up topping it with Nfu-Oh'sFlakie #48
I started trying a new nail prep this month from Sallys.
And talk about new. Kim Michelle Colour has yet to release their first line of colors although she has some nail care items. I LOVE her cuticle balm in the Honeysuckle scent! This is her Teal Me Your Fantasy.
Macro
A fashion shot using Teal Me Your Fantasy with one of my rings and a vintage kimono.
I needed a color to match this top which has a very colorful dragon embroidered on the front. The perfect match was Priti NYC's Wedgewood Blue.
My neon mani for the Hobby Polish Blogger's August Linkup. Again, I am using Signet polishes. The are Stranger Danger Ranger (yellow base), Slutsicle Orange, and Hashbrown No Filter.
I then went to a copy cat mani from The Polish Dude and paired KB Shimmer's A Pigment Of My Imagination with my Starbucks duochrome drink cup.
A fashion shot of A Pigment with one of my B Makowsky purses and one of my rings.
My final mani was a Galaxy using all Indies for Nail Art Nation's Indie week challenge. I use the following:
Signet Nails: Dolf, Tainted Love and Yuko3000
Ruby White Tops: Ashley Rose (thermal( Chai Maintenance, Misfit Toys and Here Piggy Piggy
My-Stash Lacquer: Shaken Not Stirred
Well that's it. For me, this was a lot in one month. I hope you enjoyed my photo. So until next month, Take care and shine on. Terri.
