World Cancer Day Nails

Today is World Cancer Day which is a global event that unites the world in the fight against cancer. 

Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, then top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping (no pix has have shown before).  Using the clear jelly stamper from Fab Ur Nails, stamped using images from Bundle Monster BM-408 (thumb), Infinity 148 (middle words and ribbon on index and ring), and Bundle Monster BM-321 (rest of the ribbons).  Used assortment of MdU and MoYou stamping polishes for the ribbons in support of the various cancer awareness groups.  I had to shrink the earth image using the UberChic luxe stamper, then placed it (not too well as you can see lol).  We need a clear jelly stamper now that images can be shrunk.  

Bundle Monster BM-408

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC and headed to bed.  

Infinity 148.  For those of you who may not be that familiar with this plate, this was created by Shirley of Dashica after the loss of her father from cancer.  

This morning, added words to the thumb; I had planned on doing this last night but it was late and I knew it would take a bit of time to individually stamp the words.  Used Nailways Back to Basics 123 ABC and Konad black and red special polishes for the words, except 'day' which was from Bundle Monster BM-S222.  Used the clear jelly stamper for placement.

Bundle Monster BM-S222

Top coated the thumb with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

There is a lot of information about World Cancer Day on their website here .  I hope that I live to see the day that we no longer need World Cancer Day.  

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month; I thought it would be a good way to kick off the month by sharing a pink mani!



Started with one coat of Nubar Cover Girl.  This isn't really picture worthy; I did a very quick lay down coat just for a little coverage as I knew I'd be sponging on more of it for better coverage as part of the mani.



Did a sponged gradient using Nabi Bright Purple and Anna Sui 370.



Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top before stamping.



Stamped using an image from Apipila p.25 using Funky Fingers Gesso.



Apipila p.25.



Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.



I even sponged my left hand and stamped it and it didn't turn out too badly!



Thanks for looking!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Mani

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; as a woman as well as someone who has been involved with a close family member dealing with breast cancer over the last year, I would be remiss in not doing at least one mani in support of the awareness cause; here's what I came up with!



Started with a base of two coats of piCture poLish Electric Dream; this pix has no topcoat.  For those who like a shiny finish, it would need topcoat as it does dry on the matte side.  I didn't topcoat as I knew I was doing some layering.  Still stunning, though!  (I also love how this polish perfectly compliments my blog wallpaper!)



My original plan for the mani was a funky french tip with the Bundle Monster ribbon at the tips using BM-324, so added FingerPaints Frosty Night at the tips.



Topped with a little Quo By Orly Spirit.



But I decided to do some different stamp designs so only used the tip image from BM324 on the thumb and did it midway for something out of the ordinary...for me any way!  Other images used were from plates BM317 (middle), BM303 (index) and BM321 on ring.  For the pinky, images from BM317 and BM303 were isolated and separately stamped; all using white Konad special polish.  (I have no idea what I was thinking putting those lips on my ring finger lol!)




Topped with SV to finish.



Just before I took the mani off, I put a layer of Essie Matte About You.




A couple days after I did this mani, my husband surprised me with the OPI Pink of Hearts 2013 duo that he had picked up at a breast cancer awareness fundraiser which was a nice surprise as never buys me polishes! Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze in another mani using them before the end of the month!

Thanks for looking!