Twinsie Tuesday - Endometriosis Awareness

Hi everyone!  Today's Twinsie Tuesday post is about Endometriosis.  This is a hormonal and immune system disease.  It causes the tissue that lines the uterus (called the endometrium) to grow outside the uterus.  This tissue is normally shed every month resulting in a period.  Endometriosis symptoms include irregular bleeding, infertility,exhaustion, and debilitating pain during periods, bowl movement, sex, and extreme pain in the lower back and/or abdomen.  This is not just "bad cramps."  It is a real disease with no cure that affects approximately 1 in 10 women worldwide.
**http://www.endofound.org/
**http://centerforendo.com/endoq&a.htm

Today the Twinsies are wearing yellow in solidarity with those who suffer from endometriosis and to spread awareness.

For this look I used Color Club Almost Famous.  It's not the best formula, but its pretty and does eventually even up.  For the glitter I used Elevation Polish Haba Xueshan which is a black and white glitter with a few light blue glitters in between all in a clear base.

This is 3 coats of Almost Famous and 1 coat of Haba Xueshan.

Don't forget to check out the other Twinsies' Endometriosis Awareness manis!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Pretty and Polished Sand Art over Essie Marshmallow

I'm writing this while half sleep, so this will be quick.  Today I have Sand Art by Pretty and Polished.  It really does remind me of the colored sand we would pour into to jars as little art projects.  Mine always got mixed up eventually instead of having straight lines and that's what this reminds me of.  A combo of all the sands mixed together.  I really like it.  Sand Art has blue, purple, pink, and green micro glitters.  I layered it over Essie Marshmallow.

This is one coat Sand Art over 3 coats Marshmallow (I should have left it at 2 because things are looking a bit thick)

Hare Midsummer's Midnight

Hey everyone!  Hope you've had a lovely weekend!

Today I have a Hare polish called Midsummer's Midnight.  I bought this one about a year ago.  It has a black jelly base with green and magenta micro glitter, slightly larger green and magenta hex glitter, and blue and purple square glitters.  It's very pretty up close, but far away the black jelly makes it a little plain.  I feel this way about most glitters in a black jelly base though.  It the black jelly never really lets the glitter shine through too much and the black just kind of looks faded.  I think I may like it better over a coat of black.

This is 3 coats.

Happy New Year!

I just wanted to take some time out to wish all of you a happy new year.  2013 was a crazy year and I wasn't able to post much, but here's to 2014.  May it bring new opportunities, great times, and even more polish!

As for my manicure, I couldn't resist wearing a glitter bomb.  I wore Deborah Lippmann's Forget You.  Forget You is the cousin of Happy Birthday and has all the same glitters in a black base.  You can layer this over black or build it up with a few coats; your choice.  And of course thick top coat is a must.

This is 3 coats.  (I've been thinking about making my pictures a bit smaller, but if clicked you can still see the large versions.  What do ya'll think?)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Locavore

It's Mardi Gras also known as Fat Tuesday so I decided to wear Locavore by Rescue Beauty Lounge.  This is a multi glitter with gold, turquoise/blue, green, and magenta from what I can see.  I bought this color years ago and I'm just now getting around to wearing it as a full mani and I love it.  I believe it's back on the Rescue Beauty Lounge site as one of the 'Bring it Back' colors.

This is 3 coats.