Guest Blogging at Life in Color

I have one of the coolest nail polish friends. Her name is Gosia and she climbs mountains. Right now she is trying to conquer Mount Everest and I think that is amazing. She has had some problems readjusting but last I heard from her camp she was going to try and reach summit TODAY!!! And today I am proud to announce that I am guest blogging for her at Life in Color.

I have done a mani that reflects her amazing conquest and the love we both share for Elevation Polish.

To read more about the mani and which Elevation Polish colours I chose for it,
you will have to visit Gosia's blog here.

Fancy Friday #3: Water Marble

Things have been hectic here, so this week's FF mani is being posted a day late. The challenge is Water Marble, and I am really no good at it, haha.

I used Milani Orchidia as base and three Revlons: Ecclectic, Dreamer and Trendy.

Hope you enjoy it anyway, here it is for your entertainment and viewing pleasure :D

I had HUGE bubble issues, just look at the ring, middle, and index finger:

 Apologies for the state of my cuticles they don't take well to the acetone these days, not even when I slather them with Cutie Balm before clean up or removal.

 

 

 And bubbles galore on my thumb as well:

So this was my sad attempt, you would do yourself a favour if you also check the rest of the manis from my fellow Fancy Friday Bloggers.

Wearing Purple for World Lupus Awareness Month

You know how it is when you see all these awareness posts filling your feeds on different social networks - how annoying you sometimes feel it is and how could this really make a difference? And then something happens that makes you think that whatever little thing you do to raise awareness will make a world of difference?

That is why I continue to do awareness posts and this particular one has hit home with me.

Last month one of my Lacquerhead friends almost died from seizures related to her Lupus diagnosis. What is the most amazing thing is that between her 28 seizures in the hospital, 3 in the car ride home and 2 minor ones last week she has survived 31 seizures in 2 weeks. I am still in awe of the almost-miracle thing going on here.

So in honour of her battle and her constant positive outlook on life and the grim future prospect in particular, I am wearing this purple mani:

The Lupus Awereness colour is purple. I've just bought Girly Bits Twitterpated and it was an obvious choice when I saw the sunny weather. Holo Polish FTW!!!
The dots are Hits Specialita No Olimpo Dionisio.

 

And the symbol for Lupus Awareness is the butterfly, due to one of the symptomatic rashes which has a butterfly shape. My butterfly was created with Vivid Lacquer Plate 004.

This picture was taken in shade - I love the colour on Twitterpated here.

Some Lupus facts:
Lupus is an incurable Auto Immune disease that affects 1.5 million Americans and 5 million world wide, 9 out of 10 sufferers are female and you are more likely to get it if you are Black, Asian or Hispanic than if you are Caucasian - which is probably why we know so little about it in Europe.

There are 3 different types: 

Discoid Lupus affecting the skin/hair/nails/joints/tendons. 

Systemic Lupus that can attack any organ/organ system at any time. 

Drug induced Lupus usually attributed to extreme chemo/rx drugs or hardcore street drug use.

These are the 11 symptoms to look for, you need to show four to get diagnosed:

1. Malar rash – a rash over the cheeks and nose, often in the shape of a butterfly
2. Discoid rash – a rash that appears as red, raised, disk-shaped patches
3. Photosensitivity – a reaction to sun or light that causes a skin rash to appear or get worse
4. Oral ulcers – sores appearing in the mouth
5. Arthritis – joint pain and swelling of two or more joints in which the bones around the joints do not become destroyed
6. Serositis – inflammation of the lining around the lungs (pleuritis) or inflammation of the lining around the heart that causes chest pain which is worse with deep breathing (pericarditis)
7. Kidney disorder – persistent protein or cellular casts in the urine
8. Neurological disorder – seizures or psychosis
9. Blood disorder – anemia (low red blood cell count), leukopenia (low white blood cell count), lymphopenia (low level of specific white blood cells), or thrombocytopenia (low platelet count)
10. Immunologic disorder – abnormal anti-double-stranded DNA or anti-Sm, positive antiphospholipid antibodies
11. Abnormal antinuclear antibody (ANA) 

Besides these symptoms you could also have:

Fever (over 100° F) 
Extreme fatigue 
Hair loss 
Fingers turning white and/or blue when cold (Raynaud’s phenomenon)

Make sure you educate yourself, as this is an invisible disease: You or someone you care for will not seem ill even though you are near death.

Learn more about Lupus here:
http://www.lupus.org/webmodules/webarticlesnet/templates/new_learndiagnosing.aspx?articleid=2241&zoneid=524 


 

Fancy Friday # 2: Flowers

Welcome to the second week of our collaboration blog challenge, Fancy Friday. This one I made pretty simple. I played around with a short, slim brush and a dotting tool and then I just went with it.

Base colour is Sinful Colors Winterberry, a gorgeous dark grayed purple with a pearlised shimmer that give it that extra something.

The green and lilac are Konad stamping polishes and the pinks and the gold are different striper colours that I found looked good together with the rest of the design.

I did my thumb as the last and got more adventurous :D - so a small garden sort of appeared out of nowhere - there seem to be hope for me in the nail art department. I got a bit frustrated at the end when I realised I had bubbles all over my thumb but decided against removing it all, I am quite pleased with it.

And do check the rest of the participants nail art.

Velkommen til endnu en gang Fælles Fredag, denne gang med blomstertema. Jeg er ikke den store nail art haj, men jeg sad og rodede lidt med en kort, tynd pensel og et dotting redskab - og så kom det her design lidt af sig selv. Da jeg nåede tommelfingeren var jeg blevet rigtig entusiastisk og vupti, dukkede der en lille have op. Jeg er ret tilfreds med det og er lidt ærgerlig over alle boblerne fra toplakken.

Stamping Saturday

I think this is going quite well, the fact that I'm able to keep up with this on a VERY regular basis is something that I am quite thrilled about.

Today I have a marvellous new Dior colour called Lilac Colorvision. This is supposed to be a Sephora exclusive and is a re-release of this Japan exclusive. I don't know if Lilac Colorvision will be in the European Sephoras but I am lucky to have some wonderful American polish friends who will shop for me when need be ;)

 

 I have a lovely mint green konad stamping polish that the lovely Karine gave me as part of a birthday gift, that I just knew would look awesome on top of this gorgeous lilac polish. The stamping plate is, again, a Vivid Lacquer plate. These awesome skulls are on the VL plate 001.

Pardon my terribly wrecked cuticles, I totally forgot to moisturise them before I took these pics, that is how excited I was with this mani :D
 

 

 I have tons of fun with this stamping experience, I can highly recommend it :D

Fancy Friday # 1: Blue Me Away

Welcome to Fancy Friday! If you want to know a little more about the background take a look at yesterday's blog post.

I am very excited about this and hopefully I  will be able to keep up with the challenge this time.

As you might have guessed today's theme is blue which I am so happy about, as I love blue nail polish :D

For this mani I chose a jelly sandwich made from FeverLacquer Easter Dress and Milani Teal. They look stunning together.

I've never been a fan of jellies, but they are Amazing when it comes to this:

I love that jellies are so shiny.

I am so happy with this look, it is definitely not the last time I am wearing this particular combo.

I can highly recommend looking at the other challenge bloggers Blue Manis, they are beautiful.


Velkommen til Fælles Fredag og ugens challenge, Blåt er Godt. Denne uges mani er en jelly sandwich bestående af FeverLacquer Easter Dress og Milani Teal. Jeg elsker blå neglelak så jeg har nydt denne uges challenge i fulde drag. Jeg er godt nok ikke så vild med jelly lakker, men det her er de fantastiske til - og så er de noget så dejligt skinnnende, selv uden top lak.

Launch note: Fancy Friday

So here I go again with a new project that'll hopefully be as exciting for you as it is for me...

After my ginormous fail on the 52 week nail art challenge last year (I still have manis from it that I haven't blogged about) I have, against all odds, decided to do one again this year. This time it is a collaboration challenge between me and 13 of my fellow Danish nail polish bloggers, and I am so excited about it. We have scheduled the first three months and some of the manis you will see will be these:

Flowers
Water Marble
Animal Print
Inspired by a film/tv series
Texture
Decals
Summer Mani/Pedi

I've made a Fancy Friday page that holds the challenge list and links to each post - for a start just as text links but hopefully there will be pictures as well at some point :D