Pink Wednesday - Sinful Colors Soul Mate with Funky Fingers Sand and Stilettos

I wanted to do a Pink Wednesday post since we haven't done one in a while and I've been busy with company from out of town visiting.  So today I started with 2 coats of Sinful Colors Soul Mate, which is a medium dusky pink creme.  I thought the pigmentation was good and it covered well in one coat.  I used two to smooth everything out and because I'm anal like that.  This is a nice enough pink color, I just don't really like how medium pink colors look on me.  I just can't get over thinking they all look like Pepto Bismol.

Once the SC was dry I topped them with Funky Fingers Sand and Stilettos.  This is a THICK holographic glitter in a very light pink base.  And by thick I mean THICK.  It's very similar in consistency to Milani's Rock Star Heavy Glitters.  It kinda reminds me of spreading Elmer's school paste on your fingers.

As I mentioned, its a holographic medium sized glitter in a very light pink base and it's an absolute glitter bomb.  Some people are referring to this as a silver glitter, but to me it's a light pink, so that's what I'm going with.  It looks like Rainbow Brite puked on my nails.

 I like glitter, but wow - this might even be too much for me.   This polish is OPI Teenage Dream on steroids.  It's also very similar to Studio M/Color Club Magic Attraction, but the glitter in MA is smaller and the consistency less dense.

Since the glitter dries very gritty, I used a coat of Gelous to smooth out the surface before applying SV as a top coat and its very smooth and glassy.  I'm dreading removing this one though.  Anyone have a sand blaster I can borrow?

Funky Fingers - Baby Baby Baby

Quick post for today because I am very much under the weather (first bug of the season's hit me already...boo)...but I wanted to show you this mani I did last week.

I used a base of China Glaze Electric Pineapple then topped with two coats of Funky Fingers Baby Baby Baby. I wouldn't recommend using this polish without a base color. Its REALLY thick (as you can see by the tips awkwardly not having as much glitter on them). This polish is so thick that the foil method was futile. I still had to scrub to get the glitter herpes off and still today there's little remnants left everywhere (about a week later).

It's gorgeous though. I just couldn't capture the holographic as well as I would've liked to.

Unnamed Eggplant Prettiness

GAHHH!! I hate when polishes don't have names on them. It irks me because I can't google it and see what it looks like on other people and what they think of it!!

This one came in a 4-pack of Funky Finger minis that Mama picked up while she was in Boston a couple weeks ago. The set comes with three different shades of purple and a purple microglitter.

I was anxious to try out this eggplant color. 1) because I swatched it on my wheels and loved it and; 2) because I have nothing else like this in my collection!!

This is a dark, dark, (almost black) purple cream. Application on this was wonderful -- the first coat was a little streaky and uneven, but the color was opaque after a second coat.

I chopped all my nails off. I like them shorter (they don't break as often!) and I think vampy shades like this one look so much better on me when I have nubbins.

I'm so sad that this is a mini bottle because I feel like this will be a popular color with me for fall/winter! If I remember correctly there was a purple vampy color in China Glaze's Metro collection that just came out. I haven't gotten any of those -- might have to pick some up soon!

So I ask you this, does anyone know of any dupes for this that I would have access to? If so, please leave them below in the comments!!

Sally Hansen Fairy Teal/ Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

I started with 2 coats of Sally Hansen Fairy Teal - this polish is really well pigmented and covers well in one coat.  You may want a 2nd just to even out your color and surface.  It's dry time is average and formula is good, flow and leveling were above average.  Over the top I applied 2 coats of Pure Ice Heartbreaker.  Heartbreaker is a teal base with tiny teal microglitter and it gives the polish just a flash of shimmer.  Heartbreaker is too sheer to wear on it's own, you'll want to layer it over another color.  Click on the pictures to see the sparkle more clearly!

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.  Ovarian Cancer is one of the most deadly of women's cancers. Each year, approximately 21,880 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In 2010, approximately 13,850 women will die in the United States from ovarian cancer. What makes ovarian cancer so unspeakably dangerous is that it is hardest to detect in its early stages. Sadly, only about 19% of ovarian cancer cases are diagnosed before the cancer has spread outside of the ovaries when the disease is most responsive to treatment. If detected at its earliest stage, the five-year survival rate is more than 93%. Recent research suggests that together the four symptoms of: bloating, pelvic or abdominal pain, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly and urinary urgency or frequency may be associated with ovarian cancer.  Other symptoms may be nausea, indigestion, gas, constipation, diahhrea, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath and backaches.  You may be at greater risk of developing ovarian cancer if you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, personal history of cancer, are over the age of 55, have never been pregnant or are on menopausal hormone replacement therapy.

And now I'd like to take just a moment more of your time to talk about how cancer has personally affected my life.  I lost my mother to colon cancer in 1982 when I was 18 and she was 54.  I lost my father to bladder cancer about 8 years ago.  I myself was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1992 while I was pregnant with Amanda's younger brother, then again in 1993.

I was one of the lucky ones.  I have been vigilant about my health since I lost my mother and we caught the cancer early.  I have been cancer free for 18 years.  There have been lots of times I wanted to ignore or blow off my yearly pap and pelvic exams or mammograms.  But I would rather experience a moment of discomfort now than a lifetime of regret.  I don't want to look back on my life someday saying "IF ONLY I'd had my screening, we might have caught it earlier".

So please...  Get your yearly pap and pelvic screening.  Get your mammograms.  Make your appointment today for peace of mind tomorrow. 

Sally Hansen Pumpkin Spice -- Color of the season?

Hi all! Today I have a swatch of Sally Hansen's Pumpkin Spice for you. I received this from Mary at Body & Soul Beauty! Thank you Mary!

Pumpkin Spice is a small orange microglitter suspended in a dark brown, olivey base. This picture here is two coats of Pumpkin Spice over Sinful's Black.

I also tried layering this over orange, but it really didn't look very nice. Because the base color is this icky olivey puke color, it changes the color of your base coat, turning my pretty orange into a muddied mess. I would definitely recommend layering this one over a dark color.

I don't wear black polish a whole lot so I'm not sure of how I feel about this on me. It is definitely season-appropriate for Halloween!

I've heard some people say this is going to be a popular color for fall. What do you think? Do you guys like the swatches that you've seen of Pumpkin Spice? Would you wear this one? Let us know in the comments!