Hello, Fireflies!
Do you know what Lupus is? Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body. (Lupus.org)
It's one of those diseases that is often misunderstood because the person may not 'look' sick. They have flareups and remissions, too - so they can be fine one day and incapacitated the next.
The Beauty Bloggers of Central Florida are linking up today to show their support for one of our own who has this disease, in hopes of bringing more awareness to it. Put on Purple today!
I started with Revlon Gwen's Crush, a red-leaning violet with an awesome shimmer.
I needed undies for this because Lacquerhead Polish Space Cadet 2.0 is a very sheer jelly, and would take too many layers to get opaque... but look at those glitters! I really like how you can see some of the violet shimmer from Gwen's Crush, and then flashes of the holo glitters.
I really liked the way the stamping looked over the glitter in Dressed Up Digits' mani, so I tried to do something similar with Shany 20 and Finger Paints Silver Sculpture.
Purple over purple over purple - lots of layers.. kinda like Lupus, I guess. It doesn't appear to be a straightforward disease.
Those glitters!
Bottle shot: Revlon Gwen's Crush, Lacquerhead Polish Space Cadet 2.0, and Finger Paints Silver Sculpture.
For more information about Lupus, please visit Lupus.org. Do you have any experience with Lupus? Will you be wearing purple today?
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That is a nice design!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous design. I had a friend who had lupus for years and sadly we lost touch after she moved to the Mainland.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful mani for a great cause. Plus, any cause with purple as their colour is one I'll support!
ReplyDeleteGreat mani for a good awareness campaign!
ReplyDeleteI love this design, especially the glitters!
ReplyDeleteLoving this mani! Well done!
ReplyDeleteI am always impressed with your nail designs!
ReplyDeleteI WANT Space Cadet!! I love love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat nail design and a wonderful way to support a fellow beauty blogger.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous manis for a great awareness on Lupus :)
ReplyDeleteLove the mani and the fact that it's for Lupus awareness, yay!
ReplyDeleteCute mani and a great cause!
ReplyDeleteGirl, you make me want to pull out my plates and do some designing. It's been awhile. Love this look!
ReplyDeleteShut your whole face. This looks like it's straight from a magazine! HOW do you come up with all of these utterly fabulous designs? I've never seen stamping over big glitter. It's so pretty and, like you said, layered. And it's for a good cause. A win across the board, I'd say!
ReplyDelete(And I love that you may or may not taunt your puppy about squirrels as we may or may not do the same, haha!)
great mani for a great cause
ReplyDeleteSpace Cadet is awesome layered in between the colors
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool mani! I love how all of these different ideas came together. I am terrified of stamping haha!
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Great stamping job!
ReplyDeleteCool stamp
ReplyDeleteOooh the Space Cadet shade is soo cool!!!
ReplyDeleteAh wish I had known about this sooner! Purples my favorite color so I would have been happy to participate!
ReplyDeleteDeep, lipid purple pools! Va va voom!
ReplyDeleteYour mani turned out great, I love the glitter jelly effect!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mani for a great cause!
ReplyDeletelove the glitter and the stamping! Gorgeous
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! And for a great cause too. Loved the stamping plate.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty design !
ReplyDeleteGorgeous design!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. My fave color is purple. I have a pen pal with Lupus.
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