Ovarian Cancer Awareness

It is national Ovarian Cancer awareness month in the US, I decided to still join this cause as we are losing far too many women to this hideous cancer. So today's look is in teal, the colour that represents ovarian cancer awareness. The teal I have used in OPI Fly, a gorgeous creme teal. I think did my glitter finger with a base of Zoya Trixie and a England's amazing Merlin glitter. I love the finished look and think this is a very worthwhile cause. Below are some statistics and information relative to Australia.

In Australia, three women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every day. It could be you, your friend, your partner, your sister, your mum, your gran or your daughter. There is no early detection test for ovarian cancer and the Pap test does not detect the disease. More than 1300 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Australia each year and 800 women will die from the disease. Approximately 75% of women are diagnosed at an advanced stage, where the cancer has spread and is difficult to treat successfully. At the moment, only 43% of women with ovarian cancer will be alive five years later. But if ovarian cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, women have an 80% chance of being alive and well after five years. More women need to be diagnosed at an early stage when ovarian cancer is very treatable. And that is why everyone needs to know more about ovarian cancer and its symptoms.

Ovarian Cancer Australia is Australia's leading organisation for ovarian cancer awareness and support. We are committed to ensuring that every Australian knows the symptoms of ovarian cancer. Do you?

taken from http://www.ovariancancer.net.au/awareness/

Dots Galore

I do just love, love, love dots! I also love this spring's "in"colours of green from teal to jade and blue from aqua right through to navy. Green is my favourite colour with blue running a close second. I think the old wives tale of 'blue and green should never be seen without a colour in between' has finally been laid to rest.

So in order to match up with my very favourite spring wardrobe ever, I lined all my suitable polishes in a row and came up with this. The base is the gorgeous Opi Suzi Says Feng Shui which is the most beautiful deep dusty blue creme. It was a dream to apply, it covered well and evened out in two coats.

Below is the collection of polishes I used

China Glaze - For Audrey (which in this collection looks more blue than it is)

Opi - My Boyfriends Scales Walls

Opi - Suzi Says Feng Sui

Opi - I Have a Herring Problem

Opi - Fly

Essie - Bobbing for Baubles

Zoya - Robyn

I grabbed one of my bigger dotting tools and applied dots randomly from darkest colour to light. Then topped it off with one coat of Seche Vite. I may go for a less glossy top coat next time, (even though Seche Vite is my wonder child) as it made this look really hard to photograph. I ended up with a lot of photos that looked like Bokeh the exquisite photography that makes lights look like orbs. I love it but not when I'm trying to see all my dots in a photo :)

Lots more photos below, Have a happy Wednesday

Tx

Teal - be still my heart

I am a huge huge teal fan, it's one of my favourite colours and I think it always looks so regal on nails. This is Opi Fly a gorgeous simple to use strong teal cream, the glitter tips and accent finger are Butter London - Henley Regatta. It is my first Butter polish and it applied very well and the look is divine! I do have some tip wear showing but I forgot to wrap my tips in my hurry to get the polish on and it was a couple of days before I got around to photographing the look. It's definitely one I'll wear again,

Above is natural light and below is flash which lightens the colours