Cirque Kontiki Collection "Dear Dahlia" Review + Breast Cancer Awareness Nail Art

Hello, 

As I mentioned earlier, I am doing pink manicures on all Fridays this month and also(check my first mani here), this week's second prompt for pick n mix challenge is Pink. Today, I have Dear Dahlia from Cirque Kontiki Collection. 

Dear Dahlia is hot pink jelly with green shimmer. At certain angle it also reflect hints of purple violet shade. Formula is very nice and even. It requires two to three coats depending upon how opaque you want it. It dries semi-matte so definitely need a top coat. I applied 3 coats of the polish and top coat for following pictures. 

cirque kontiki collection dear dahlia- direct light

Pink Friday- Breast Cancer Awareness Nail art

Hi, 

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  have been doing breast cancer awareness inspired manicure from last few years and I hundred percent support this cause. That is why I decided to do pink manicures on all fridays of this month. To know more about breast cancer awareness and how to take a self exam at home click on this post. 

breast cancer awareness pink friday nail art

33DC06- Texture and Pink Nails for Breast Cancer Awareness

Hi, 

Today is first Pink Friday of this year. October is celebrated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and today's post is dedicated to the cause. Breast Cancer accounts for 22.9% of all cancers (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers) in women.Breast cancer is more than 100 times more common in women than in men, although men tend to have poorer outcomes due to delays in diagnosis. Here is a link which explain how to perform a self-exams at home and it is advised to perform this once a month. 

Breast Self Exam

If you also want to participate in Pink Friday manicure collaboration than click on the link to get in-linkz and hashatags for it: Breast Cancer Awareness- Pink Friday Manicure Collaboration.

Today is also day six of 33 Day challenge and the theme is Texture so i decided to do both themes in a single manicure. So here is my manicure: 

Breast Cancer Awareness Manicure

products used: 

nail polish:  barry m dragonfruit gelly and sally hansen white on 

stamping plate: BM 321 and SA 05

neon stud from born pretty store 

fine glitters in white and pink colors(to create texture)

I didnt have a white and pink textured polishes so i decided to create my own texture effect using this fine glitters which i bought ages ago and never used: 

Pink Friday nails

33DC06- Texture

Barry m Dragonfruit gelly

textured nail art

 and all textured manis are incomplete without a topcoat  on picture, so here it is a picture with top coat on.

pink ribbon

 So I hope you like this manicure and please perform the self exam today and ask your friends and relatives to do the same.

Please check what other girls created for today's collaboration and challenge.

Stay Well!!

xx

dimpal

Pink Friday- Breast Cancer Awareness Inspired Nails

Hi, 

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. All Fridays in the month are Pink Fridays. That inspired me to do a nail art dedicated to cause.  

First some facts about Breast Cancer

-Breast cancer is currently the top cancer in women worldwide

-89% of women diagnosed with breast cancer are still alive 5 years after their diagnosis, which is due to detection and treatment

-The most common breast cancer statistic you have probably heard is that “1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.” What it should really read is “If everyone lived beyond the age of 70, 1 in 8 of those women would get or have had breast cancer.”

-1% of breast cancer cases worldwide are male.

-Small breasts do not have a lower or higher chance of getting breast cancer. However, a high breast density can.

-Several studies have found that breastfeeding lowers your risk.

-Those with the “breast cancer gene” won’t always get breast cancer.

-Antiperspirants do not cause breast cancer.

-Getting a mammogram won’t cause breast cancer. In fact, it’s currently the best way to detect breast cancer, being 90% accurate.

The pink ribbon is associated with individual generosity, faith in scientific progress, and a "can-do" attitude.

And finally here is what i created:

 polishes used: Barry M strawberry icecream and barry m white

stamping polish: konad white and beauty uk lollipop

stamping plate: bm321, 324

please do comment. 

last 2 days remaining to enter in my giveaway click here: http://crazypolishes.blogspot.in/2012/09/giveaway-time-crazy-polishes-100-gfc.html

xx

dimpal