Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Autism Awareness nails and my Freebies from Chloe's Nails!! :D

Hello all!  Today my nails are themed for Autism Awareness.  I used to work at a major toy store back during my first year of college, and during April customers had the option of donating a dollar or more to Autism Speaks, an organization dedicated to funding research for and raising public awareness of autism.  Most of the cashiers (myself included, at first) typically ignore these and don't bother with it unless the customer specifically asks, but God really put it on my heart to start asking every customer if they wanted to donate.  So in the two or three weeks left, I did... and by asking every single customer, I managed to raise up a donation of over $300!  (One girl raised higher than me--she raised over $500, and some of the other cashiers raised about $50 each.) So even though I don't currently know anyone autistic, I always remember the organization as the one God pointed out to me, because He really cares.
So today's nails are autism awareness!  The blue is Forever 21's Love and Beauty in Dark Blue, and the light blue is Dark Blue mixed with some NYC white and SH Celeb City. (At first, I tried just mixing Dark Blue with Celeb City and they would not mix!!  They just swirled!  So I added the white and it meshed them all together.)  Oh, and of course a top coat of Seche Vite.
I don't have a pic to upload, but that's just my left hand... the thumbnail on my right hand also has a puzzle piece, but it's a differently shaped one.
This is only my second Forever 21 nail polish; I bought it yesterday because I was super excited to find a non-shimmer dark blue, although admittedly I would have preferred a creme.  Dark Blue is a jelly-like blue color that's streaky, but with three coats (my middle finger up above has three coats,) it's a nice, opaque dark blue.  I was surprised to see that before the SV, it had a leather-like finish--not matte, not glossy, but somewhere in between.  I definitely needed the SV, though, because the Forever 21 polishes are thick, streaky, and take forever to dry.

On another note, my five polishes that I won in the giveaway over at Chloe's Nails arrived today!  I am so so so so so excited!!!
From left to right:  10 Professional Nail Lacquer in Pinky Promise; Milani Jewel FX in Gems; Jesse's Girl in Glee; Revlon nail enamel in Perplex, and Sally Hansen's Extreme Wear in Night Lights.
I am freaking thrilled about these, mainly because they are all colors I don't already have!  Jesse's Girl in Glee doesn't look like much in the picture, but it is the prettiest mermaid Barbie blue with green/blue microglitter.  I've heard a lot about Perplex on the blog sites... we'll see about that one.  And Night Lights is a grey-tinted HOLOGRAPHIC GLITTER!!  I've been soooo dying for a holo!  And I actually almost bought Gems last week... glad I didn't! :)  I've totally been needing a pale pink polish too, so I am super excited about these!  If you haven't checked out Chloe's Nails, go over there and read it.  All of it.  It's magical, and it's what got me really excited about nails again! :)

That's all for now... Will swatch/take pics of all the new colors later.  Ta-ta!

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