Epilepsy Awareness Prayer for Strength

I'm glad that I was able to show my support for April and her beautiful young daughter. I pray for April and her family, Strength, Peace, and Faith. April, know that your nail blogger sisters are praying for you and Kaylynn.

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May our Lord God bless each one who is touched by Epilepsy, personally, family or friend. May He shower peace into your hearts. Wipe away your tears. Instill within you unshakable Faith and Strength. Cause friends and family to rally around you to inspire and motivate while on this journey. And Lord willing one day, bring home a CURE for this condition! In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.

Grace, Peace, & Blessings.

* FTC: These products were bought with my own money, unless otherwise noted. These are my honest opinions. I am not employed by nor was I paid by any of these companies. This is not a sponsored post.

Epilepsy Awareness: Day 7-WnW Thru The Grapevine

Well today I wrap up my week of Purple polishes, showing my support for Epilepsy Awareness. In addition to showing support for fellow nail polish blogger, April and her young daughter, Kaylynn, I've really enjoyed going through my untried polishes.  In doing this I've identified some brands that I really need to pay closer attention to.  

Today is a polish from one of those brands. Today I'm sharing with you Wet N Wild Through The Grapevine. A red-violet purple cream polish. I remember when they first released the Megalast Collection with their Manicurve Pro-Brush. While I liked the colors, I had never been a wide brush fan.  But in selecting this polish for my purple manicure, I realized that I really do like this brush. I achieved full nail coverage in three strokes with almost full opacity in one coat.  I know that many of my fellow nail bloggers have raved about this line and now I understand why.

While I loved this manicure, I wanted to add some bling. I decided on an accent nail with one of my untried Sally Hansen Gem Crush polishes-Be-Jeweled, a purple micro glitter and pink hexagonal glitter in a clear base. I really like this combination.

One of my favorite beauty bloggers, Nouveau Cheap, who always seems to be in the know of the latest products to be released, did a blog post on the 40+ new shades Wet N Wild is adding to the MegaLast collection.  Are you looking forward to purchase any of the new shades?  If so, which shades?

Grace, Peace, & Blessings.

* FTC: These products were bought with my own money. These are my honest opinions. I am not employed by nor was I paid by any of these companies. This is not a sponsored post.

Epilepsy Awareness: Day 6-Layla Ultra Violet

I love holographic nail polishes and purple polishes are some of my favorites. So you can imagine, how I would feel about a purple holographic nail polish.  Last Spring, I purchased my first Layla Hologram Effect Nail Polishes. I don't remember on whose blog I saw them first, but I remember that it was "love at first sight".  I ordered mine from Ulta.com and started stalking my tracking number. I couldn't wait to get them in my hands.  

Today in my continued support to Epilepsy Awareness, I'm sharing with you Layla Hologram Effect in Ultra Violet.  While it's not the most pronounced holographic polish on the market, it is one of the better brands. I hope to get my hands on some of the other shades from this collection.

As popular as holograph polishes are, I'm surprised that nail polish companies don't release more. It's funny to watch the nail polish blogosphere at the introduction of new holo collections. We stalk, and then we pounce. It's something about that rainbow reflection that hypnotizes us and we must have them, LOL!

Do you like holographic finishes? What are some of your favorite holographic brands and/or collections?

Grace, Peace, & Blessings.

* FTC: These products were bought with my own money. These are my honest opinions. I am not employed by nor was I paid by any of these companies. This is not a sponsored post.

Epilepsy Awareness: Day 5-China Glaze C-C-Courage

Continuing on with my support of Epilepsy Awareness, today's purple manicure is one that would describe both April and her daughter.  Today is China Glaze C-C-Courage, from the 2009 Wizard of OOH AHZ Returns Collection. It's a bluish-purple with silver micro glitter. 

China Glaze C-C-Courage is another polish that I allowed to sit in my stash untouched for years.  While it is no longer available in local retailers, it is still available through the online retailers

The application was relatively smooth with no streaking. The pictures shown are two coats.

Here's praying courage and strength to April and her family during this stressful time and hoping for a cure very soon.

Grace, Peace, & Blessings.

* FTC: These products were bought with my own money. These are my honest opinions. I am not employed by nor was I paid by any of these companies. This is not a sponsored post.

Epilepsy Awareness: Day 4-China Glaze Sweet Hook & Luminous Lavender

Today's purple manicure consists of two polishes that were sent to me for review.  In fact, China Glaze Sweet Hook was in the very first package of polishes I every received for review. I was completely beside myself when I received it. When I started blogging, first I was shocked to learn that there was an entire world of nail bloggers and then to learn that some of them actually receive samples from these national companies, WOW!  That was never why I started blogging, it was than and is still now a passion.

Anyway, on to the manicure, as I already mentioned, today consists of China Glaze Sweet Hook which was a part of the 2011 ElectroPop Collection.  It is a very pale, light, pastel purple. This polish screams for something else to make it pop. So to the rescue came another polish I received for review, China Glaze Luminous Lavender. Which was part of the 2012 Glitter Crackle Collection.  Surprisingly, when the crackle trend first started I really did not like it. But slowly, I added a couple to my collection.  I think this combination is really pretty. Crackle doesn't have to be so extreme.

In my opinion, these two polish make an excellent combination. I will definitely pull out the other three crackles I received and make more combination manicures. How knows, there is a darker purple crackle, Glam-More, you may see soon. LOL!

What nail trends did you not like when they first came out but you have since started to like?

Grace, Peace, & Blessings.

* These products were sent to me for review consideration by the creator. These however are my honest opinions. I am not employed by nor was I paid by this company.

Epilepsy Awareness: Day 3-Essie Play Date & NYX Dynamic Glitter

Today is a much talked about purple from the Essie Spring 2012 Go Overboard Collection. Initially, I was going to pass this polish by, but it is just so pretty I needed to have it in my collection. It's funny how some colors can look so ordinary but they still call to you.  Today's purple is Essie Play Date.  

Essie Play Date is a gorgeous medium cream purple. To achieve full opacity, I needed two coats but the application was smooth. It is an ideal Spring color.  Of all the purples in my collection, I really don't have another purple like Play Date; China Glaze Spontaneous is darker and OPI Planks A lot is lighter.

To add a little bling to this manicure I added an accent nail using NYX Girls Dynamic Glitter.  The NYX Girls line can be found on several of the online retailers, but I purchased mine at a local beauty supply store.

I am really starting to see my brand preferences change. Essie was never a favorite, but with the latest collections, I am loving the colors. I have seen pictures of the next few collections and see several that I will need to add to my collection.

Have you started making your shopping list for the next few Essie Collections? Which are you looking to obtain?

Grace, Peace, & Blessings.

* FTC: These products were bought with my own money. These are my honest opinions. I am not employed by nor was I paid by any of these companies. This is not a sponsored post.

Epilepsy Awareness: Day 2 & ABC Challenge Week 1

So today I bring you Day 2 of my 7 Days of Purple Manicures to show support of Epilepsy Awareness.  And as coincident would have it, I also decided to participate in Erica's Nails and More Challenge.  In this challenge we are to post a manicure starting with that day's letter of the alphabet.  26 letters for 26 weeks. So starting today, the letter is "A". And I needed to find either a brand, a color, or a nail art technique that starts with "A".  So adding to that challenge, I needed to find a purple polish that fits those criteria. Luckily, I have a fairly substantial polish collection and I am anal-retentive enough to have all my polishes in a spreadsheet, LOL! So I went through my spreadsheet and found that polish that fit all the criteria.

Today I am sharing with you a polish I purchased while on a trip to Atlanta. I had been wanting to try some of the American Apparel polishes but there weren't any in my local area. While on a church trip to Atlanta, when I had some time to visit the Lenox Mall (luckily my time was limited, because I could have gotten into a lot trouble in that place, LOL!) Anyway, across the parking lot from Lenox Mall was an American Apparel store.  I ran in and purchased the 3 polishes I had been wanting.  So today, I'm sharing American Apparel African Violet. (The brand starts with "A", the color starts with "A", and most important, it's purple).

American Apparel African Violet is a beautiful mid-tone violet cream purple. It is a true purple. While very pretty worn alone, African Violet would also be a great base for several of the glitter top coats on the market.  Out of habit, I applied 2 coats, but if done properly, you could get a fully opaque finish with one coat.

Have you tried any of the American Apparel polishes? Which are your favorites?  

Also, if you are interested in participating in Erica's Challenge, click through the above link for all the information. I look forward to seeing your posts.

REVIEW: If memory serves me correctly, when I purchased these American Apparel polishes they were 3 for $10.

Grace, Peace, & Blessings.

* FTC: These products were bought with my own money. These are my honest opinions. I am not employed by nor was I paid by any of these companies. This is not a sponsored post.