No H8: Eradicate Hate in the Nail Polish Blogger Community

I hope you are enjoying your Thursday! My post today is about important. Bullying. I am so unbelievably happy to see so many blogger participating in the movement today. This post is not just about bullying in our little nail polish polish community; its about all bullying. Its wrong. Imagine how much better the world would be if people would be kind to one another.

I've been lucky and have not had any bullying result from my blog, aside a stray Pinterest comment. However, I grew up being bullied. It still happens. So raising awareness about bullying and showing support is something I care greatly about.

So today, in support of eradicating bullying, I have a purple manicure to share.

For my manicure, I chose Sally Hansen Lustrous and Essence It's Purplicious. I used one coat of the former then two coats of the glitter.

"Bullying is not funny. It is not cool. It is not right. And more importantly, it is not okay.

Most of us are, thankfully, residents of countries that support tolerance and many of our families have settled in these places simply for that reason. Generations later, it is our responsibility to perpetuate that message of tolerance across our new social platforms, including the internet.

As members of the nail polish blogging community, we all share a love of beauty, color, and lacquer. Other than that, we are remarkably different: from our race to our religion to our hair color...even to our polish application techniques. To marginalize anyone because of those differences is completely unacceptable and today I take a stand against that. I refuse to allow other people's view of "normal" dictate how I behave, believe, and blog.

In solidarity with a multitude of bloggers linked below, my purple manicure represents my proud commitment to the No H8 movement. Today, November 8, I dedicate my post to ending bullying of any kind and to encouraging diversity and imperfection among our colorful community."

Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge Day 8 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

I hope you are enjoying your Thursday! I have the last design for the Girly Girl Nail Challenge for you today. This challenge lasts a month and includes eight different days of nail art. Instead of trying to keep up with a new nail design each day, we have two each week. Day Eight is Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: It's true, we do! Let your mani show us how fun-loving you are!

Nothing says fun like multicolor glitter! I did each finger with a different polish to amp up the fun. From thumb to pinky, they are Wet n Wild Silvivor and Essense Hello Holo, China Glaze Sunshine, Zoya Kissy, Kleancolor Puppy Love, and Color Club Holiday Splendor. Silvivor is a pretty silver metallic, opaque in two coats. Hello Holo is an amazing polish with a clear base packed full of holo glitter. Sunshine is a yellow jelly with small holo glitter. Its rather sheer, so it took three coats, but I imagine it would be opaque over white or a yellow base. Kissy is full of red, pink, purple, and holo micro and bar glitter. So much in one bottle. It took three coats to be opaque and would look lovely as a layering polish I imagine. Puppy Love is a barely blue base with small blue glitter. It was also three coats. Finally, Holiday Splendor is a one coat green jelly with holo glitter. The application with Hello Holo, Silvivor, and Holiday Splendor is perfect. Puppy Love is very good as well. Kissy and Sunshine need to be dry between each coat or they will drag a little. But other than that, the application was good.

Wet n Wild retail for $1-2 at CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Ulta, and many other stores, all of which are listed on their website. Essence Special Effect Toppers polish retail for €1.79. Given I'm not located in that part of the world, I am unsure of which stores carry Essence in Europe, but their website has a store locator for you. Sunshine is part of the China Glaze Specialty Collection. It retails for $3-6 at various stores and websites (including Head2Toe Beauty, and Amazon. Kissy is part of the Zoya Gems & Jewels Collection and retails for $8 on their website. Kleancolor retails for $3.50 on their website. Holiday Splendor is part of the Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe Collection. It retails for $4-8. I purchased mine in a collection set of all six for $8 at Ross. 

Untrieds Day 29 - Essence Hello Holo

As if Color Club glitters were not already crammed with glitter, I added more! :)

I topped Color Club Candy Cane with Essence Hello Holo. Candy Cane does not have any holo glitter in it, so I think this adds some nice flair. The top two pictures are with no flash in artificial light, with the second picture blurred slightly to show the holo. The last picture is with a flash in artificial light. You can see many different colors Hello Holo possesses. 

Please check out the other lovely bloggers participating in this challenge. :)

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Thalie at Glazed Talons