Movember Monday Moustache Mani: Savina Sparkling Water

Hi folks. So, it's been sort of a less than stellar weekend and maybe that's coloring my perception but this post I'm going to show you feels like a less than stellar mani. I think the polish itself is probably not that bad, I'm just annoyed by it right now. I went with the same color theme of light blue and purple for this one but I was struck by a superb lack of creativity. The colors I used are Savina Sparkling Water and Color Club Rev'd Up.

Savina is a brand that can be found at Nordstrom Rack.  In the bottle it's a lovely light blue metallic with large holograhic glitter particles. It looks lovely. What fails to make this a truly wonderful polish is that on the nail, the glitter pieces end up forming this gritty, grainy texture that took three coats of top coat to feel somewhat smooth and no amount of top coat could take away the look of grittiness that you can see in the first picture. I'm not really a fan of that look. Thankfully, in certain lights, you can see the holographic shimmer quite well so there is a saving grace.

And now, this is a picture of the bottle of Jade jelly that I used in my last mani seen here. It's pretty sheer and a little milky. I had originally used Sally's clear, added some Love & Beauty Jade and a bit of glitter. The glitter proved to be ridiculously hard to pick up out of the bottle so now I just use it for the jelly-ness.

Movember Monday Moustache Mani: Moustache and Marble

I love me a good alliteration. I had this post up yesterday but then I was struck by the idea of having it be a Monday mani series so of course I had to take it down. Welcome to the first installation. I still don't know what I'll do for the others but you can find out with me :-)

Last Friday, for the first time in my oh so young practice, I had the humbling experience of telling one of my first patients that he has prostate cancer. He took the news incredibly well and even thanked me for calling him early and letting him know before our next appointment. He had always been such a sweet man that I wished I could have reached through the phone and given him a quick hug. I mention this story not only to share a bit but also to highlight the fact that on the tails of October and Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes Novemeber (or Movemeber), Men's Health Awareness Month, including awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. Here is a funny blurb from the us.movember.com website describing the activities of the month.

        Once registered at www.movember.com, men start Movember 1st clean shaven. For the rest of the month, these selfless and generous men, known as Mo Bros, groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery. Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their Mo-growing efforts.Mo Bros effectively become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November. Through their actions and words they raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men’s health.

In residency, I was the only girl in my program and every November, most of the guys in the program would grow (or attempt to grow) some spectacular 'staches. I'm sure their wives were always glad once December rolled around :-)