A Plethora of Teal Toes and a Hand!

All of September has been Ovarian Cancer awareness month, as you may have noticed from all my Teal Nail Art.  This is a disease that is very near and dear to my heart as my Aunt Lori lost her battle to it on May 13, 2013.  Ovarian Cancer sneaks up on you and being aware of the symptoms and knowing your body is the only way to catch it early.  So many women don't know and we to spread the word to our sisters so that less people will go through what my Aunt did.  So, to do my part I created a Facebook event and invited my friends, who invited their friends, and so on.  As of 8:53 pm today 95 people have joined the event!  The love and gratitude I feel in my heart is overwhelming!  We are a sisterhood and we can make a difference!!

Some chose to post pictures of their lovely tootsies, and I will now share them with you.  This is going to be a picture heavy post, but it is for a good cause!

Kristi M.  This has my favorite saying for this month too!

Laura D. painted her fingers a lovely dark teal.

Jennifer B. painted her toes for her sister, who is in remission.

Maren H.

Emma B. and her 9 year old.  Before she went into surgery and the polish had to come off they made sure to snap a pic of their matching toes.

Esther M. painted her toes in memory of her mother, Ida, who passed away from ovarian cancer in October 2006.

Erika D. lost her Mom and Grandma to Ovarian cancer.

Katie U. and her daughter.

Emma B. has a lovely frosted teal.

Paige W.  I personally love this color and the picture in general.

Tatton B. shows his support!

From Karen E.  She said she has pink hair extensions for breast Cancer Awareness and Teal Toes for Ovarian.

Ashley S.  Her husband bought her the polish.  He has good taste!

Stacey H.'s Mom lost her battle.  Her three year old daughter couldn't keep the teal polish, on so they went with a glitter polish with teal tints. 

Ariel H. has the perfect mermaid teal!

More from Emma B.!

Randi L. and her gorgeous tootsies!

Christina C. and her vacation teal.

My Mom's Toes for her sister with her favorite flower in the same color.

My sister pretty tootsies!

Laura P. and her little one.  I am not going to lie, the children's pictures warm my heart like no other.

Andrea S. and her young one's toes.

Jan H. and her dog Pippa.

Darshan T. sported her teal toes on vacation too.

Jillian S. went fancy and gorgeous!

These ladies had a birthday party and sported some lovely shades of teal.  Barb M., Deborah K., Crystal A., Amy P., Jennifer S., Holly J., and Linda R.

Stacey W. love the sparkle!

Deena E. is honoring her friends at Chemo Crew.

As I went through all these pictures and the comments I was amazed.  There is so much love and support in ten nails.  We are a global family and we can love and support each other.  In every challenge we have we should never forget that we are not alone.  We have each other.  Be a shoulder for others and don't be afraid to ask for a shoulder when you need it.  You are worth love.  Nothing you could ever do would take that away!

If more post, then I will add them here.

Tootles!
Fitz

My Teal Toes

So I finally took pictures of my Teal Toes!  My Brother and I went to Sunset Beach and I figured it was the perfect backdrop for toe pictures!

I took several shots, trying to get the best beach vibe and I whittled it down to four.  I tried to get it down to one or two, but I liked these too much. . . Sorry.  The polish is Cover Girl Continuous Color Electric Blue.

How are you supporting Ovarian Cancer?  What color of teal are your toes?

Tootles!
Fitz

World Ovarian Cancer Day

I have been stressing over this blog post since the moment I decided to do it.  I have always felt that this blog would be more about my nails and less about my life.  I wanted to let my art speak for itself without delving too much into my personal life.  I always knew I would add anecdotes and make sure my personality bleed through in my writing, but this was not going to be a diary blog.  This post will be different.  This post will be both, because this nail art and the reason for it couldn't be more personal.  My Aunt Lori was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and has been battling it for quite some time.  This is her third recurrence and she has decided to let the disease take its course.  I love my Aunt Lori dearly and know that this decision has brought her peace and happiness.  What more could I ask for her?  However, there are other women out there who go through life not knowing about the ravages of this fatal disease.  There is still things unknown about it.  There may still be ways to help those who are diagnosed in the future and if we don't raise our voices in awareness they may never be found.  Today is World Ovarian Cancer Day.  All around the world people will be wearing teal and talking about survivors and those who have been left behind.  We can do something about it.  I take great honor in joining my voice with chorus of others all over this planet we call home and singing to others about it.  I found a group called Teal Toes that I feel a kinship with and have been telling others to paint their toenails teal to help spread awareness.  This is where my blog comes in.  What a perfect way to express my love to my Aunt and to tell others about Ovarian cancer than to use nail polish.  First I want to show you my manicure.

I used Konad Special White and Finger Paints Winter Sky.  The plate was Bundle Monster BM-321.  I tried to offer some variety in placement of the stamp to break up the uniformity, but unfortunately my index finger suffered from ill placement.

I also broke my thumb nail.  At least the stub isn't too bad. . .

I do like how this turned out, but I want to try something different next time.

Now here is the really cool part.  My sister joined in my quest in Ohio and created two manis herself.

Now with Teal Toes being the point of the other orginization I few of those pictures too.

These are, from the top left going clockwise, my Aunt Lisa, Me, my Mom, my Grame, and my Aunt Lori's Teal Toes.  Everyone, but me was Sephora by OPI Mermaid to Order.  Then I was China Glaze Deviantly Daring.

My friend Angie and her daughter did some gardening and then took pictures of their teal toes for me!  I have some amazing friends!

If you would like me to include your teal manicure or pedicure, send me the picture at starchild202(at)sbcglobal(dot)net with any information you would like me to include and I will add it to this post.  I may even do another post with them.  I am also thinking of doing a challenge in September, which is Ovarian cancer month.  In the meantime more information can be found at Ovarian Cancer National Alliance.  I want to leave you with this last photo that shares some statistics regarding Ovarian Cancer.

Tootles!
Fitz