Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns

Breast Cancer is the most common type of cancer that hits women. As such, people all over the world support causes to find a cure, raise funds for those who are in need (for surgeries and treatments), or simply to remember and honour those who were not so fortunate to have survived it. 

This is one of the reasons I don't feel too bad about getting it. I know that each year, new studies are done. If this continues, doctors will always find new options for patients. It will only get easier as the years go by! 

Since my diagnosis, I've received so many gifts. A couple of them are from friends who are into nail polish. I've received two sets of BC Awareness collections from different brands. I came across this today on Facebook ... 

To tell you honestly, I was never a huge fan of the color pink. These shades look so tempting though, and the names that were coined for each make it even more difficult to resist getting them. Yes, I can really, really relate! Plus, Essie is really my favorite brand of all. I became a fan of Essie in the early 2000's, when it was newly-introduced here. 

Their slogan hits home, too.  I can't go through this experience alone. The fact that I'm surrounded by a lot of people who care about me have made this journey so much easier for me to be on. 

And look at this ... in observance of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Another brand I like has its own campaign

Sigh! So much eye candy!

I waaaaaaant!

Favorite Essie Shades

I really love this dainty collage! It inspired me to post this entry about one of my favorite nail polish brands. I discovered Essie when the Nail Spa in Shangri-la Mall opened years ago. My friends and I started to frequent the place almost soon after they opened. I even had a regular (suki) nail tech there who has since decided to move to another nail salon. 

Back then, I found the brand expensive. But my nail tech assured me it was worth the P60 upgrade so I agreed. She was right. Although I was on the computer everyday, 5 days a week in the office, my nail polish remained in tact until I had to go back to the salon for my next appointment around 2 weeks later. The only issue I had was the nail re-growth. If not for that, nobody would think that the color was 2 weeks old. Impressed, totally! Since then, I always asked for Essie. 

But I have this habit of sticking to what I'm used to. So I kept using the same shades alternately. They're the ones I included in the collage above. 

Mademoiselle, Ballet Slippers, Bordeaux (the red one), Fiji, Pink A Boo. It took sometime before I began to experiment and try out their many other shades. But these are the ones I will always go back to. At close to P500 a pop, yes these are quite steeply-priced. But you know what they say, you get what you pay for. I definitely get my money's worth everytime I choose Essie!

Essie French Affair

I chanced upon this at Digital Traincase one evening while I was browsing through Sol's extensive nail polish selection. Essie French Affair is part of the Essie French Affair 2011 Collection, which consists mostly of light and nude shades.

The first photo was taken under fluorescent lighting. The 2nd one under yellow lighting. Eitherway, the color looks really gorgeous. It's the kind of pink that almost crosses over into lilac, depending on the time of day or the kind of lighting you have. I just love how clean it makes my nails look. I'm so glad I got my own bottle!

ESSIE feeds my bad habit

I have a really bad habit.

I need to wear nail polish all the time. I feel naked without it.

I discovered ESSIE when I started going to Nail Spa in Shang Mall years ago when they were newly-opened. I've since moved my business to Nail Loft but the one thing I can't seem to give up is using ESSIE nail polish. I like OPI and Orly too but I'm super loyal to ESSIE! I'm so glad Nail Loft has an extensive nail polish selection! Here are my personal choices:

This is my all-time favorite shade : Ballet Slippers

It's clean and simple and I love it! I also use it as base color for when
I'm in the mood for a French Manicure.

Bordeaux is what I use when I want to go dark.
It makes my skin look a lot fairer than it is. This is what I'm wearing right now.

Mademoiselle looks like Ballet Slippers but it's not.

This is an award-winning Essie shade.

My favorite red shade, A-List

And then FINALLY, I was able to order these!!!



ESSIE Gloss-E Lipglosses! These are the shades I'm waiting to get in the mail


Gloss-e in Ballet Slippers (what else?!)


Gloss-e in Fed Up

Matching lips and nails? Not a bad idea!

Images courtesy of Essie.com