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"For those who were born in the month of October the Opal is the traditional birthstone. The Traditional Metaphysical Properties for the October Birthstone Opal are happiness, faithfulness, loyalty and confidence. The name opal actually means "to see a change in color." The opal occurs in several types of color. The White opal has a white body color with pastel glints of rainbow color. Black opal has a blue, gray or black body color. Fire opal is a transparent or a translucent opal with a yellow, orange or red body color that may also have a flash of color." - BirthdayGems.org
*jumps out of hiding*
A big HEY y'all!
How's everyone been? Me, I'm trying to stay afloat in an ocean with no horizon (also known as day job, which is ironic because it drags on into the nights). Which leads me to lament, yet again, about how all my nail painting and blogging have taken a backseat.
Here's me trying to catch up with #PolishTogether's (over on Instagram) monthly birthstone series in this post. This month's features Opal, and here's the poster and call for participation created and hosted by @perpetualfunk:
Much thanks to Pearlynn for keeping this rolling month after month!
And here's my opal-inspired manicure:
On the nails:
(basecoat: Nail Tek Foundation III, topcoat: Glisten & Glow HK Girl Topcoat)
♥ a-england Camelot (black base) - 1 coat
♥ OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (off-white base) - 2 coats
♥ Essence Blue Addicted (over black bases) - 1 coat over index and pinky
♥ China Glaze Snow Globe - 2 coats over index finger
♥ Glitter Gal Lightning Ridge - 2 coats over index and pinky, and 3 coats over ring finger
A flakie polish was an immediate choice, as the effect mimics opals almost perfectly. The curves on the middle and ring fingers were meant to imitate the curved oval edge of an opal. Sadly, it does not work the same magic over white as I had hoped.
Essence Blue Addicted was added because I needed some blue glitter over black base to give the nails a fuller 'opal' look. I could only fish out copper and green flakies from Lightning Ridge.
Here's a close-up:
Because the flakies content in Lightning Ridge is not as dense as, say, Essie Shine of the Times, I had to go for 2 coats. The formula was gret though.
And here's the Instagram version (@lacqueredaffair):
If you're on Instagram, do search for the #polishtogether hashtag to check out the other monthly birthstones manicures.
Wish me luck for some time away from work so I can get this blog's gears running again. Till then, enjoy what's left of Sunday!
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