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"The traditional color associated with the Sapphire is the deep blue color and was strongly favored as a popular gem in jewelry. The meaning of colors through the ages represented many aspects of life. Social, religious, biblical and Christian symbolism were all reflected in the color blue. The symbolic meaning of the color blue has a Biblical meaning symbolizing heavenly grace. Sapphires can be found in a variety of colors, not just different shades of blue, these include yellow, pink and white. Sapphires with colors other than blue are generally referred to as fancy sapphires. The distinctive blue of the sapphire is due to minute amounts of oxide of iron and titanium in the stone." - BirthdayGems.org
Hi there lovelies!
EEK! I missed the #PolishTogether (over on Instagram) September's birthstone theme yesterday! Life just whizzes by faster than the Flash and my virtual (polish) life is fast losing ground.
I did, however, manage to sneak in a teeny breather later this week and hope to get some productive swatching and blogging done. And perhaps get some 'inventory' management done as well. (Disclaimer: I do not sell nail polishes)
For this September, @perpetualfunk has yet again got things going by hosting the monthly birthstone theme; this month's being Sapphire. I do love blues on my nails, especially the kind that lure your stare to its deep ,dark perilous depths. However, for this theme, I went with the following polishes:
(clockwise from top)
♥ Darling Diva Polish Invoke The Spirit
♥ OPI Designer Series Sapphire
♥ Deborah Lippmann Lady Sings The Blues
Yes, I did choose OPI DS Sapphire for its name that had literal reference to the theme. (Hey, I desperately needed to get this done!) I got this gem from a neighbourhood beauty store when I got carried away dusty-hunting. It's so old that the cap was impossible to open, that is, until I followed the advise of a few fellow polish enthusiasts to dip the cap to its neck in hot water. Worked like a charm!
I chose Deborah Lippmann Lady Sings The Blues (a surprise gift from Kate of @LacquerCareFactor last year. She was fulfilling one of my lemmings) for its blue crelly base and glitter but it ended up looking quite flat on the names.
So Darling Diva Polish (psst! She has a new site for her online store) Invoke The Spirit came into the picture to remedy that. Contrary to how it looks in the bottle, the base is actually quite sheer. But it is crammed with blue shimmer, blue flakies, large iridescent hex glitter in green, orange, silver and blue, with sprinkles of star and crescent moon holographic glitter. I deliberately fished out only the blue hex glitter for this mani. I only recently discovered that it glows in the dark, but I didn't try it out this time. It was part of her Halloween collection for 2012.
Now that I've boring you with longwinded details, I shall just spam you with photos from here on. On the nails are 3 coats of OPI DS Sapphire, and as an accent on the ring finger, 2 coats of Deborah Lippmann Lady Sings The Blues with2 coats of Darling Diva Polish Invoke The Spirit. All finished with 1 coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl Topcoat and accessorised with blue rhinestones.
Here's the Instagram version:
Till the next post (hopefully sooner than later), have a lovely week ahead!
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