I Pinky Swear

If you are a regular reader of my blog you know I have been posting a lot about pink and breast cancer. I am so excited and honored to be a part of Team Pink Eye and their fight against breast cancer. I will share my nail look created for breast cancer awareness after a few facts. Oh and an awesome giveaway sponsored by Silk Naturals.

Statistics about breast cancer taken from the American Cancer Society.

• About 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women.
• About 57,650 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be diagnosed (CIS is non-invasive and is the earliest form of breast cancer).
• About 39,520 women will die from breast cancer
• At this time there are more than 2.6 million breast cancer survivors in the US.
• Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death by cancer only exceeded by lung cancer
• About 2,140 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among men in 2011.
• Breast cancer is about 100 times less common among men than among women.
• About 450 men will die from breast cancer in 2011.

 What can we do to help lower those numbers? Self exams, this is something everyone should be doing monthly. It is something you can do in the privacy of your own home. If you should find anything while doing your exams that doesn't feel normal CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR. You can click here to see instructions on how to do a self breast exam.

I had to use my sister Lisa's nails for this look because somehow I managed to break every single nail over the last 2 weeks. She was very excited to be a part of this, what girl wouldn't want their nails all pretty? Anyway here is a simple look I came up with using a gorgeous baby pink from the China Glaze breast cancer collection called Go Go Pink as a base. I then used tiny pink rhinestones I got at WalMart for $1 out of the scrapbooking section, for the dots I used a bright pink from Julep called Cameron.

Yes those are her real nails!

Now for the super exciting part the giveaway...

Silk Naturals has graciously donated a $25 gift certificate to their shop which you can find here. Silk Naturals also has a great selection of products that part of the proceeds from sales also go towards TPE's goal, so be sure to check those out too. All you have to do is go here to the Susan G Komen page for Team Pink Eye and donate at least $5, come back here and comment saying you donated, your email address, and the name you used to donate with. It is that easy to help us save a life. 

Oh but wait, there is more, with donating that gives you entries into every giveaway Team Pink Eye has this week. Let me tell you there are some awesome companies who are sponsoring the other giveaways. Now I am not going to ruin the fun and tell you the other bloggers who have giveaways, you will have to visit the Team Pink Eye blog here to find them and enjoy the other looks this weeks fabulous bloggers created.

OK let me break it down for you (really for me) again.

• Go here and donate at least $5(less than a Extra Value Meal at McDonalds)
• Come back here and comment that you donated with the name you donated with and your email address so if you are a winner you can be contacted.
• Then go here to the Team Pink Eye blog for the full list of participating bloggers and look for the other giveaways. Of course enter those too if you choose to!!!
• The giveaways end on Sunday at 10pm CST and winners will be emailed by Frances or Rebecca (Our fearless TPE leaders)
• Donations of any amount can be made for the rest of the month of October.

This giveaway is being sponsored by Silk Naturals and Team Pink Eye not by Susan G Komen. 

Also please share the link to Team Pink Eye with your family, friends, makeup groups, mommy groups, anywhere you feel it may help us reach our $1000 goal. We are half way there thanks to the generous donations already received.

Peace, Love and Cupcakes

Passionately Pink Friday Week 2

Week 2 of Passionately Pink Fridays

Last week I was lucky enough with last weeks giveaways to win a jar of  Boobielicious Pink from Rag Dolls Bath and Beauty, which I received today. It is a gorgeous pink with lots of sparkle. I am going to show you how pretty it is, I couldn't capture the true sparkle though. 

Boobielicious was swatched over Evil Shades Spectrum Pot in Hfb. 

You can get it by clicking here.

Rag Dolls Bath and Beauty have generously donated jars of Boobielicious Pink for some of the Team Pink Eye giveaways throughout the month. You can purchase a jar of Boobielicious Pink by clicking here, 50% of the purchase price will go to Susan G Komen via Team Pink Eye. 

They are also having an auction right now (click here) through Sunday to win a pink package of 4 pigments, 1 pink cosmetic glitter, and a pink lip balm. Proceeds from the auction will be donated to Susan G Komen via Team Pink Eye. 

You can go to the Team Pink Eye Facebook page or to the Team Pink Eye blog to find lots of information on the shops who have donated prizes for the giveaways, the bloggers featured for the week, and shops who are selling products with proceeds going to helping Team Pink Eye reach their goal. I am going to try to link all the sales but I may miss one, so keep your eye on the facebook page. In order to find all the bloggers pink looks and this weeks giveaways you will need to check out Team Pink Eye's blog post.

*Whimsy Beading click here to see a gorgeous beaded necklace they have for sale

*Unique Pigments has some perfectly pink treats click here or here or here

*Rag Dolls Bath and Beauty has their auction here and Boobielicious Pink here
*Darling Girl Cosmetics has a beautiful color shifting lilac pink pigment here 
*The Chequered Lily has a playful pink collection here
*Silk Naturals has a nice variety of 12 different pigments and a gloss you can find them here

To be eligible for the giveaways you need to make a donation via the Susan G Komen site for Team Pink Eye here. It is a minimum of a $5 donation per week or you can donate for each week all at one time. You will need to visit each blog and comment on the giveaways you are interested in with the name you donated under and your email address. 

Now for my Passionately Pink offering for today I give you...

P!NK

Don't let society pressure you to conform to what they want ladies and gentlemen. Be YOU be PROUD of who YOU are. I for one am glad that we were not all created the same, it would make for a boring world. 

I also want to remind you to do your monthly breast exams. If your doctor says you need a mammogram get one done. There are many places who offer them for free or at low cost. You can check with your local health department, local hospitals and clinics, and also check with your doctor for information on help getting a mammogram.

 Peace, Love and Cupcakes

Passionately Pink Friday

Today is the first of the Passionately Pink Fridays this month. 

You can help Team Pinkeye in the fight to find a cure for breast cancer, and in doing so you can enter to win a number of prizes each week. For a $5 donation each week, or a one time donation of $20 for all four weeks you can enter as many of the giveaways that have been sponsored by some very generous companies. Now we know that some of you may not want to enter into the contests and that is ok too. If you would like to just make a donation of any amount (no amount is too little or too big) you can do that too. You can find all this weeks participating bloggers by going here. If you would like to just make a donation of any amount you can go here. Make sure to click the box at the top of the page that says "Donate to Frances!" It is a very easy process and only takes a minute to do. Feel free to share the information with your family and friends. 

Just a random picture I took a while back. I love taking pictures, plus it is passionately pink.

Peace, Love and Cupcakes