#GettingArtyForAnxiety - Nail Art.

So after looking around at other bloggers, I came across this really great campaign on raising awareness for not just anxiety but mental health illnesses; which I really wanted to get involved with. I've always been around people who openly talk about mental health illnesses, as my mum and step mum have worked with people and charities that help people and families with all types of mental health illnesses. 

"People in general tend to have this misconception that mental illnesses, whether it be anxiety, depression, schizophrenia etc. are all something to be embarassed about, something to sweep under the bed and to try and ignore. However, you're not alone, frighteningly, 1 in 4 people will suffer from mental illness in a year. Mental illnesses, when left to manifest will strip a person of their personalities, and leave you feeling as if you're a shell of your former self. This is why it's important to raise awareness of mental health, to let people know they're not alone and always have someone to talk to. #GettingArtyForAnxiety is a way of expressing your own personalities, and to raise awareness for mental illness whether you're a sufferer yourself, or a family member."

I really wanted to get my personality across with my design, so for the base colour on four of my nails a chose a really girly pink as pink is my favorite colour; so on my thumb I just left it pink as that represents me. I then chose a white (attempted) dotty design, this represents all people that are dealing with any mental health illness, as it says that no one is alone and although you probably feel like you are alone YOUR NOT there are scarily hundreds of people all dealing with the same or similar illness as you. The next design I chose was a black crackle effect, this represents that although a person may be really happy and outgoing there are times when they crack; that don't always judge a book by its cover, because they might be the funniest happiest person in the world but inside they could be the weakest most broken person, struggling to survive. The next design I chose was a nude base colour with a blue sad face, I chose this because sometimes it's okay to be sad and have down days and then this links to my pinky finger as that has again the pink base but then has a purple arrow and that represents that although your sad one day, you just have to pick yourself up and that things although not right away but they do get better. 

I hope you liked my post and check out all the other bloggers to see what they come up with! & please get involved!! 

NO ONE IS ALONE. 

#GettingArtyForAnxiety 

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