It's nearly time! It's been so hard to wait to release this color the last two weeks but I had to wait until today. Why today? Because today marks the 123rd anniversary of the last day of Vincent van Gogh's life. I felt that, given the message of Softening the Bad Things waiting for such a day was appropriate.
Mental illness affects us all directly and indirectly, whether it's ourselves, our families, our loved ones, or our friends who suffer from the illness.
Personally, my family has a long history of various mental illnesses, and I myself have suffered from varying degrees of depression and anxiety. Thankfully I've mostly gotten these under control but I certainly still struggle with them frequently.
My goal with Softening the Bad Things is twofold: first, to remind those who suffer from depression that every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice-versa the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant. My second goal is to work toward a country and a world where mental illnesses such as depression have less of a social stigma. People are not scorned and shunned by others for having a physical illness which they had no choice in developing so why should those with mental illness be any different? Which is why, with the help of the wonderful people listed at the end of this post, we've been able to raise $250 to be donated to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, an advocate group for those suffering from, you guessed it: mental illness.
Should you or a loved one ever be in a situation where suicide feels like the best or only option please call the national suicide prevention lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
Ok, enough with the serious stuff. How about a lovely painting by Vincent?
Mental illness affects us all directly and indirectly, whether it's ourselves, our families, our loved ones, or our friends who suffer from the illness.
Personally, my family has a long history of various mental illnesses, and I myself have suffered from varying degrees of depression and anxiety. Thankfully I've mostly gotten these under control but I certainly still struggle with them frequently.
My goal with Softening the Bad Things is twofold: first, to remind those who suffer from depression that every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice-versa the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant. My second goal is to work toward a country and a world where mental illnesses such as depression have less of a social stigma. People are not scorned and shunned by others for having a physical illness which they had no choice in developing so why should those with mental illness be any different? Which is why, with the help of the wonderful people listed at the end of this post, we've been able to raise $250 to be donated to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, an advocate group for those suffering from, you guessed it: mental illness.
Should you or a loved one ever be in a situation where suicide feels like the best or only option please call the national suicide prevention lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
Ok, enough with the serious stuff. How about a lovely painting by Vincent?
And how about an even more appropriate version by Accio Lacquer?
As I mentioned in my announcement post there are only 23 remaining bottles available for sale. My website does not have a cart hold option so checking out sooner really is much better than checking out later. Anyone who has to do multiple orders to get their bottle of StBT will have the shipping overages refunded.
Now, how about a refresher on how this lovely looks?
Now, how about a refresher on how this lovely looks?
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Should you miss the first run of Softening the Bad Things (or you decide you need a backup bottle or three), fear not! In a couple months I plan on doing a larger second run of this color and I'll be spacing out the restocks across 2 to 3 days and at different hours during the day to allow for people with less flexible schedules to have an opportunity to snag one.
If you are interested in more than one bottle of this please be considerate and only order one right now to allow for others to get one of the first-run bottles. I promise this won't be the only batch I make of these. However, if you're buying for yourself and for a friend that is, of course, totally awesome of you <3
Here is the product page! If you see a drop-down menu that means there are still some available!
If you are interested in more than one bottle of this please be considerate and only order one right now to allow for others to get one of the first-run bottles. I promise this won't be the only batch I make of these. However, if you're buying for yourself and for a friend that is, of course, totally awesome of you <3
Here is the product page! If you see a drop-down menu that means there are still some available!
The donation team
Below are the contributors ($25 each) to the NAMI donation.
- Lucky 13 Lacquer (me! But really you! From the extra $1 for each bottle)
- InsomniLacq (also me!!)
- Accio Lacquer
- Nails in Real Life
- The Lazy Lacquerista
- Chronically Fantabulous
- Michelle B.
- Penny For Them...
- The Nail Polish Directory
- Jenna C
