Hi Goddesses
Today's Friday Friend is a lovely lady who is sooooo friendly, she's doing an awesome swap with me, as we speak!
Katee blogs as A Girl and Her Polish. Her nail art is always clean and colourful, and regularly makes me growl with envy. One of the things I most love about her blog is that she photographs her nail art at each stage, so you get a total picture of how the mani has evolved. Great if like me you ever turn your head 90 degrees and say "how DID she do that?" :)
Over to Kateeeeeeeeeee xx
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What is your name and what is your blog
Katee
Twitter
- @AGirlaHerPolish
What can we expect to see on your blog / How would you
describe your style / your blog’s style
My
blog is mainly about my successes and failures with nail art. I use stamping and freehand to create new and
inspired designs. I do my best to
provide step-by-step instructions so that anyone who wants to try the design
knows what to do. I have recently
started adding swatches due to so many requests by my readers. My goal is to show people that you don’t have
to be an artist to create amazing designs!
Why did you decide to start the blog –
I
decided to start my blog because sharing my photos on my Facebook page was not
enough. I wanted to share my new hobby
with others who would find inspiration like I did from other nail
bloggers. It was more of a way to share
and collect all the different ideas I was trying. It also justified my new obsession with
buying nail polish! J
How many followers do you have / how many visitors do you
get a day / if you have an established blog, how have you “built” your
following
Right
now I have 722 readers. I average
between 150-190 visitors a day. My FaceBook page has 1464 likes. I am in
no way an established blog, but I spend a lot of time reading and commenting on
other blogs. I think that this is a big
reason my blog has grown. If I am going
to take the time to read your blog I am going to leave a comment that is more
than “Cool, check me out!” I don’t
promote my blog, other than the 2 giveaways I had. I want people to read my blog because they
are interested in what I am doing, that’s what means the most.
What do you do in the real world, and how do you fit
blogging in with your lifestyle ?
In
real life I am a High School Social Studies Teacher. I have a lot of free time in the evenings during
the week to play around with different designs and that is when I do the
majority of my blogging or preparing to blog.
My students and co-workers love my hobby! They can’t wait to see what I have done and
are always looking to see and comment on my nails. They are very supportive!
What is the favourite post you have done
Really???
My favourite post??? It’s so hard to narrow it down to one!! I am going to go with my owl mani. One of the reasons that I decided to start my
blog was because I was inspired by Nailasaurus and Cris at Let Them Have
Polish. These were the first bloggers
that I found and read. My owls were a
dedication to Cris. I loved the owls
that she did and know I wanted to recreate it! I was also one of my first,
perfect freehand designs!
What is your most popular ever post – pls provide photo and
link
My
most popular ever post was my swatches of butter LONDON’s Lillibet’s
Jubilee. I’m actually surprised because
I thought it would be a nail art post!
Which blogger do you most admire / who do you follow / who
are your go to bloggers
The
blogger I most admire is Sammy at Nailasaurus.
She is someone that I have followed from the beginning and I just love
her. I think everything she does is
amazing! Her nail art abilities are what
I aspire to achieve.
I
follow so many bloggers that it would take forever to list. I typically look for bloggers that have
awesome nail art and take great pictures.
When blog posts go wrong – pls share a photo and link of a
blog post of your own that you are ashamed of / wish you could redo / didn’t
turn out how you wanted it to.
I
had a student request a mani using dark purple, lime green and yellow. The results were horrible!
Pick a further 3 manis of your choice from your blog
The
following design is a fav because it was the first design that people really
started noticing what I was doing.
I
love this design because it was the first time that I made stamping my
bee-yotch! It turned out perfect and I
was so excited about it!
For
the last one I am going with my Spring Watermarble. The first time I had a watermarble turn out
the way it should! And the colors were gorgeous!
Finally your stash – talk about your favourite brands,
colours, must have tools, your “number” etc
My
favourite brands are Essence, butter LONDON and Barry M. I have others this are great but these 3 are
always at the top of my list. Right now
my favourite color is white! I go
bananas for a white mani! I also like
purples, blues and greens. My must have
tools are my clean up brush, cuticle pusher and dotting tools.
I
can’t give you a number because I haven’t counted my stash. Let’s just say that I have one PACKED Helmer
and polish hidden in various places in a closet. Shhhh, don’t tell the hubby! J
I
plan on creating a list this summer with swatches! That’s my summer break task!
J
Oh and one last thing – what tip would you share with
someone who is thinking about starting a blog ?
Make
sure that you are starting a blog for the right reasons. Nail blogging isn’t about getting stuff for
free, it’s about sharing your love of all things nail polish related. I love sharing everything I am learning about
in the nail polish world and that comes across in my posts, makes them
interesting. If the love doesn’t come
across, no one will care to read your blog.
Also,
clean up your nails and get a good camera.
No one likes to look at nails that are covered in polish or blurry
pictures. If we can’t see what you are
doing why post it?
Let’s
Get Personal
What’s your earliest polish memory
I
don’t know??? Maybe getting my nails done for the first time in high school and
thinking I was so special because I had tips!
That’s right SPECIAL!!! J
Fave film
I
don’t have one favourite film I have a library.
Watching movies and tv is one of my favourite things to do.
Fave type of music
I
listen to music that makes me feel something, which could be in almost any
genre. Most of the music I listen to is
out of the UK. I LOVE Robbie Williams! I play his music the most.
How old are you lol
In
all seriousness this is something that I am always getting wrong! For some
reason I cannot remember how old I am! I’m serious!! I can never remember and I
can’t do the math in my head! Let’s
see…2011 – 1977 =34?
Are you a cat or dog person
Definitely
a dog person, now if my hubby would finally let me get one!!!
Fave book
This
is another I can’t answer! A couple
years ago the hubby bought me a Kindle in the hope that I would stop buying
books. He was getting sick of all the
bookcases throughout the house! My books
are my children and there are not many that I don’t like. The series that I have read so many times is
the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon.
However lately they have not been that good. L
If you won £5million on the lottery, what would you do
Paying
off all my bills, buy a house, give some to my mom and sister, quit my job and
move to Maine, might take the hubby with me! J
What inspires you
Inspiration
comes to me in many different ways: things people do and say, movies, books,
places and spaces. To me it’s about
making a connection.
Share a quote that means a lot to you
“You're the only wife I've got or ever will
have. You are my whole existence, and I will love you until my very last breath.”
This is from Young Victoria. It is
exactly how I feel about my husband and it makes me all warm and fuzzy every
time I hear/read it!
