Digit-al Dozen DOES Monochrome - Pink Mosaic

Hi Goddesses

How are you?   I know it's Monday, but it's DD Week:)  This week's theme is monochrome, which was harder than it sounded.  Also, we have an amazing Giveaway - be sure to check it out.

So, I start the week with pink.  I was going for a mosaic design, but I think I *may* have accidentally ended up with a zebra lol.

My polishes are -
* OPI Steady As She Rose
* OPI Sparrow Me The Drama
* Layla Soft Touch Neon Pink
* ILNP A Few Shah (holo)
* Elevation Polish Ave Secretan

I did this mosaic differently to how I've done others, and as long as your base colour allows it, I'd say this is easier.  Previously, I've drawn black lines on my nail and then coloured them in.  This time, I painted my nail the palest colour, and then added random shapes on top - no lines.

I really love the simplicity of this - the colours also work beautifully together.

And finally ... I promised you Baby Crumpet would be more involved this year.  Well, her first contribution is Editorial, and this week, she will be giving her opinions on my nail art.  So, what did you think Boo Boo?

Lol, don't forget the Giveaway, and don't forget the other awesome ladies of the DD xx

Crumpet's Polishes of the Year 2013 - Pink

Hi Goddesses

Today I've got my favourite pink polishes of the year for you.  Pink had a bit of a resurgence for me this year.  I destashed a lot of my grandma pinks, and replaced them sizzling hot ones :) So, excluding my Big 4 brands, here are my Top 6 Pinks of the Year.

(To go to the post, just click the polish name).


Darling Diva Polish - Material Girl



This is so girly, it hurts :)  The perfect girlie pink, girlied up with girlie glitter and named after the perfect pink dress and the definitive moment of Madonna gorgeousness.


Elevation Polish - Ave Secretan



THIS is the moment I fell in love with Elevation Polish.  Elevation is a brand that is languishing in Mount Untried, otherwise I am sure more polishes would have made the end of year list.  This is a cold, hard red-fuchsia for when you need a pink at the edge of the universe.   Gorgeous.


Happy Hands - Metal Heart



There aren't THAT many polishes anymore that leave me breathless, but this was one.  An insanely gorgeous pink and purple glitter, this is just mesmerisingly gorgeous - gothic and girly at the same time.


Emily de Molly - Where Boys Fear To Tread



And this was another gasp.  When EdM released holos, I ... there were no words.  Dazzlingly bendy, this is THE perfect pink (other than Lilypads), and I should know, because I bought about 7 hot pink holos this summer.   This is a true classic.


Layla Soft Touch - Neon Pink



An unusual choice perhaps, but I really love this matte pink.  It reminds me of my grandad who used to call unusual colours "sky blue pink".  It's pink, and there's just that hint of blue shimmer too.  This is a dream to apply and a joy to wear.


w7 - Fuchsia



Remember I said I chucked out the boring and brought in the roaring?  Well, no pink roared louder this year than this pink from w7.  Super cheap - £2 - super intense.  I wore this so many times this summer - the PERFECT fuchsia.

Now - tell me yours - which pinks stole your heart this year?

Layla Swatch-a-rama

Hi Goddesses

 A little bit of a round-up post here, featuring various polishes from the Italian brand Layla.  You've seen some of them before as bases to other manis, but here they are now in all their naked glory :)

CE66 is a beautiful medium blue, slightly denim in tone.

This applies beautifully and is super glossy.

CE12 is another super glossy polish, this time in taupe.

What makes this interesting for me, is that it's one of the darkest taupes I've seen, like a super strong coffee with one driblet of milk.

 CE53 aka Killing Red is just perfection.  A ruby flakie.  Yup.  Yes!!!

This just has so much electricity, it sizzles.  It's one of those polishes you can't stop staring at when you wear it.

Everything about it is perfect, from the colour, to the application, to the gorgeous flakies.

Then we have Soft Touch 04 in Neon Pink.  Oh this is exquisite.

Soft Touch is Layla's equivalent of a suede, but smoother - they almost look like velvet on the nail.  If you like textured polishes, you will love these.

Soft Touch 03 is the mink equivalent.  This is a really unusual colour.

It's not grey or beige or lilac, but some gossamer combination of all 3.

If you're in the UK, you can buy Layla at Sally Magpies, and in the US, they are stocked by Ninja Polish.  

Enjoy xx :)