The Digit-al Dozen DOES Brands - Emma Bridgewater

Hi Goddesses

I hope you're enjoying Brand Week!  I've loved seeing all the different designs everyone has come up with.

Today I've gone back to dots :)  Emma Bridgewater is a British designer who is famous for her homewares.  Recently she's branched out into stationery and licensed her very distinctive patterns, of which this spotty dotty spectactular is probably her most famous.

I think I love the colour pops in this most of all.  It would have been so cliche for this pattern to be pastel, but kudos for that slap of vomit yellow, and the unexpected tang of the teal green.

It WON'T surprise you to know that the base here is OPI My Vampire Is Buff.  Again, I rummaged through my new untrieds for the colours, which is why they're not 100% exact to Emma's pattern.

* yellow - China Glaze Metro Pollen-tin
* Delush All About Blue
* green - Delush Finding Mr Bright
* teal - OPI Amazon .. Amazoff
* OPI Red Hot Rio

I feel like you must be bored of all my dotticures by now, but there's not many manis that make me smile more than spots n dots :)

You can check out Emma's amazing website HERE.

An InLinkz Link-up

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Brands - Cath Kidston Mugs

Hi Goddesses

Wahey!  It's another Digit-al Dozen Week, and I am especially delighted with this one.  The flu retreated enough this weekend for me to do all 5 manis and it was such fun to crack the polish bottles open after so long!

I actually found the inspiration for this mani during Vintage Week.  Cath Kidston is a British designer who is the Queen of Vintage and I'm sure you've seen her famous roses designs.  She also produces simpler ones, such as the design on these mugs.

I did hesitate a little cos it's dots AGAIN, but there is something so simple about this mani that I utterly love.

I also decided to crack out as many new polishes as I could, so this saw a first outing for -
* red - OPI Red Hot Rio
* green - Bondi Lady Liberty
* thumb - Jessica Born To Pansy
* lilac - Morgan Taylor PS I Love You
as well as my tried and trusted blue KIKO 339.

Aaaah, sometimes simple really is best.  Don't forget to check out the other amazing ladies.

An InLinkz Link-up