Digit-al Dozen DOES Nail Heroes - Let Them Have Polish and Girly Bits!

Hi Goddesses

Today's post is another blogger and another brand.  The blogger is Cris from Let Them Have Polish, and back when I first started, she was one of my 3 essential blogs (along with Chalkboard Nails and The Polishaholic).

Every day I would be wowed by Cris's designs.  She was the mistress of the skittle, and also the mistress of the relatively simple.  If you look back on her designs, none of them are particularly complex, but she excelled at mixing and matching so that the sum was more than the parts.

Cris was a great stamper, and really opened my eyes to what Konad could bring to a mani.  She was also obsessed with this liger design, and who can blame her!  She also knew how to bling it up.  She constantly added little touches - a rhinestone, or a holo top coat - that just made her mani a little bit MORE.  There's no one else filling her gap.  I miss her.

As for polishes, I wanted to honour Girly Bits this week.  Girly Bits was my first indie polish purchase, waaaay back when she first started, and I don't think Pam is given enough praise for how much she has influenced the indie polish market.  She has been epicly consistent over the years, and is a true pioneer.  I chose the stunning teal that is Get Weaponised and the purple magic of Defying Gravity.

For my other polishes, I chose ones Cris introduced me too.  I'd never heard of Bettina until she started singing their praises, and although I don't own many, they are all gorgeous.   The best thing Cris ever did though was introduce me to Oh My Oceania by Sation - the most EXQUISITE shimmery aqua EVERRRRR.

Cris, salute xx


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GOT Polish Challenge - Blue

Hi Goddesses

How are you?  Sorry it's been a few days.  I started my new job on Monday, and to say I am pooped is an understatement.  I'm having a great time, but when I come home, all I want to do is sleep, so bear with me if things are quieter than usual for the next couple of weeks.

I wasn't going to miss GOT Polish though, and today's theme is blue.  I don't know that it's a bit cheaty that I went with turquoise, but they live in my Blue Box, so blues they are!

On base we have the sublime Oh My Oceania by Sation, one of my very favourite polishes (great application, amazing shimmer), and a polish I have actually worn a few times.

On stripes we have Ninja Polish Caribbean Reef, which I *think* was the polish I adored in 2012 but hadn't worn in 2013.   This is just turqouise amazingness - pure sparkle.

As you know, my camera doesn't really love turquoise, so all of these photos are a little faded compared to the real life majesty on my nails.

A simple look, but a winner.  Even Baby Crumpet thinks so :)

Turquoise Texture Skittle

Hi Goddesses

I have a fun and simple little mani today – a skittle, based on texture.  I think I’ve mentioned that I have a bit of an obsession with turquoise at the moment, and as I looked at my polish rack, an idea was born :)

So basically, this is super simple – we have matte, texture, holo, crème and shimmer.  

Our players are – 

Thumb – for the Matte, ManGlaze ILF

Index – for the Crème, OPI Can’t Find My Czechbook

Middle – for the texture, KIKO 637 Turquoise

Ring – for the holo, Above The Curve Kahuna

Pinkie – for the shimmer, Sation Oh My Oceania

A couple of things – this mani was a funny one to wear to work.  I got accused of having boring nails, until I whispered, “look closer”.  Lol.

Also, the Sation (on the pinkie) is one of my favourite turquoises, but look how much it greens out in comparison to the others.  This is just a trick of the photography, but it amused me, all the same.

So obviously now my mind turns to which other skittles I can do …. Red?  Yup.  Pink?  Yup.  Lilac?  Yup.  Oh the fun!

Enjoy xx :)