Seriously Sassy

Seriously Sassy is today's polish by Girly Bits.

My camera hated this polish and showed it blue, when in fact it's a cool toned purple jelly with blue and purple glitters, as you can see by the cheap cellphone bottle shot at the end of the post. Somebody tell my why I use my big DSLR for pictures again...?

For the stamping I used Barry M. Lilac Foil (again, purple, not blue) and MoYou London Minimal Collection plate 01, plus, as usual, one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top.

Girly Bits polishes are available at her own store, Harlow & Co. and Mei Mei's Signatures, but Seriously Sassy seems to be no longer available.

When Colours Collide: Yellow, Grey and Brown

I took a short break from blogging, but not from polishing my nails, so I have a lot of manis to show you. Let's start with the latest round of When Colours Collide with the prompt yellow, grey and brown.

Not my favorite combo, to be honest. It has some industrial vibe to me, so I went with a distressed mani. As base I used three coats of Girly Bits Peel Here, a light grey with a subtle silver fleck shimmer. Then I applied the brown (Catrice Dilce & Havanna) and yellow (MoYou London Sweet Custard) directly with the almost dry bottle brush. One coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top sealed the mani.

Girly Bits polishes are available at her own store, Harlow & Co. and Mei Mei's Signatures. 

Lay Down With Number 13

Lay Down With Number 13 is the name of today's polish by Girly Bits.

Lay Down With Number 13 is a dark green jelly with lots of pink glitters. You can see the glitters perfectly in the bottle shot, but sadly, they weren't as visible on the nails. I used three coats and added one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top.

Girly Bits polishes are available at her own store, Harlow & Co. and Mei Mei's Signatures. 

4th of July

Happy Independence Day to my american readers! Of course, it's not a holiday here in Switzerland, but I'm going to a Kiss concert tonight (my first and probably last, since this is supposed to be their final tour), so it's a special day for me, too ;-)

With a polish called Star Spangled, canadian brand Girly Bits pays a lovely hommage to their southern neighbour with lots of blue and some red and silver glitters in a blue jelly base, that builds up to opacity with three coats.

To be honest, I wore this mani quite a while ago and didn't think of this day, that's why I chose not white but silver for the stamping (Barry M. Silver Foil) and flowers instead of stars (MoYou London Pro Collection plate XL-24), but I hope, you can still accept it ;-) Of course, I added one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top.

Girly Bits polishes are available at her own store, Harlow & Co. and Mei Mei's Signatures.

When Colours Collide: Multichrome

Again a challenge mani, today for the latest round of When Colours Collide, that ended last sunday. The prompt was duo- or multichrome.

My duochrome polish is Girly Bits Shift Happens, a beautiful shift from green to red. This one is too sheer to be worn alone, so I layered two coats over a very dark green creme (two coats of Essie Stylenomics). I just love the more "coarse" look of this topper, where you can almost see the pigment particles.

Since this is a nail art challenge, I couldn't just leave Shift Happens alone, and the only not multichrome colors allowed were black or white, so I added a white pattern using Born Pretty Store stamping polish and ÜberChic stamping plate 15-03. On top, I layered one coat of Bundle Monster Smudge Free Top Coat and one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top.

Girly Bits polishes are available at her own store, Harlow & Co. and Mei Mei's Signatures. 

Wild in Vegas

Another indie polish for today.





My base are three coats of Girly Bits What Happens In Vegas... Ends Up On Facebook, a mauve linear holo with some larger silver holo glitters and golden reflexes.

For the stamping, I used Color Club Wild At Heart, a dark purple holo, and Born Pretty Store stamping plate BP-L024. I fixed the stamping with one coat of Bundle Monster Smudge Free Top Coat and added one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top for extra shine.

Girly Bits polishes are available at her own store, Harlow & Co. and Mei Mei's Signatures.
What Happens In Vegas... Ends Up On Facebook was a limited edition back in 2013 (shame on me) and is no longer available.

Aqua Bubbles

After the somewhat dark and gloomy mani on monday, some more vivid colors for today.

I started with three coats of Girly Bits Get Weaponized, a vivid aqua/turquoise holo with tiny purple glitters in it.

Since the base reminded me of a tropical ocean, I added some bubbles using aEngland Tristam and MoYou London Sailor Collection plate 18. As usual, I added one coat of Bundle Monster Smudge Free Top Coat and one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top. This mani was so sparkly, my camera had real problems focussing...

aEngland polishes are available at various places, you'll find a complete list of retailers here.

Girly Bits polishes are available at her own store, Harlow & Co. and Mei Mei's Signatures.

381 Gold

Another green look for this week, but a pretty different kind of green.

My base is a Girly Bits polish from a test batch. It has no name, just a number, 381. It's a murky olive green with gold shimmer and some tiny holo sparkles. I used three coats for opacity.

For the stamping I used Barry M. Gold Foil and ÜberChic plate 15-01. I fixed the stamping with one coat of Bundle Monster Smudge Free Top Coat and added some extra shine with one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top.

Girly Bits polishes are available at her own store, Harlow & Co. and Mei Mei's Signatures.