Monday, May 27, 2013

The photo that went viral:: Palm tree nail art, and a colourful drink.

Approximately two years ago on June 30th 2011, I made a blog post showing some nail art that I had done on my daughter, who was taking a vacation with some friends to Dominican Republic, for her grade 12 grad trip. You can view my original blog post HERE
While she was there, she took this photo of her nails, while holding a colourful drink.

girly bits nail art and colorful drink

 She posted it on her Tumblr account, and I added it to my blog post, and it immediately went viral. Neither one of us thought to watermark the pictures, until I started seeing it pop up everywhere from Pinterest, to other blogs, tumblr, Facebook and Instagram.
I have since watermarked it.
For the most part, it never really bothered me. I don't really have anything to gain or lose by getting credit for the nail art. Mackenzie of course would love a photo credit. I mean, it's a great photo!! =) In fact, I think for the most part it's the drink that caught peoples eye, not the nail art.
Over the years I gave received numerous emails from people telling me that out photo was being used with out credit, and it felt like there was really no way to rectify it.
It even showed up on Holly Madison's Favourite IG Photo of the Week  FOUND HERE and of course it linked to an Instagram user who was claiming credit. Not a huge big deal, but the exposure would have been nice.

So, I thought I would take the opportunity to share this again, as we roll into summer and think about pool side drinks, and fun summer nail art.

Below is a copy of the original post, with pics and products used.
And of course credit where credit is due. =)
Photo Credit to Mackenzie Heil You will find her  Instagram profile HERE with links to her tumblr account as well.
Nail art credit to Pam at  Girly Bits Cosmetics ( that's me!)



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My daughter wanted me to paint some palm trees on her nails for her vacation to DR, so here is my attempt. I wanted to do a gradient that looked sort of like a sunset. So I started with China Glaze Pool Party at the cuticle area, and just applied it like regular polish but not going all the way to the tip of the nail because I am putting yellow there. After that dried I sponged on a neon orange, and finished in the tips with more sponging with China Glaze Happy go Lucky. I did two coats of the yellow for better coverage.
Then I used a nail art striper to do the Palm trees. Kinda cute right?? I didn't wait long enough for the design to dry, so the top coat dragged a little, even though I really floated it.



This is also before cleanup because, she is impatient, and had somewhere to go


It was her request to have the palm trees face the way they do. My natural instinct would have been to do them the other way, but either is cute.


Thanks for looking
Let me know if you have a request for summer nail art that you would like to see, or what your favourite nail is in the summer.
♥pam♥


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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Fun in the Sun multi Blogger, multi shop EPIC giveaway!!!




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Who loves AMAZING EPIC GIVEAWAYS?
We ALL do of course!!
I am very pleased to announce that I have partnered up with some amazing bloggers and shops,
 to bring you this AMAZING EPIC GIVEAWAY!!
A whopping big thanks to Jen at The Jedi Wife  
for putting it all together! 
There are prizes available for both US and International participants, so be sure and scroll through all the fabulous goodies we have for you.
Yay for covering all the bases!

There are 27 US only prizes, as well as 9 International and US prizes.
We have contributed prizes to the 'US only' category as well as the 'US & International' category.
 Because of the two categories, there are TWO RAFFLECOPTERS, so please be mindful of which one you fill out.  There are tons of easy entries available, so enter to win and discover some phenomenal new blogs and shops while you're at it!  Ends June 12th!
Now, on to the goodies!




US ONLY PRIZES
Girly bits Boo-berry, Colorama Gota and Sombra, Jindie Nails Mini Swoon





Prize 2 from Pointless Cafe
ButterLONDON Champers and Poole







Prize 3 from BeautyPopShop
Shop exclusive Maya H2pOp polish and a Do-Mo Panda Coin Purse





Prize 4 from Cosmetish
Coastal Scents Reach Mascara, NYX Butter Gloss in Strawberry Parfait, NYX Lip Cream in Strawberry Parfait, NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Strawberry Milk, Revlon Scented polishes Strawberry and Cherry



Prize 5 from BeautyGnome
$15 Llarowe Gift Certificate





Prize 6 from Princess Polish
China Glaze Bump and Grind and In the Rough



Prize 7 from College Polished
Zoya Yana and Bobbi



Prize 8 from Galactic Lacquer
KBShimmer Vegas Bomb, Pretty & Polished Phoenix, and 
Nicole by OPI Strike a Pose and Ladies in the Limelight







Prize 9 from Polished10
Orly Space Cadet, Essie Leading Lady & OPI Meet Me On The Star Ferry





Prize 10 from Beyond Beauty Lounge
THE NEW BLACK NEONS SET



Prize 11 from Manicurator
Dior Vernis Riviera



Prize 12 from Rain Down On Me Beauty
$20 Gift Certificate to Sephora



Your choice of ATC colour from bigcartel site





Prize 14 from SoFlaJo
Two full size polishes from upcoming collection





Prize 15 from Jindie Nails
Jindie Nails polish from jindienails.com





Prize 16 from 6 Harts Craft Company
Full size bottle of 6 Harts Bat Crap Crazy and 6 Harts Sea Glass




Prize 17 from Girly bits
Franken Starter Kit




Prize 18 from Lacquistry
Polish from Lacquistry



Prize 19 from Literary Lacquers
Polish from Literary Lacquers


Mystery Prizes


Prize 21 from Polished Cousins

Prize 22 from Pretty In Paint

Prize 23 from The Nail Files

Prize 24 from Colorsutraa

Prize 25 from Jilltastic Nail Design

Prize 26 from Mandie's Manicures

Prize 27 from You Had Me At Makeup





US and International Prizes

Prize A from The Lacquerologist
$15 Gift Card to Llarowe



Prize B from Glisten & Glow
$25 Gift Certificate to Glisten & Glow



Prize C from Puzzled & Polished
Two custom polish pieces



Prize D from My Life In Polish
$20 Gift Certificate to Llarowe



Illamasqua Raindrops



Prize F from Girly bits
Polish from new upcoming collection



Prize G from Cosmetic Sanctuary

Prize H from Love For Lacquer



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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Nail Lacquer "On The Way Out"

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Nail Lacquer "On The Way Out"

 

Happy Thursday!

Just wanted to let you know that we have some nail lacquer shades that we are putting under a new category "On The Way Out".

Shades that are categorized as On The Way Out are no longer in production. (We have to put shades in this category to make room for upcoming releases!) Once we have sold out of the existing stock they will be Retired.

What is On The Way Out?
  • Black Eyed Susan
  • Hippity Hop
  • Magically Delicious
  • Promise Me
  • Wet Bikini
  • Apparition
  • Mother May I?!
A retired shade may still re-appear from time to time! We may re-release it in limited quantities or it may show up in giveaways, however there are no guarantees!

Do not take the chance if there is a shade on the list above that you have had your eye on. Snap it up now, before someone else does!
Temporary Halt

The following seasonal shades are on a temporary production halt:
  • You're A Mean One...
  • Candy Corn
  • Fright Night
  • Holo'ween
  • Monster Mash
  • Eight Crazy Nights
  • Visions of Sugar Plums
Once the existing stock on the site for each of the shades above has been sold it will not be made available again until it's season comes around again.
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