Girly Bits Season of Sparkle Collection~Winter 2012

Introducing the Season of Sparkle collection for Winter 2012

This collection includes glitter top coats, shimmers, micro glitters, jelly based glitters carefully selected to give you maximum sparkle and wear-ability out side of the usual Holiday season.

 

 

Eggnogoholic

A soft winter white with just the right amount of nutmeg gold glitter.

Ornamental My Dear Watson

A clear based glitterbomb, that includes every colour you might  see on your tree.

Visions of Sugar Plums

A deep plum jelly base, with iridescent and shifting glitter  

that will have you dreaming of sugar plum fairies.

Long Winters Nap

A deep grey jelly, with various sizes of grey and periwinkle glitter, and a hint of blue. 

Soft and comforting, just like your favourite winter jammies.

 

♪You're a Mean One...♪

A clear based glitter, with multiple sizes of green and red, along with a smattering of black hearts.

After all, mean ole' Mr. Grinch did have a black heart.

 

Fathomless

A deep teal jelly, with dense green and gold micro glitter 

 that sparkles with all the mystery and wonder of the season.

Eight Crazy Nights

A clear based glitter, full of sparkle and bling. 

Blue, silver, holographic and transluscent white glitters.

Heirloom

A clear based glitter with all the vintage shades of a Victorian era holiday.

Hot Toddy

A warm red, with gold and red micro shimmer.

Reminiscent of sipping a hot toddy with cinnamon sticks, 

by the glowing embers of a fire on a cold winters night.

The release date will be announced soon, along with swatches.

Season of Sparkle will be available through the following authorized distributors

 Llarowe

Harlow & Co 

Overall Beauty 

Mei Mei's Signatures 

 

Also available in limited quantities at

Girly Bits Cosmetics 

To keep up to date on new collections, release dates and availability be sure to follow the

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Thank you!

♥Pam♥

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Calendar Girls Part 3 - September to November

When Calendar Girls was born, the idea was that it would be a year long series, with a shade to represent each month of the year, released in sets so that at the end of the year, you will have a polish for every season, making an entire collection.

The first part of the Calendar Girls Collection was released in February 2012, and the the second set in the series was released in May.

Today I would like to share with you the 3rd part in the series, with shades that represent September, October and November. Christmas gets a release all it's own. =)

These are set to release Monday September 17th in my STORE

 

 

 

Indian Summer was inspired by the amazing fall days we have here in Canada. Just when you think summer is over, we have gorgeous warm days, and beautiful cool nights. We have spent Labour Day on Pelee Island with the family for 20 years, and every year we take the the ferry back to the mainland on Sunday at 8pm and get to experience the amazing sunset just after we set sail. Each year we snap a picture of the sunset, and each is more beautiful than the last.

Here is this years sunset

 Indian Summer is a mix of pink, blue, periwinkle, copper and gold, in a sheer periwinkle base.

Shown above is Indian Summer at 2 coats with no undies, one coat over American Apparel  Peacock, one coat over OPI Fly, and one coat over Zoya Malia (*it looks darker here than I recall Malia looking, so I could be wrong about the Zoya Shade)

 

Howl at the Moon is a blackened blurple jelly with various sizes of gold hexes. It can be built up to opacity with three coats, or also looks great layered over a dark purple, blue or a black.

 

Howl at the Moon is shown above left to right layered over OPI Siberian Nights, OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees and at three coats with no undies, two coat/no undies and one coat.

 

Crunchy Leaves is a medium-dense glitter mix of orange, copper, brown, and red, in a sheer earthy base.

It can be built up to opacity at three coats, or layered over your favourite fall shade

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We have added many new glitters to the store for those of you who like to dabble in frankening, as well as polish bottles pre-filled with lacquer base.

Thanks for looking!

♥Pam♥

 

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Calendar Girls Part 2 - May to August

Calendar Girls Collection

by Girly Bits

The first part of the Calendar Girls Collection was released in February 2012, with the first four shades in the year long series. The concept is, that the full collection will have a colour that represents each month of the year. It will be released in 3 sets, with the third set available in August/September, completing the collection. July has three colours- one representing Canada Day ( July 1st), one representing Independence Day ( July 4th), and one representing Bastille Day (July 14th)

I have moved my sales over to Big Cartel, and I think this will make for easier ordering and processing.

I have posted the new shades in the store for preview, and I plan on restocking tomorrow, Wednesday May 02 at 12:00 noon EST.

Tomorrow will  be a relatively small restock, to test out the new ordering system. I will have another small re-stock on Saturday, May 5th in the evening to accommodate other time zones as well.

I am sure some of you are aware of the lack of base right now. Once that issue is resolved, I should be able to restock on a more regular basis, in larger numbers.

You can check out the new store HERE.

I have yet to add shipping, as I am still working on that, but the rates will be similar to previous sales, except it will be more of a flat rate based on destination.

Here are a few shots of the newest colours, but please head over to the new store to check out the entire collection, as well as some new products- Glitter, spectraflair, and coming soon- a franken starter kit.

Cheers!!

 

 May-Calendar Girls

Mother May I?!

A medium purple base with aqua squares, red squares, blue, turquoise, pink, purple, opal,

 and aqua hexes in various sizes.

A bouquet of colours.

 

June-Calendar Girls

Daddy's Little Girl

Multiple sizes of sapphire blue, sky blue, purple, and fuchsia in a tinted cobalt blue base.  

 

 July Calendar Girls Mini Collection-49th Parellel.

Star Spangled, Vive la Revolution! and Canadian Eh?

Vive la Revolution is a Limited Edition shade.

 

 July- Calendar Girls

Canadian Eh?

Canadian Eh? contains small and medium white hexes, small and medium red hexes, and red squares in a sparkling clear base. Shown here layered over China Glaze Phat Santa.
It is  one of three, in a mini collection called 49th Parallel, for July Calendar Girls. 

 Canadian Eh? over Star Spangled

 July-Calendar Girls
Star Spangled

Star Spangled is a blue jelly, loaded with red and blue glitter, and red bar glitter. It sparkles like fireworks, and is one of three, in a mini collection called 49th Parallel, for July Calendar Girls.

 August- Calendar Girls

Wet Bikini

Aqua and blue squares and hexes, and tiny opalescent  hexes in a clear base.

 Hocus Pocus is a holo top coat that can be layered over any colour, to give it a magical holo effect.

The nail wheel here shows it layered over various base coats.

Thank you for looking!

♥Pam♥

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Easter mani- Hippity Hop

Hello!! Gosh it's been a long time since I have managed an actual blog post! Today I am actually wearing a full mani, instead of the usual skittle fingers of swatches. I am so often in the polish lab, creating, testing and swatching, that it is next to impossible to wear a full mani for an entire day. However today, I was determined to wear Hippity Hop, for Easter.

 

This is Hippity Hop, over Essence colour and go, in A lovely Secret.

And just for fun, here is a pic of Into the Night, in the making.

 

Now that all the orders from the last sale have been shipped, (with the exception of a few stragglers that are on hold for the arrival of the glitter for Stormy Skies, and a few orders for which payment just came in) I am furiously mixing and bottling for the next sale. I had hoped to be able to have everything ready to go for the end of April, but as some of you may know, there is a back order on lacquer base, do that will likely be delayed for a week or two, depending on when my order arrives.

With a better understanding of the amount of orders that will come in during a sale, I have made a few changes in the way orders will  be handled.

For one thing, I am setting up a website, with a shopping cart so ordering will be easier for both you and I. 

I will also have all of the product filled and ready to go, rather than trying to produce and ship at the same time. I will set up a simpler shipping cost structure, so that you will know exactly what your shipping will be, based on the number of bottles ordered. International orders may still have to be quoted for shipping.

When everything is set up and ready to go, I will post here with ordering info, and how to access the new store, as well as links to other sites that they will be available on.

Thank you all again, for your kindness, support and patience. This has been a wonderful experience, and I look forward to the next sale.

Cheers!!

♥Pam♥

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Calendar Girls - the newest Girly Bits collection, part 1

Calendar Girls Collection

by Girly Bits

January Morning - Promise Me - Magically Delicious - Hippity Hop

The concept is, that the full collection will have a colour that represents each month of the year. It will be released in 3 sets, with the next set available in April/May, and completing the collection with the last set being released in August/September. July will have two colours- one representing Canada Day ( July 1st) and one representing Independence Day ( July 4th).

 January Morning (January)  

A sheer sparkly white, with flashes of pink and blue. Like freshly fallen snow. This one is inspired by my Dad. You can read the story behind this polish by clicking here.

Purchase of this polish comes with a copy of the story/memorial. 

 One coat of January Morning, over white.

 

 Promise Me (February) 

 Holographic and opalescent hex glitter, and pin point holo glitter, floating in a sparkling pink. Soft and feminine. This one is inspired by my oldest daughter, who is a singer. She is releasing her first album of originals soon, and one of the songs is called Promise Me. 

Purchase of this polish comes with a copy of this song.

 Three coats of Promise me, with no undies.

 

Magically Delicious (March) 

Tiny green holographic glitter, in a clear base, along with gold squares, and gold hex glitter. 

Representing the Luck of the Irish, and a Pot of Gold.

One coat of Magically Delicious, over China Glaze Jolly Holly.

 

 Hippity Hop (April) 

Multi coloured pastel and holo glitter, and tiny purple glitter,  in a translucent sparkling  purple base. 

It's like little holo Easter eggs.

Two coats of Hippity Hop, over various base colours, and three coats alone (at 3 o'clock)

Due to popular demand, Shift Happens will also be available, but it is not part of the Calendar Girls collection.

 

 Thank you to Jen at The PolishAholic 

for allowing me to use her swatch of Shift Happens, above.

All lacquer bases are B3Free, and are hand poured using glitters and pigments. 

They are available in full size, 15ml bottles, as well as 5ml mini bottles. (mini bottles are not shown above, and do not have the new custom label, but rather the original label, with just the lacquer name.)

Both sizes come embellished with a Swarovski crystal.

 Thank you all for your love and support.

♥Pam♥

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Lynnderella Connect the Dots over OPI Shorts Story

A mere few months ago, I was a Lynnderella virgin. I am now a die hard fan. Every polish she comes out with is seriously gorgeous, and usually even more gorgeous in real life than in the (millions of) swatches you will find on line. The complexity of each polish, while it may seem random, is actually very well thought out, and in my opinion shows Lynn's deep understanding of the use of colour.

We seem to be in a glitter trend at the moment, and I will admit, I was never a huge fan of glitter until fairly recently. I always loved it on everyone else, but was often not thrilled with it on myself. Part of the reason may have been the pain in the rumpus removal. If you find yourself struggling with removal, you must give the foil method a try. I promise you, you will look at glitters through different eyes. You can find my information on glitter removal with the foil method by clicking here. Trust me, you will thank me =)
Part of the beauty of glitter, other than the obvious, is that most can be worn over lots of different colours, for different effects.
Another favourite use of mine for glitters, is making a jelly sandwich. I particularly like this because it gives you a less in your face glitter. If you are not familiar with a jelly sandwich, it uses a glitter and a jelly polish -which is a rather sheer creme, with a deep sort of translucent finish to it. Similar to Jello. It has colour, but is sort of see though, and looks deep and sort of squishy. You  want to layer the glitter in between two layers of the jelly polish. Hence the name Jelly Sandwich.  Start with your favourite base coat, treatment or ridge filler, then the idea is to lay down a base coat of the jelly polish (which for the record, is not actually labeled as a 'jelly', but rather identified as a jelly finish by lacquer enthusiasts. Good examples are the pinks and oranges from the OPI Texas collection) On top of your first coat of polish, you add a coat of a glitter. I find the chunkier glitters work the best, and especially silver ones. After that has dried for a few minutes, you add another coat of the jelly polish, which is sheer enough that you can see the glitter through it, but because the polish is sheer, it gives the effect of the glitter swimming in a pool of colour, rather than being right on top and in your face. Click here to see a good example of a jelly sandwich on Noelie's Nails.
Of course you want to use a nice shiny top coat for even more jelly squishy goodness. 

Back to the original post topic- Lynnderella Connect the Dots. This is the most unique colour in her collections, in my opinion. There is nothing else like it on the market. It's not your typical blingy sparkly glitter, but rather simply black and white, in a sparkling base. It looks best over creams, and almost gives the illusion of nail art. If you are a Lynnderella virgin, and are contemplating getting some but aren't sure which to get- I would highly recommend Connect the Dots. It's an easy application, and easy removal. And always stunning.

This time, I layered it over pink- OPI Shorts Story, which is one of my favourite pink cremes.

 

I will admit, that when I first saw Connect the Dots a few years ago, I did not see the appeal. I bought it, and NOW I get it. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that this is one of the few, that I think actually look better to the eye, at a normal distance rather than a macro shot.  The macro shots of most Lynnderellas are mesmerizing, and while I appreciate this one as well, I like the look in real life, better than pictures. Just get it. You won't regret it.

 

And the obligatory bottle shot.

Lynnderellas are now available exclusively on Llarowe

I do want to add, that while Lynnderella sales on Llarowe may be run in short spurts, to allow for timely shipping, there is no need to panic. She will be very well stocked with them, and if you miss out on one sale, there will be other opportunities to buy. I can assure you that Leah Ann is the most dedicated person I know, and she is doing everything in her power to please everyone. Good things come to those who wait, I promise.

Thanks for looking!

♥Pam♥

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