Guest Post Series, with Refined and Polished featuring Razzle Dazzle

Today's guest blogger is Lakeisha, from Refined and Polished. She and I met a few years ago, in a nail polish group when Girly Bits was in it's infancy. It's so awesome to see that she still has love for the original release of Razzle Dazzle, shown here in the original bottle with the paper label, and two colour logo. It's even a mini! Oh how things have changed.
Lakeisha typically pairs her manicures with fashion inspiration boards, which is a great way of viewing the seasons colour trends. Be sure and check out her blog, for many different colour pairings and fashion styles to suit any taste!

Thank you so much for sharing with us today!
♥Pam♥


Hey dolls! I’m Lakeisha from Refined and Polished and it is my absolute pleasure to be a part of Pam’s guest blogger series! We met several years ago in a nail polish facebook group and it has been great to watch Girly Bits grow into such an amazing brand. Of course for this guest post, I had to start with one of Pam’s polishes. When Pam previewed the first Girly Bits collection in our group, Razzle Dazzle was the one that caught my eye the most. It is a raspberry jelly base that is filled with scattered holo particles and fuchsia, blue, and copper glitter. The base of Razzle Dazzle builds up nicely, so three coats were used. I wanted to pull out the blue sparkles in Razzle Dazzle, so I used two coats of Illamasqua Cameo, a gorgeous cornflower blue, on the accent nails. My favorite types of nail art are polka dots and striping tape and I always love an opportunity to pair the two together. Lately, I can’t get enough of doing various sized polka dots on just a portion of the nail.

I've never used a glitter as the base for a striping tape accent before and I absolutely love the way Razzle Dazzle sparkles under the creme. This look is the epitome of how I like my nail art; simple but chic and relatively effortless. I adore creating fashion boards inspired by the polish I’m wearing as well, since my love for the two go hand in hand. I hope that you all have enjoyed this look. If you would like to see more, please feel free to keep up with me on Refined and Polished, facebook, or instagram. Thanks again Pam for allowing me to share with your fans!

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January Morning- Newest addition to the Girly Bits lineup. And a story behind the name

In loving memory of Carl Murtagh.

In January of 2010 my Dad passed away after bravely facing Alzheimer's disease. My immediate family consists of myself and my husband, and our three girls, my brother and his son, and my Mom and Dad. My dad was in a long term care facility after he had a mild heart attack and we were no longer able to care for him at home due to mobility and toileting issues. Between my Mom, my brother and my self, someone was with my Dad every single day for the better part of the day, and when we knew the time had come for him, -it was a Tuesday- we camped out at the LTCF with him 24 hours a day until he passed on the Sunday. The staff was excellent to us, feeding us, and giving us our privacy. I personally took over my Dad's care for that time, and the staff was very respectful of that and even let us take his bed and all our belongings into the common room, with a TV and couches etc and more space so our little family could camp out in relative comfort. On Saturday morning, as the sun rose, we opened the curtains in the huge bay window and let the sun wash over him. It seemed to breathe some life and energy into him, as that day was the best day he had had in a while. He was more responsive, and comfortable than we had seen him in weeks. My brother took a gorgeous photo of that sunrise, which we later used on Dad's memorial card, as it was the last sunrise he saw.  He passed at almost 4 am Sunday, and we left for home at 7 am. When we stepped outside, we realized it had been snowing all night, and on the drive home everything was completely covered in the MOST beautiful crystallized snow I  have EVER seen. Every tree branch, telephone wire and fence post was just gleaming with these diamonds. When we arrived home,  I touched the porch railing expecting it to be hard and frozen since it looked like diamonds. It was so soft and melted immediately. I will never forget it, it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I had never seen anything like that, nor have I seen it again. My 18 year old daughter came up with the idea for the colour, asking me to make a polish that looked as sparkly as the snow did the day that Grandpa died. And of course the name popped into my head immediately. I had no intention of it having a double meaning, but of course Morning could be interpreted as Mourning. And also my Mom`s initials are JM.

So this polish, called January Morning, holds a special place in my heart.
 And I am happy to share it with you.
This is one coat over white. It is intentionally sheer, so it can be layered over other colours as well.

January Morning is part of the newest Girly Bits collection,
and will be available for purchase for $6 as soon as the new bottles arrive.

Thanks for looking!

♥Pam♥

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Stormy Skies like this are welcome

It's the weekend!! And we are supposed to have great weather all weekend. It's been beautiful, and sunny, and warm, and it's a welcome change to the dreary days of rain we have been having. One day of a gentle rain and some thunder is nice, especially if you can curl up with a great book, and maybe even have a nap. But days and days of unrelenting rain can really put a damper on your plans. Don't get me wrong- I love thunderstorms. Just one storm at a time please.

 But- these kind of stormy skies are always welcome. I bring you another Girly Bits polish, called Stormy Skies. It is a medium grey, that leans just slightly teal, and has a pretty microglitter that flashes gold or green.

This collection is now available for purchase. You can see the information on ordering and pricing by clicking the tab at the top of the page, or by clicking here. You can also email me at pamsgirlybits@hotmail.com

Thanks for looking!

♥pam♥

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China Glaze Metro Collection (part two) Urban Night, Loft-y Ambitions, Skyscraper, Street Chic

A few weeks ago I posted the first three of the China Glaze Metro Collection here
Today, I have four more from this collection, and as with the last ones, these are wonderful as well. The formula on all of them have been great, and I think there is a colour for everyone.

Urban Night

This is a deep plum with hints of red. A gorgeous fall colour! The application was good for me, with an easy two coats.

And you know how much I love Pure Ice Heartbreaker, so here it is!

One more with out heartbreaker just because its a great colour :)

...and with HB again

Street Chic

Street Chic is a midtone neutral brown.

Here I added some dots of Urban Night for interest.

Again, with dots of Urban Night and Westside Warrior

Loft-y Ambitions

This is a brick red/brown with a very subtle shimmer

Again, I added some dots for interest, using West Side Warrior, Street Chic, and I think I used Concrete Catwalk, although it looks kind of blue here.

Skyscraper

Gorgeous, sparkley deep blue jelly base with blue and silver microglitter.

Yum.

Surprisingly good application for this type of polish.

 

This is an outdoor shot, so you can see the sparkley goodness.

Hope you enjoyed the rest of these swatches. I may pick up the remaining colours later.

Thanks for looking.

♥pam♥

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