Happy 2nd blog-iversary–then and now

Happy blo-giversary to me!!!

 

Today marks two years since I started blogging. I can hardly believe I’ve stuck to it this long. While I’ve been a little irregular with my posting in the past six months or so, I always come back to the blog when I’m ready

 

I wanted to take a look at how my manis have changed and improved over time.

 

This was my first mani I showed on the blog:

This was also my first EVER frankenpolish *hangs head in shame*. This was back in the days where I thought you could add just any glitter to a nail polish and it would work. So I used some craft glitter I got from the local newsagent. I tell you what, I must be ahead in the trends because this could definitely be a textured polish It was gritty and bumpy but I was proud of it because it was my first!

 

This was the first mani I showed on the blog of another brand:

I thought this was a great photo at the time. Now all I can see is messy application, zero clean up and uneven nails. I still have this polish but I haven’t used it since.

 

This was my first attempt at nail stamping:

I hadn’t quite worked out how to line up the stamps and apply a top coat without smudging. I was very proud of this at the time!!!

 

This was my first Spectrafranken, September 2011:

Now this one, I still love. I used Ulta3s Bouquet as a base colour and added Spectraflair, which I bought from Cathy at More Nail Polish. This sparked my obsession with making my own nail polish.

 

And when I learnt I could actually buy suspension base, tints, pigments etc and make my own polish from scratch, I created this, November 2011:

 

I called it Bloody Mary. It was a squishy red jelly with red micro glitter and red holo hexes. I’m pretty sure I still have this somewhere.

 

And the rest is history. Love Thy Polish was born and more pretty colours were created.

 

This is my current mani:

This is two coats of MUD Camomania with some stamping from the Pueen Love Elements plates. I love it!

I feel like I’ve come such a long way in these past two years. Sometimes I feel insecure about my manis and if they are good enough but I know in myself that I have improved 100% since the start of my blogging days.

 

Thank you so much for reading my blog
Em xxx

Love Thy Polish sale!

 

 

Love Thy Polish is having a sale to say THANK YOU for your support over the past 18 months. The past few months have been huge for LTP. We have secured three new Aussie stockists, two of whom are in South Australia and will be using LTP for manis and pedis inhouse as well as selling them, and the other is Femme Fatale Cosmetics, based online in QLD.

Love Thy Polish also has its first international stockist, Mei Mei’s Signatures! LTP will be available to purchase from there within the next day or so. The stock has arrived in Singapore and will be launched on the website soon. Mei Mei’s Signatures ships WORLDWIDE, so all the LTP fans who have held off buying due to exhorbitant Australia Post shipping charges, you can now shop online at Mei Mei’s Signatures and buy all sorts of other indie brands including Enchanted Polish, A-England, Cirque and more. Mei Mei’s Signatures also stocks mainstream brands like China Glaze and Color Club and nail tools and accessories.

 

So to say thank you for making this all possible, ALL Love Thy Polish products are 15% off at www.lovethypolish.com until 5pm SA time tomorrow (9 June 2013). Aussies only, unfortunately, but international ladies, keep your eyes on Mei Mei’s Signatures!

 

Enjoy!
Em

What’s In-die Box?

Hey everyone!

I have some very exciting news to share with you today. Rachel from Glam Polish has come up with a fantastic idea – Australia’s first monthly indie box!

 

What’s In-die Box? contains five Aussie indie polishes which are BRAND NEW shades and in some cases, limited edition.

The best part is, you don't need to commit to a monthly subscription. Just pre-order each time!

 

The theme for the June box is Toy Story and myself, Glam Polish, Peita’s Polish, Lilypad Lacquer and Alanna Renee will be participating.

For more information about the box and on how to order you can go here:
http://glam-polish.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/whats-ind-ie-box.html

 

Em

Love Thy Polish Dreams collection

I’m proud to announce the new Love Thy Polish Dreams collection will be released tomorrow (27th April) at 10am South Australian time.

This collection is inspired by Stevie Nicks and is a collaboration between Love Thy Polish and Tammy from Lacquer and Leather. Thanks so much, Tammy, for coming up with some amazing colours and being truly inspiring. And thanks for keeping me in line and telling me when something isn’t good enough

 

Thanks also to Kristy from The Polish Haven for the amazing swatches and blog post.

 

 

You can buy the new Dreams collection from www.lovethypolish.com … if you live outside Australia please contact me via the website to arrange your order as I will need to do a shipping quote for you.

 

I’m excited! Are you?
Em

Custom Polish–Olive Ya!

This is a polish from when I was messing around making new colours for my Love Thy Polish line of nail polish.

I can’t decide whether I like it or not! I’ll let you guys decide…

This is Olive Ya!

Two coats. I still can’t decide if I like it. Hrmmm!!

Em

Love Thy Polish–Unnamed

Good afternoon all,

I’m writing this from my sick bed. Yes, I’ve been hit with the dreaded Winter lurgy that’s been going around my small town. Unfortunately once one person you know has it, most of the town catches it. I know a lot of people who are resting up in bed right now!!

Anyway, on to the polish. This is another Love Thy Polish I created a few weeks back when I was formulating new colours. I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out!

 

I haven’t named it yet because nothing has jumped out at me … any ideas?

 

Two coats. Formula was great and it was very smooth for the amount of glitter I packed into it. It’s got a peacock-y greeny blue jelly base with red and light blue glitter. Very pretty and hard to capture

 

What do you think?
Em

Love Thy Polishes

Time to toot my own horn a bit. Toot toot!

 

I want to show you some of my custom polishes in my new Love Thy Polish brand.

I went to the Market Day here last Saturday to sell polishes and painted my nails skittle-style using my polishes to show people. A lot of people really appreciated being able to see the polishes on real nails! I did have them on a nail wheel but we all know it’s just not the same!

Anyway, without further ado…

Royalty, Struttin’ Like a Peacock, Toxic Slime, Smurfin’ it Up.

 

Fairy Lights, Girly Girl, Kiss Kiss, Crazy for Coral.

 

Thoughts, suggestions, comments please?

Em

Love Thy Polish–Smurfin’ It Up

I’m ba-aaaack! Yes, I’ve been slack on the posting lately but my full time job contract has just come to an end and I’ll start part time work this week. I’m throwing in the towel in regards to full time work because I just can’t do it anymore! 40 hours a week at work + 6-7 massages + trying to get my custom polish business up and running means that I was one stressed out chick. I was getting loads of headaches and just basically feeling too overwhelmed to get out of bed some mornings. Anyway, enough of my babble.

I’m going to show you one of my Love Thy Polish custom nail polishes today.

This is Smurfin’ it Up, modelled by my lovely friend B:

A brilliant smurf blue shimmer, three coats. This is probably the most popular polish so far, and it doesn’t shock me. It’s such a beautiful colour!

 

Feedback is most appreciated

Em

Custom Polish–Purple Pixie

Hi all,

I hope you’re having a relaxing weekend! I thought I’d share with you today one of my newer custom polish creations for Love Thy Polish. This is Purple Pixie:

 

Indoors in my light box. Beautiful purple I love it!

 

Now for the outdoors shots:

Ah-MAZING!!! Check out those rainbows! I’m in love This was only two coats, the second done just for intensity and not coverage. I wore this for a good three days without any chips.

 

Here’s a slightly washed out photo to see those pretty rainbows a bit more:

*Drool*

 

Don’t you just love holos?! If you’re interested in buying a bottle, they are $15 each and you can leave a comment below or email me: zeedeveelgirl AT gmail DOT com.

 

Em

Love Thy Polishes back in stock!

Love Thy Polish custom polishes are back in stock  

Check out the Facebook page to check out the colours and order!

 

A sneaky peek:

Left to Right: Kiss Kiss, Girly Girl, Hot Stuff, Struttin’ Like a Peacock, Smurfin’ it Up, One Small Step for Man, Fairy Lights, Smurfin’ it Up with Fairy Lights over the top, Crazy for Coral, Silver Surfer.

 

Cheers

Em

Moving time!

Hey guys

I'll be taking a short break from blogging this week as I'm moving house, and we all know what fun that is!

I'll be back after the weekend with some more pretties from my custom nail polish collection, Love Thy Polish. In the meantime, 'Like' my Facebook page for Love Thy Polish and follow the updates on there!

Have a great week,
Em

Love Thy Polish custom nail polish range

So I’ve been a wee bit preoccupied lately and have been neglecting my blog. You probably haven’t noticed but I haven’t been posting as much. I’ve been working on a new project which has taken up most of my free time, and I’ve been having so much fun with it!

 

So without further ado, I give you …

I’m creating my own nail polishes and selling them! At this stage they are all hand mixed/hand poured, but I’d like to get it to the stage where I get them manufactured.

 

Here is a taste of some of the summer colours I will be releasing at the next Market Day in my town. I’m still deciding on a name for this collection. There will be a couple more polishes in this range too.

 

 

Regular/glitter/shimmers will be $12 and holos/colour morphing polishes will be $15 each.

 

I’m still working out the finer details but I just wanted to share this with you!

 

I have a Facebook page too, so please go and ‘Like’ it!

 

Thanks everyone,

Em