Hi Goddesses
I must confess, February has been a straaaange month. It's super short, but it's felt super long, and although I think the quality of what I'm doing has improved massively, the blog isn't growing, which is sad.
So, what have I been up to? Well, I feel I've done a lot of swatching this month, but most of the time I've also managed to combine it with some nail art. We had Love and Heartbreak Week for Digit-al Dozen and piCture pOlish Mondays started.
This month has been all about texture - the Nails Inc, the Barry, the OPI and the Zoya and the Zoya PixieDusts are definitely my favourite polishes this month. They apply easily, have beautiful pigmentation, as well as some indefinable fairy magic. And they made me like a green!!
Which leads to my Favourite Polish of the Month - Zoya Vespa
Highlights of the Month
I've had the opportunity to review some amazing polishes this month - Sally Hansen, Cirque, Black Cat Lacquer, Different Dimension, piCture pOlish and Chirality. Here are some of my fave photos -
My favourite nail art of the month was this Flame design I did with the Nails Inc Concretes. It just works in so many ways.
Bummer of the Month
For the first time, I had a photo stolen. This has never happened to me before (mainly because I don't think they were worth stealing lol). This is the photo that got stolen -
It's my Barry M texture skittle, it shows all 4 polishes, and it was stolen by .... a website that sells nail polish that I have been a loyal customer of!!! And worse, they removed the watermark. If the watermark had stayed on, I honestly wouldn't have minded. The owner of the website called it a "mistake", but I'm still a bit fuzzy on how you mistakenly remove someone's watermark.
Which leads to the real Bummer - I am now experimenting with how to do my watermark differently, and I've settled on a small version at the cuticle line, which is hopefully subtle, but awkward to remove :(
Music of the Month
I am a Glee obsessive and I just can't get enough of the the songs from The Break Up episode, surely Glee's finest EVER hour. They've been on my ipod constantly.
TV of The Month
This month I have discovered Netflix!!! Oh wow I love it. I've been on a bit of a Doctor Who fest, catching up with the David Tennant episodes. Suffice to say I now understand why he's everyone's favourite :) Even Beth (who has only ever known Matt Smith) was impressed with his comedy skills.
Stats of the Month
Total page views - 49k, down from 55k the month before :( is this what happens when I post less ?
Number of Posts - 44, down from 58 in January
Highest Viewed Post - Crumpet Amateur Nail Art Contest - 864
Highest Viewed Post - Swatch - Sally Hansen new Spring polishes - 378
Highest Viewed Post - Art - Nails Inc Concrete Flame Art - 380
So, I'd really like your thoughts. What's gone wrong with the blog this month? Have you visited it less, if so why? Any thoughts on the content, what turns you off and on, or are there just so many blogs out there, it's impossible to keep up? Also, when you follow a blog, do you opt for Facebook or GFC ??
Have a great March - I am involved in 3 Challenges this month, yup, 3, so there will be lots more nail art, and hopefully, less failure and more success :)
Love xx
Glee The Breakup, maybe the best episode, the music is perfect love it way too much!
ReplyDeleteCould it be that the average pr. day visit is the same, just that this month is longer?
ReplyDeleteSad to hear that someone stole your picture. Hope things works out.
Loads and loads of hugs from me to you.
DAVID TENNANT!!!!!! That is all I have to say!:)
ReplyDeleteI think the blog is great, it may just be because you've cut back on posting. The quality has gone up and I love the new black background of your photos!
ReplyDeleteAnd bummer on the picture stealer! I was like you, never thought my nails were "good enough" and then I started to see them else where!
I read your blog through Google's feed reader, so I'm not sure how that works for pageviews if I don't click through. Strangely, I had been following via feed reeder but hadn't followed via GFC yet--fixed!
ReplyDeleteI am in love with the textured polish we've been seeing lately. I thought I would HATE it, but I tried one and am totally hooked. I can't wait to get all of the PixieDusts!
Nothing is wrong with your blog! I really like your posts and the tone you set here. Remember, we had 3 less days in February than January -- if you look at pageviews per day, your average stays nearly the same! ^_^ Data analysis is sort of my job hehe, so no worries!
lol, bless you :) xx
DeleteI haven't visited your blog less, so it's not my fault your viewing rates are down ;-)
ReplyDeleteBut I had less visits on my blog, too, so maybe it's a "seasonal thing"
I recieve your blog thru email is I don't know how that translates into your calculations only coming to your site if I need to comment on something. So maybe that is what is happening. I love your site, look forward to it, so don't despair! Don't worry about the numbers that is the way to an ulcer and will diminish what you do.
ReplyDeleteYes, the Break Up episode is my favorite episode!! Every song they chose was just amazing
ReplyDeleteSweetheart, I love your blog and there is absolutely nothing wrong! I follow through e-mail (all my favs are followed through email so I don't miss a single post). Previous people could be right, this is a shorter month so take that into consideration. Just keep up the good work and ignore those damn stats!
ReplyDeleteI think that the quality of your manicures has only been going up. I can't think of anything that has been a turn off. I follow you via GFC mostly and a little on Facebook. I read the posts in my Google reader, whereas I used to read them on my iphone, so hopefully it still shows as a page view when I use the reader. And yes, there are a lot more blogs to keep up with than there used to be. But I don't follow blogs unless I will actually read them. If I miss a day or two, I still go back and read those that I have missed.
ReplyDeleteI also read your blog (and *all* blogs I follow) through Google Reader, and unless I actually click through to your website, you won't see it as a page view. (I do click through a few times a month).
ReplyDeleteHowever, if you look at the numbers in detail, you've actually *increased* the views:
January: 55k views for 58 posts = 948 views per post
February: 49k views for 44 posts = 1113 views per post
So it's gone up in real terms. QED.
lol - thank you angel :) xx
DeleteGreat post! I love all the soundbites. You have a great sense of humour - re pic "borrowing" "theft" etc. "The owner of the website called it a "mistake", but I'm still a bit fuzzy on how you mistakenly remove someone's watermark." Touché
ReplyDeleteAs for page views being down, I can't explain it, but I have noticed even the participation in the FB Nail Polish groups is kinda slow lately - I am chalking it all up to the end-of-winter-funk, and think that we will all be popping again here in a bit! Nope, nothing you are doing wrong, you are as fabulous as always! <3
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