What's in a finish? - Glass Fleck
Hello everyone. Today on the what's in a finish series I have the Glass Fleck finish. A glass fleck polish has small particles of glitter often mixed in a jelly base. The small particles give the illusion of pieces of glass floating in the polish.
A flakie top coat is an example of a larger particle glass fleck finish. Although it is not the only type of polish to be classified as a glass fleck.
Glass fleck polishes have a very smooth finish with lots of sparkles. Usually, sheer, they can have a duo-chrome, a multi-chrome or iridescent look.
China Glaze 108 degrees from the Island Escape collection summer 2011 |
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ReplyDeleteYou asked/hoped for sidebar critique on WPNFF. Before I give you that, I have to comment on the first thing I noticed...
- Your blog name and the navigation bar above are a bit jarring! The bright, crayola-crayon red is eyeball searing against the grey. Now, I *love* your color scheme otherwise. The grey with a pop of red is totally doable. My suggestion:
- Consider going with a deeper red (maroon, burgundy...) for your blog name and navigation bar links. Basically a deeper version of what you're using for links right now.
- Then, make the background for your navigation bar a lighter grey. I'd suggest the same color as you're using for your blog background. That will make those links "flow" into your design.
Now, what you wanted: The Sidebar!!
- Make your Widget labels/titles bigger. Things like "About Me", "Followers", "Blog Archive" need to pop! Just make your font bigger on those. =)
- Center align them! This makes a world of difference. Check out my blog for how I'm implementing it. Here is a tutorial on how to get the titles centered:
http://www.inspirationsbyd.com/2013/01/how-to-center-gadget-titles-on-sidebar.html
And then get whatever content you can centered:
http://www.thepixelboutique.com/2012/04/15-minutes-to-a-prettier-blog-aligning-sidebar-widgets/
- Down at the bottom of your sidebar you have various badges, which look to be square images, but they are all different sizes. Get these to be a uniform size by going into your HTML and adjusting the img src tag. I'm going to use my "grab my button code" as an example:
(Can't post actual HTML - each { } set would be < >)
{a href="http://www.PrincesslyPolished.com/"} {img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gt9x_VKIzs8/UP3YTcic81I/AAAAAAAABIg/wyx7k2JbEhU/s300/Button.png" HEIGHT="150" WIDTH="150" /}{/a}
See the height and width values after the image URLs? You can add those in and adjust the # of pixels to your choosing. Pick something that fits into your sidebar, and perhaps set those buttons up in a grid style!
I really hope this helps! If you need more help try searching the web for tutorials or get ahold of me. ^-^
Thank you! I have played around with the red color quite a bit on my blog and cant seem to get it just right. I agree that it's a bit jaring. I never thought to senter the titles of my widgets so thats a great suggestion. I'll have to play around a bit on ym day off and see if I can get things to be the same size. Thanks for your help!
DeleteYou're welcome, and I love what you just did with your header! ;D I swear reds and pinks are the hardest thing to get looking right on websites, haha. Have fun tweaking your layout. =)
DeleteThanks! I was able to get a few things worked on before heading in to work today. I have some stubborn images that just dont want to center for me....yet. Now I have to google how to make the widget titles bigger. Your sugestions have been very very helpful. I think its starting to look better already.
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