WAUF… The Crumpet?

Why Aren't You Following... ? was conceived by Curly Polish as an attempt to help polishaholics put a face to the nails! Sometimes in our FB polish groups we don’t really connect those beautiful talons with the person behind them – often one who blogs! It is hoped that this series of posts will help polishaholics get to know new blogs and rediscover old ones by means of twelve succinct questions. Most of all, this series is designed to give a shout out to all the bloggers I admire the most – both big-time and small fry :-)

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Welcome to the very first edition of WAUF! I'm so excited to start this feature and hope y'all enjoy it! Let’s get down to business - today I talk to Debbie of The Crumpet! :-)

Name: Debbie Crumpet

Blog: The Crumpet

Since: Well, the blog started in February 2011, but the nail blogging didn’t start ‘til about the July of 2011.

GFC followers (at time of writing): 1,802 (called 'Crumpeteers'!!! Love it haha)

Signature bloggism: I don’t know! I don’t think I have a signature hand pose, but when I take my photos, I do cycle through about eight set “poses”. I do some swatching (mainly indies), some nail art and some stamping, and I’m a self-declared splodger. How would you recognise a Crumpet manicure? Either a stray bit of clean up I’ve missed or because it’s got purple or glitter in it!

Fav brand: This is such a hard question.  I don’t know that I have one fav. Currently I’m loving KIKO and I support Barry M dearly. Indie-wise, there’s just sooooo much to choose from.

Fav colour: Purple – duh lol. I’m also very partial to orange these days, and I can always squeeze in a good red or a calming blue.

Fav nail art technique: Splodging!!  Lol.  I like random art styles.  I love splatter manis, partly because you really have no idea what you’re going to end up with !

Fav blog: I admire lots of bloggers, and there’s lots who have inspired me. I pin all my favourite blogger manis to pinterest (link to Debbie's pinterest below). I guess Chalkboard Nails really stretched what I thought a nail blogger could do, and she is the holy grail for me – her standards are soooo high, whereas I’m more the “argh, that’ll do/no one will notice” girl!

Would still like to try: I’ve done most techniques, but there are still a few out there. I think more than anything I need to get BETTER – I’m not as precise with a brush as I would like to be, so much as I would like to be a one-stroke genius, that isn’t going to happen until I control my art brushes better.

One fact we may not know about you/your blog: That it wasn’t supposed to be a nail blog. EVER. It started life as an outlet for my writing, and I think I thought I would do random posts – opinion pieces, best ofs – and it would feel quite magazine-y. I think that’s why some of my non-polish pieces are so popular, because for me it’s mostly about the writing, and the nails are slooooowly catching up!

When not painting my nails you’ll find me... : Hhhhhmmm. I am at heart a bookworm. If I won the lottery, I would spend my days reading (in a shady hammock), writing, buying polish and eating extremely tasty but non-calorific food. I love my food, and music, and pretty things. Oh and stationery. And nice scents. I’m a Clinique Aromatics or lavender girl.

"The mani I'm proudest of... everything about it just worked."

Why I follow her: Debbie Crumpet is the matriarch of the polish world. She provides a haven for initiates to the colourful cult of polish, she's a guide for newbie bloggers, she's real - a nail blogger who isn't afraid to show some flaws - and she's got incredible artistic flair. Not only that, but she is funny and has the sort of blog you want to read; I'm pretty sure I've never just skipped through to look at photos on a Crumpet post! Finally, she loves one of my favourite nail colours (purple!) and has a marvellous collection of Crows Toes that I love to look at :-)


So tell me... why aren't you following The Crumpet?!

How to follow Debbie:

Blog: www.the-crumpet.com

FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Crumpet/124523500970843
Instagram: http://inst.ag/u/thecrumpet1/
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/thecrumpet/

Tumblr: The1Crumpet

Twitter: @thecrumpet1

Debbie is also in charge of a ton of groups on FB, my fav being Crumpet's Nail Tarts.

Thanks for reading this week’s WAUF! Tune in this time next week for more blogger introductions :-)

‘Til next time :-)

- Skye x

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***Disclaimer***
These are not the only ladies I follow, or the only people whose blogs/nails I love. I don’t prefer any one of these blogs over the other because I like them all for different reasons. If you haven’t been contacted (yet), it doesn’t mean I don’t love you! Also: if you don’t have a blog but you have lovely nails, I may be in touch at some point, but I don’t know how to make an entire post about a non-blog right now :-) Finally, please remember that my preferences may be different to yours. This is meant to be a fun series! I adhere to the Thumper principle: if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. Keep smiling guys and girls :-)