For those of you who have nail polish blogs, how did you come up with your blog name? Did you consider other possible blog names? Did you get anyone's opinion?
I considered "Nails, A Little on the Trashy Side," but hubby didn't like that, the name or the idea of trashy nails. I also considered "Nails: Classy to Trashy" or something like that. I had relatively conservative manicures my whole life until I became glitter-crazy last year, and crazy about holo polish, magnetic polish, blue and green polish, etc. I tossed the "trashy" names around in my head for a few days.
The day I started my blog, I sent a text to my husband with possible blog names. "Lacquer-Loving Lawyer" was the first name on the list. I had not thought of it before, but I liked the name from the moment I came up with it. Other possible names I included in the text message were "Legal Lacquer Love," "Nails In and Out of Court," and "In-House Polish Counsel." I also considered "Crested Dog Mom's Nails" because I am crazy about our two Chinese crested hairless dogs, and "Crested Dog Mom" was my Google profile name, and I had commented on nail polish blogs with that profile name. I still read all the blogs I follow as "Crested Dog Mom" through the Google Reader connected to my "Crested Dog Mom" profile.
So, tell me how you came up with your blog name!
The first name I came up with was 'You've Got Nail', but there was already a blog with that name. Then I came up with 'Nailed It, but I counted about 7 different blogs with variations on that. I also tossed around 'Variations on a Theme' and 'Beyond French', but those didn't sound like nail blog names to me.
ReplyDeleteFinally I came up with Globe & Nail, which is a play on the name of the Canadian newspaper 'The Globe & Mail'. Since I also love travelling, I thought it fit nicely :)
I *love* "You've Got Nail!" Too bad it was taken. I was really surprised that no one had taken my name, either, or an e-mail address like mine.
DeleteI really like Globe & Nail, too! That's a very clever play on words!
Ooh I like In House Polish Counsel lols
ReplyDeleteI initially wanted to use my name, as in Absolutely Alice but then that was already taken so I opted to use my semi-part time knick name lol I wanted something that didn't obligate me to just post about nails, it's a blog about me, and what I love....so it's pretty much absolutely me! I'm pretty bummed I couldn't use Alice but oh wells..lols I had a slow start on blogging so you lose out lol
I think that was really good thinking, not making the blog name nail polish specific so that you could post about other things, too. I think Absolutely Cee is a very cute blog name, though. Cee has a higher cuteness quotient than Alice. ;-)
DeleteVarnished Valkyrie... It was an obvious choice. Seriously though I maybe had one other potential name. Valkyries are just plain amazing. And it went well with Varnished. Well at least I think so :P
ReplyDeleteI love the alliteration, and I love the image it brings to mind. When I first started following your blog, the name made me remember you better.
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