The Mock Turtle

Those all look aces, baa.

I’m just going my nails at the moment but they really look shit because:

a) I trimmed them really short yesterday because:
i) I was cleaning everything under the sun; and
ii) they were starting to hurt at the nail bed due to them being really tough from psoriasis, which usually happens as they get longer;
b) I managed to tear part of a nail off this afternoon trying to unjam my shredder,
c) the varnish I’ve removed from just before Christmas seems to have stained them; and
d) the varnish I’m replacing it with (one coat in so far) has gone really streaky and claggy.

I’m persevering, but no-one else is gonna see these beauties.

That’s such a cheerful colour, Wiggle. I’m tempted by something like that tomorrow.

Your Christmas nails are excellent, Baa.

New nails. They’re a bit too pointy for my liking and brighter than I anticipated (she talked me into this one when I was swithering making a decision) so probably not my best choice - but I’ll fix them up next time.

I really like that colour. I'm not muted about my nail choices usually though.

I'm stuck with bloody fairy light nails now until Feb minimum

Est they are a fab colour!

Small! at least they are more subtle than having Santa or Rudolph on them.

I’m quite ambidextrous- I write with my left hand but do everything else (scissor/chopping with knives/tennis and punching people) with my right hand so I think that helps.

I’ve done a huge tidy up of all my polishes now so am going to work through some pretties I forgot I had.

It's not like many people are going to see them anyway I guess!

I love that colour Pov.

I for one, would like to see a picture of this tidy collection. If you have time.

I need to chop my nails off, they're like bloody talons at the moment.

Oh, no, Smal! At least it will be something to look forward to.

Pov, your nails always look excellent!

Love your nails, Pov.

Smalex are yours gel? are you not able to soak them off at home if you wanted to change them yourself?

My nails are a very similar colour to Est's, I must have been vibing summer prematurely when I did them.

They are gel, but with gel underlays, so I've never tried soaking off. TBH, because my nails underneath are never in a great condition, I thought it better last lockdown to just allow them to grow out (I filed them down to keep them manageable)

This is my heavily cut down collection :shame:

I went through them all one by one and binned all the gloopy ones and have also given away a few mixes of colours to friends and loads of nail art bits and bobs to some friends kids as I had an insane amount I wasn’t using really.

Also it has freed up two draws so I’m now going to try and declutter my make up drawers and get them all into that too.

I’ve gone for some cheery rainbows today!

I’m always in awe of your mad skillz, but also your patience!

This is my main (dusty) collection. Not quite as impressive as yours Pov, but pretty good! I also have a few extras which don’t fit on the rack, such as the magnetic ones which have gone out of fashion. I don’t do anything intricate though, I just do just block colours.

Your collection is pleasingly similar bottle shapes though, are they all mostly the same brand (assume you are using gel rather than normal polish?)

I’ve gone for some sparkles and flowers. I’ve been making Friday night my evening for doing something long winded and fancy on my nails, whilst there’s fuck all else to do anyway the greenery is lots of different water decals that I’ve layered.

I love the rainbows!

Those are beautiful. It’s a shame they’re not getting a wider audience.

So pretty