NOTD: Nails Inc. Bluebell with polka EVERYTHING.

I fancied something bright and cheerful on my nails yesterday to get the week off to a good started and wound up with this array of polka raindrops, polka daisies, polka hearts, and polka dots, which are still looking perfect today.

The base colour is Nails Inc. Bluebell, free with last month's InStyle magazine, used here for my sister's scalloped/cloud tip nails, and a total nightmare to photograph accurately. It's actually a smidge more vibrant than I've managed to capture here, but the great thing is* it's opaque in two coats.

My toenails are plain lemon today (Rimmel Lemon Drop) because I haven't had time to decorate them (yet.) The yellow is actually surprisingly flattering by itself but, typically, I'm itching to jazz it up.

I might take inspiration from Zooey Deschanel's current manicure, the cuteness of which Jill kindly alerted me to this morning:

{source: Zooy Deschanel's Instagram via Jill on Twitter}

Hmmm. Since I would still like to be able to get my shoes on when I've decorated my feet, I think I'll probably have to pass on the giant 3D bows!

* During the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, myself and Himself saw an interview with Prince Charles during which he repeatedly qualified negative experiences by saying "but the great thing was..." before tacking on a positive. At the time we thought it was a hilarious display of British stiff upper lip-ness and it's become a bit of an in-joke, but er actually I have to say I'm also finding it a really helpful counter to my natural pessimism.