Poddington Peas

I did Poddington Peas nails! I'm pretty proud of these ones. As you can see, my hand is bandaged up there so I could only do the one hand. The peas are thumb: Dum-pea; and from the left: Sweet pea, Grump-pea, Zip-pea, and Black eyed pea.

I mixed the greens together to get more shades.
Products used: Blue - Barry M
                       Lightest green (Dump-pea) - Collection 2000 Hot Looks (Mint Mojo)
                       Light metallic green (Zip-pea) - Avon (Limeade)
                       Dark metallic green (Black eyed pea) - Barry M
                       Yellow (Sweet pea's hair) - Barry M
                       Light metallic brown (pastry) - 17 (Toasted Almond)
                       Pink (Sweet pea's bow) - 17 Vintage (Flare)
                       Red (pie filling & Zip-pea's hat) - 2True (No. 24)
                       Black - Rio Nail Art Polish
                       White - Rio Nail Art Polish

Comedy Festival Nails

I did my nails especially for my trip to Edinburgh in August. This is what I came up with; Cheshire Cat!

 There is the possibility that I got 2 new purple polishes and wanted to use them.

Products used: Pale yellow - 17 (Sherbet Lemon)
                       Darker yellow (eyes) - Barry M
                       Pink (ears & nose) - 17 Vintage (Flare)
                       Lightest purple - Avon (Lavender)
                       Mid purple - Collection 2000 Hot Looks (BMX Bandit)
                       Darkest purple - Barry M
                       Black - Rio Nail Art Polish
                       White - Rio Nail Art Polish

POW!

I wanted a bright and colourful design for my summer holiday (to Bristol, but a holiday's a holiday), so I did a rainbow version of Wah Nails' "Pow" design. There are also 2 fairly obscure references in there, 5 points to anyone who can guess them.

 Close up of my left hand...

 And a decidedly blurry not-really-close up of my right hand.

Products used: Yellow - Barry M
                       Orange - Collection 200 Hot Looks (Hip Hop)
                       Red - Nails Inc. (Victoria & Albert)
                       Blue - Barry M
                       Green - Barry M
                       White - Collection 2000 (French White)
                       Black - Rio Nail Art Polish

Lucy's Manicure

My friend Lucy introduced me to Wah Nails (an incredible salon, their designs are the best) and in return I gave her a manicure with two designs inspired by the wonderful Wah. 

The first is Bumble Bees.

 And the second is Cookie Monsters, which is one of my favourite designs. Sorry about the poor lighting.

So thanks to Lucy and to Wah Nails for these.