My guilty secret...

I have been wearing nail polish on my nails almost continuously since last April.  I know it was April because thats when I went for a manicure whilst I was on holiday.  I had my nails painted a beautiful orange colour (Jessica's Mardi Gras) and I was hooked.  Before that I had dipped in and out of using nail polish, I went through phases of wearing a few colours and then I stopped for a while.  However since April I started expanding my polish collection and wore a different colour at least twice a week without giving my nails much of a polish free break.

All this has therefore done a bit of a number on my nails.  For the last few weeks I have started noticing that when I take my nail polish off my nails have been slightly discoloured.  Not just discoloured - orange!!  I don't have white tips, I have orange ones!

Here they are in all their naked glory...

I don't know whether it is a particular polish that has stained them, or whether it is just mistreatment by myself.  I wanted to try lemon juice to lighten them, but the only thing I had in the house was Jif Lemon to squeeze on pancakes which did nothing!!  I imagine you are supposed to use real lemons!

My plan is to let my nails breathe for a couple of days just to see if the colour will fade.  I also plan to leave a day or so between polishes just to give my nails more of a break in the future.

So let this be a warning, too much nail polish makes your nails look like you have been Tangoed!

I'll keep you updated on the orange situation!

Until next time,
Lealea x