Cute or Custard?

Yesterday, I proudly paraded a new nail colour by M&S in what I thought was a perfectly spring-like shade of yellow, "Lemon". It went on easily, dried quickly, and looked fashion forward and edgy. I thought. However, far from attracting praise and admiration, I was stopped in my tracks by a damning report delivered from my sister; "looks like you stuck your hands in birds-eye custard". Hm. So, I re-grouped, removed and started a-fresh. And then, as I picked out a second choise shade, "Ice To Meet You" by Leighton Denny (a sort of pearlised-gone-wrong dirty yellow), it hit me. Following A/W10's every-so-slightly grubby greys, this season's nail colours are actually just a little bit gross. Take Denny's gunky green "Inside Scoop", a slightly snotty shade of the much-loved secondary colour, or Orly's violent "Old School Orange". And so I wonder. With such ubiquitous colours taking the beauty counters by storm, how long before we all succumb to custard-nail syndrome?