Well, I pretty much lost my interest in posting, but my motivation has been restored (see comments on previous post).
Let's start with my all time favorite topic: my nails!!
So to back track on my previous manicures...after dune road, my color of the week was Glorious Glow. The second Emma started to put this on me I hated it. Too many things going on; all this shimmery green and yellow, very mermaid, very tacky. I love iridescence, but on my nails: trash-ville.
During that week I came to a realization, I was paying $25 for a manicure every week, my polish was chipping 2 days later, and my nails were breaking. Elegant nails mine were not. The solution: time to get the fakes.
I have really been trying to avoid this, due to the overwhelming majority of women who make them look nasty, thus giving them a bad connotation, but then I remembered the women at the apple geek bar whose artificials were absolutely luminous; my stepmom, who keeps hers short and sweet; and finally, D who sits next to me at work, always keeps her nails looking great, and is a wondrously fabulous creature. So after some discussion with her, I took myself to get gel nails.
Since my decision was spur of the moment, I hadn't brought along a polish. (Don't you find that when you decide to do something, you have to do it now, and waiting is worse than death?) I took this opportunity to try OPI's Bubble Bath, which I have heard is the color Giada de Laurentis uses, and if you know who she is, you know how amazing her hands always are.
My verdict: the color would be beautiful on my natural nails, but the gel's require different hues. During the week I took off the color and tried Essie's Pound Cake: yuck, it was soooo streaky!! As soon as it dried, I took it off and started over. Allure was my next victim, it is too clear for the fakies, you could see my natural nail through the gel and what not, I am keeping this, I will have to re-evaluate it some other time.
And now to the present: Yesterday, I got my fill-in, they are short and slim, just like I wanted. I used the last color from my list: Spaghetti Strap. This is another color with the same fate as Bubble Bath, I think it will be great on my toes, but it is too weak for the gels. My muse for perfect nails, is the above mentioned lady at the Mac store. She was wearing a beautiful floor length white gauzy skirt, simple white tank top, beautiful brushed gold jewelry, and then the nails, they were just radiating moonlight. She was the essence of boho-chic, and yes this woman and her style really made a lasting impression on me.
I think that limo-scene, marshmallow and minimalistic will most likely lead me into my dreamy ideal.
I can't believe I am ready to enter Phase 2 of my polish quest: the re-evelation of all the ones that made it past Phase 1. Of course there will also be Phase 3, which will most likely overlap Phase 2, involves the purchase of new colors, as Essie comes out with 6 new shades every three months. I already want It's in the Bag from the fall collection, and Pink Ribbon which supports Breast Cancer.
stay tuned for more updates on different topics and other musings...
