Confessions of a fashion writer
A bottle of black polish landed on my desk today.
Super shiny. Super black.
Black is the trendy shade of the moment, which I wrote about recently in the Sunday Living section, and as much as I want to embrace dark nails, I just can’t give in to black polish.
Dark polish is a nice change from summer’s lighter shades of pale, plus it’s an inexpensive and easy way to look current while letting everyone know you follow the trends but aren’t a slave to them. Plenty of women are sporting short dark nails and most of them look oh-so modern.
Me, I’m still wearing pastel pink.
I can’t stand chips and when dark polish starts to wear, it looks really ugly, really tacky. I want to go dark, but if I do I’ll constantly be staring at my nails, looking for the first telltale sign of a chip — and with my luck it would probably show up in a day or two. Then I wouldn’t be able to get that polish off fast enough.
Even as I write this I notice that my nails are in need of a little attention.
The nail polish looks less than fresh and upon closer inspection I can see that the pale color is starting to wear at the tips.
See what I mean? I’m already looking at my nails instead of carefully choosing words that will make you think I’m clever and engaging.
A new bottle of dark ruby polish sits on my bathroom vanity. It’s what I plan for my toes, but I’m still undecided about my finger nails.
At least with pale polish, chips aren’t easily seen. I guess I just don’t want to hassle with removing dark polish and repolishing, especially if my walk on the dark side is going to be short-lived.
I recently read that Rimmel’s polish with Lycra stays on a full week, and at least according to one reviewer, looks as good on day seven as day one.
Maybe I’ll try it, unless I get sidetracked by a pretty pastel.
The point of this confession: Just because I write about fashion and beauty doesn’t mean I don’t wrestle with decisions — big and small, trivial and not. Just like you.
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