Split Personality

We’re talking nail colour here.  I know, I know, the world is falling apart and I’m spending hours pouring over pages of magazines looking for the latest hues that will inspire this girl to get out of bed in the morning. While for most ladies’ nail color or nail care is an after thought, I’ve developed a serious addiction over the past few years. I’ve been stalking the aisles waiting for the release of the coveted shade of the season. They say that the cosmetic industry benefits from recessions in the economy. “The lipstick effect”, where smaller luxuries are spent in lieu of more expensive purchases such as runway wear and jewelry. Whether or not my affliction with the hunt is coincidental, I’m not here to talk about the psychological effects of a slump in the economy. Onto the love affair.
 Summer 08 it was Moon Over Mumbai.

Spring '08

 It was the beginning of my love affair with grey nail shades. I searched for three months for this color. Happened to stumble upon it and happened to make my day.

 

 

Fall 08 was a trickier situation. The France Collection came out and I found the grey I had been searching for all my life. You Don’t Know Jacques! No, no I’m not scolding, it’s the name of the shade. Absolutely fell in love. Scoured, and I mean turned over every rock and searched high and low on every grocery, boutique and online virtual shelf. Finally, I broke down and ordered on line for a polish that ended up costing more in shipping than the actual bottle itself. I can’t stop wearing it.

You Don't Know Jacques!

My darling of a Man gave me guff for it until he witnessed on three separate occasions the applaud of my nail color choice. I got the last laugh on those days. On the latest occasion, an interior designer friend commented on my choice and even named the collection name and shade! I felt like a queen of nail color for a moment.

For Spring 09 I’m going for a blush on the finger tips look. The time of year always encourages me to put away the black. Time for WHITE! Beige, Nude, Tan, anything mono-chromatic and light. This is where Polar Bare from the Canadian Collection comes into my life. I can’t help but revel in being a girl with this shade adorning my tips. This shade has been discontinued and I am happy to sport the latest non-fad shade. This girl likes to march to the beat of her own drum. To my dismay – sort of – and to continue in my picks of choice nail color – CHANEL has Django as an offering from their own collection.

Django

*sigh. On the rosy side of things- at least I’m in tune with Chanel in color palette, no?


There you have it. A confession I have been keeping to myself all these seasons. I think I’ll be able to live with myself as long as I’ve got Jacque – or my good friend the Polar Bare.

~ by Stephanie Fraide on January 20, 2009.