Follow the Rainbow
For a person who doesn’t really wear much nail polish (I do wear it on my toes, but I only change it about once a month), I certainly own quite a few bottles – around 30, I believe, despite giving them away on a regular basis. So why would I need so many? The answer has suddenly become obvious to me: I need them so that I can construct a nail polish rainbow, in support of the US Supreme Court’s decision on same sex marriage.
I realize that I am a bit late to the party, but I’m so impressed with this hidden meaning of my polish collection that I’m going to share this regardless. I do think it would have looked more aesthetically pleasing if it had all been Chanel, but I could not find my bottle of Mimosa and the only blue Chanel polish I have is back in Tallinn. (I could, however, easily do a loooong greige rainbow, from beige to grey and back again.)
As it stands, the rainbow is pretty representative of my polish habit – I do have a few from Deborah Lippmann, & Other Stories and Ciate, but mostly I’m using the brands on the picture. By and large, I prefer Chanel for the colours and YSL for the brush and the formula. Dior is hit-and-miss, some of the polishes are excellent, but the beautiful Porcelain on the picture is a nightmare to apply. Essie is my favourite budget option, their tone range is truly impressive.
The main reason I don’t wear polish as much as I’d like is that I really am not good at painting my nails. But I like the idea of nail polish: it’s democratic, easy and cheerful. If you don’t dare to wear yellow or turquoise clothes (or hair), purple nails might be doable. It’s an opportunity for being a slightly more colourful, slightly braver person. Not totally unlike supporting gay marriage, come to think of it.
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Isn’t it always wonderful when you discover that what might otherwise seem to be irrational turns out to actually have a deeper meaning and is highly relevant in so many ways? I am certain that by collecting nail polish you were a harbinger of SCOTUS’s decision, and reveals that you are truly prescient. This bodes well for you!
Would you believe that I can’t wear nail polish? Once again, I reveal a quirk. When I wear nail polish, my fingers feel like little clubs. Heavy and unwieldy.
Holly, I believe there is even more to it than me being prescient – it seems likely to me that my careful and tireless work in assembling such a diverse polish collection has directly fascilitated this SCOTUS decision! Through some cosmic mechanism of affinity, I influeced their minds and if I had not bought that bottle of yellow YSL polish, the world would be a difeferent place today.
Therefore I’m especially sad that you cannot wear nail polish. With me it’s the opposite – when my nails are done, I feel automatically pulled together and much more elegant. I just cannot be bothered most of the time.
THIS is why I read your blog every morning since I discovered it…….thought it was time to say so! Your world, geographically, culturally, etc, is very different from mine, and I love seeing and thinking about things from a different point of view. This post, and Holly’s witty remark made me laugh…..and think. I am still amazed that those ‘people in power’ had the courage to make the fair and honest and humane decision, but the cynic in me thinks it was only because there was no money involved. Now, if they would only do the fair and honest thing about our extremely dishonest health care system.
On a lighter note, I have a day off and am going to the big city, in my favorite ‘Ladies who lunch’ ensemble, for a visit to the art museum and perfume exploring/ shopping. I may even buy some nail polish, haven’t worn any in years. Cheers!
Dear Avonne, thank you for reading and commenting! I sincerely appreciate when people take the time to give feedback, it’s a constant source of joy for me (Holly deserves a special award for keeping my spirits up during a very stressful time I’m having).
On the SCOTUS decision – I’m sure there can be all sorts of motives and reasons for this and not all of them entirely pure and it’s not the end of the struggle, etc etc, but it makes me extremely happy anyway. In Estonia, we have been through extremely vicious partnership law and migration debates recently and I’m just glad that some things are moving in the right direction and will hopefully encourage people elsewhere. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for your health care system, too.
Enjoy your day off and do report back – your plans sound excellent!