Shades of Confusion
As I was standing in front of the nail polish display at a nail salon yesterday, I couldn’t help but wonder how one is to find the right neutral polish with so many shades to choose frome. So many of these neutrals shades are nearly indisguishable to me. Even when I put a trial coat on a nail to see the color, it is still tough to choose as these trial coats look almost the same.
After trying on a few very similar looking polishes on my nails, I decided to go with Essie’s Pretty in Pink polish. The end result was OK but I wasn’t wowed by the polish. So how does one choose a neutral polish that will look good?
According to Real Simple magazine, your skin tone is the key. By looking at the veins on the inside of your wrist and combining that with your skin color (fair, medium, dark or very dark), you can find foolproof polishes. If the veins are green, your skin is considered warm. Cool skin for blue veins.
Armed with this tip, I flipped my right wrist over, eager to see what color are my veins. umm.. I think I need a second or third opinion! I think my veins look blue? No, green? Blue-green? I flip my left wrist over. Blue? ARGH!! I can’t decide if I have cool fair skin or warm fair skin. Sigh. Looks like it’s going to be trial and error for me until I find that right neutral polish.
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Filed under: Nail Polish, Beauty, Patricia, Tidbits on March 23rd, 2008
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