Before New York Fashion Week last month, I got my first manicure in nearly five months. I got that one, of course, just before the last New York Fashion Week in September.
Essie “Perennial Chic,” $9, available here.
I think my nail technician was a little alarmed when I broke the news to her, but I could be reading into it too much: Im someone who used to paint her nails every single Sunday without fail for years, only stopping recently because, well, I just ran out of time and got sick of having to reserve half-hour blocks during the week to take care of touch-ups.
I generally keep my hands in fair shape anyway, but the last few months of never wearing a color have conditioned me to sort of, uh, hate colored nail polish. I never thought Id get here, but here I am.
So I conducted a sweeping search for the most perfectly boring polish I could find. Seriously, the more boring, the better (and, in my opinion, the chicer). I recently landed on this classic from Essie called, appropriately, “Perennial Chic. ”
Its a really excellent, nude for my olive-y skin tone, and it might just convince me to start wearing nail polish with some regularity again. In the meantime, Ill hold onto it for those occasions in which I need to have my nails painted – i. e. , for the next fashion month.
