Nail in Fashion
Nails
as any man will tell you, are the focal point of much eroticism. Check
out Uma Thurman in ‘Pulp Fiction’ with her red, red talons. Or Jessica
Rabbit, the ultimate sexual Venus trap, in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’.
The shape, the length, the color of the nails is all clues to the
persona of the wearer.
Nail Tips
are very important for women.Sweet preppy college girls might have
unvarnished oval nails, while club-goers might slather on black or
Chanel Vamp into lone talons. Gently elongated fire engine red ovals
might look ever so tempting for a seductress.
Practicality
rules over all. The shape is softly rounded. The look lies with
medium-sized nails with a French manicure, with clear varnish down the
length and white crescents at the tips (check out the Tips and Toes
Manicure Kit).The colors in vogue are a
trifle more complicated.
It’s red for the night – we are talking pure
fire-engine matte red, the sort of red that makes men go week at the
knees and declares you’re a bad girl. The wishy-washy pinks and purples
which held sway for a bit and the grotesque steel gray,
which became
ubiquitous shade for the wannabe hep cats, have all been relegated to
the back. The neon greens and blues are best left to the teen brigade
where they are slowly crawling down the ladder from hip to has-been. Transparent camels and frosted
sables are the shades to watch out for on toes. These are the shades
they’re showing off in open toed sling-backs in Hollywood. They’re also
wearing matte and opalescent whites. However, since both pale and
pearly nail polish tend to highlight any bumps or ridges, prime nails
with a clear base coat first.Shimmer is so big that Estee
Lauder, Yves Saint Laurent and L’Oreal seem to have got an entire range
to boast of.
These are shades straight from your heart, but with a
twist. Sable with an oil slick effect, or opalescent nail polish with a
petrol sheen (the multicolored rainbow look) are what are giving nails
the hip hop look right now.The surest, softest and the
most chic look amongst the haves is that of sheer coat – the
transparent shines that just lets the soft sheen of gloss show the true
shade of the nail underneath, but this is a look of the grave.
For the
woman who has more chores like cooking and cleaning to be done, such
daredevil bravery is uncalled for…she should get herself a skin tone
matte, or a light peach opalescent. It doesn’t show as much when it
chips.Also, it’s not enough just to
have manicured nails today. The hippest craze is to have them
stenciled, painted, even pierced, so that you don’t see nails in the
same light again.
