What Color Nail Polish Are You?
Posted by beautyqueen on July 15, 2009
If you were a color of nail polish, what color would you be? Why does it seem that everyone else besides BB Couture think we only wear pinks and reds? Or super pale colors of again pinks and reds and nudes? Yes Kim is having issues again, lol do read on!
I was wondering about a question that I received the other day. Someone asked me if they should be able to wear yellow nail polish? Why not? BUT… if you go by what the fashion gurus say, the answer would be based on your skin tone. Boring!! Not only that, they leave a whole range of super neat trendy nail polish colors out.
These so called fashion gurus base the nail polish color you should be wearing on your skin tone, what you wear in general, what you do for a living or what you are wearing it for. Now I only agree on one part of that. Say if you were going to a black tie event , wearing green nail polish isn’t really the answer unless it goes with the outfit you might be wearing.
So sure sometimes its what you are wearing it for will determine the color of nail polish you should be wearing.
Now who came up with this rule that you only wear dark nail polish during the wintertime, pale colors in spring and brights in the summertime? What happens if you wanted to wear dark nail polish all year round? Does that mean you are out of fashion?
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Also in case you didn’t know, here is the color of nail polish the so called fashion police say you should be wearing..
Nail polish colors based on your skin tone:
Pale shades of nail polish?
Fair skin tone: Try cool, blue-based pale pinks and light berries. Stay away from lavender and yellow-based shades.
Medium to Olive skin tone: Try white-pinks and gold-flecked sheers. Avoid anything with a bluish undertone.
Dark skin tone: Try bright pinks or beige – and yellow-toned sheers. Avoid any color that looks chalky against your skin.
Love wearing Dark nail polishes? ( Great anytime of year!)
Fair skin tone: Try cool deep berries, blood red and plums. Avoid browns and bright purples.
Medium to Olive skin tone: Try rusty browns, orange-based reds and deep maroons. You really need to stay away from berries.
Dark skin tone: Try rich browns, creams and deep plums. Avoid no colors, because everything looks awesome against your skin tone!
OK I got issues with this!! What about shades of greens? Glitters? ME not wear a deep rich brown? Purples of all shades with glitter?? Oh come on Obsession looks amazing against my skin as does Little Deuce Coupe which happens to be OMG a YELLOW!!
Now its question time, and I would really love to hear what you think about this:
1 ~ Do you buy nail polishes because of the name?
2~ Do you wear colors that are very out going because your personality is very out going? (ME!)
3~Are there colors you just won’t wear even if you were following those so called rules by fashion gurus?
Please leave me a comment on your thoughts about this, I really want to hear what you got to say. BTW I am giving away three bottles of BB Couture nail polish. The winner gets a bottle of BB Couture in the color they say they are.
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Lina said,
1.Well sometimes the name of the polish is so fab that you just want it….But for my the most important is how it looks.
2. Yeessss
3. Nope the only color I haven’t tried is yellow, have a hard time seeing me in yellow nails…...
Dee said,
1. Sometimes. Or I refuse to buy nail polish because of the name. I never buy Piggy Polish. Piggy? WTH!
2. I am boring, but I wear out going colors. Except neons, lordy I look bad in neons.
3. According to your notes, as a fair-skinned person I should not wear lavender, yellow (I’m wearing it now!), browns (I own a lot of browns) and bright purple. I like lavender and do wear it, I’m not sure if I have a bright purple yet.
I didn’t know there were rules, I have just worn what I liked. In certain business situations, I pay attention to wearing something that doesn’t scream, however.
beautyqueen said,
I think its depends on the shade of yellow.. I look terrible in pale yellow but can wear a bright sunshine yellow.. Thanks for stopping by and answering my questions!
Kim
beautyqueen said,
I have heard of Piggy Polish, like you its something about the name.. piggies?? And they use pink pigs on their label!
See?? Another person who wears what ever they like, forget the rules..
Now I will admit there are some dark nail polish colors I can’t wear.. and I LOVE wearing dark nail polish.. And again going by rules
OMG never wear deep rich browns.. and and why??
Thanks for stopping by and answering my questions.. Hope you sign up for a chance at three bottles of BB Couture nail polish in the
color you say you are.. lol
Nixxy said,
1. No – but it enhances the experience, so to speak, if it has a good name.
2. No – I’m the opposite, actually! I’m extremely introverted, but wear almost exclusively bright colours, glitters and holos
3. Yes – it seems there’s always an exception to those rules! I wear bright purple all the time!
The rule I go by is: If I wouldn’t wear a t-shirt or buy a car in a certain colour, I don’t wear it on my nails.
beautyqueen said,
I so agree with that last statement of yours! If I won’t wear it in a t-shirt (there are some colors that just make me look ghostly), and cars
well I won’t own a white car that is for sure!! Gray polish doesn’t look good on me but I would buy a car that color.. lol
Thanks for stopping by!
Sabrina said,
1. Nope, Half the time I don’t even look at the name on the bottle. If I like the color, I wear it.
2.I wear colors based on my mood, Or what I know I’m going to be wearing. When I worked at Toys R Us, I knew I would always be wearing Red, so I always got various shades or bright or dark reds and pinks. Now a days, I wear whatever will amuse my son.
3. I’ve never worn a yellow, and I’m not the biggest fan of greens, though I’ve found a few greens in the past that I liked. Oranges and neons are other colors I generally stay away from unless I have a good reason (outfit).
Jake R said,
I would be a deep, shimmery blue! It’s just such a cool and universally interesting color.
But honestly, I think I like all colors of polish, there are a few that I just can’t wear though because being a guy, not all colors that look good on women will work for me.
I love red nail polish! Not for me though. Pink is cool too, but again, not for me.
I am very encouraged to see some nail polish companies actually featuring colors with men in mind. BB Coutour is one that has been leading the trend, and the near-blacks, dark greens, platinums and blues are great for men who want to dress up their nails (feet mostly) a bit.
Answers to your questions:
1) Not always, though some companies just seem to have great colors! I focus more on the color and texture (shimmer, creme, metallic). I love some of the crazy names that OPI comes up with!
2) Oh yeah! A bright orange shimmer, a deep green or blue metallic or even a colored holo are some of my ‘bolder’ colors.
3) As you can probebly tell, I don’t follow the ‘rules’. I don’t wear colors that are more commonly considered to be feminine like red and pink, though I have found a few purples that worked for me. Deep maroon is another one that I really like, than many might not think of as a good color for a guy. Mostly I stick to black and near-blacks, silvers, deeper shades of browns, greens and blues.
beautyqueen said,
My sister of SolSisters says what is missing from a guy’s collection would be a military blue, like what you would wear in the Air Force dressed blues! I thought that would be totally awesome! So yeah you know I told Cindy over at BB Couture about it!
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