Orange You Glad It's Friday?
The other night I determined it was high time for an appointment at the local nail salon. Since breaking my foot earlier this summer I had not been able to enjoy my usual summer pedicures and so it was high time. And what the heck, why not a manicure while we're at it.
I made my way over to the salon after work and was greeted in the customary way "PICK A COLOR". After perusing their candy colored collection I picked up a pretty pink/coral color and turned it upside down since half of the fun of picking a name colors is the funky color names. This particular label was smudged and unreadable but I could make out a few letters and deduced it was Cajun Shrimp, one of my favorite summer colors! And so we were off.
I'm not going to lie, I feel bad for the nail technician. Going most of the summer without a pedicure, especially for me, creates a harrowing amount of work for a nail tech. I'm going to conjure up this image again and believe me when I say it was pretty close to that.
But what's important is NOW my feet (and hands) look fabulous.
Anyway as I was enjoying the foot bath whirlpool the woman sitting next to me complimented me on the color I had chosen. She asked me what it was and as I casually replied "Cajun Shrimp" the nail technician also replied "Atomic Orange".
Say what?
I looked at the bottle and sure enough it said "Atomic Orange" plain as day. So either the bottles got switched before she did my nails...or I had a brain spasm and picked up the wrong bottle. Or else I misread the words "Cajun Shrimp" to say "Atomic Orange". They're similar enough, right?
A closer look at my nails, even in the dimly lit salon, did indeed confirm that they were kind of orangey but my fingernails were already done and I didn't want to have a clashing color on my toes so I told her just to go ahead with the Atomic Orange.
Then when I left the dimly lit salon, I was confronted with just how orange they are. As orange as a pumpkin on acid. Orange like a setting sun.
Orange like, say, an orange koosh ball and fake goldfish (What, I like to have toys on my desk)
ORANGE.
Weirdly enough, I actually think it's growing on me.
11 comments:
The great thing about summer is you can get away with fun colors. Live it up before the winter descends and we have to be all conservative again ;)
Cajun Shrimp is my favorite!! It's what I almost always have in the summer (though right now the toes are a 4-week old french pedicure).
Though I have to say that Atomic Orange is really fun...
OMG
That photo just made me burst out loud...I am CERTAIN your lovely elf like feet weren't that bed. ;)
Love this story.
I'm sure the orange looks marvelous on you...
However, I must take issue with your definition of the customary nail salon greeting.
It's actually "pick a color HONEY"
Enjoy your nails and toes!
peace,
kath
Orange is the new black!!
What says "summer fun" better than orange? I think it's perfect!
It's always good to try something new, even though you didn't think you were! Enjoy!
Just came across your blog - you are hilarious! I'm surprised your greeting included the word "a." Mine is usually "PICK COLOR."
And kudos to you on getting a decent shot of the color. I can appreciate how difficult it is to get a good "hand shot." These are the best results I could come up with after about, oh, 50 tries on 15 different settings:
http://hdandqb.blogspot.com/2008/07/white-nails.html
Will definitely continue reading, keep us laughing!
Hot damn, that's bright! But really cute for summer!
I'm digging the orange. (Boy howdy, yeah!) To me, orange is a "different choice" as far as polish colors go. So you might as well make sure it's noticeable. (But heck! I'm a guy. What the hell do I know?)
However, I'm a wee bit disappointed that you didn't include a pic of your newly pedicured (and apparently tanned) toes.
Love the color :)
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