Tuesday's Outfit

Dress: Anthropologie
Necklace: 54" Pearl Necklace

Purple Suede Shoes: Fornarina

"Sex Color" - Did She Really Just Say That??

Hello, my name is Erica and I am an addict….a Manicure Addict. I love the look of freshly painted nails. So shiny; so deliciously glossy. Nail polish is a highly under-rated accessory and I LOVE that my best friend works for a large nail polish company. Each time we see each other, she showers me with the hottest trends in polish. Rad, you’re the best!

Back to my addiction….Every 5 days or so, I head to Ann’s Nails (24 Maiden Lane – FiDi), the home of the $8 bulletproof manicure. I love walking up the squeaky old steps to the 2nd floor and into the salon. I yell “manicure” and the woman says 3 of my favorite words - “pick a color.” The moment I gaze up at the wall of color, I am in heaven. Rows and rows of eye-popping colors. So many choices, so many possibilities. I usually have an idea of what color I want before I walk in, but the second I see the wall, I lose all train of thought and scan each row for the perfect color.

So this time, I picked out bright red. Red is a color I visit every few weeks. Nothing screams “dang my nails look great” like good old-fashioned blood red. As the woman finishes my base coat and starts on the first coat of red, she stops and looks up at me. What came out of her mouth next put me in total shock. I actually thought – Did she really just say that??

The manicurist said “sex color”.
I responded with a big fat “WHAT?!”
She then repeats herself and says “SEX COLOR”.

Okay, so I quickly scanned my brain for things that rhyme with sex. Nope…it didn’t sound like “T-Rex”. It definitely didn’t sound like “Mex” or “Chex” or anything else other than “SEX”. I felt my face turn the color of my polish. I thought she was calling me promiscuous for wearing such a classic color. Then the manicurist next to her said “her English is not good. She means ‘sexy color’ (pronounced like seeexxxxyyyyy). “ Okay, SEXY color, not SEX color. Phew…I let out a sigh of relief. For a second there, I thought I’d have to abandon Ann’s Nails. But, sexy color - I can dig that. When she finished I thought – my nails certainly look sexy…that’s for damn sure.