The Black Nail polish

The Black Nail polish
Date: Nov 2, 2009
After many reminders (read that as threats) today my roommate finally polished my nails black. I had always wanted this color on my nails but was hesitant to buy one for myself because my dad hated black. (I’m sure even now someday thanks to Skype, if he sees my nails black he would freak!). My Grandma hates it too. And my mom well, she doesn’t have much choice but to agree to my Dad and granny on this. In my house “Black” is the color meant only for funerals!!!
But being a rebel that I was since my childhood days I have managed to get what I like. While I was at Infosys most of my shopping for clothes would have to be for the black beauties. T-shirts, Kurtis, even Skirts I would try to match one black piece with the other. At times my mom would really wonder if my new purchase was any different from the old one because this one’s full sleeves and the previous one was half! I used to convince her that black made me look thin and had little bit of my research ready on that too. Once I even came across a sign that read ‘Fashion for healthy people’ which had most of their stuff in black and that’s when I told my mom “There you go… hence proved!”
So coming back to my new obsession ‘The Black Nail polish’ I did wonder what guys would think about it, but I gave up when a guy sitting next to me in class asked me “What’s with all you gals wearing black nail polish? Is this some kind of Cult practice or something?” (It so happened that we 4 gals Priyu, Rashmi, Shivangi and me happened to wear the same shade. Or rather I should say it was a planned coincidence.) I just replied back “Well you know Halloween was around the corner and we celebrated it too well!” For which he pretended he didn’t hear it and repeated “Oh! Well it would have been much cooler u know if it was some sorta cult practice!” Well guys sorry to disappoint you but it is not! And for those who think black nail polish looks tacky, welcome to the new world. It’s about time we appreciate the color in its other forms other than just Back Shirts, Pants, Suits, Dresses and Shoes.
And as much as I love my cute little black nails now I also plan to try out the ‘Fire engine Red’ or maybe ‘Chocolate Brown’ for a change. I think it’s about time we get out of the “Pink” mode and try out other colors. It takes guts after all to do something as unconventional as this. Did I just sound like a freak with weird, insane choices? Hell! What good life is if everything has to be perfectly sane all the time?