Nail Polish
Feb. 12th, 2022 11:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grayestofghostsWas thinking of getting pink nail polish today and then painted my nails black again, as usual (when I don't go for gray, of course).
There's nothing inherently wrong with pink but I'm thinking that on like the two occasions I've wandered into drug stores in the past two months the nail polish has mostly been disgusting. From what I understand, it sits on the shelves under bright lights and those bright lights fade it pretty quickly and whatever pigments they use in the pinks and purples seem the most volatile and therefore prone to fading. And because of the pandemic they never sell out or there's a supply shortage so they're never replaced and they just sit there getting more and more disgusting, I guess. If I actually wanted one I'd probably have to order online and the cold this season and shipping issues and difficulty with color matching online makes me hesitant to do that for something I really don't need.
There's nothing inherently wrong with pink but I'm thinking that on like the two occasions I've wandered into drug stores in the past two months the nail polish has mostly been disgusting. From what I understand, it sits on the shelves under bright lights and those bright lights fade it pretty quickly and whatever pigments they use in the pinks and purples seem the most volatile and therefore prone to fading. And because of the pandemic they never sell out or there's a supply shortage so they're never replaced and they just sit there getting more and more disgusting, I guess. If I actually wanted one I'd probably have to order online and the cold this season and shipping issues and difficulty with color matching online makes me hesitant to do that for something I really don't need.
