Colour me sexy-the red nail polish myth.



Lady in red...

 Laying in bed while my boyfriend gets his anime fix. My mind begins to travel back as the heat in the blanket begins to slowly roast my toes. The year is 2007 and I am a first year res student at T.U.T. I have painted my finger nails a blood red and am in the res elevator with two seniors. Out of nowhere my trail of thought is interrupted by one of the seniors:'Oh my gosh Madice(res nickname)! Red nail polish? You look like a prostitute.' Whoa but can that girl just take a pill and stop shattering the dream of I deem as beautiful? That elevator ride did not last forever but what she said stayed with me, I realise, for many years. In my year of innocence I did NOT want to be mistaken for a street walker! Now, fast forward to a few years later and I still haboured a fear that red nail polish would make me seem 'classless'. I mean, I saw many women whom I admired wear that infamous red colour but pushing through the prison of words that my senior had incarcerated me in was quite the battle. Fast forward to today, lovely anime-addicted boyfriend, warm blankie and red nail polish on my nails-YES, RED NAIL POLISH! :-D You see, I learned that red is more than a colour. Red is the courage to be noticed from across the room even when you may not want the attention, the lingerie for your hands and for me, the power to find your own sexy. Hmmmmm, just might wear this colour for two weeks straight.