A Classic Look--Red Nailpolish

Nailpolish has all of a sudden become a HUGE thing in the fashion world. I jumped on the bandwagon the summer before starting college. I went from being the girl who barely knew what a cuticle was to one following nail blogs, walking to CVS to get new colors every other week, and having failed attempts at nail art.

I've done all the funky, trendy colors, but sometimes I just want to go back to the basics: red.

Right now I'm wearing Essie in "Forever Yummy". It's fire-engine red that reminds me of all the red dresses celebrities have been wearing this year at award shows. If I could rock the red lip trend, my lipstick would be this color.

Still, spring is coming soon and my favorite red nail polish isn't going look as nice when the flowers start coming up and the snow melts. I really love the new red that is in Essie's Spring Collection, "Ole Caliente", pictured above. Essie describes it as a red/orange color, but in the bottle it looks red/pink to me. Perfect combination between my two favorite colors!

I also own this red from OPI's 2010 Winter Collection, which had a Switzerland theme, called "So Hot it Berns". Really, when I think of Switzerland I don't think of hotness or red at all, but whatever...OPI just needs to keep up their puns, I guess, even if they don't make any sense. This is more of a brighter, tomato red and makes a statement whenever I wear it.

I was disappointed to find out that China Glaze's upcoming Hunger Games collection won't have any reds in it. Apparently OPI is making a Spiderman collection to tie in with the movie...and that doesn't have any reds in it either. I mean, really. Spiderman is red. When I think of Spiderman, I think red...not green, or white, or any of the other weird colors they have in that collection. 

The point is, I'm a sucker for reds and I'm looking for more. Anyone have any suggestions?

--Becky