I think I need to stop buying nail polish

Last weekend I bought two lovely Essie polishes - one a kind of murky gray green (Sew Psyched) and one a lovely deep gray-taupe-purple (Merino Cool).*

And then I got a coupon for Barielle polishes, so bought three - Get Mauveing, Putt-E-On-Me, and Belly Dance (they have a buy two, get one free deal).

Then they arrived... 

First, I present to you Putt-E-On-Me v. Merino Cool v. Sally Hansen Commander in Chic (which I already owned):

      

 Obviously, Commander in Chic is a little lighter than the other two, and Putt-E-On-Me may be a teeny bit darker and bluer than Merino Cool (except that Merino Cool pulls darker and bluer than bottle color on my hands). But... yeah. They're kind of all the same color.

Then we have Belly Dance on the left, and Zoya's Pasha on the right (which I already owned):

    
It's a little hard to tell from the promo pic for Belly Dance, but it actually has a lot of silver shimmer in it... just like Pasha.

While I'm at it, I should show you these - Essie Body Language and Color Club Who Are You Wearing?:

   
Yeah. (And I think the Color Club actually looks a bit more lavender than the picture shows.)

So.

On the up side, I clearly know what I like!

But maybe it's time to take a wee break from buying polish until I've identified some other colors I might like.

(Please tell me I'm not the only one who ever does anything like this??)

    

*Of course, the $.99 bottle of grass green polish I bought at the same time was a great investment - I don't own anything else like it, and it looks spectacular on my toes. So much for restraint...**

**Am working on (in my head) a post about the summer and What I Learned On My Summer Vacation Job, but am still too brain dead to do more than goggle at nail polishes.

Comments

[The History Enthusiast]

You're not the only one :) I'm addicted too! Maybe we could swap a polish. I have a Zoya that is a sort of maroon color that I want to get rid of. It is Zoya Marcella, and it looks warmer in person than it does in the picture online, and I need to stick to cooler tones.

[Dame Eleanor Hull]

You are a bad influence. I went out yesterday and bought four bottles of nail polish: blue, green, purple, and pink.

[Katie]

I do the same thing - I have many bottles of what all amount to pale, shimmery pink.

[Lawschoolninja]

Oooh I love that very first color, the kindof taupe-y one? I just bought one yesterday that looks a lot like it. Haven't put it on my nails yet, but if they look as good as that picture, I'll be so happy!

[New Kid on the Hallway]

THE - you know, it's so funny, because I totally should swap away some of my polishes, but as soon as I read that, I thought, "But I want to keep all my virtually-the-same-shade-of-taupe!!" Oh, I need an intervention... (I am a cool-toned person too, although the Marcella looks pretty and would be fun to try. We should negotiate further!)

DEH - I'm so proud to be a bad influence! and those sound great - I'm not very good with blue and green shades (they make my hands look red), but I wish I could wear them more - very cool.

Katie - it's amazing to me how different pale pinks can be! I have a bunch of those, too.

lawschoolninja - great minds think alike! I love taupe-y nail colors (well, obviously...!).

[Dame Eleanor Hull]

I only do my toenails. Can't stand having stuff on my fingernails, but I don't feel it on the toes and I like how it looks.

[huitzilin]

At last. A person who takes her gray nail polish as seriously as it deserves.

[This is Unclear]

I love all of these!

I first bought similar shades from the Sephora line (Under My Trench Coat and Metro Chic) last winter when I was in the archives every day and sick of looking at my sad hands typing on my white white MacBook keyboard. Now I'm addicted. It completely pleases me to no end that you took a break from blogging about school to consider these very important matters! (And now I'm off to splurge on a post-conference pedicure...shh!)

[huitzilin]

I *really* want white toenails, but all the white polishes I've tried have either been translucent (I want opaque) or streaky (I don't want to look like I had my two-year-old do it).

Any suggestions on a good white polish? Not pearly, just white. Think "white-out" with a sheen.