Fun

To me beauty and fashion are hobbies. I'm a garden-variety cube slave (office worker) who has the luxury of working in an office where a strictly corporate look is not required, but I'm not immersed in beauty and fashion every day. In light of this, maybe I don't take it as seriously as others may.

For example, take the below picture:



Yes, that's me. With green and gold nails as a symbol as support for the Socceroos at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. I love my soccer football (thanks dad), so for a bit of fun I painted up my nails in OPI's "The It Colour" and "Jade Is The New Black". I was quite pleased with the result (even if the lines were very crooked thanks to my lack of two-tone polish skills) and wore them with pride.

The majority of comments I received about them were very positive - apart from one. I was asked how drunk I was when I did them and it was insinuated that having multicoloured nails was somehow wrong. I was surprised and a little hurt for a few minutes, but then I got to thinking.

Like I said before - I'm not immersed in fashion and beauty all day, every day. I work a full-time job and have a variety of other things going on that take up my time. For me, my fashion and beauty picks are a chance to have a little fun, to experiment with things and ideas and sometimes to be a bit silly. That's me and that's fine. To someone else, being silly with their fashion may not be an option... and while I disagree with it, it's ok. I just feel sorry that they don't get to giggle at themselves when they catch a glimpse of their world cup nails - and hope that there's another part of their life that brings them the fun that a silly manicure brings me.

Beauty & Fashion - srs bizness. Or not. Just remember that if you're enjoying it, you're doing it right.