WARNING: PERSONAL DRIVEL AHEAD. SKIP TO THE RED LINE TO BYPASS MY RANTING.
My relationship with pride month is a complicated one. While I'm not super open about it (partly because of a very devoutly Christian extended family and partly because I don't feel it's an important facet of myself), I am bisexual and thus I am included in the festivities. I have known that I was bisexual from a very young age, around 11 or 12, and was initially very excited to learn that there was an entire community for people like me. However, as the years went on and different sects of the LGBT sphere splintered apart amid rising tensions, I started paying less and less attention to all of it. I'm bisexual, and that's that... I just didn't feel the need to spend my energy obsessing over it and arguing with people who are unwilling to accept me as I am.
That being said, I am not ashamed of my sexuality. I think the capability to love both men and women is a beautiful thing, but it's only a tiny piece in the puzzle of me. Who I am romantically involved with has no bearing on me, my personality, interests, ambitions, etc. I understand the desire to be loud and proud about it... having confidence in oneself is admirable and, unfortunately, escapes many people. But for me, it's just another aspect of myself, as much as being a woman or having green eyes. It's not something I control. It just is.
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That being said, I could never pass up the opportunity to do some rainbow nail art! Even if I don't attend parades or add a frame to my Facebook profile pic (hello, homophobic aunts!), I can still show support on my nails. This is a manicure I would do any time of the year, but it just feels especially appropriate now!
I'm not too big on nail art in general -- I mostly prefer to swipe on a couple coats of a color I like and be done with it. When I do decide to get artsy, though, I always reach for my dotting tools. While I like to think I've developed a rather deft hand in the 3 years I've been regularly painting my nails, I'm useless with fine details. I do have a nail art brush, but I've failed miserably on the half-dozen occasions I have tried to use it. I'm also useless at doing... polka dots. They seem foolproof, but I just can't align them the right way! Instead, I like to take this scattered approach. I'm unsure if there's a proper name for this technique, but whatever it is, I love it -- it's so stupid easy and looks gorgeous every time!
For this look, I started with 3 coats of OPI Bubble Bath, one of my favorite nudes. I then used the entirety of Essie's 2019 Glazed Days collection for the dots, as well as Pure Ice "Beware" for the silver glitter. The result is, in my opinion, beautiful! Things started getting a little muddy on the pinkie finger -- I definitely should have used a smaller dotting tool -- but overall, I really adore how this looks. My boyfriend said it reminds him of Smarties (the European version), which I can get behind! I can tell that I'll be staring at my fingers for the duration of my time wearing this. I could also see this as a birthday or New Years' look, it's just so colorful and joyous!
Well, thanks so much for reading to this point. Have a wonderful rest of your month -- I hope you are able to be your authentic self safely and peacefully <3 And until next time... PEACE! xoxo
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