
Purple nail polish on your toes (or fingers, but I prefer toes!) is spreading like wildfire. So much so that my friend Lindsay and I showed up wearing the same shade last week. (Lindsay’s on the left, I’m on the right.)

The look is surprisingly neutral too: it looks good no matter what color you’re wearing and brings a bit of fun, summer color to your toes even if you’re wearing black everywhere else.
It’s hard finding the perfect shade of purple. The polish we are wearing is by Maybelline, but is only available in stores. (Look for the Sweet Thing display.)
Here are some other options too:

Have you found a brand and shade of purple nail polish you really like that’s not listed here?
britface asked: Hi Jaclyn - Just wanted to say I really love your blog!
I was just wondering if you had any advice for any of your readers who (like me) are a little/a lot on the pale side and don't feel comfortable wearing all the dresses and skirts you post, even though most of them are ridiculously gorgeous. I don't fake tan except on special occassions, because I have the tendency to go a certain shade of orange unless I use super super expensive self-tanners. I often have trouble finding something to wear during summer, especially on those days it's just physically impossible to wears pants and it doesn't help that there is much less selection of clothing where I live (little ol' New Zealand)! :(
Any advice would be appreciated!
Now this is just silly!
First of all, being on the pale side is NOT a bad thing. I know it can be hard to stay true to the pale instead of fake tanning/real tanning all over the place (especially if you have tanorexic friends), but trust me. Embracing the non-tan is a good thing.
Please see below for examples:






(P.S. Like how I wormed Robert Pattinson in there too?)
Anyway, my point is that you don’t need a tan to be beautiful. Celebrity culture pushed tanning and fake tanning on us in the mid-2000’s pretty hard, but there’s nothing more elegant and pretty than looking natural. And orange is never, ever natural—no matter what Paris Hilton would like you to think.
If you feel better about yourself with a bit of a glow, try a gradual tanning lotion like Dove’s Energy Glow (my fav) or Jergens Natural Glow. Instead of making you look tan, these just add a bit of color—as if you fell asleep outside for 30 minutes in the sun (something I don’t recommend you do, by the way).
Whichever way you feel comfortable—embrace it. But, know that super pale or with a bit of a lotion-assisted glow…either way, you’ll look great.