OPI Jade is the New Black

(I doubt any of you would want to see a picture of my feet...)

Summer is finally here (though it seems to have turned cold and miserable again :( )! Unfortunate for me I don't own any real summery nail polish - being pale with a warm undertone means that any light or bright shades will make me look jaundiced.

Now this is probably the closest my nails will change season (that is before I go on another ill-advised shopping spree). Admittedly it's from the Hong Kong collection last spring, but I haven't found a better green than this: just green - not lime, bluish, vampy, shimmery, whatever - just plain old green. It's magical: bright but still cool enough for my skin tone, and I imagine should flatter most complexions from mine to anything darker. The finish is high gloss and it comes with the usual OPI chip-resistance. I have had it on for just under a week and it's still there looking pretty. My only complaint is that it's quite thick and doesn't sit very well on my base coat. It went on better without but I wouldn't risk the staining.

According to the OPI website, all OPI nail lacquers are DBP, Toluene and Formaldehyde-free. Now I'm lusting over a matte medium rosy pink but haven't been able to lay my hands on one yet :(

The Crimson Petal and the White

I was thinking to myself: what is all this prostitution going on in British television? The Secret Diary of a Call Girl only just concluded, and now another prime-time (mini-) series with a prostitute protagonist.

Other than the sex, the clothes and the glamour, the Crimson Petal and the White actually seems to have more to offer: a good depiction of some sinister Victorian concepts and practices. But that only came after some digging. I agree with some of the critics: the adaptation does appear to have tried its best but falls short of the drama and character the book promises.

I look forward to reading the genius of Michel Faber, whom most critics have likened to Dickens with a modern twist. Add that to the huge backlog of books and films I intend to catch up with at some point of my life...

Silk

Fact: lawyers are an overdone subject in television.

Apart from the usual appeals of legal dramas (which do not usually appeal to me) and the pretty graphics often found in good British series, I really liked how the pupils, Niamh (Natalie Dormer) and Nick (Tom Hughes) are portrayed in Silk (in season 1 anyway). I have absolutely no idea how much truth there is to it, but Peter Moffat did a pretty good job in relating them to most of us - common creatures who crap their pants pretty much clueless at the start of their careers.

Now I don't hate lawyers so much.