Here at Crasstalk, we regularly hear about annoying co-workers, boring co-workers, inconsiderate co-workers, incompetent co-workers, backstabbing co-workers and even the odd Scott Adams-style co-worker. And about managers who are petty, sadistic and anti-social. Of course, we also boast of our own errors, drunkenness, forgetfulness and irritating behaviours, often while we are meant to be doing productive work. We want our co-workers and managers to obey an unwritten code of etiquette. At the same time, we don’t want unnecessarily restrictive fascist management cramping our style and making us unhappy for no good reason. Where’s the line? Continue reading
dress code
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If you work in an office job, you probably have to adhere to an office-dress code. Depending on your office, that might mean you can’t rock shimmery blue-green flaky glitter on your nails and you have to wear pumps. However, you can still have interesting nail polish without resorting to one of Essie’s ten thousand sheer baby pinks.
Vampies
Black, or so dark it’s nearly black, nail polish is not just for goth teens anymore. Depending on your office, you can definitely rock a vampie. This look is best when you have very short nails.
Some classic shades include:
- Chanel Vamp
- OPI Lincoln Park After Dark
- Revlon Vixen
- Wet N Wild Nocturnal (this is from the Craze line and is actually being discontinued, so it may be difficult to find but it’s a lovely dark blue with a jelly finish.)
Gray, Greige, Gravender
If black is a little harsh for you, you might enjoy the relaxing world of grey, greige and gravender. These are purple-gray colors and they are very elegant looking. These are actually some of my favorite work-appropriate polishes.
China Glaze’s recent Anchor’s Away collection has a lovely polish called Below Deck which is intended to be a dupe of China Glaze’s own old-formula polish, Channelesque.
If you check your local drug store, you might also find Revlon Perplex, which is a nearly exact dupe of Chanel Paradoxal.
You can also check out Sephora by OPI’s Metro Chic or Rimmel London Steel Gray. If you prefer a strict gray, try American Apparel Factory Grey or Echo Park As much as I hate American Apparel, I have nothing but love for the incredible formula on their classic cream polishes.
If you have any questions about nail care or polish, please feel free to type them below and I’ll try my best to answer them in another post or in a reply.
Happy painting!