Thursday, April 19, 2012

Gargantuan Green Grape

From: OPI Brights Collection
 http://olivianneshop.multiply.com/products/listing/10662/OPI_NAIL_POLISH_GARGANTUAN_GREEN_GRAPE

            Last night I attended a Paint Party, I wasn’t able to go to dayglow and this wasn’t 50 dollars, so it was a win in my books. It was extremely fun and worth the casualties I suffered. These casualties include, a pair of old tennis shoes, sequin spandex, a bruised knee, and, to my horror, my nails. While my 40 minute shower and Foam party I crashed after cleaned off almost all of the paint from my body and hair (I did find some paint in my ear this morning, but to be expected) it did not help my nails. Paint tends to stay on nails, and unfortunately it wasn’t a cool splatter effect but rather globs of yellow on my pink nails (ewh). So this morning as I was leaving, I grabbed some nail polish remover and a bottle out of my nail polish drawer.
            I grabbed Gargantuan Green Grape. It’s a light green color with yellow undertones, so not super minty. It is perfect for this nice sunny weather, and I’ll admit I was feeling a little colorless this morning. My only problem with this color is it needs 4 coats, which is a little excessive. But other then that it really does remind me of big, juicy, green grapes. Italy is the number one producer of grapes, with the US coming in third behind China. Now, I was born in the beautiful Napa Valley, California, which is wine country and covered in vineyards. So it might just be me who loves grapes and everything to do with them. I grew up next to vineyards, which is where grapes are grown, mainly for vine making. The Roman Empire invented the techniques for grape growing that we use today, though cultivation of grapes started much earlier then that.
            So while I was sad to see my nails destroyed, I love the new color on my nails, and its connection to my birthplace. Whether or not you’ve been to Napa Valley or even a vineyard hopefully you can still enjoy some grapes with this new nail polish shade!

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