Nail Color For Tuesday

Between poverty and lack of protein, my fingertips have been suffering. Once was the time when they shone like beacons. Short, square navy blue nails--I invented them (true story). Taupe, turquoise, 40s Polynesian coral . . . also me. For the time being, I'll assuage my sense of loss (and frustration, at the continual theft of my estilo by magazines and their minions) with reports about my favorite lacquers, like Essie's Heavenly Sunset. I'm a great fan of what I call the dusty or winter pinks, sort of grey and unaesthetic, redolent of potpourri, the pharmacy, oversize blazers, aerosol cans. This one is relatively perfect.