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I have a minor decision to make that I can’t stop thinking about. I have a few weeks to think it over and I can promise you I’m not dwelling over this decision day and night. I think about my decision randomly (while at the grocery store or on the bus) and then move on after a few minutes.
What’s my decision? Don’t laugh. It’s what color nail polish to wear on my fingers and toes. I know, I know. We have 18 days and lots to do, and I’m worried about nail polish? I don’t know what to say. For some reason, it’s on my mind.
In the summer, I get a pedicure about once every 6-8 weeks. I change and maintain the color and length of my nails myself. It’s more about the scrubs and filing and making sure my feet get a little attention. I walk a lot in the summer, and my feet take a beating. Besides, I found a few places I like where I can get a mani/pedi for $25 total.
So, I have a few decisions to make. First, will my fingers and toes be the same color? And second, what color, or colors?
In the summer, I like the bright red (OPI Vodka and Caviar) or a bright magenta (All that Razz-berry). In the fall and winter I go for the darker colors (Midnight in Moscow or Black Cherry Chutney). I mix in the nudes in the spring, but mostly stick to the summer and winter palettes.
So the question is whether to go with a bright color or not.
I like having something bright on my toes, even if I’m not wearing anything on my fingers. My wedding shoes are bright yellow, and some bright red polish would cute. It could also be too much.
And if I go with a bright color on my toes, should I go with a matching color on my hands? Sister Joey has always thought your fingers and toes should have the same nail polish color. I prefer the same color, but it isn’t a deal breaker for me. I’d do two colors.
If I did two colors, I’d go for something a little less flashy like Mimosas for Mr. and Mrs. or No Bees Please. Yes, there is the french tip option, but I always find that style too had for me to maintain. We’re honeymoon bound a few days after the wedding and I’d like the polish to survive the whole trip.
What do you think? Bright colors on toes and fingers? Brights on toes and neutral on fingers? Neutral on both?
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Trust me…its a major detail! I still rack my brain. I love dark (Lincoln Park After Dark) on my fingers and especially toes, but I am not sure if I want something more subdued on the big day. EEEEK! I kinda wanna hear from photographers what they think is best. In black and white, it all seems to look good, but color photos can be a little less forgiving. I remember dance instructors telling us to ditch red because on stage, under lights, it looks like your fingers are bleeding. Umm, no thank you!
I like brights on toes and neutrals on fingers (I’d actually do neutrals on both for me, but you seem to want some color ;)). A bright color on your fingers might be too distracting in pictures!
They are all really pretty, but my favorite! is the raspberry!!! I think that’d go great w/ your shoes!!!
I have found myself spending more time than I probably should on this issue. I’m still not sure what I’m going to do, but I’m likely to do a neutral on my fingers. Unsure about what color to paint my piggies, though.
I’d recommend a neutral for your fingers because your hands are going to be seen and photographed (think obligatory “hands with wedding bands over the bouquet” picture). But those shoes are screaming for something just as bold as they are. My vote is for All That Razz-berry on your toes.
I would do a neutral on the fingers and then something more wild on the toes. I think that having a bright colour might take away from the dress and all when you’re looking back at the pictures of your day. A neutral is classy, elegant and timeless. Colourful toes will go with your shoes, and then it’ll be great for your honeymoon too!
Definitely neutral on fingers. For toes, for the wedding day I would prefer a neutral, so your shoes are kind of the color focus, but that would be boring when you’re on your honeymoon, so maybe you should go with bright on your toes. I also like the raspberry a lot with the yellow.
i have to agree with the majority on this one; brights on toes, neutral fingers =D
I would definitely go for a more subdued color on the hands. I wore a pretty bright reddish color on my fingernails for our engagement shoot thinking it’d add a pop of color…well it most certainly did! After they edited the photos it was waaay too much. I think they bumped up the contrast on the photos so my skin looked a bit paler and all I could focus on was my nails and not what was going on in the rest of the photos. Just something to think about!
I agree that it should be neutral on fingers and bright on the toes. I love how that Razzz-Berry pops next to your shoes!
You are NOT alone! I actually added this to my wedding to-do list (and you also beat me to the punch for a post. Hmm…back to the drawing board. Haha!!).
While the usual nail salon I go to has great colors, i’ve been noticing that they are all either very dark or very very pale. Pale is okay on my fingers, but I really do like color on my toes. From one brown-skinned lady to the other, I say go bold on the toes and pale on the fingers. I like Vodka Caviar or Razzleberry.
Neutral on the hands bright on the toes. I like the combo of Razz-Berry next to the yellow. I think it would go great with the whole overall look (dress, shoes, hair accessory).
No bees please for your fingernails. You don’t won’t draw attention from your bouquet. (And it reminds me of you being a Bee)
And Razberry for your toes. It will pop with your shoe color.
absolutely bright on the toes! i think with the gray dress even bright on the fingers would be great too! i like the razz color! 
Go with Italian Love Affair, a light pink which is also by OPI and simply amazing. It will look good on you toes and fingers.
This isn’t a minor decision for a beauty product junkie like me! I spent hours trying to decide on mine. I really wanted to do bright pedicure with a great red or hot pink, but my mom was dead set against it.
My votes are for All That Razz-berry for toes and Mr and Mrs. Mimosa for nails.
So, I’ve started to pay attention to nail color since my photographer mentioned that dark nail polish (or significant contrast to your skin) makes your fingers look shorter in photos. She suggested a neutral color.
That being said, I’m with the other bees - brightly colored tootsies!!!
I wouldn’t wear anything called “No Bees Please” that is just not right 
If you feel “you” with the bright nails, go for it. If you dont care too much either way - go bright and fun on your toes, and one of your pretty neutrals on your fingers.
I have a perfect nailpolish for you that will match your whole gray/yellow color scheme!
Sephora by OPI: Water baby
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P217311&categoryId=
It’s a silver/lilac-y sort of tone.
The almost exact same color can also be found in drugstores, but unfortunately the label is gone from my bottle so I don’t know the exact name.
I wear this religiously on my toes in the summer. I adore it because it’s shiny-metallic and unique, and yet at the same time, not garishly glittery and goes with everything. The BEST PART- if it chips, you can’t see it!
trust me, it looks much better on. If you want me to take a picture of it on me and send it to you, just email me
my usual color (yes i am THAT uninteresting) is Mrs O’Leary’s Barbecue (color of BBQ sauce), but for our wedding i went with St Petersburgundy - a brighter shade of deep red, to compliment my black shoes.
guess what? none of my photos show my feet / nails, at least not prominently.
i didn’t get color on my fingernails, choosing to just buff to a brilliant shine instead
Gold. Gold sparkly nail polish.
i cant believe that no one has said this yet…but what I plan on doing is having a french manicure on both hands and feet; to spruce it up a little you can always do a small flower in the corner of your ring finger nail, or toe nail….i think it is very classic and simple and goes with everything…good luck
I’m going neutral on my fingers and red on my toes (to match my shoes). The trick will be to cover the toenail I lost a few weeks ago while running!
If it were me, I’d go with Vodka & Caviar on my toes, and No Bees Please on my fingers. Just my two cents!
I wore an awesome red on my toes and a pinkish white on my fingers. I decided not to go with the French manicure, too. My photographer was so excited to see my red toenails that she took a picture of me adjusting my shoes just to get a picture of them.
I vote for the french manicure. Pretty timeless and not too flashy.
I vote no for the French. I agree with light/neutral on hands and bright for toes. This decision is completely agonizing though deceptively simple.
Yea, I did light on my hands and bright red on my feet. I would have liked to do bright all over (I, too, like to have hands and feet matching), but my mother was not into that idea. She was probably right in the end!
@Miss French Bulldog: Haha! Seriously, for a moment I glanced at the source and thought she wasn’t wanting the Bees’ opinions!
And girl, you’re not crazy at all. The last two times I’ve had my nails done I’ve been secretly trial-running bridal nail polish! lol
I love the OPI nail polish, its probably just the names they come up with that suck me in though. The Summer 2009 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings has an article on nail polish, pg 76. This may help! I like light/neutral on fingers and All That Razz-Berry on toes.
i agree with everyone. neutral on the fingers and bright on the toes. i have really chubby fingers and toes, so most likely i’ll do light pink on my fingers and prob. french on my toes
yes, yes, neutral fingers and bright toes. That Raspberry would look great next to your yellow shoes!
Not gonna lie, I’m about eight months out and already thinking about nail polish whenever I have my toes done.
I totally agree that a french manicure is too hard to keep up. I like that if you get a solid color, you can always buy the bottle of polish and take it with you for easy touchups. I’d vote for Vodka and Caviar on your tootsies (gorgeous with those shoes) and Mr&Mrs. Mimosa on the fingers. (LOVE OPI’s polish names!!_
I agree that neutral fingers and bright toes would be best! My second choice would be bright on both - but not matching.
I think you should go neutral since your doing bright shoes, that way your shoes stand out more
I’m going to do a really rich ruby red on my toes I think and then probably be safe with a french on my fingers…but I’m not a big nailpolish girl!
I’m definitely doing bright on my toes…and am currently torn about whether to do a soft, solid neutral shade on my hands or a French manicure.
I think you should do bright on your toes and neutral on your fingers.
I don’t know what color my toes will be on the wedding day. My wedding colors are purple and silver and I’ll be wearing purple shoes so I’m a bit worried purple polish on the toes would be too much.
for you, i think a bright pinky/purple like that shade on the left for toes, and a neutral w/ a wink for the nails. Something you can see in pics, but that won’t be too bold.
I’ll probably end up with neutrals on my fingernails, because it’s a DW and who knows if they have any nail salons nearby. my shaky wedding day hand will not be able to get near a bright bottle of polish! The toes - definitely going crazy.
bright toes, neutral fingers. Sugar Daddy by Esse is my go-to… it’s just so delicate.
I like the red with your yellow shoes. It used to be a saying, “Red and yellow, catch a fellow.”
My late in the game two cents:
What I did: A Sheer on my fingers and my love of loves OPI Cajun Shrimp on my toe nails for my honeymoon in Mexico.
My favorite sheer is OPI Bubble Bath. LOVE IT. I type so much that it’s hard for me to keep actual bright color on my nails (although in the fall I swoon for OPI Romeo and Joliet).
I have the shame shoes as you, but in the linen version (steal from eBay!) that I wore for my shower - I didn’t have the time to change my polish which was I think Essie’s Azalea (definitely a magenta color, my usual summer color is Capri). One girl took a look at my feet and said that the combination with the bright magenta/pink was “awesome” (she was 14 or 15 but her enthusiasm was what counted!). I say go with the bright magenta - I might do the same b/c the soles of my wedding shoes are that bright color.
Call me old fashioned, but I can’t get away from a french mani and pedi. It just looks so classy. And, for a twist, you could always have them use a color instead of white to bring up the sassy factor!
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Mrs. Joey, Seattle
Age and Occupation: 28, Project Administrator for Public Health NGO
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, High School History Teacher
Engagement Date: June 24, 2008
Wedding Date: August 2009
Venue: Eastside Catholic Chapel and Lake Union Cafe
About Me: I'm a Seattle girl through and through except for the fact that I don't drink coffee. I love my job most of the time because I get to travel and work with brilliant people who are trying to prevent Malaria. I love DIY projects of all sorts, cooking, and watching sports. I'd wear anything at Anthropologie and could spend all day on Etsy. I love to travel but shouldn't because I always get myself into unbelievable situations!
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