Something blue

This is Skylar, a blue nail polish made by Zoya, one of my favorite brands of nail polish.

It's also one of my newest nail polishes (so I guess it could have been in the something new post also). I got it as part of Zoya's Earth Day Exchange, in which I bought it at a discounted price, and for which I will send back an old bottle of nail polish that is not Zoya and which contains more of the toxic stuff than Zoya polishes do. They try to keep out the bad stuff, though that's not completely possible with nail polish.They will dispose of this old polish responsibly and according to EPA guidelines. Of course, I still have to send back the old stuff since I am a chronic procrastinator.

Zoya names their polishes with women's names- I also have colors called Faye and Peyton. The funny thing is that I happen to know a man named Skylar, with that exact spelling.  He's a friend of friends, and he never remembers my name the few times I've met him. But the same spelling thing is fine with me- I'm all for gender neutrality in language.  For example, I try to avoid the words superheroine, actress, waitress, policeman, stewardess, and/or fireman.  They're superheroes, actors, servers, police officers, firefighters and/or flight attendants, regardless of which gender they happen to be. Same with Skylar.