Welcome back to the next installment of the Reswatch Rewind! Today I have the polish that started my nail polish addiction, @jessicacosmetics Cabernet Creme. Cabernet Creme is not a creme, but a wine red shimmer.
As I stated in my debut post, I was obsessed with pink-and-white acrylics back in the mid-2000s. However, that came to an end in a streak of bad luck in December 2006, which culminated in the loss of my restaurant hostess job. I was leaving for a semester abroad in the UK in January 2007, so I didn’t have the time to find work again.
While I was in the UK, the British pound to US dollar conversion rate was at an all-time high; typically £1 GBP to $0.50 USD. I was extremely lucky and got an allowance from my family, but due to the conversion rate, I had to make every penny count. As the semester went by, I started to miss acrylic nails, so I stopped by a nail salon to see their prices...and holy crap, was it out of my price range! Back in the US, I was used to $25 USD for a full set...in the UK, it was £30 GBP/$60 USD!!! Prior to my acrylic nail obsession, I’d been a nail-biter for as long as I could remember. If I didn’t have fake nails, they were chewed stumps. Deflated, I went back to my flat and decided to take care of the natural nails I did have.
Boy, did my natural nails flourish while I was in the UK! For the first time in my life, I finally had natural nails that extended past my fingertips! For reasons I don’t remember, I actually brought a manicure kit with me, so I had OPI Nail Envy, OPI base and top coat and Jessica Cosmetics Cabernet Creme. Cabernet Creme was an impulse buy from Target, probably because it reminded me of my middle school nail polish love, Revlon Street Wear Blood. Oh, if I only knew then that this would be life-changing!