Connective Cube

“There is always a way to convey mood with my fingernails,” Lissa says to Ashley.

“I don’t see mood – I just see you picking colors that look like they don’t go together.”

“Most colors go together. They do. You just think about the rules too much.”

“How can you tell me that this creamsicle color and this putrid green go together?”

“They reminded me of lime and orange sherbert. I don’t like raspberry too much.”

“But the lime sherbert is too olive or brown, or something.”

“Well, maybe it is covered in ginger ale.”

“That would lighten up the color.”

“Well, it is almost chipped off anyway. Maybe I should do two grays today.”

“Two grays is boring, unless one of them is silver.”

“Grays are good for transparancy.”

“You can’t make them transparent on your nails.”

Lissa picks up a blueish gray from her pile of 50 or so bottles in the mirrored cabinet along the wall. It had been two months since she last coordinated the colors – now yellows are with blues, and purples with oranges.

“I think this moonkiss sky would mix well with the – the – the seashell!”

“Yes – I think so too”

Lissa opens the two bottles, and then pulls out a plastic painters palatte. Shake, twist, pull, and place carefully on the stacks of seven pieces of toilet paper. She mixes in two parts of the sky and one part of the seashell.

“Wait – mixing them?”

“Yeah – I might pair it with a red tone.”

“That’s not quite gray and gray.”

“I get the gray out of the moonkiss sky, yeah, yeah?!”

Ashley picks the first red she likes.

“This looks like moonkiss fire.”

“Mmmm, more like strawberry cake.”

“Can you mix this one? I will wear it too.”

“Of course, my darling!”

Lissa pulls out purple passion. “The small gold glitter specs and the deep purple need some brightening. This will be a perfect sunrise and sunset on the beach!”