Monday, November 15, 2010

Oz nails

My econ professor was talking about the wizard of Oz a couple of weeks ago. He mentioned that there are some who believe the book was an allegory about the debate over monetary policy of the 1900's. I won't bore you with all the details of our discussion (im quite of fan of economics but I know most people arent...) so here are few of the nifty symbolism that was brought up!
the yellow brick road represent the gold standard (the method used to back up our currency back then)
the silver slippers (red in the movie) is the people wanting silver to be used as well as gold for the currency
they go to OZ - oz=ounces, you measure gold in ounces!
Each of the friends (lion, tin man, ect) were meant to represent important leaders of the time.

anyhow! This was just my ramble of the day I suppose, but after we talked about the movie, I came up with this little mani
gold and green!
NYX in Las Vegas
China Glaze in Medallion

I dont have an awesome silver glitter or I would totally have made the tips silver :D

Also! I made my friend be the guinea pig for Hard Candy's beetle. I have seen that it is a dupe for Orly's Space Cadet but since I dont have that polish, I cannot confirm nor deny. I just know that this is a wonderful polish!


Thumb is just beetle and index is layered over black. Not the greatest photo but you can always click on it to make it bigger!

Until next time

2 comments :

Arie said...

Samantha I can confirm that HC is totally a dupe for Orly ^_^, and has a big plus,the formula of Beetle is much better than Space Cadet, so you have a winner girl!.
Like your Oz mani, looks stunning!

Samantha said...

I have never been a big fan of Orly's formula so its good to know I can still have their pretty colors with other brands!
Thanks Arie :D

Monday, November 15, 2010

Oz nails

My econ professor was talking about the wizard of Oz a couple of weeks ago. He mentioned that there are some who believe the book was an allegory about the debate over monetary policy of the 1900's. I won't bore you with all the details of our discussion (im quite of fan of economics but I know most people arent...) so here are few of the nifty symbolism that was brought up!
the yellow brick road represent the gold standard (the method used to back up our currency back then)
the silver slippers (red in the movie) is the people wanting silver to be used as well as gold for the currency
they go to OZ - oz=ounces, you measure gold in ounces!
Each of the friends (lion, tin man, ect) were meant to represent important leaders of the time.

anyhow! This was just my ramble of the day I suppose, but after we talked about the movie, I came up with this little mani
gold and green!
NYX in Las Vegas
China Glaze in Medallion

I dont have an awesome silver glitter or I would totally have made the tips silver :D

Also! I made my friend be the guinea pig for Hard Candy's beetle. I have seen that it is a dupe for Orly's Space Cadet but since I dont have that polish, I cannot confirm nor deny. I just know that this is a wonderful polish!


Thumb is just beetle and index is layered over black. Not the greatest photo but you can always click on it to make it bigger!

Until next time

2 comments :

Arie said...

Samantha I can confirm that HC is totally a dupe for Orly ^_^, and has a big plus,the formula of Beetle is much better than Space Cadet, so you have a winner girl!.
Like your Oz mani, looks stunning!

Samantha said...

I have never been a big fan of Orly's formula so its good to know I can still have their pretty colors with other brands!
Thanks Arie :D