Models Own Nail Polish in Indian Ocean - Review, Pictures, Swatches

Indian Ocean three coats. Shot indoors under Ott light, no flash

When I first saw pictures of Models Own Indian Ocean I was entranced. THIS was the ULTIMATE nail polish color that I was looking for all my life.  Yes. It was perfect.  A sweet baby blue with a gold to pink to peach duochrome. If anything more precious ever existed on this planet it would still not rival the beauty of Models Own Indian Ocean nail polish.  If Mermaids could cry THIS would be the color of their tears.  Indian Ocean is the color of MERMAID TEARS for cryin' out loud!  How much more precious could one thing be?

Indian Ocean three coats. Shot indoors under Ott light, no flash

Once upon a time there was a mermaid that longed to be human.  (This story in no way shape or form resembles Disney's The Little Mermaid. Any similarities to Disney Characters alive or dead is simply coincidental.)  This mermaid was named Ari....Bariel.  Yeah. Bariel.  And she had long re...auburn hair and beautiful blu...purple eyes.  She was bored being a mermaid. She had seen the seven seas and explored all there was to see in the ocean. Considering that over 70% of the earth is covered in salt water oceans, that's a lot to see. She had also been disappointed in her dating prospects.  All the mermen were kind of prissy, the Sharks were total jerks, the whales too intellectual and snobby, the dolphins were never serious and always clowning around.  It was hard to find a man to settle down with.

Indian Ocean three coats. Shot indoors under Ott light, no flash. Enlarged to show color shift.

Bariel's favorite show was "Sex In The City"  She would watch TV off of a pilfered cable that ran underwater from the main land. After watching several seasons of the show, Bariel decided the best place to find a man would be Manhattan.  Why?  Because the women that live there are all so neurotic or insecure that certainly no man would put up with such BS for very long.  She was down to earth. (so to speak) and had no hang ups. Certainly the men of Manhattan would find her a prize catch...pardon the pun.  Best of all, she had no feet so she never worried about spending money on shoes.

Indian Ocean three coats. Shot indoors under Ott light, no flash

So how was she supposed to become human?  It had been rumored that a great sea witch could cast a spell and give her human legs and a human heart and lungs.  But would she dare?  What if her spell was reversible and she had to go back to being a mermaid.  She never wanted to go back.  Then it was rumored that mermaids that spent too much time out of water would instantly grow legs and there would be no issue.  She could grow legs and then when she went back into the water she would have her mermaid tail once again.  However, it did pose a problem if one were going to shower or take a bath.  Would fresh water change her back to a mermaid  or was it only salt water?

2 coats Indian Ocean over 1 coat Illamasqua nail polish in Caress. Outside in direct sunlight.

Then there was the problem of establishing an identity.  Being born under the sea there was no social security office so she had no number.  She also had no birth certificate nor way to establish citizenship.  This would prove difficult if Bariel wanted to get a credit card.  How else would she get that Birkin Bag that the whore Samantha was always going on about on that show.

2 coats Indian Ocean over 1 coat Illamasqua nail polish in Caress. Outside in direct sunlight.

Oh, then there was the issue of language.  While Bariel understood English she had a different lung structure than humans so speaking was very different for her.  She had to ponder how breathing air would be possible.  It's not like she had a blow hole like whales or dolphins, but she didn't have gills like a fish either.  In fact, the whole anatomy of a mermaid was very confusing.  How in the hell did they breathe under water AND still breathe above water?  Was she some kind of fish/mammal hybrid like Kevin Costner in that awful "Waterworld" movie?  Just thinking about that Mad Max at sea movie made her head hurt.

2 coats Indian Ocean over 1 coat Illamasqua nail polish in Caress. Outside in direct sunlight.

OK. So she had no identity, no idea how her anatomy allowed her to breathe, she had no idea how to  get legs and how she would be able to walk without ever having legs before. She also had the issue with clothing.  As it seemed that all clothing came from small boutiques and was sold by either flamboyantly gay men (which she was sure would be the ideal job of a Mermen if they were ever human) or bitter older women that treated customers like pond scum....literally.  After all, Bariel's only view of the world was what she saw on TV.  And you know how accurate TV is with real life.

three coats Indian Ocean with hexagonal color shifting iridescent white craft glitter on tips. Indoors with flash.

The overwhelming obstacles on becoming a human, surviving as a human and living the rest of her life as a human finally got to Bariel and she started to cry. Large mermaid tears fell from her cheeks.  She finally realized that it would be impossible to become human. The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake. Maybe life on land wouldn't be as easy as she thought.  Maybe she would have to get a job and work long hours just to afford to rent a crappy one room apartment in Manhattan. She probably wouldn't even be able to afford designer clothing and shoes and long weekends in the Hampton's, eating out every night and drinking until dawn.  She would probably catch some nasty disease from consorting with so many men and end up lonely and alone.  Maybe TV shows weren't as accurate about real life as she thought.   Under the sea is where she belonged.  Oh and it was 8:00 and Gossip Girl was on the CW. Now THAT is reality TV, thought Bariel!

three coats Indian Ocean with hexagonal color shifting iridescent white craft glitter on tips. Indoors with flash.