I love this story story, from the Cincinnati Enquirer. At the St. Joseph Home in Cincinnati, a residential facility for non-ambulatory and non-verbal adults and children, a wish list request from its female residents is nail polish. So volunteers from a local high school girls' soccer team visited the home and painted the nails and toes of some very deserving residents. As St. Joseph's development director Renee Russell explained in the paper, "The girls and women at the home don't have much mobility, so looking at their bright-colored fingernails brings them happiness."

Painting and discussing our nails is all in a day's work around these parts. And while I may not notice when someone is testing out a new mascara, foundation, or bronzer, I always notice when she has fly nails. Stopping to discuss the whys and wherefores of the color or design with a coworker or friend just instantly makes me happier. And if I'm having a bad day, a glittery manicure can significantly boost my spirits.

Maybe that's why nail polish is having a huge moment in cosmetics? According toWWD, from January to October last year, nail sales were up a staggering 59 percent. If people are buying it at the rate they're apparently buying it, then I have to believe I'm not alone in believing in polish's mood-lifting powers. It's affordable, it's colorful, and, most important, it's fun. (Allure Magazine - By Anne-Marie Guarneri, Senior Editor / Photo: Getty Images)

Would you all agree on this?