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OPI Sponged Ombre Manicure

by NLS Staff | January 11, 2017 | Bookmark +

Click here for step-by-step instructions on how to re-create this sponged, ombre manicure done by New York-based OPI technician Leonobi Galvez using OPI’s Gelato On My Mind and Lincoln Park After Dark.

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