OPI artistic director Suzi Weiss-Fischmann gives Cosmopolitan readers the five-step instructions to a home pedicure. To prep, dampen feet, rub on a scrub, rinse, and pat dry.

Step 1: Trim nails, file into squares with rounded edges, buff.

Step 2: Massage lotion into feet and lower legs.

Step 3: Push back cuticles with a wooden cuticle stick. Wipe off with polish remover.

Step 4: Apply two coats of polish.

Step 5: Seal with topcoat and let it dry.

Cosmo says "bright hues are extrahot right now," suggesting OPI Nail Lacquer in Heart Throb, Sephora by OPI Nail Color in Arm Candy, adn OPI Nail Lacquer in OPI On Collins Ave.

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