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by Staff
May 28, 2012
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InStyle magazine, in its May 2012 issue, compiled a list of nail shades that compliment different skin tones.
For fair skin (like Amy Adams'), try Essie's Sugar Daddy; for light skin (like Jennifer Aniston's), try OPI's Samoan Sand; for Olive skin (like Selena Gomez's), try Chanel in Inattendu; and for dark skin (like Jennifer Hudson's), try CND's Desert Suede.
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