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How to "Fake" a French Manicure

InStyle Makeover edition tells consumers how to fake a French Manicure.

by Staff
October 23, 2008
How to "Fake" a French Manicure

 

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According the the editors at InStyle Makeover, manicurist Lisa Postma can give herself a French manicure in five minutes. She massages cuticle oil onto her nail beds to camouflage dry skin before running a white nail pencil under the rims of her nails. The magazine suggests Sally Hansen 2-in-1 Nail White Pencil and OPI Avoplex Cuticle Oil To Go.

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