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" Summer always brings out the nail polish-aholic in me. As soon as the weather gets warm, and sandals are in season, I start to hunt down funky colors for pedicures. I&amp;#039;ve been known to pore over the polish drawer in the REDBOOK beauty closet with the careful scrutiny usually reserved for appraising gems or rare antiques. Some of my recent faves have been Tiffany blue (China Glaze&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;For Audrey&amp;quot;, which got tons of compliments from friends and strangers), a flaming orange/red (American Apparel&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Poppy&amp;quot;), and an arresting shade of hot pink (Essie&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Pink Parka&amp;quot;). But despite my willingness to go with out-there colors on my toes, I usually keep things simple and nude on my fingers. Part of it is my feeling that maybe I&amp;#039;m getting a little too old to experiment with crazy trends in such a visible way. The other part of it is that it doesn&amp;#039;t matter what I do \u2014 base coat, top coat, ridge filler, etc. \u2014 I always have chipped polish a day(!) after a manicure. Which is why my mind was boggled when I saw a gallery of 50 elaborate nail art designs on BuzzFeed the other day. I mean, wow. I marvel at the creativity and artistry involved, but wonder if it&amp;#039;s worth the time investment if simple daily tasks will just chip away at all that hard work. (I also wonder how some of these people perform simple daily tasks at all \u2014 I&amp;#039;m taking to you, numbers 28, 40, 45, 49, and 50!) I think if I were to go out on a limb and be daring, I&amp;#039;d try the True Blood look, maybe for a viewing party of the show. Love me some spicy Bill and Sookie action!  Either that, or this cute Twitter-inspired concoction, also from The Daily Nail.SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION: Are you following REDBOOK&amp;#039;s Twitter account?  How about you? Are you into nail art? And would you be brave enough to sport any of those 50 designs? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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