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"We haven&amp;#x27;t done this in a while, but it&amp;#x27;s Reader Appreciation Day, so I sat down and sized a whole bunch of new photos for you. That&amp;#x27;s right, it&amp;#x27;s a big, brand-spankin&amp;#x27;-new batch of awesome DIY manicures and pedicures on our oh-so-creative blog readers!1. Floral-print nails Blog commenter Zaro123 clearly has some serious artistic talent. She free-hand painted this floral design inspired by British designer Cath Kidston. &amp;quot;It was quite simple and i&amp;#x27;m pretty proud of it! I just painted my nails blue, dotted some orange nail varnish on top, accented it with red nail polish, and then added some leaves with green.&amp;quot; Um, amazing. This sure doesn&amp;#x27;t look simple! If I were this talented with a nail brush, I&amp;#x27;d do some Liberty print nails. How awesome would that be?! 2. Yellow/silver crackle nails This reader was inspired by her friend&amp;#x27;s crackle manicure and had to create her own. The base coat: IM Beauty from Sephora by OPI--a bright buttercup yellow. The topcoat: Blasted Silver crackle polish from Sephora by OPI. 3. The perfect shade of trendy orange Says reader Kathryn: &amp;quot;I recently read your post about how hot orange nails are now, and I have to say, I&amp;#x27;m all about the craze! I decided to give this look a try and whipped out a coral shade and attacked my nails. The bright color instantly brought a feeling of summer and made my hands have a sun-kissed glow. I bumped up the bright color by adding a super shiny top coat: China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat.&amp;quot; 4. Sexy &amp;amp; sparkly half moons Reader Kasey decided to try something a little more out-there than her usual short, light pink nails. &amp;quot;I was inspired by the half-moon mani trend, but after trying it with two solid tones, I couldn&amp;#x27;t make it look professional enough. I decided to do the half moon with glitter instead. It was much easier to apply--I just put on a little blob at the base and smudged it into shape with the brush. I love how it turned out!&amp;quot; The main color: Revlon Hot for Chocolate. The glitter: Too Good For Him from Sephora by OPI. One more trick from Kasey: If the glitter part looks too raised, dampen the pad of your free index finger and press down on it gently. &amp;quot;You can do the same to save an accidental smear anytime, it&amp;#x27;s a very handy trick!&amp;quot; 5. Pretty little polka-dots Reader Michelle used a black Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen to create her itty bitty polka dot manicure. Beth showed us all this trick a while back. So adorable. I need to do some polka dots of my own soon. 6. A polka-dot French pedicure Brittany creatively combined two trends here--funky French tips and polka dots. &amp;quot;I used the normal French pedicure base pink and used cerulean blue for the tips. I ended up opening a bobby pin and dipping it into the white polish for the polka dots.&amp;quot; 7. DIY butterflies Reader Min sent from her iPhone, saying her best friend helped her with this butterfly mani. I wish she&amp;#x27;d sent a how-to! But we can still enjoy the awesome result. 8. Three-color tone-on-tone nails Karin couldn&amp;#x27;t decide which shade of pink to use, so she chose three and made things interesting with a few lightning bolts. &amp;quot;I used OPI Strawberry Margarita, OPI Pinking of You, and Revlon Tropical Temptation. I cut little strips and triangles of Scotch tape to make the lightning bolts, and just did it twice for the middle finger on the right. It is actually pretty easy once you do it!&amp;quot; Wow! So crafty. Which of these reader nail ideas do you most want to copy? Next time you&amp;#x27;ve got some hot nails going on, shoot a pic to glamourbeauty16@gmail and maybe we&amp;#x27;ll publish it! Pick Up Glamour&amp;amp;#8217;s 1,000 Beauty Dos &amp;amp; Don&amp;amp;#8217;ts to Live By Forever, On Newsstands Now! Download Glamour on your iPad&amp;amp;#8212;print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes. Sign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#x27;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise). One more PS: Did you know you can now read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ultimate boredom buster."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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