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"I bumped into fellow freelance beauty writer Andrea Arterbery backstage at the shows, and I just had to get a photo of her nail situation for you. Have you guys heard of the whole &amp;quot;Blackberry Bling&amp;quot; thing? Blackberry Bling is when you paint your thumbs a flashy color that&amp;#x27;s different from the rest of your nails, so they stand out as you type on--you guessed it--your Blackberry. I&amp;#x27;d heard of the concept but not yet spotted it in real life until I ran into Andrea. The sparkly silver shade she has on her thumbs is &amp;quot;Star Dust&amp;quot;, from a natural nail color brand called M2M by DamoreJon. The inky color on her other nails is &amp;quot;Rock Star&amp;quot; by the same brand (this one&amp;#x27;s not for sale quite yet). She got the mani done at the Wellington Hair Spa here in the city. As for the origin of the Blackberry Bling trend: I received a press release saying that manicurist Dawn Sterling of the Carol&amp;#x27;s Daughter Back Room Hand &amp;amp; Foot Spa in New York coined the term and predicted that this would be a big nail trend this winter. Her reasoning? &amp;amp;#8220;Everyone has a BlackBerry, and even if you don&amp;amp;#8217;t, you&amp;amp;#8217;ve got something that you&amp;amp;#8217;re texting and emailing on all day--with your thumbs. Since your thumbs are always in sight they&amp;amp;#8217;ve become a huge fashion accessory.&amp;amp;#8221; In her version, both the thumb and index finger are painted the flashier polish color. What do you guys think of the Blackberry Bling trend? Have you seen it on other people? Would you rock it yourself? More nail fun: * 13 new things to do to your nails * Over-the-top nail art from Japan * Rihanna&amp;#x27;s latest nail look--it involves rhinestones and leopard print More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging into Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging into Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter! Photo: Courtesy of Carol&amp;#x27;s Daughter (2 bottom photos)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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