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" Happy Last #ManicureMonday of 2012! It&amp;#039;s been a great year of amazing nail art, and we at Seventeen can&amp;#039;t wait to see what you all come up with in 2013. As a big fan of all things that sparkle, I was so excited to get the Birchbox &amp;amp;amp; Color Club kit ($30) to play with over the weekend! It&amp;#039;s stuffed full of polish, plus pens, topcoat, and\u2014most importantly\u2014gold flakes to create some seriously awesome effects. In the spirit of New Year&amp;#039;s Eve, here&amp;#039;s a quick (and super-easy) tutorial to get this 24-karat look!    After prepping your nails by filing and applying a clear basecoat, apply one coat of your favorite polish. I went with the white that came in the kit, but this mani would look great with pretty much any shade! Working one nail at a time, paint a second coat. Then use tweezers to carefully place the gold flakes onto the wet polish. Some of the pieces can be a little large, but they tear easily to create your desired size. HELPFUL HINT: Wait for your first hand to dry before moving on to the other, or you run the risk of smudging all your hard work while holding the tweezers!   Apply clear topcoat to secure the flakes. I ended up using two coats to smooth my nails completely!  Have an amazing New Year, and don&amp;#039;t forget to keep tweeting @seventeenmag your #manicuremonday nails! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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