Don't you just hate it when you smudge a perfectly good pedicure? Living in Minneapolis (yes, I'm a glutton for punishment) getting a pedicure presents some interesting challenges. Either I take my chances with donning my socks and boots after I get my nails painted or brave the arctic air and ice in my summer flip flops. Well, not any more!
Move over French pedicure and make way for the new trend in toes: the patent leather pedicure. Extra shiny, super luxurious lacquer make toes a focal point (and with such pretty feet, why wouldn't 
you want to show them off?)
Here's how it works, you get a pedicure like you normally would but after they buff your toenails (and give you that oh-so-wonderful foot massage), have them apply a patent leather top coat (like the Patent Leather Top Coat by China Glaze), add the nail polish color, then top off with the patent leather top coat. The result is a slick finish that's ready for the Red Carpet!
In all seriousness, when it comes to stores specializing in only cosmetics we are shade short of a full palette. On May 1, 2007, celebrities and tastemakers attended makeup artist Napoleon Perdis’ unveiling of his 4,000 square foot Hollywood Boulevardflagship store and his new Summer Rangecollection.
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