With the holiday madness soon to hit, All Lacquered Up shows in her Nail Tip Of The Week: How To Fake A Pedicure.

I was doing my daily blog reading when I came across Baze’s post over at the Glamour Beauty Insider about getting pedicures in the winter. Even though it’s freezing here, when holiday party season hits I still love to pull out my favorite special occasion peep-toes. And in my opinion, that means your nails and feet gotta look good. But you don’t always have time for a full pedicure during the shopping, wrapping, cooking, baking madness of the season. So I say FAKE IT!

In general I’m not a fan of fake anything; acrylics, stark white french manicures, costume jewelry, etc. but in this case I make an exception. I never thought I’d share this with the public but if it helps a fellow nail gal, it’s worth it.

A couple weeks ago my company held their holiday party. Cleveland was snow free so I felt it was safe to wear my black satin peep toe slingbacks. Problem was that my toe polish was chipped and my heels were looking rough from padding around barefoot on my hardwood floors. With the clocking ticking and me running late as usual, I had to rely on my quick fake pedi fix.

I do my fake pedi about an hour before I step in the shower.

* Try on your peep toes and see which toes show, even partials count.

* Remove toe polish.

* Quickly file the nails that will show (if needed). Don’t bother with buffing. No one is getting that close to your feet.

* Slap on two quick coats of color to the toes that will show. Keep an orange stick on hand to remove any wet polish that hits your skin.

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Michelle Mismas is is the editor of All Lacquered Up, the premier source for nail polish news and reviews on the web. A self-proclaimed lacquer fanatic, Michelle spends her days as an accountant and her nights locked up in her polish room high on fumes. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio with her domestic partner and their two cats and enjoys travel, wine tasting and sailing on Lake Erie in her free time.
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