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And here's the manicure I got in New York. Nice, isn't it? Dreamy even. The reality is that my nails look like this about as often as I travel to New York, i.e. every few years. Firstly: I'm terrible at applying polish. It starts well enough on the left hand, but once I'm done with the little finger on my right hand, the result is a three-year-olds arts and [...]