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Mannequin Hands with OPI Barefoot in Barcelona

Mannequin Hands is a new series featuring ALU Fanatics showing off their “mannequin hands” shade. The one polish that best gives that elongated, flesh-toned look to their hands.

Helen from Helen & Sheenie’s Nice Things is showing off her mannequin hands using OPI Barefoot in Barcelona which she describes as “a kind of dark, muted pink, with a bit of brown and salmon thrown in for good measure.” Since she’s not a MAC girl, Helen doesn’t have a skin tone description to include.

 Mannequin Hands with OPI Barefoot in Barcelona

What do you think of Barefoot in Barcelona? Is that your mannequin hands shade?

Don’t forget, TODAY is the last day to submit your Mannequin Hands pics. CLICK HERE for more details.

Mannequin Hands with NYC Mulberry Street & a Frankenpolish

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Salvaged Expression has been getting crafty when it comes to her mannequin hands look.  Unable to find a decent flesh toned polish in her stash, she went to work frankening her perfect match.  But what makes her franken truly unique is the inclusion of powdered foundation.  Genius, no?  She used this franken to eventually find a ready made match in NYC Mulberry Street.  Learn more after the jump!

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Mannequin Hands with Mavala Liberty

Mannequin Hands is a new series featuring ALU Fanatics showing off their “mannequin hands” shade. The one polish that best gives that elongated, flesh-toned look to their hands.

Today Lipglossiping has shared her mannequin hands with us using a Swiss brand, Mavala.  I’m not overly familiar with Mavala’s colors though I’ve received some of their treatments in swap packages before.  Lipglossiping chose Liberty as her perfect flesh-toned shade. She describes her skin tone as MAC NW15 saying, it “is a bit orange on me, but pale enough.”

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Where are Lipglossiping’s hand twins? Have you tried Mavala’s nail polish before? Since their US site only has product info about the treatments, do any of you have a good US based resource for their nail polish?

Don’t forget, you have until January 15th to share your Mannequin Hands with the group. CLICK HERE for more details.

Mannequin Hands with Sally Hansen Café Au Lait

Mannequin Hands is a new series featuring ALU Fanatics showing off their “mannequin hands” shade. The one polish that best gives that elongated, flesh-toned look to their hands.

Today we’re taking a look at KarenD‘s mannequin hands. She used three coats of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in 220 Café Au Lait since she’s, “still learning to work with that funky wide brush.”  She also showed it mattified with China Glaze Matte Magic (below). Karen is primarily a drugstore woman using Revlon Colorstay Ivory foundation and has shared some additional images on MUA (click here).

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If you found your color match in KarenD, let us know. Have you tried the new Sally Hansen line? What do you think of the brush?

Don’t forget, you have until January 15th to share your Mannequin Hands with the group. CLICK HERE for more details.

Mannequin Hands with Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Uber

Mannequin Hands is a new series featuring ALU Fanatics showing off their “mannequin hands” shade.  The one polish that best gives that elongated, flesh-toned look to their hands.

It’s week two of the Mannequin Hands series and today we have Aina from Lacquerholic showing off her manicure.  Aina is a MAC NC 43-45 and she chose Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Uber for her mannequin hands look.  This is what she has to say about it,

“I really like this shade because even in this day and age, it’s hard to find a good nude that doesn’t look too pale on darker skin. I have so many failed attempts to find a great nude polish, but I think Uber is just about perfect for me!”

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Even though it’s not my mannequin hands shade, I’m diggin’ Uber.  What say you?  Have you found a hand twin in Aina?

Don’t forget, you have until January 15th to share your Mannequin Hands with the group. CLICK HERE for more details.

ps I really want to show off a wide range of skin tones so let’s get some more dark/olive/tan-skinned Fanatics to send in pics!

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