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Happy New Year! There’s a definite sparkly obsession happing in the halls of FASHION this week—and what better way to ring in 2012 than with a glitter-packed manicure? From frosty-blue glitters to a multi-dimensional Texas-inspired mani, these sparkling designs will keep the focus on your fingers even after the ball drops. The countdown to midnight is on—and it’s time to start painting! Show (or tell) us all about your New Year’s manicures on Facebook or Twitter.

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See all 12 of The Hunger Games nail polishes! »
Listen to the Taylor Swift Hunger Games song Safe and Sound! »

Last week, Lionsgate Films announced that The Hunger Games nail polish collection with China Glaze was officially back on. And now, fans get a first look at the Capitol Colours collaboration with a poster featuring Effie Trinket (played by Elizabeth Banks) as the official face of the collection. There will be 12 polishes in all, each inspired by a different district in Paneem. At first look, our top picks are on the flaky glitter “Luxe and Lush” and the mauve-greige “Foie Gras.”

Things are getting a little festive in the FASHION offices this week! From candy stripes to a sparkling Christmas tree, there are countless ways to paint your nails in a merry manner—and we have a number of holiday-inspired manicures wrapped up and ready to gift to you.

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This polish is loaded with snowflake-size glitter. It’s perfect for the holidays and just the right price. ($9, store.americanapparel.ca)

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Eccentric and perfectly over-embellished, the bold style of Iris Apfel is coming to M.A.C Cosmetics just a few days into the New Year. Full of bright and warm shades, the 20-piece collection includes vibrant nail polishes, lipsticks, and eyeshadows, as well as a beauty powder. The products take inspiration from Apfel’s standing as a “rare bird”—with names like “Robin’s Egg” (a matte teal eyeshadow), “Party Parrot” (bright-pink lipstick), and “Oriel Orange” (a Pantone-worthy orange nail polish) appearing throughout. Click through for a preview of all the pieces before they hit counters on January 5, 2012.

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The eyes were impossible to miss at Chanel’s Métiers d’Art show—dark black and deep set, they set the tone of Bombay decadence for the Pre-Fall 2012 collection. Chanel’s creative director of makeup, Peter Philips, created the almond-shaped eye with a new coal-black Illusion d’Ombre shadow, “Nirvana”—part of the exclusive Bombay Express collection due at counters in June 2012. Phillips built an almost-winged shape with the shadow and then used Le Crayon Khol in “Black” to completely line the eye, going from waterline to lower lash line and around the entire lid. The rest of the face was kept very simple, with Rouge Coco Shine in “Empreinte” (from the 2012 Summer collection) on the lips and Joues Contraste powder blush in “Brume d’Or” across the cheeks.

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This week in Nail Corner, we’re bringing you glitter in three ways: as an accent, in an artistic design, and in a whole new format. The holiday season is always a great excuse for wearing glitter polish non-stop, especially since almost all the brands include a few glitters in their holiday collections. It also takes the stress out of matching your attire to your manicure—glitter is, in a way, somewhat neutral. (We’re not the only ones who pick an outfit based on our polish, right?) And don’t let the difficulty of removing it get you down: we have a solution. As always, if you like what you see in Nail Corner, have questions, or want to share your own manicure, get in touch through Facebook or Twitter.

Can I remove a Shellac manicure at home? My nails were perfect for weeks but now that they’ve started chipping I can’t stand how it looks. We’ve been there! For two weeks or more your nails are in manicure heaven, with not a blemish in sight. Then, suddenly the Shellac starts to chip and you […]

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See how we painted our nails! »

Welcome to the Nail Corner—a new feature that will show off creative manicures found on the hands of FASHION’s editors, interns, and stylish staff members. While there’s a lot to be said about the talents of our favourite professionals, some of us prefer to skip the salon and go DIY. We’ll teach you a few tricks of the at-home trade and show off the best new shades. Like what you see, have questions, or want to share your own manicure? Hit us up on Facebook or Twitter.

Popular movies and nail polish collections seem to go hand in hand these days—so it was no surprise when China Glaze announced they’d be releasing an official The Hunger Games collection. However, news broke this weekend that Lionsgate, the production company behind the film, has broken their contract and the collection is no more. American […]

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See all our top picks from the Daphne Guinness for M.A.C. collection »

Daphne Guinness is (once again) bringing her style to beauty counters with a M.A.C. Cosmetics collaboration. The collection will hit stores on Boxing Day and, because the most fashionable things are only available for a limited time, they’ll be on sale until February 9, 2012. (Though, we suspect they will sell out long before then.)