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Instant Pretty: Time-Saving Nail Products

All-in-one polishes, cool top coats and stick-on shades provide quick and handy ways to cut the minutes you spend on manicures.

By Dori Katz

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Handy Advice

Color-wise, innovations are endless. Manicures take on a new level of quickness with all-in-one lacquers that include base, top and color coats.

Supercool crackle top coats give new life to three-day-old manis, and hide nicks pretty well too.

If there's no time to dry, opt for a stick-on shade or print. The strips are made from real polish—so removal is the same—and they can last up to 10 days without chipping.

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Multitasker: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure, $8, drugstores

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Time Saver: Broadway Nail Dress, $6, Walgreens and Walmart stores

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Time Saver: Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips, $10, drugstores

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Copyright © 2011 Meredith Corporation.

This piece was accurate at publication time, but all prices, offerings and styles are subject to change.

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