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STYLE} nail art studio Embellished Color Block 1. Polish one-third of the nail pastel pink and two-thirds pastel blue. 2. Use dark brown polish to draw a thick horizontal line where the two colors meet. Draw two thin guide lines where you want your thinner horizontal lines to be. 3. Use dark brown polish to complete the guide lines, making one thicker than the other. 4. Add gold beads and pearl-colored embellishments. Hyun Jin Nam, Ku's Nail Spa, New York City Fancy French 1. Apply pink acrylic as the base for a French, shaping the top into a wave. 2. Apply silver glitter acrylic parallel to the pink acrylic. 3. Apply black acrylic parallel to the silver acrylic. 4. Apply blue glitter on top of the black acrylic. Shape it into a wave. 5. Apply white acrylic to finish the French free edge. Kenneth Vu, Sunland Nails, Sunland, Calif. Neon Hatchling 1. Apply neon yellow glitter acrylic to the entire nail. 2. Use a nail art brush and white acrylic paint to draw open eggshell halves on the top and bottom. 3. Use a dotter and black acrylic paint to add two eyes. Use a nail art brush and orange acrylic paint for the beak. Jade Sewell, Just Nails, Great Falls, Mont. >>> 98 | NAILS MAGAZINE | JUNE 2013 PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIMBERLY PHAM