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STYLE} nail art studio Sparkly Jack-O-Lantern 1. Apply sparkly white acrylic to the free edge, creating a French. Fill in the rest with sparkly pink acrylic. 2. Use orange acrylic craft paint to draw a pumpkin. Use dark green acrylic craft paint to add a stem. 3. Use yellow acrylic craft paint to add scary eyes and a mouth. Use light green acrylic craft paint to add a curlicue next to the stem, connecting to the jack-o-lantern. Apply sparkly top coat. Jade Sewell, Just Nails, Great Falls, Mont. Antique Floral 1. Apply three layers of Entity One Colour Couture (EOCC) in Camera Shy, curing between each coat. 2. Use an art brush to apply EOCC in Spotlight where you want the flowers to be. Cure. 3. Use an art brush to paint over Spotlight with EOCC in Tres Chic Pink and Beach Blanket for the petals, Apricot Beach Bag as the center of the flower, and Sea Me on the Marquee for the leaves. Cure. 4. Accent the art with EOCC in Little Black Bottle and Spotlight. Cure. 5. Apply three layers of top coat, curing between each coat. Buf of the last layer to get a matte look. Lenzi Brock, Spoiled Spa and Salon, Vancouver, Wash. Fall Festival 1. Apply CND Shellac base coat. Cure for 10 seconds. Add loose fine glitter in yellow and orange. Apply two layers of Shellac in Moonlight & Roses, curing between each coat. 2. Use Shellac in Fedora to draw a tree. Use a gold glitter striper to highlight the tree. 3. Use Shellac in Tropix to draw a pumpkin, a green striper to add a stem, and Shellac in Cream Puf to highlight. Jenny Lynn Eavenson, Nails by Jenny Lynn, Blue Ridge, Ga. Want to see your nail art how-to here? Mail your tips (one for each step) and instructions to Sree Roy, NAILS Magazine, 3520 Challenger St., Torrance, CA 90503. Make sure to include your name, salon name (if applicable), city, state, and contact information. 102 | NAILS MAGAZINE | OCTOBER 2013 For more nail art step-by-steps, visit www.nailsmag.com/style, then click on Nail Art. When mailing us tips for Nail Art Studio, please mail them in a padded envelope or box to keep the nail tips fully intact in transit.