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" Halloween nails don&amp;#039;t have to be so Halloween-y. Nail artist Simcha Whitehill, a.k.a. Miss Pop, shows you exactly how to copy this sophisticated yet spooky cobweb design.  1. Prep and paint. &amp;quot;After you file your nails into the desired shape and push back your cuticles&amp;quot; \u2014 remember, DO NOT CUT THEM! \u2014 &amp;quot;apply a basecoat to anchor the polish you&amp;#039;re about to paint on,&amp;quot; says Whitehill. Our lovely hand model Marian Cheng used CND Stickey Base Coat here.  2. Polish your nails using an antique silver shade. &amp;quot;Paint on two coats of a pewter shade, like Essie&amp;#039;s Steeling the Scene, for an opaque, metallic finish,&amp;quot; Whitehill explains. 3. Create a crow&amp;#039;s foot as the base for the cobweb. &amp;quot;Skipping your two pinky fingers, take a thin striper brush&amp;quot; \u2014 which you can get at any beauty supply or art store \u2014 &amp;quot;or use a NuBar Art Pen in Black (the top contains a paint pen, while the bottom of the bottle contains black polish with a striper brush included \u2014 hi, one stop shop) and draw a three-pronged, crow&amp;#039;s foot-like design over the mood of your nail,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;This will act as the base for your spiderweb.&amp;quot; 4. Weave a web. &amp;quot;Using your striper brush or NuBar pen, draw tiny half circles in between each prong,&amp;quot; notes Whitehill. &amp;quot;Make sure the bow of the half circle is facing toward the cuticle to give it that webbed effect.&amp;quot;  5. Draw a spider on each pinky finger. &amp;quot;Insert a pushpin into a pencil&amp;#039;s eraser and dip the ball into the same black polish mentioned in step three,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Then, create a dot in the center of your nail and a slightly smaller dot right above it to create the body and head of the spider.&amp;quot; 6. Add a line from the spider&amp;#039;s head to the tip of your nail. &amp;quot;Using your striper brush, draw a line from the head of your spider to the tip of your nail to make it look like he&amp;#039;s crawling up it,&amp;quot; adds Whitehill.  7. Put an &amp;quot;X&amp;quot; through the larger dot. &amp;quot;The &amp;quot;X&amp;quot; will act as the base for the spider&amp;#039;s legs that you&amp;#039;ll build off of in the next step,&amp;quot; she notes. 8. Give your spider some legs. &amp;quot;Off of the top of the &amp;quot;X&amp;quot; you made in the previous step, draw two lines facing inward and upward, and then two more lines going inward and downward off of the lower part of the &amp;quot;X,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Finish by adding two whisker-like lines on each side of the spider&amp;#039;s body to create additional legs, and finally brushing on a topcoat.&amp;quot; The final step? Instagram your nail art, because girl, you&amp;#039;ve just created a mani masterpiece. Now, werk! Photo Credit: Elizabeth Griffin Follow Carly Cardellino on Facebook and Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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