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"  What is a nail without nail art? Naked. Wanting. Lonesome. Since everyone&amp;#039;s taking fashion lessons from street style these days, why not look to some of the best-dressed street style stars for some nail art inspiration? Let&amp;#039;s do case studies of Cosmopolitan fashion director Aya Kanai&amp;#039;s half-moon manicure, and casting director Natalie Joos&amp;#039; striped one.  Manicurist Simcha Whitehill (aka Miss Pop) helped come up with the below tutorials, so your nails can also look like they just walked out of fashion week.  First up, meet Aya Kanai. Her half-moon manicure looks intimidating, but don&amp;#039;t be fooled.  You can also get the look. Here&amp;#039;s how:  1. &amp;quot;Starting with a clean nail free of polish, apply a basecoat so the polish you paint on doesn&amp;#039;t chip as fast,&amp;quot; says Whitehill. &amp;quot;Then, apply reinforcement stickers (you can buy these at Office Max) onto each nail, lining the middle of the inner circle up with your cuticle, so that it peeks through. This masks off the half moon part of your nail and helps create that perfect crescent shape as you paint on the color.&amp;quot; 2. Pick your first color to paint on the tips of your nails. We chose Dior Gris Montaigne. Polish them from pinky to pinky, giving them ample time to dry, and then apply the second coat. Immediately after painting each nail with the second coat, peel off the sticker. &amp;quot;Waiting even a second makes the polish tacky and leaves you with a less clean-looking half moon,&amp;quot; Whitehills explains. 3. &amp;quot;Apply 10 new reinforcement stickers to your nails, this time placing the top of the circle directly over your cuticle. Be careful not to move it down too far or you&amp;#039;ll lose the effect of the half moon. Then, paint on your accent polish,&amp;quot; says Whitehill. We picked a silver shade called Deborah Lippmann Nail Lacquer in Stardust. &amp;quot;If the polish you choose as your second shade is opaque, apply one coat and then immediately peel off the sticker. If it&amp;#039;s sheer, paint on two coats, and then, apply a top coat to seal in your look.&amp;quot; 4. Show off your mani! We&amp;#039;re assuming your friends will be jealous and want to copy you asap, so make sure you Instagram this look quick to get the street-style cred you deserve. Next up, meet Natalie Joos, casting agent, fashion consultant and author and photographer for Tales of Endearment, &amp;quot;a wicked blog about vintage clothing and the funky-cool girls who wear it.&amp;quot; Her stripes are perfect for spring, but that season&amp;#039;s over so let&amp;#039;s update the look for fall.  Here&amp;#039;s how to get your own striped nail look:  This look couldn&amp;#039;t be easier to duplicate, but there are a few things about it that you need to know: 1. After you&amp;#039;ve removed any old polish and applied your basecoat, choose two light colors to alternate from finger to finger as your base. We chose China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, a gorgeous opaque yellow, and Deborah Lipppman Girls Collection in Jessa, a reddish-burgundy, &amp;quot;since yellow was a surprise nail hit on the fall runways and oxblood is an autumn season staple,&amp;quot; says Whitehill. 2. Create three to four vertical stripes on each nail using a striper brush (this is a long skinny nail polish brush that you can get at any art or beauty supply store) and this cool technique: First dip the brush into the red polish and, starting at the cuticle of the nail, hold it there steady and then slowly pull your finger away from the brush. That helps you draw a straight, not wiggly, vertical line in five seconds. Then, after you&amp;#039;ve created several lines on each nail using the red hue, wipe the brush down with acetone to remove the polish remnants.  3. Switch up your color palette by using the darkest shade out of the three polishes you chose, which in our case is a navy by Essie called After School Boy Blazer. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a color that is big for fall fashion-wise, so this is a cool way to translate it to the nail,&amp;quot; says Whitehill. Apply this color to the nails that don&amp;#039;t already have red lines on them, and then finish with a topcoat. 4. Grab a glass of wine and enjoy while those puppies dry.  Photo Credit: FameFlynet/SplashNews Follow Carly Cardellino on Facebook and Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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