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" After you pin, copy, and photograph the hell out of this mani, you can officially consider yourself the Bob Ross of nail art. Nail artist Simcha Whitehill aka Miss Pop shows and tells Cosmo exactly how to do this gorgeous ombr\u00E9 mini masterpiece.   1. Prep and paint. &amp;quot;After you&amp;#039;ve filed your nails into the desired shape, pushed back your cuticles&amp;quot; \u2014 remember, DO NOT CUT THEM! \u2014 &amp;quot;and apply a basecoat, then paint your nails with a pumpkin-colored orange polish as your base/background,&amp;quot; says Whitehill. Essie Nail Polish in Fear or Desire was used here. 2. Create the beginnings of a sunset. &amp;quot;Swipe an orangey-red polish onto the corner of a makeup wedge, and then start dabbing the paint on your nail slighty away from the cuticle, so that you can still see a sliver of the pumpkin-shaded paint you applied in step one,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Just make sure you can see the pores of the sponge before pressing the polished sponge onto your nail repeatedly, laying down the first coat. If you have too much paint on it, it could look runny and you&amp;#039;ll lose the ombr\u00E9, sheered-out effect.&amp;quot; Use Essie Nail Polish in Hip-Anema, like our hand model did here.  3. Add to the ombr\u00E9. &amp;quot;Using the same technique in step two, and the opposite corner of the makeup sponge, pat a brownish-red polish onto your nail, starting three quarters of the way down,&amp;quot; she adds. &amp;quot;Then, toward the tip of your nail, dab on a few more layers to build up the intensity, so that when you apply the black polish in the next step the colors will flow into each other.&amp;quot; Try Deborah Lippmann&amp;#039;s Single Ladies, which was used here. 4. Black out the tip of your nail. &amp;quot;With a black polish, repeat the sponge application in the above steps to create a ground-looking layer at the tip of your nail,&amp;quot; she says. Use Deborah Lippmann Nail Lacquer in Fade to Black. 5. Draw the tree trunk. &amp;quot;Using a striper brush, which you can get at any art supply store, and the same black nail polish in step four, create two arches that meet toward the cuticle and grow further apart as they fade into the black of the tip of your nail, &amp;quot; says Whitehill. &amp;quot;Then, fill in the arches to create the tree trunk.&amp;quot; 6. Squiggle on the branches. &amp;quot;With the striper brush again, creating several thicker branches by squiggling the paint brush a bit \u2014 you don&amp;#039;t want them to be perfect \u2014 as you draw them on,&amp;quot; adds Whitehill.  7. Branch out some more. &amp;quot;Finish up your nails by adding in some smaller branches using the same squiggle technique in step six,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Then add your favorite topcoat over it to seal in your artwork.&amp;quot; Whitehill suggests Deborah Lippmann Gel Lab Base and Top Coat. Boom. Now go impress all your followers on Instagram. Photo Credit: Elizabeth Griffin Follow Carly Cardellino on Facebook and Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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