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"   Photo: ELLE Collections  There&amp;#039;s a little place tucked into New York&amp;#039;s Nolita neighborhood, on Elizabeth Street, called Valley. It&amp;#039;s half-salon, half-vintage store. The store part&amp;#039;s overflowing with perfect finds \u2014 caramel colored clog boots, gently worn in Coach bags, cotton peasant dresses, Pendleton-like shawls and jackets, camel coats, Stella McCartney-esque denim skirts. If you squint, it almost looks like an actual closet transported from the 70s. On the other side of the room, however, you&amp;#039;ll find the nail salon \u2014 two seats for pedicures and two for manicures. If it&amp;#039;s Ballet Slippers you&amp;#039;re looking for though, you&amp;#039;ve come to the wrong place (they don&amp;#039;t even have Essie). The girls here take their manicures very seriously so we&amp;#039;ve outlined the top five options below, otherwise it&amp;#039;s easy to be overwhelmed by options when you arrive. The trick to all pulling off any of the following is to keep your nails short! Gradiated glitter.If your gut reaction to the phrase &amp;quot;nail art&amp;quot; is to recoil, this is a good place to start. Choose a colored glitter polish and your manicurist will paint it on thick at the top of the nail and slowly drag it down until there&amp;#039;s nothing at the base. It&amp;#039;s subtle, but fun \u2014 and trust us, people will notice. Animal prints.  Haven&amp;#039;t you heard? Leopard&amp;#039;s all the rage for fall. That said, you probably don&amp;#039;t need ten nails full of it. Choose two or three and have the rest painted solid. If you&amp;#039;re feeling wild, ask for two leopard and one zebra. (This goes for all nail art. If you want watermelons painted on your nails, bows, basketballs, whatever, get one or two, probably not ten.) A creative French manicure. Don&amp;#039;t even think about getting the tips of your nails painted white over a sheer pink background. But like this? A bit of glitter, some black, maybe navy, is awesome. Sophy Robson inspired nails. Above left are the nails that Sophy Robson created for ELLE collections. Wearing a logo&amp;#039;s usually the wrong choice, but in this case, on your nails, with a rhinestone or two, it&amp;#039;s so wrong it&amp;#039;s right. The Gel manicure.The gel manicure works with any of the above, but it guarantees your nail art will last an extra two weeks (at least). It doesn&amp;#039;t extend your nails, just makes them thicker and holds the polish on \u2014 which you&amp;#039;ll want if you sit through the above. With just two seats and some of the best nail artists in the city, you&amp;#039;ll want to make an appointment. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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