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"Tis the season for romance, snuggling up next to a fire with the one you love, and mistletoe! But the latter doesn&amp;#039;t have to be hung from a doorway for you to reap the benefits. Why not just draw the design on your digits? Nail artist Simcha Whitehill aka Miss Pop shows and tells you exactly how to copy this mistletoe and kisses mani.   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 applied a basecoat, paint your nails with a non-sheer, nude polish as your base color,&amp;quot; says Whitehill. Lauren used Christian Dior Vernis Nail Lacquer in Beige Safari. 2. Dot on three dabs of polish to make the mistletoe berries. &amp;quot;Using a dotter tool, dip the smaller end into a red glitter-y polish and create three tiny dots in a triangle shape at the base of your nail,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Do so at the base of the pointer and ring fingers off to one side to make it frame the nail.&amp;quot; The polish used here was Orly Nail Lacquer in Rock-It. 3. Layer on the leaves. &amp;quot;With an emerald green polish and a striper brush, draw two &amp;quot;V&amp;#039;s&amp;quot; \u2014 one on top of the other \u2014 on each side of the mistletoe berries, pointing outward away from the red dots,&amp;quot; explains Whitehill. &amp;quot;Then, draw two little strokes inside of the &amp;quot;V&amp;#039;s&amp;quot; to fill in the inside.&amp;quot; Lauren used Deborah Lippmann Nail Lacquer in Laughin&amp;#039; to the Bank. 4. Complete the leaf design. Using the same green polish and the striper brush that you used in the step above, finish the leaf look by drawing a slender triangle on top of the last &amp;quot;V&amp;quot;. 5. Create two dots to begin the lip design. &amp;quot;With a similar red hue to the one you used earlier, dip your dotter tool into your crimson shade of choice to create two dots right next to each other,&amp;quot; says Whitehill. &amp;quot;This will create the cupid&amp;#039;s bow aka the top of the lips.&amp;quot; Lauren used Deborah Lippmann and Stop and Stare here. 6. Connect the dots to make a smile. &amp;quot;Using a striper brush and the red polish you just used in the previous step, create a curved line directly below the two dots, and then draw a diagonal line on each side of the two dots going downward and outward that should connect to the curved line,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Then, fill in the open space to forms the full lip shape.&amp;quot; 7. Mix it up. For variety, alternate polish shades between a bright red and a sparkly red to create multiple lip colors! Now you have a reason to kiss your man anytime, anywhere. Photo Credit: Elizabeth Griffin Follow Carly Cardellino on Facebook and Twitter. More great tutorials: Hair How-To: Party-Perfect Glam Roll How To Create Edgy Graffiti Nails Makeup How-To: Plum-Perfect Smoky Eyes "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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