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Autumn Delights

Fall in love with two seasonal nail art styles to captivate clients & ignite your creativity

WAFFLE-Y CUTE

By Maddy Corbett

Twenty-eight-year-old Maddy resides in Perth, Western Australia, and has been honing her nail art skills for three and a half years. She specialises in colourful, 3D and maximalist art on natural nails.

You will need:

• Fine liner brush.

• Scraping tool.

• Silicone tool.

• White 3D sculpting clay.

• Clear 3D gel.

• Light yellow, dark brown and amber jelly gel polishes.

Step 1 Apply a coat of dark brown jelly gel polish to the nail and cure.

Step 2 Remove the inhibition layer and roll out a piece of white 3D sculpting clay into one long strip. From this, cut two strips using a scraping tool and place vertically down the nail, close to each side.

Note: If you have yellow 3D sculpting clay, use this instead, and skip Step 4.

Step 3 Cut three strips of white 3D sculpting clay and place horizontally across the nail, to create a grid shape. Use a pointed silicone tool to straighten up the lines if desired, then cure.

Step 4 Paint the white clay using a fine liner brush and light yellow jelly gel polish. Cure.

Step 5 Mix equal parts of an amber jelly gel polish and clear 3D gel, and add a small amount of dark brown jelly gel polish to deepen the colour. The formula should be a slightly runny consistency for a syrup-like effect. Load up the liner brush with the mix and apply over the entire nail. Cure, apply a glossy top coat and cure to finish.

FACT FILE

While 25 March is International Waffle Day, the USA dedicates 24 August to the delicious dessert, as it is the date the patent for the first waffle iron was received.

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GNOME-GROWN NAILS

Carla started her nail journey in 2018, and is a nail artist, content creator & Gems Nail Systems brand ambassador. She has won multiple Scratch Snap online nail art contests.

@gelled_pretty

You will need:

• Gel polish shades in muted pink, orange, cream, white, black, dark green, light brown, dark brown and khaki.

• Black art gel.

• White art gel.

• Nail art brush.

• Matte gel polish top coat.

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Step 1 Apply two coats of muted pink gel polish (I used Gems Gel Polish in Jodie), curing after each coat. Apply a matte top coat, cure, then paint the gnome’s hat using a nail art brush and orange gel polish. I used Gems Gel Polish in Ginger for the hat, then opted for cream Gems Gel Polish in Rose for the gnome’s nose. Cure after each colour application.

Step 2 Paint a beard using a white gel polish, such as Gems Gel Polish in Angel, and cure.

Step 3 Use a dark green gel polish to paint the gnome’s coat and cure, followed by a dark brown gel polish to paint its shoes. Cure. I used Gems Gel Polishes in Olivia and Lisa.

Step 4 Paint a tartan pattern onto the hat using black, white and khaki gel polishes. Cure each shade before moving onto the next. I used Gems Gel Polishes in Izzy, Angel and Eve.

Step 5 Use dark brown gel polish to paint the lower part of two acorns – one at each end of the nail. Cure, then use a light brown gel polish to create the upper sections of the acorns. Cure. Outline the acorns and gnome using a black art gel, such as Gems Art Gel in Eve. Use a white art gel, like Gems’ Angel shade, to add detail to the acorns, nose and shoes. Cure.

Step 6 Apply matte gel polish top coat and cure to finish.

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FACT FILE

The Guinness World Record for the largest collection of gnomes and pixies belongs to Ann Atkin, whose 2,042 mythical beings live on her Gnome Reserve in Devon!

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