<p>My An Doan, Just for Nails, Stockbridge, Ga.</p>

My An Doan, Just for Nails, Stockbridge, Ga.

<p>Misti Shereda, Student at the University of Spa and Cosmetology Arts, Springfield, Ill.</p>

Misti Shereda, Student at the University of Spa and Cosmetology Arts, Springfield, Ill.

<p>Robert Nguyen, Salon Nouveau, Bonsall, Calif.</p>

Robert Nguyen, Salon Nouveau, Bonsall, Calif.

<p>Dawn Doan, Just for Nails, Stockbridge, Ga.</p>

Dawn Doan, Just for Nails, Stockbridge, Ga.

<p>My Nguyen, Instructor at ABM Beauty College, Houston</p>

My Nguyen, Instructor at ABM Beauty College, Houston

<p>Tin H. Pham from LA Nails, Hammond, La. created this cobra snake entirely out of nail tips and glitter. It took him over 40 hours to assemble and apply each speck of glitter one by one to create its scales. <a href="http://www.nailsmag.com/video/95891/year-of-the-snake-nail-art">Click here to watch a video of the process.</a></p>

Tin H. Pham from LA Nails, Hammond, La. created this cobra snake entirely out of nail tips and glitter. It took him over 40 hours to assemble and apply each speck of glitter one by one to create its scales. Click here to watch a video of the process.

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<p>My An Doan, Just for Nails, Stockbridge, Ga.</p>
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My An Doan, Just for Nails, Stockbridge, Ga.

<p>Misti Shereda, Student at the University of Spa and Cosmetology Arts, Springfield, Ill.</p>
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Misti Shereda, Student at the University of Spa and Cosmetology Arts, Springfield, Ill.

<p>Robert Nguyen, Salon Nouveau, Bonsall, Calif.</p>
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Robert Nguyen, Salon Nouveau, Bonsall, Calif.

<p>Dawn Doan, Just for Nails, Stockbridge, Ga.</p>
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Dawn Doan, Just for Nails, Stockbridge, Ga.

<p>My Nguyen, Instructor at ABM Beauty College, Houston</p>
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My Nguyen, Instructor at ABM Beauty College, Houston

<p>Tin H. Pham from LA Nails, Hammond, La. created this cobra snake entirely out of nail tips and glitter. It took him over 40 hours to assemble and apply each speck of glitter one by one to create its scales. <a href="http://www.nailsmag.com/video/95891/year-of-the-snake-nail-art">Click here to watch a video of the process.</a></p>
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Tin H. Pham from LA Nails, Hammond, La. created this cobra snake entirely out of nail tips and glitter. It took him over 40 hours to assemble and apply each speck of glitter one by one to create its scales. Click here to watch a video of the process.

To welcome the Lunar New Year in the Year of the Snake, these seven nail artists used nail tips as their canvas to create their visions of the Lunar New Year and their artistic interpretations of our friend the snake.


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