How To Do Watermelon/Strawberry Nails!

I've had a lot of compliments on these nails and comments regarding how to do them on instagram, so I thought making a blog post would be the best way to explain! I tried to reply to the comments by explaining how you do them, but it made them sound so much more complicated when really they're soo easy. They're also really pretty and perfect for the summer which has all of a sudden made an appearance. You could probably try doing loads of other fruit designs, but these are the only two I've tried so far.

Watermelon:

To start with, make sure your nails are are filed into a round shape and that all previous nail varnish is removed. Next, instead of using a base coat, I always paint my nails white.

This particular one is very thin so I apply two coats, but you should only need one. Using white as a base colour makes the nail varnish you paint on top a lot brighter! If you don't want to use a white base, just use clear nail varnish.

Once you've got your base done and you've let it dry completely, add two coats of pink nail varnish (allowing the first coat to dry before adding the second). The colour I used was called 'Bright Pink' by Barry M.

When the pink is dry, it's time to paint the tips of your nails green. You can use a guide or even a piece of paper to do this, but I find it easier to just do free-hand. The green I used was 'Mint' by Barry M.

To do the black dots to look like the seeds, I just use a black nail varnish and press very lightly with the brush. You can use something like a bobby pin dipped in the nail varnish instead, but I'm too lazy.

Now all that's left is to paint clear nail varnish over them when they're dry to avoid chipping, and then remove the excess varnish that is on your fingers. I do this by dipping a cotton bud into nail varnish remover and rubbing it off.

Strawberry:

Again, start off by rounding your nails with a file and then painting them white. Once you're done and the nails are dry, paint them a bright red colour. 

Now is the hardest and fiddliest bit, but as long as you don't rush it it is still quite easy. Using a green colour (I used 'Mint' by Barry M, but this is a little light - a darker green would look better) for the leaves, you need to paint half a circle in each top corner of the nail, and then a straight line to join them together (see picture below).

Instead of doing dots on the strawberry's for the seeds, I like to do more of a thin black line. I find it easiest to do this by using something with a thin end, and just dipping it into the black varnish.

Finish by cleaning off the excess varnish on your fingers and coating with clear polish!

Told you they were easy to do! If anyone has any suggestions for a next blog post, it would be great if you could comment them on here or on my instagram! thanks xxxx