Watermelon Nails

Hello again, for this step by step tutorial I was inspired by my favorite fruit, the watermelon. So I thought I would show you how to do them to get ready for the summer. 

For this design you will need 3 to 4 different nail polishes a nail striper or a nail art pen and a dotting tool.
I used - 

• Essie - Watermelon
• Barry M - Black 
• Barry M - Spring Green
• Barry M nail art pen in White (A white nail polish works aswell)  

To Begin this Design you are going to want to paint your nails with two coats of Essie's Watermelon. Once the two coats are dry its time for the next step.

You are going to want to take Barry M's Spring Green and using the brush it come with you are going to want to paint the tip (See picture 1.) Use the width of the brush as a guide to how wide the green section is, however the length of your nail will ultimately determine how much you paint on. You may have to apply two coats of the green polish to achieve an opaque look.

Once the green polish has dried you are going to want to take your nail art pen or striper and line the green polish (See picture 2.) You are going to want to make this line about a third of the thickness of the green section, again applying two coats to ensure the pink or green does not show through. 

The last step to this design is to paint on the watermelon seeds, to do this you are going to want to use your dotting tool and dip in into the black polish. To achieve a more seedlike look you are going to dot the black polish close to the white strip and then gently pull toward the cuticle (See picture 3.)this will help to create more of a point.

There you go, a lovely summer nail polish design that will get you compliments wherever you go. I would also love to see your recreations so share them with me using the hashtag #diynailart.