Watermelon manicure is a fresh and bright solution for the usual nail design. The combination of black, green and red immediately attracts the attention of others and improves the mood of the owner of an unusual manicure. Best of all this design looks hot in the summer or during the holidays. It is combined with colorful outfits, but it does not look very good in the company of strict suits, so the office is still considered inappropriate.
Stylish design ideas
Summer manicure in the form of a watermelon has three main varieties. In the first case, watermelon slices are applied at the cuticle line, in the second - at the edge of the nail plate. The third variety is more original - with it the watermelon is painted in non-traditional colors or stickers are used instead of the drawn images. In the case when the watermelon crust is located on the edge of the nail, a peculiar variation of the french is obtained, therefore such a manicure is done in the same way - with the help of special strips or ordinary scotch. First, the entire surface of the nail plate is covered in red, then white is applied on the “little smile”, and then - green.
There is also a so-called variation of the “watermelon wedges”. In this case, all the nails are painted in bright red, and an image is created on one of the fingers, usually the ring finger. First, a dark green semi-circle is drawn on the scarlet surface, and a thin white line is next to it. After the primary colors have dried, watermelon seeds are dotted. By the way, this design is considered suitable for short nails.
A regular sponge for dishes or a special sponge will allow you to create a “watermelon” gradient in soothing colors. To do this, on the palette or immediately on the sponge itself there are green and pink shades so that the green occupies one third of the total area, and the pink one occupies two thirds. Before the tool will need to moisten. The sponge is gently applied to the nail and, if necessary, slapped several times to ensure that the varnish is imprinted. When the paint is dry, a thin brush will need to draw black seeds.
Often the watermelon is located only on two nails. As a rule, they are covered with the image "in section", and the rest of the fingers are placed crusts. By the way, the location of the pulp can be both horizontal (the line of the crust at the tip of the nail and the scarlet color reaching the hole), and vertical (the crust is on one side, and the pulp is on the other). Also often the color of the pulp changes to fuchsia or warm yellow, and the shade of the peel, in turn, is chosen from the most harmonious with it.
If the focus is on one nail, then the rest is usually covered with colors used to create watermelon, that is, red, white, green and black. In the summer, it would be good to transform such a design into a fresh manicure. In this case, a slice of watermelon is covered with dots of transparent lacquer, which denote moisture droplets.
In a watermelon manicure, both glossy and matte finish look equally good. - The specific choice depends on personal wishes. It is very important to carefully choose the colors for the picture, since not all shades of green and red are in harmony with each other. Therefore, before starting the procedure, it is worth “rehearsing” on thick cardboard, and it is better not only colors, but also a complete composition with all the details.The final design in the case when it turned out not too catchy, can be supplemented with small rhinestones, special powder or black glitter, performing the role of seeds. It is recommended to give preference to the longitudinal pattern, which looks more accurate than the transverse one.
Ways of drawing
The main condition for a successful watermelon manicure is the selection of natural colors and drawing as close as possible to reality. Therefore, it is important to immediately determine for oneself whether a person will be able to draw the required details or it is better to find ready-made stickers and stamps in the store.
Brush
A thin brush allows you to draw neat grains of watermelon, transverse stripes on its peel and, if necessary, fine lines, symbolizing the pulp and the transition between the pulp and the peel.
Stickers
High-quality stickers will make a stylish manicure in photo-design technology. With the help of images applied to self-bonding with a cardboard base, watermelon is easy to apply either to all or to several fingers. The picture can be made the same, but you can find a set, with the help of which there will be a whole watermelon on one finger, a piece of it on the other, a few slices on the third and so on. The rest of the fingers in this case, as a rule, are covered with uniform shades from the presented palette.
To apply a sticker on the nail, it is enough to cut it out of the sheet, stick it to the already painted nails and fix it with a fixer. There is a similar alternative, however, which is of lower quality - decals. Cut out the desired shape and size of the fragments to be moistened and applied to the nail coating. Having dried out, they are also fixed with a fixer.
Stemping
Stamping is usually used to place small watermelon triangles on the nails. Since their miniature size requires the utmost accuracy, and the ability to place several pieces on one plate indicates that the image will have to be repeated several times, the use of stamps seems to be the most successful solution.
Techniques for nail design in stages
Before step by step drawing the watermelon slices, it is necessary to prepare varnishes, a transparent fixative and suitable thin brushes for drawing the image. Green and light green lacquer will be required to simulate a watermelon peel, red or pink - to decorate the flesh, and black or dark lacquer - for sunflower seeds and stripes. We should not forget about the white color required to create highlights and streaks. First, the necessary preparation takes place: shaping with the nail, moving the cuticle with an orange stick or cutting with a nipper, grinding the surface, degreasing and applying the base.
You can make a special steaming bath for hands with lemon juice and essential oils. Holding your fingers in it for about a third of an hour, you can not only steam the skin, but also clean the surfaces. This procedure ends with a thorough wiping and applying a nourishing cream. Prepared nails are painted dark green lacquer across its surface. Then, slightly backing away from the hole, in order to be able to mark the crust, a white layer is applied.
The arc at the base with a brush is complemented with light green patches to make the watermelon more realistic. Leaving a thin white line, the remaining nail is covered with red lacquer. A brush immersed in black lacquer draws roundness along the arcuate trajectory, symbolizing the seeds. When they dry up, with the help of a washed brush and white lacquer they can be given volume by tracing interspersions. At the final stage, the finished manicure is fixed with a colorless varnish.
The variation of the watermelon jacket starts with a similar nail preparation. In this case, the application base is required.Then, with the help of strips for french, the edges are painted in scarlet, and the first layer is dried under an ultraviolet lamp. At the junction of the base and the red color, a thin white line is applied, and then next to it is a light green. The layer is also dried with a special lamp. Black dots are drawn on the red flesh, symbolizing the seeds, and the finished manicure is fixed with colorless varnish.
A calm version of the "watermelon peel" is created using green shades of lacquer. First, the plate is covered with two base layers, and each must be given time to dry. Then the nail turns to a light green color and dries again. Finally, with a brush, slightly blurry and uneven strips of a dark green tone are formed. The finished image is fixed colorless varnish. This design is recommended for wide nails of unsuccessful shape, as it visually lengthens the plate.
Beautiful examples
The watermelon manicure made with the use of yellow, bright pink and mint shade looks juicy and tasty. Part of the nails is covered with bright yellow, and some - with fuchsia-colored varnish. Then on a pair of yellow marigold triangles of watermelons with mint crusts are drawn. It is important in this case not to forget about the black dots - seeds. Another unusual solution would be to cover a part of the nails with a watermelon-red, some - sky-blue and apply the latest watermelon stamping.
It is possible to diversify the usual gradient if you apply pink and green shades on the sponge in equal amounts. Then the nail plate will have slightly shifted proportions, but the color of the overall picture will be more saturated. In this case, the "stretching" is applied only to the middle and ring fingers, and the rest are painted in the same green.
An unexpected solution is a watermelon moon manicure. In this case, three fingers on the hand are painted in a pale green color with a white arc in the hole area, and one - in red with the same white arc. On the last finger, the red coloring is repeated, but it is complemented by black dots - seeds on the pulp and dark green strokes on the white arc.
Brave girls are encouraged to combine watermelon with a different fruit and decorate their right and left hands in different ways. In this case, the nails of one hand are covered with bright orange lacquer and a pair of them creates an image of an orange slice in the cut with the help of white. The nails of the other hand are covered with a light green tint and a couple of them are given to draw the watermelon slices in the cut. It is a good idea to cover the “fruit” nails of both hands with dots of transparent varnish imitating water droplets.
Summer stylish design can be created with the use of white hue. All nails of both hands, except for the nameless fingers, are painted entirely in it. On the remaining plates, watermelon slices are created with necessarily white layers between the crust and the flesh. Manicure based on the sky-blue shade will look easy and fresh. All the plates are covered with this varnish, and then on a pair of nails of each hand, slices of watermelon are drawn with light-green flesh. They should occupy about half of the entire surface and, as it were, look at each other mirror-like.
How to make a stylish manicure with the image of a watermelon, see the following video.
