Nail Art – Watermelon Design

Nail Art | Watermelon Design

So those that know me well knows that I have a hard time keeping my nails long. I have a history of biting my nails. In grade school I do it constantly without any rhyme or reason however during the college years I notice that I only bite them when I am nervous. Especially when taking exams. And like the energize bunny, I keep biting and biting until there’s no more space LOL   yeah I am so bad. But on the bright side, I’ve been very very good these past months. No urge to bite them. As a matter of fact I began to get very annoyed by the long nails. It’s not comfortable when I play Tetris on my Blackberry, hard to type fast and not convenience when I prepare things to cook. Now I trim them down and I found that if I want to stop biting my nails then I must put polish on them.

24 Colors Nail Art Polish 2-Way Brush

I purchase some nail polish on eBay the other day for an affordable price. It was around $15 for a set of 24 colors with a 2-way brush. Free shipping and I don’t need to pay tax. Sure it takes awhile to arrive as it was shipped from China, although on eBay it states the seller ships out of Los Angelos. Whatever! I was in no rush so I just let that go. I thought it was really cheap, that is less than $1 a bottle. I don’t plan to use these color to paint my entire nails but for detail work/designs so I think they will last my quite sometime. It comes with a 2-way brush. One is like a normal brush and the other is a nail art pen.

The first design I tried with these color is the watermelon design. Perfect for Summer. I got lots of compliments on this design. The idea came from browsing Youtube and Google.

Nail Art | Watermelon Design Supply

I used a combination of polish and brushes to achieve this design. I’m not so fond of the built in brushes on the polish – just yet. The brushes that I used were regular paint brushes that I got from Michael’s Craft Store kid section. They are pretty affordable too. A pack of like 6-7 brushes cost about $5.

Method:
1. Apply base coat – Sally Hansen Maximum Growth
2. Apply main color – Love My Nail in Delicious #587
3. Apply nail art color in olive green – NA064 #15 (outer watermelon)
4. Apply nail art color in white – NA064 #23 (inner watermelon)
5. Apply nail art color in black – NA064 #24 (watermelon seeds)
6. Apply nail art color in white – NA064 #23 (watermelon seeds detail)
7. Finish off with the clear coat again – Sally Hansen Maximum Growth

Make sure that you allow each coat to completely dry first before moving on to the next. ENJOY the compliments!