Watermelon manicure

This woman always wants to look stylish and attractive, especially in the hot season. Summer is the ideal period to try out new images and styles, dress in bright colors and decorate yourself with various accessories. With the advent of heat, colorful make-up and manicure become relevant.

Watermelon - summer berry. It is bright, juicy and sweet, looks great not only on the table, but also on the nails of fashionistas. In the article we will take a closer look at the popular trend - the watermelon manicure.

Hot summer dictates its own rules in style and images. On the nails draw a kiwi in the cut, bunches of grapes, scarlet cherries, lemons, pineapples and more. From year to year at the peak of popularity is the so-called watermelon manicure. Such a transformation adjusts to positive thinking and uplifting.

When creating a "watermelon manicure" on the nails draw colorful pieces of ripe fruit or fruit in the section. Bright colored watermelons attract attention and add color and freshness to the overall image. Such a manicure is associated with the sun, ripe fruit and berries, in the summer, warmth and other delights of the holiday season. This design is most often chosen by young girls who want to emphasize their playfulness and excellent mood.

Due to the great popularity of the watermelon manicure, for all the time of its existence, a large number of different options for decorating nails in this direction have been developed. Each girl can choose for themselves the most attractive and stylish, in her opinion, decor. Consider the most popular and diverse types of manicure.

Standard. There is a classic way to create a "watermelon" manicure. In this case, the fruit in the cut is depicted on all the nails. The picture can be applied to all or almost all. On the ring finger, thumb or any other finger, a watermelon peel or leaf can be drawn.

Accent. In this case, the watermelon in the cut draw only on one nail of one hand. As a rule, the rest of marigolds are painted in the colors used for drawing the fruit: red, green, white, black. You can also use other bright shades of varnishes.

French Everyone knows the classic french. This is the most common manicure, which is universal and suitable for all styles. In the summer, women of fashion choose a watermelon service jacket, when instead of a white edging a watermelon slice is drawn on the edge of the nail: Green stripe (peel), white and red with black patches (pulp with stones).

Reverse french This option is an inverted version of the watermelon jacket. The image of the fruit is drawn not at the ends of the nail, but at the root.

Pieces. Miniature watermelon slices painted on the nails, triangular and semicircular pieces of juicy and sweet fruit look very beautiful and colorful.

Gradient. Using a standard set of colors (green, white and red) you can make a watermelon manicure with a gradient. Colors will smoothly change from one to another. Black droplets - fruit seeds - are drawn on top of the classroom.

These are just basic design options. It is in your power to independently develop a manicure decor or to ask for help from the masters of the nail service. If you prefer soft and soft shades, then instead of a dark and saturated green color, you can use a light green version and replace red with pink.

It should be noted that the "watermelon" manicure will look great not only in the summer season, but also at the end of spring and early autumn. This is a seasonal marigold design that looks relevant as long as the weather is hot and sunny. Drawn fruits look great not only on the nails of the hands, as well as on the legs. Watermelon pedicure will be perfectly combined with light open sandals.

Manicure with watermelon slices perfectly harmonizes with bright items of clothing, as well as with light and white clothes. Fruits depicted on the nails, will be a colorful accent that will attract the attention of others not worse jewelry.

This season, fans of colorful images choose more non-standard design options for manicure. If earlier, when depicting fruit on one nail, the others were painted in green, red or covered with a colorless varnish, now the tidbits are combined with various flashy colors: blue, purple, orange, yellow and others. If desired, you can mix several colors on one hand.

Gained great popularity fresh manicure. A bright watermelon slice on top is covered with droplets of clear varnish, imitating water droplets. This emphasis gives freshness and lightness. The picture as if comes to life. This technique is often used during the creation of fruit manicures.

It is not a secret for anyone that service jacket is the most common type of manicure. In this regard, the watermelon jacket is at the peak of popularity this season. You can draw a fruit slice on a marigold by layers or schematically repeat it with the help of a color scale. The choice of the girls offered a reverse or classic (decorative) option. The shape of the watermelon lobue due to roundness, is associated with a jacket.

If you have a certain number of consumables and skills, you can make a colorful watermelon manicure yourself. Before you begin to apply the pattern, you need to prepare accordingly.

Preparation of nails for watermelon manicure:

• First you need to make a special bath for the hands. Natural lemon juice and a few drops of essential oil, which is at your discretion, are added to warm water. Keep your fingers in the bath should be about 25 minutes. The skin will be steamed and cleaned for further processing.
• As soon as the session has come to an end, the water from the hands and nails is removed using napkins or towels. A nourishing cream is applied to the skin and pounded until completely absorbed.
• Now it's time to process the cuticles. They should be removed with special scissors or pliers. It is necessary to get rid of cuticles, otherwise a beautiful and neat manicure will not work. From the nail plate, the cuticle is removed with the help of a scapula or a wooden stick.
• In the end, it is recommended to apply special oil to the area around the nail. It nourishes the skin and eliminates the old, keratinized cuticle.

After the nails are in order, it is time to perform the most interesting and enjoyable work - decorate them with juicy watermelon. Consider an example of a classic design with the drawing of a realistic fruit in the section.

For watermelon manicure, it is necessary to prepare a specific color palette of varnishes:

• Red or pink. This color is necessary for drawing the pulp. To create a gradient effect, you need 2 shades of the same color, lighter and darker.
• Dark green For the image of dark stripes on watermelon peel.
• Light green or light green. This color will be needed for light bands of fruit.
• White. It is necessary to draw a light layer between the crust and pulp, as well as to create a more realistic image.
• The black. Without this color can not do. In watermelon manicure, it is useful for bones and decoration of small parts.
• Clear nail polish. With it, a glossy finish is made and the picture is fixed.

Step by Step Guide to Drawing:

• To begin, paint the nail in the main color, red or pink.
• Once the first layer is completely dry, it is time to paint the peel. We draw a light green strip, and on top of it are dark green lines.
• In order to make the peel look more realistic, it is necessary to depict small black blotches on it. For drawing light parts, it is recommended to use a thin manicure brush.
• Over the red flesh we draw small black droplets - these are seeds. White dots can be applied to the sharp tips of the pits. They will make the image more voluminous and realistic.
• As soon as the drawing dries, we cover it with a transparent varnish.

You can also try to make yourself the above design in the style of a jacket. In addition to color lacquer, an additional brush for lacquer is also useful, as well as stickers for French manicure. It should be noted that according to the technology, the watermelon jacket practically does not differ from the usual French manicure, only instead of a white “smile” a green border is drawn.

There are two types of design:

• The crust is placed at the base of the nail in the form of a semicircular line, as in the reverse jacket.
• As in classic French manicure, the drawing is applied on top of the nail. First comes the green stripe, then the white and after - the red part.

To get a beautiful manicure and look great, you need to listen to the recommendations of nail service specialists.

If you do a manicure yourself and take up drawing for the first time, it is recommended that you first apply a test image. Ideal training finger, on which the nail service masters hone their skills, but if it is not at hand, you can try to draw a watermelon slice on a regular piece of paper.

To increase the durability of the pattern, a layer of clear lacquer is applied over it. Do not forget, this is done only after the image is completely dry, otherwise you will damage it.

When trimming the cuticles be very careful not to damage the skin or the nail plate.

If you want to get a stylish, beautiful, neat and durable pattern, it is better to turn to the services of professionals. Masters from beauty salons will translate into reality any of your creative idea. Such a manicure will remain attractive for several weeks.

Watermelon manicure is very stylish and interesting, but it looks appropriate only in the hot season. In the summer, such a design is ideal for dating, walking around the city and having a good time. Despite his playfulness, with such a manicure you can go to study or work.

How to do a manicure "watermelon", see the following video.