How to make a stylish manicure with a picture of a watermelon?

Watermelon manicure is a fresh and bright solution for the usual design of nails. The combination of black, green and red immediately attracts the attention of others and raises the mood of the owner of an unusual manicure. This design looks best in hot summers or during vacations. It is combined with colorful outfits, but it doesn’t look very good in the company of strict suits, so it’s considered inappropriate in the office.

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 unconventional paints or stickers are used instead of painted images. In the case when the watermelon crust is located on the edge of the nail, a peculiar variation of the jacket is obtained, therefore, such a manicure is done in the same way - with the help of special strips or ordinary adhesive tape. First, the entire surface of the nail plate is covered in red, then white is applied to the “smile”, and then green.

There is also the so-called variation "slices of watermelon." In this case, all nails are painted in bright red, and on one of the fingers, usually the ring finger, creates an image. First, a dark green semicircle is drawn on the scarlet surface, and next to it is a thin white line. After the primary flowers 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 create a “watermelon” gradient in calm colors.To do this, on the palette or immediately on the sponge itself, green and pink shades are located so that green occupies one third of the total area, and pinkish - two thirds. First, the tool will need to be moistened. The sponge is carefully applied to the nail and, if necessary, is slammed several times to make the varnish smoothly print. When the paint is dry, a thin brush will need to draw black seeds.

Often a watermelon is located on only two nails. As a rule, they are covered with a “cutaway” image, and peels are placed on the remaining fingers. By the way, the location of the pulp can be either horizontal (the line of the crust at the tip of the nail and a scarlet color reaching the hole), and vertical (the crust is located on one side and the flesh on the other). Also, the color of the pulp often changes to the color of fuchsia or warm yellow, and the shade of the crust, in turn, is chosen from the ones that are most in harmony with it.

In a watermelon manicure, both a glossy and a 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 to color, but also to complete the 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, acting as seeds. It is recommended to give preference to a longitudinal pattern, which looks more accurate than the transverse.

The main condition for a successful watermelon manicure is the selection of natural colors and the drawing as close as possible to reality. Therefore, it is important to immediately determine for yourself whether a person can draw the required details or is it better to look for ready-made stickers and stamps in the store.

A thin brush allows you to draw neat grains of watermelon, transverse stripes on its peel and, if necessary, thin lines symbolizing the flesh and the transition between the flesh and the peel.

High-quality stickers will allow you to make a stylish manicure in photo design technology. With the help of images applied on self-adhesive with a cardboard base, watermelon is easy to apply on either all or a few fingers. The picture can be made the same, but you can find a set with which you can use a whole watermelon on one finger, a piece of it on the other, several slices on the third and so on. The remaining fingers in this case, as a rule, are covered with plain shades from the presented palette.

Stamping is usually used to place small watermelon triangles on the nails. Since their miniature size requires extreme accuracy, and the ability to place several pieces on one plate suggests that the image will have to be repeated several times, the use of stamps looks the most successful solution.

Before step by step to draw watermelon slices, it is necessary to prepare varnishes, a transparent fixative and suitable thin brushes for applying the image. Green and light green varnish will be required to simulate a watermelon peel, red or pink - to decorate the flesh, and black or dark varnish - for seeds and stripes. We must not forget about the white color required to create highlights and streaks. First, the necessary preparation takes place: shaping with a fingernail, moving the cuticle away with an orange stick, or cutting with nippers, 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 wipe and application of a nourishing cream. Prepared nails are painted with dark green varnish over its entire surface. Then, slightly departing from the hole to be able to identify the crust, a white layer is applied.

The arc at the base with a brush is complemented by light green splashes to make the watermelon more realistic. Leaving a thin white line, the remaining nail is covered with red varnish. With a brush immersed in black lacquer, roundness, symbolizing seeds, is drawn along an arc-shaped trajectory. When they dry, with a washed brush and already white varnish they can be added volume by drawing interspersed. At the final stage, the finished manicure is fixed with colorless varnish.

Variation of watermelon jacket begins with a similar preparation of the nail. In this case, the application of the base is required. Then, using French strips, the edges are painted in scarlet, and the first layer is dried under an ultraviolet lamp. A thin white line is drawn at the junction of the base and red, and then a light green line is next to it. The layer is also dried with a special lamp. Black dots symbolizing seeds are drawn on the red pulp, and the finished manicure is fixed with a colorless varnish.

A calm version of “watermelon peels” is created using green shades of varnish. First, the plate is covered with two base layers, and everyone needs to give time to dry. Then the nail is painted in a light green color and dries again. Finally, with the help of a brush, slightly blurry and uneven strips of a dark green tone are formed. The finished image is fixed with colorless varnish. This design is recommended for wide nails of an unsuccessful shape, as it visually lengthens the plates.

Juicy and tasty looks like a watermelon manicure made using yellow, bright pink and mint. Some of the nails are covered with bright yellow, and some are covered with fuchsia varnish. Then, on a pair of yellow marigolds, triangles of watermelons with mint peels are drawn. It is important in this case not to forget about the black dots - seeds. Another unusual solution would be to coat part of the nails with watermelon red, some of them with sky blue and applying watermelon stamping to the last ones.

It will be possible to diversify the familiar gradient by applying pink and green shades to 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, “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 zone of the hole, and one in red with the same white arc. On the last finger, red coloring is repeated, but it is supplemented by black dots - seeds on the pulp and dark green strokes on a white arc.

Courageous girls are invited to combine a watermelon with another fruit and decorate the right and left hands in different ways.In this case, the nails of one hand are covered with bright orange varnish and a pair of them creates an image of an orange slice in a section using white. The nails of the other hand are covered with a light green tint and a couple of them are given for drawing watermelon slices in a section. It is a good idea to cover the “fruit” nails of both hands with dots of clear varnish that mimic water droplets.

A stylish summer design can also be created using a white shade. All the nails of both hands, except the ring fingers, are painted completely in it. On the remaining plates, watermelon slices are created necessarily with white layers between the crust and the pulp. A manicure based on a sky blue shade will look light and fresh. All the plates are covered with such varnish, and then on a pair of nails of each hand slices of watermelon with soft lime flesh are drawn. They should occupy approximately half of the entire surface and look as if looking at each other.

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