Watermelon Nail Art Designs For Toes - National Watermelon Day - Pedicure

August 3rd is officially National Watermelon Day!  To celebrate this delicious summer fruit I have created a easy to follow Watermelon Toe design - Below you will find Step-by-step instructions, completed photos of the design, and a full video tutorial that can be found on YouTube.   Enjoy XO Gianna

Create this Gorgeous Design:

1. Paint 2 coats of polish on your all your toes expect for your accent toe.

 (Light Green Polish - Sinful colors "Innocent" )

 (Watermelon color - Essie "Bachelorette Bash" 

2. Apply a fast drying top coat to speed up dry time.

( My recommendation - Seche Vite - Not only does it dry your nails SUPER fast bust it also drys the layers of polish underneath. AKA NO WRINKLING polish)

ACCENT TOE -

3. While your waiting for you big toe to dry... create the green watermelon skin on your accent toe.

( Dark Green Polish - Essie "Mojito Madness)  

BIG TOE - 

4. Apply a fast drying top coat to speed up dry time on your big toe.

(My recommendation - Seche Vite)

5. On your hallux AKA Big toe create a white smile line that takes up a 3rd of your nail.

 (White Polish - Sinful colors "Snow me White" )

( Apply a round sticker - PS make sure you push down the edges, Apply a think amount of white polish, and quickly remove the sticker with a pair of tweezers)

Take a tooth pick and create uneven wiggly lines.

4. On your hallux AKA Big toe create a light green smile line that allows a small amount of your white smile line to peek out.

 (Light Green Polish - Sinful colors "Innocent" )

( Apply a round sticker - PS make sure you push down the edges, Apply a think amount of light green polish, and quickly remove the sticker with a pair of tweezers)

5.After you have allowed a few minutes for your polish to dry - Create the skin on tip.

6. Create 3 Watermelon seeds - 

Place some black polish on a bag and a medium dotting tool create 3 dots in the shape of a C

Take a toothpick and create a v at the bottom of each dot.

(Black Polish - Essie "Licorice" )

7. Final top coat 

Polish Colors I used in this Manicure:

 1. Light Green Polish - Sinful colors "Innocent" 
2. Watermelon color - Essie "Bachelorette Bash" 
3. Watermelon Skin - Essie - "Mojito Madness"
4. White Polish - Sinful Colors "Snow me White" 
5. Watermelon seeds - Black Polish - Essie "Licorice"

6. Base Coat - Essie - First Base

7. Quick Drying Top Coat -Seche Vite

Watch The full Tutorial on Youtube with helpful step-by-step voice over.

Click Here to Watch!

Easy Bubble Watermelon Nail Art Designs For Short Nails - National Watermelon Day

Create this Gorgeous Design:

1. Taking a dotting tool/ Bobby Pin create large dots on the tip of your nail and gradually get smaller in size as you move towards the cuticle.

2. Repeat step 1 with as many/few colors you would like.

 Always start with the darkest color and work to the lightest color

3. Wait 5 minutes for the dots to dry.

4. Apply a quick drying top coat 

Polish Colors I used in this Manicure:

 1. Light Green Polish - Sinful colors "Innocent" 
2. Watermelon color - Essie "Bachelorette Bash" 
3. Yellow Polish - Maybelline New York - "Fierce N Tangy"

4. Base Coat - Essie - First Base

5. Quick Drying Top Coat -Seche Vite

Watch The full Tutorial on Youtube with helpful step-by-step voice over.

Click Here to Watch!

Easy Patriotic Nail Art Ideas For The Fourth Of July - Dry Water Marble

Step 1 - Start by painting your nails any color you would like now to create the marbled/ tie dye design/ Patriotic 

Step 2 - Create a quarter circle on the side of the nail

I'm taking three colors and applying them with the nail polish brush in a c shape at the corner of my nail

Step 3 - Create the Design

I found that it's easier to work with a nail striping brush to create the tie-dye design and I'm simply dragging the brush through the wet polish and making sure they meet at a point.

Step 4 - Finish with a quick drying top coat.

Here's what the finished manicure looks like I love this is design because multiple capacity. What does it look like to you.. Does it look like fireworks, tie-dye, or something else?

Easy Nail Art for Beginners - Summer Beach Waves

Easy Nail Art for Beginners #- Summer Beach Waves

Welcome Back to the Easy Nail Art for Beginners Series - Check out the official Playlist with over 90 Simple Designs for Short Nails And Beginners - CLICK HERE 

Summer weather is officially here in Florida and after receiving that gorgeous tropical phone case from Lux Addiction I can help but want to decorate my nail accordingly.

See the review on the Lux Addiction phone case by clicking HERE

Today I am going to be sharing with you 1 of 3 Easy Nail Art Designs that are ideal for beginning nail artist using step-by-step instructions/photos. 

 Watch the entire Easy Nail Art for Beginners's Playlist by clicking HERE

If you love this design and recreate it make sure to enter the nail art contest going on:

1. By posting a picture on Instagram & Twitter

2. Tag @Lancengi use the #LNGNailArt

3. Have some fun, make some new friends by checking out the other gorgeous nail recreations.

Lets get into the Step-by-Step Tutorial:

Step 1: Apply your favorite basecoat. 

My current favorite is Essie's Ridge Filling Basecoat

Step 2: Taking a nail sponge paint one coat of a fast drying clearcoat on to the sponge this is going to help the polish not soak into the sponge and make you put a ton of polish on the sponge before applying the gradient to your nails! 

Step 3: Apply the Gradient Design to your nails. 

taking a white polish and a ocean color  blue polish. i'm using a sinful colors polish in the color why not. Apply the two polishes to a sponge and blot off the excess on a piece of paper. 

Now apply a couple coats of the gradient polish to get the effect you would like.. 

Step 4: Clean up the skin 

I took a nail brush and some ascentone to clean up around the nails.

Taking some acetone or nail polish remover and a brush clean up the cuticle and skin.

Step 5: Add Waves, and some beach details

Taking a nail striping  apply  some white waves to your nail

Add some glitter and shine if you would like you know I love glitters I'm going to go ahead and add some glitter and a beautiful pearl to the design and finish off with your favorite top coat. 

This has to be one of my favorite designs I've ever done I don't know who invented this design but I can completely see myself laying by the beach looking down on my nails and seeing the water and just being so love with the relaxation and the feeling of summer. 

To watch the full video with a helpful voiceover - CLICK HERE (LIVE 06/15/15)

Products I used in this Design:

Blue Polish - Sinful Colors "Why Not"
White Polish - Essie - "Blanc"

Easy Nail Art for Short Nails - Firework Patriotic Nail Designs + Tutorial

Create this Gorgeous Firework Design:

1. Start by painting your nails 2 coats of any colors you would like..

2. Add a glitter polish to all your nails except your accent finger.

3. On the accent finger add a few dots of polish to your nail ( I like to include some extra dots of the base color to make sure it blends)

4. Taking a nail brush spread the design any way you would like! remember to move quickly!

5. Apply a quick drying top coat 

Polish Colors I used in this Manicure:

 1. Red Polish - Formula X - Rouge

2. White Polish - Orly - White Tips

3.Blue Polish - Wet N Wild - Saved by the Blue

4. Base Coat - Essie - First Base

5. Quick Drying Top Coat -Seche Vite

6. Silver Polish - Wet and Wild - Silviver

7. Glitter polish - Essie - Set in Stones

Watch the Video Tutorial with helpful step by step voiceover by clicking HERE

Easy Nail Art For Beginners - 4th of July Dotticure

Create this Gorgeous Dotticure Design:

1. Taking a dotting tool/ Bobby Pin create 3 large dots on one side of the nail

2.Taking a Smaller dotting tool create 4 medium dots in-between the 3 large dots

3. Taking a tooth pick fill in the remaining space with small dots.

4. Wait 5 minutes for the dots to dry.

5. Apply a quick drying top coat 

Polish Colors I used in this Manicure:

1. Red Polish - Formula X - Rouge

2. White Polish - Orly - White Tips

3.Blue Polish - Wet N Wild - Saved by the Blue

4. Base Coat - Essie - First Base

5. Quick Drying Top Coat -Seche Vite

Watch The full Tutorial on Youtube with helpful step-by-step voice over.

Click Here to Watch!

Easy Bubble Memorial Day Nail Art Designs For Short Nails

Create this Gorgeous Design:

1. Taking a dotting tool/ Bobby Pin create large dots on the tip of your nail and gradually get smaller in size as you move towards the cuticle.

2. Repeat step 1 with as many/few colors you would like.

3. Wait 5 minutes for the dots to dry.

4. Apply a quick drying top coat 

Polish Colors I used in this Manicure:

 1. Red Polish - Formula X - Rouge

2. White Polish - Orly - White Tips

3.Blue Polish - Wet N Wild - Saved by the Blue

4. Base Coat - Essie - First Base

5. Quick Drying Top Coat -Seche Vite

Watch The full Tutorial on Youtube with helpful step-by-step voice over.

Click Here to Watch!

Easy Nail Art for Beginners - Red, Gold Glitter Side French Prom Nails

Get Ready to show you how to achieve a dazzling manicure in no time on the day of your Prom!

Create this manicure in 3 easy Steps:

1.Paint two coats of the red polish

The color Im using is by Formula X in the color "Rouge"

2.With the nail striper and a gold polish create a C on the right side of your nail

The color Im using is by Orly in the color "LUXE"

3.Apply glitter polish with a nail striper following the c shape
The color Im using is by Milani  in the color "Red Sparkle"

Tools Needed to Create this manicure:
Nail Stripper - Click Here to see where I bought mine.

Watch The full Video Tutorial with Helpful Voiceover by Clicking HERE

Easy Nail Art for Beginners - Red Silver Wedding French Nails

Part of the 3 Red Bridal Nail Collection - Watch the full tutorial on YouTube

Create this Manicure in 7 easy steps:

1. Please a piece of tape horizontally along the center of each nail

2. With a red polish paint the bottom portion of your nail
The color Im using is by Formula X in the color "Rouge"

3. Remove the tape before the polish dries for a clean line

4. With a nail striper apply a silver polish along the center of the nail
The color Im using is by Wet n Wild in the color "Silvivor"

5. Taking a glitter polish and a nail striper apply the glitter over the silver polish
The color Im using is by Essie in the color "Set in Stones"

6. Apply a topcoat and quickly place the rhinestones on whichever nails you like the accent

7. Add 2 layers of your favorite topcoat

Watch a helpful video tutorial by clicking here!

Easy Nail Art For Beginners - Red and Gold Glitter Gradient Nails Tutorial

Perfect Nail Design for an Event: Prom, Weddings, A night out.

Create this manicure in a few steps:

1.Paint your nails 2 coats of a red polish
The color Im using is by Formula X in the color "Rouge"

2 Apply a Chunky Glitter Polish to the tips of your nails
The color Im using is by Milani  in the color "Red Sparkle"

3. Glitter Placement -Add some Large gold Glitter

4. Apply a top coat and quickly place a few rhinestones.

5. Apply 2 coats of top coat to seal in and smooth the design.

Watch the full tutorial on YouTube.

Click here to watch now.

Easy Nail Art for Beginners - Patriotic Red White & Blue Nail Design + Tutorial

Easy Nail Art for Beginners - Patriotic Red White and Blue Design 

Steps to create this design:

1. Apply two coats of your favorite Patriotic Polishes

Click Here: White Polish I used

Click Here: Red Polish I Used

Click Here: Blue Polish I Used

Click Here: Silver Glitter Polish I used

2. Finish with your favorite top coat.

Click Here: For my favorite top coat

For the full video tutorial with a helpful voiceover.
 So go ahead and check out the video on youtube -
Click here to watch the video 

Easy Nail Art for Beginners - Patriotic Red White & Blue Chevron French Tip

Easy Nail Art for Beginners - Patriotic Red White & Blue Chevron French Tip 

Steps to create this design:

1. Apply two coats of your favorite Tan Polish.

Click here: Tan Base Coat I used

2. Dip a nail stripper in to white polish and create a "V" onto the nail and fill in the bottom half. 

Click Here: White Polish I used

3. Dip the nail stripper into the red polish and create a "V" onto the top of the white.

Click Here: Red Polish I Used

4. Dip the nail stripper into the blue polish and create a "V" on the bottom of the white!

Click Here: Blue Polish I Used

5. Finish with your favorite top coat.

Click Here: For my favorite top coat

For the full video tutorial with a helpful voice over head on over to youtube - Click here to watch the video 

Easy Patriotic Splatter Paint Nails - Perfect for 4th of July, & Memorial Day

Easy Patriotic Splatter Paint Nails - Perfect for 4th of July, & Memorial Day 

Steps to create this design:

1. Apply two coats of your favorite white polish

Click here: White Base Coat I used

1.5 Apply a latex barrier or tape.

2. Dip a straw in to red polish and blow the polish onto the nail.

Click Here: Red Polish I Used

3. Dip the straw into the blue polish and blow the polish downwards onto the nail.

Click Here: Blue Polish I Used

4. Apply your favorite top coat!

Click Here: For my favorite top coat

For the full video tutorial with a helpful voice over head on over to youtube -> Click here to watch the video 

3 Cheap Things Every Nail Polish Lover Should Own

I feel like Pinterest might be simultaneously simplifying and complicating our lives. There are so many “brilliant” ideas flooding our Pin boards, begging the question, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Life simplified.

HOWEVER, without Pinterest I’m not sure it ever would have occurred to me to polka dot or stripe my nails, I was always a 1-color kind of girl. Life complicated.

Fortunately everyone has “brilliant:” ideas on what household items you can rig to achieve your desired effect, but did anyone ever hop on Ebay real quick and just look up how much the real tools actually cost?

I did! I did!

1. Nail stripe tape

nail stripe tape will set you back a total of $0.99 from Ebay.com I am a fan of a good Scotch tape manicure, but with these simple tapes you can get a much simple much cleaner result.

((Buy It Here)

2. Nail art Tip Guides

This set of 3 Tip Guides will cost a grand total of $2.99 shipped from Ebay.com You can try all you want to improvise with tape, but I have never had much success with that. For less than $3 I think I will just for for the real thing. Plus you can use them on your toes.

((Buy It Here))

3. Dotting pen set

If you are having no problem making pretty polka dots with a collection of tooth picks and pin heads, I saw awesome, stick with that. For me, not so much. This set of 5 dotting pens is $7.99, shipped, from Ebay.com PLUS you get them quick if you live in the USA.

(The Nail Art Store)

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