Friday fingers /// D.i.y Strawberry nails


I know summer time is over, but I still like to have it at my finger tips. It makes the gloomy days brighter! Plus I just couldn't wait, the second the idea poped in my head I had to leap for it. For those of you that decide to try these delicious strawberrys, I just want to warn all you nail biting lip pickers to hold back on picking the seeds off. At first it feels glorious but then you'll look at what you've done and regret it. I don't recommend it.    

Supplies

#1. Top coat
#2. Green striper nail polish
#3. Red nail polish
#4. Gold microbeads
#5. Metal tool similar to toothpick
#6. Nail glue
#7. And 35 minutes of your time


Step one: Paint your nails with a red polish. I did two coats on mine.


Step two: With your striper green nail polish make stripes from down to up. Make some longer than others, as strawberry leaves aren't even. Which means you don't have to make them perfect!


Step three: Once you finish adding the leaves to all your nails begin to add your seeds! For this step you will need gold micro beads, nail glue, and a metal tool. Originally I used a tooth pick but the wood just absorbed the glue. 


Step four: Add a drop of nail glue onto a plastic surface. I used the lid of the nail glue and worked off there (p.s. this is still technically step three). First you will add small drops of glue where you'd like the seeds to be (In the photo above I place the dots of glue on my ring finger). Once the glue is on there begin to pick up the micro beads with the dotting tool. What makes this step easy is picking at the super glue first, that way the seeds latch on. Then apply one seed at a time! Continue this step until all your nails are done. **Remember you need to do this one nail at a time.



Step five: Once the nail glue is dry, you may now add your top coat.

Happy friday!

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22 Comments

  1. this is great! thanks for the DIY!

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  2. Super cute, and while so summery, so lovely! Makes me in the mood for a nice piece of fruit!

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  3. Hey Melissa, I'm just wondering which camera you use? Cuz I like your photo quality. I also want to do and post about DIY but it seems not easy to take DIY photos. I love yours!

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    1. Aw thank you! I really appreciate that. I would love to see some D.I.Y's from you! I'm sure they'd be fantastic. As for my photos, I mix it up, If I have time I use my Canon D5000. But that just takes a whole chunk of my time with all the editing and loading and blah blah. Basically on days I dont feel like dealing with that... I use.... my phone.. I know I know. Shame on me! But sometimes the quality comes out decent and then I edit from there.

      Melissa

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  4. OMG this is sooooo cute - I can't wait for it to be summer again so I can wear this!
    xx

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  5. Those are too cute!! I definitely don't have as much patience or control over my hands to this...Well probably my left hand would great and my right hand would be uh...I think just the red color! hehe. =)

    Ergo-Blog

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  6. That is sooo cute! The green and red is perfectly Christmas appropriate.

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  7. Adorable, you did such a good job!

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  8. I want to try this! Those nails look absolutely adorable!

    -Sabrina
    http://thelittleowlshop.blogspot.com

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  9. super cute.....reminds me of that strawberry candy :)
    http://floatingthrufields.blogspot.com/

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  10. These nails are too darn cute!!! And thank you I also like your blog!

    -Sarah
    http://sarahvonspook.blogspot.com/

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  11. Your nails are perfect. Is that the Martha Stewart glitter? Love it! You take great pictures by the way (assuming you took them)
    :::J.Coffin:::

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    1. Hey Cuckoo! actually its martha's micro beads. You should find it next to her glitter pack though & thank you :) much appreciated!!

      Melissa

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  12. That's adorable! I love your ring~

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  13. Very cute. Brings some color to the cloudy/rainy days. That's such a fun ring too!

    http://flouncesandhubbub.blogspot.com

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  14. Adorable, love the detail of the micro beads!

    http://razzdazzle.blogspot.mx/

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  15. Your strawberry nails make me giggle. I love them to pieces!

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  16. What a cool idea! I'm, going to try it :)

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