Basic Strawberry Nails

Inspiration really comes from the oddest things for me.  This nail art was inspired by... my iPad Mini cover!!  I just recently got it, and I found its shade of red really attractive.  It was intensely bright, and can probably be called neon red (although I've never heard of such a color).  I was really happy when I got it, and it struck me that it matches Dazzle Dry's Tutti Frutti Smoothie perfectly.  It's also a coincidence that I haven't used this color yet :)

My current nail art over my iPad Mini cover

Tutti Frutti Smoothie by Dazzle Dry is actually between neon orange and very very hot pink, almost red.  Take note, almost. It can be called neon coral, if you want to be more precise.  The red comes out more on my hands.  I'm not complaining about this though.  I love the color! It also helps that the consistency is just right -- not too thick, and not too thin.  First coat may look streaky, but the second coat makes it perfect.  Even without nail art, I would have enjoyed wearing Tutti Frutti Smoothie.  My nails looked so juicy and as refreshing as an ice cold glass of, well, fruit smoothie!

I did not really know what nail art I was going to do until I applied my base color.  All I wanted when I started was to match my nails with my iPad cover.  After seeing how Tutti Frutti Smoothie looked though, I had the idea of neon strawberries.  Because of the color, I chose to make my strawberries look cartoonish and very basic.  They also turned out to be quite easy to do.

Here is another look at my nails before we proceed with the tutorial:

*I was not paid to endorse any of the products listed below. These are items I bought for my own personal use, and out of my own choice :)

Materials:

1. Nail prep
2. Base Coat
3. Top Coat (items 1-3 from Dazzle Dry Trinity Set)
4.  Strawberry color of choice (DD Tutti Frutti Smoothie)
5. White nail polish (DD White Lightning)
6. Green nail polish (The Face Shop)
7. Pale yellow nail polish (TFS)
8. Dotting tool or toothpick

Procedure:

After cleaning with nail prep and applying base coat, paint all nails with your chosen strawberry color.

Paint a white zigzag French tip on all the nails.  I did this by swiping the nail polish brush diagonally on the tips to make peaks, but if you are not comfortable with it you make use tape cut with craft scissors as guides.

Cover the white edges with 1-2 coats of green polish.  They look like tomatoes at this point!!

Use a dotting tool to make dots.  To make my strawberries look cartoonish, I tried to make the dots look at evenly spaced as I can.

Let it completely dry, apply top coat, and you're done!

I really enjoyed wearing this nail art.  It actually cheered me up everytime I looked down and glanced at them!

I have a Strawberry Shortcake doll, and I thought it would be fun to take a picture with it :D

Thank you for reading!!