I was recently inspired by my favourite emoji - the watermelon.
I was rubbing my chipped orange nails clean and decided I wanted to have a pattern instead of a block colour. I have never been a nail expert. I don't own even one professional tool for nails. All I have are cocktails sticks and nail polish bottles.
So despite the finished product being a heck of a mess, here is my WATERMELON design!
[Insert watermelon emoji here]
For a quick step-by-step, see below.
Red nail polish
Black nail polish
Light green/mint or white nail polish
Darker green nail polish
Base coat
Top coat
Cocktail stick
Start off with a base coat to protect your natural nail. Apply one to two coats of the red - I used one. Taking the light green or white nail polish, paint along the top curve of your nail, following the shape of the white tip, like a french manicure. Draw a slightly thinner line above that, leaving a small strip of the light green or white. Then, taking a cocktail stick dipped in the black polish, put the tip of it on your nail and slowly move it towards your hand until the pip is the size you want it. Repeat until you have enough pips. Finish it with a top coat to seal in your design.
A few years back, I went through what some people would call an "emo" or "scene-kid" phase. My hair was half white blonde and half black. I actually had a nickname of "badger" (or sometimes "cheddar" if I didn't put a toner on my roots - these videos prove that I was lazy with toners). I wore the same cat-eye style of makeup everyday (if I wore makeup at all, like in these videos) and I had the greatest capsule wardrobe... Sadly, all it consisted of was band t-shirts, skinny jeans and shorts with over-the-knee socks. My whole life revolved around music. I spent every single penny I earned on gigs and band merch.
Anyway, the other day, I was on YouTube and it crossed my mind that I once uploaded two videos! Covering my face with a pillow, I decided to watch them again. All I can say is: "C R I N G E!"
So I thought I would share with you the two videos that I put up. I hope you can laugh at me as much as I did - though I still don't know whether to laugh or cry at myself!!!
My music taste (still the same) was pretty vulgar to say I hadn't said a single swear word or anything even slightly rude, like "hell", until I started university. This isn't an exaggeration. I NEVER swore. Ever. People thought I was a freak for saying: "Oh, poo!"
I can safely say that I am far more precise when I sew and paint my nails nowadays!
And please, let's appreciate the fact that my first #selfies went into the second video - I had always been too scared until then to take them!
