nails | pineapple nail art



I've painted watermelons, bananas, strawberries and half a dozen fruity nail variations but I've never painted pineapple nails until now (can you believe it? what a slacker!)

I've not painted my nails for weeks as I've been busy DIY'ing but these babies were easier than I though.. I wish I'd tried them earlier.




you'll need to grab a few polishes. for the pineapple you'll need yellow, brown and green. you'll also need a base colour (I used white) and a nail art brush set.




paint your base colour and leave to dry.

take your yellow polish and using a fine brush paint on small circle shapes for the pineapple body. don't paint them too closely together as you want there to be some breathing room between the pattern- aim for maybe 3 per nail or it will look too busy.

then paint on the crisscross pattern onto the pineapple. I recommend a brown but if you don't have exact colours don't be afraid to mix up a few drops of polish to make your own shades for these small details (as long as it's darker than the yellow it should look fine.)

I was going to use the same brown shade to outline around the pineapple but I decided against it- I think it would over complicate the design!




grab your green polish and using the fine brush add your pineapple tops! a couple of small strokes for the leaves should be enough, then seal your nails with a good topcoat (I will never fail to recommend seche vite- a-mazing stuff.)




what do you guys think.. tempted by tropical fingers?

hope you like them!

back soon

caroline x






39 comments

  1. These are so so soooooo cute Caroline! Such a pretty design x

    holljc.blogspot.co.uk

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  2. You're so good at nail art! So pretty, I want to give this a go myself now x

    Lucy | www.foreverseptemberr.blogspot.co.uk

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  3. Love this! They look so good!

    ISOSCELLA | http://isoscella.blogspot.co.uk

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  4. So cute and pretty! I really want to try this on my nails too!

    x Val from Valerie Randomness

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  5. Oh my gosh. Fancy coming round mine and painting my nails later? Haha. Love this!

    www.britishbeautyaddict.com

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    1. haha deal- as long as you make me a cuppa ;) xx

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  6. aah those nails are amazing! you definitely have a talent!

    Rachel // Style Soup

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  7. These look so gorgeous! You did an amazing job with them. :)
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  8. These are so pretty and I really want to try them now.

    Jackie | fashionxfairytale |

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  9. omg omg omg omg i love pineapple and this is perfect! so so pretty <3

    hannie,
    huemorist.blogspot.com.

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  10. You are such a clever clogs when it comes to nails Caroline........these are fab x

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  11. What an amazing idea! Look incredible!

    www.ohjanuary.blogspot.co.uk

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  12. These nails are so adorable! Love! :)

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  13. I love them they are so summery x

    http://www.danielledotwood.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. it's raining now so I wish I'd painted them earlier aha! ;) xx

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  14. This is the cutest thing!! Im going to try them out!

    Rachel x
    thehappybits.blogspot.com

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  15. Wow Caroline, you truly are the queen of nail art! Whenever I come to your blog you astound me - you're so creative! This is the cutest design. Esme xx
    esmemadeline.blogspot.com

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    1. oh esme thank you so much- that made my day :) xx

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