Cherry Gingham Almond

Polish Details:

• Sheer blush-pink base
• Powder-blue gingham pattern
• Blue and white checkerboard nails
• Fine white grid lines
• Soft blue French accents
• Glossy dimensional red cherries
• Fine brown-green cherry stems
• Mixed cherry placements
• Retro picnic-inspired pattern
• High-gloss finish

Recommended Polish Colours:

• OPI – Bubble Bath – sheer blush-pink base
• OPI – It’s a Boy! – powder blue
• OPI – Alpine Snow – white gingham and grid details
• OPI – Big Apple Red – bright cherry red
• OPI – Complimentary Wine – deeper cherry shading
• OPI – Things I’ve Seen in Aber-green – dark green stems

Difficulty Level:

Hard

Estimated Time to Achieve the Look:

95–125 minutes

Step By Step Breakdown:

1. Prep the nails and shape them into medium almond silhouettes with softly tapered tips.
2. Apply a sheer blush-pink base to the nude nails and cure completely.
3. On selected nails, create a powder-blue and white gingham pattern using evenly spaced rectangular checks.
4. For the grid accent nails, paint thin intersecting white lines over the sheer pink base.
5. Add soft powder-blue French sections to selected nails, keeping the edges slightly curved and delicate.
6. Using a fine liner brush, paint slender curved stems for the cherry motifs.
7. Create the cherries with bright red gel, placing them individually or in pairs across the different nail designs.
8. Build additional clear or red builder gel over the cherries to give them the rounded, dimensional appearance shown in the photo.
9. Add tiny highlights to the cherries and refine the stems, gingham squares, and grid lines for a clean finish.
10. Seal the painted nail art with a high-gloss top coat while preserving the raised texture of the 3D cherries.