Babysitting the bro

Someone (read: me) got roped into babysitting the little brother while my parents are making a trip to town, and since he's 11, and not really into hanging with his older sister, I've kinda just been leaving him to his own devices and just checking in periodically.

Inspiration, courtesy of Pinterest!

my workstation = mom's living room floor

 Given that, I've been busying myself perusing the likes of Pinterest and Tumblr and I stumbled upon these adorable nail designs! And since it looked relatively easy, I thought I'd try my hand at recreating this particular look for myself..

Sinful Colors and Spoiled, colors with a slight shimmer

I started with my arsenal of nail polishes (Sally Hansen, Sinful Colors, Spoiled, Essie...okay, I like nail polish) with a mixture of opaque colors, shimmery colors, and straight glitter polishes. 

Spoiled and Essie for a BIG sparkle!

I already had a nude base coat (my go-to nail polish for day to day wear) so I just added a coat to smooth everything over and let that dry. 

Base coat - Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure in Peachy Keen

a 2nd picture with flash

 I then used a cheap, thin bristled paint brush to apply the strokes of nail color to my nail. I went with Essie's Watermelon, Wet n Wild megalast in Through the Grapevine, Sally Hansen's Fairy Teal, Sinful Colors in Cream Pink, and Sinful Colors in Mint Apple. I varied the lengths of the stripes to give the design more of an artsy look, but tried to keep the widths of the stripes mostly the same (tried being the operative word.)

Adding the stripes of color

Alternating stripes of color with alternating heights

 I then gave the entire nail a sparkly coat with Spoiled in I Have No Reception, and I have to say I'm rather pleased with the outcome! I only decorated one nail (I thought about leaving it as an accent nail) but since I like it so much, I think I might go ahead and do the rest of them! At least it will give me something to do until the 'rents get home:)

Added sparkle!!