neon bikini stripes!

HELLO FRIENDS.

As you're reading this, i'm making the grueling 8 hour drive... to the beach! :e

 Gulf Shores to be exact, and it's the first time i've been to the beach in like 5 years. pathetic.

Anyway, I bought a lovely little cheap swimsuit at Target awhile ago that has some fantastic colors in it, and i've been meaning to do something on my nails inspired by it. 

I really love plaid nail art. I don't have a steady enough hand to really pull it off (even with a good striper), but I thought i'd give it a go anyway.

So here's what I ended up with.

*regular indoor lighting

*fluorescent lighting

*sunlight, no flash

Ok so question... anyone have any idea why the gray polish on most of my fingers has tiny bubbles?

...

WTF.

i would really like to know.

Anyway,

I was lucky to find polishes that basically matched my swim suit exactly.

I used:

China Glaze's 'Pelican Gray' as my base

CG's 'Yellow Polka Dot Bikini', 'Rich & Famous', & 'Flip Flop Fantasy' for the stripes using a basic nail art brush.

I think if someone who has a steady hand &  a striper (& no bubbly polish) had done this, it would look awesome. I really love all the colors together. I'm just still too much of a n00b in the nail department for it to look that great :P

But i liked it okay.

I've brought a ton of stuff with me to the beach since i'll be there for a week, & i'm really hoping to get some good experimentation and blogging in, but we'll see. Plus I don't even know for sure or not if we're going to have internet access there, soooooo 

:/

Thanks for reading!