NOTD: Striped Summer Nails

Hello, out there! Happy Friday to everyone. I've reluctantly accepted that fact that it's summertime down here now. I'm not totally excited about it, like most normal people are. It gets so hot and humid and it drives me crazy. Some days you walk outside and it feels like you're swimming in the air, it's so humid. Bleh. But, I do like some things about summer, like swimming, the longs days, and the bright summer colors. So, to jump start my summer mood, I picked up some nice bright, summer-y polish colors and here's the simple design that resulted.

I started with two coats of Nicole by OPI "Baby" Blue from the One Less Lonely Girl collection for the base. I love this polish! It's a great light blue shade, not totally unique, but a color like this is a must in any nail polish collection. Plus, the formula is great and easy to work with.

Then I used Scotch tape to tape off my first line and added the green. (Striping tape would probably have made this easier, but I was out.) For the green, I used L'Oreal New Money from the Colour Riche Trend Setter collection. Another great polish, and it's got one of my favorite brushes. After all my nails were striped and dried, I taped off the second stripe and added the pink. For the pink, I used Sation Holiday Pink. I would call Holiday Pink average, nice hot pink color, nice formula, but nothing really special.

All of these photo's were shot with indoor lighting. Ironically, my summer nails brought summer storms, so I had to make due with no sun. 

I really enjoyed wearing this design. The colors felt very summer-y together, and I like how simple it is. I'm sure this simple striped design has a name, but I don't know it. The double lines remind me of tube socks, so I like to think of it as my tube sock french manicure. =P

Anyway, all the colors I used for this were clearance bin finds. I found Sation Holiday Pink and NOPI "Baby" Blue at TJ Maxx for about $3 each. And L'Oreal New Money was found on sale at a drugstore. Forgive me, I don't remember which one. But you should still be able to find it at most drugstores that carry L'Oreal polish. Holiday Pink is also still available through Sation on their website. As for "Baby" Blue, it appears to be long gone. Unless, you get lucky and find it forgotten somewhere.

Thanks to anyone for reading. Feel free to leave a comment and tell me what you think, or let me know how your nails are dressing up for summer!