Purple and Blue Saran Wrap and Stained Glass

Saran Wrap Mani with Essie Sittin Pretty & I'm Addicted

For today's Mani Monday Nail Art look I have two designs using purple and blue with Essie's Sittin' Pretty, I'm Addicted and Pahlish's Charn. I'm sorry for being MIA for most of last week, it's been busy here at home with Princess A starting 2nd grade today and Squish getting his 2 year molars in. Ugh...if you have kids, then you know how awful those 2 year molars can be. Things are quieter today and I have been working on nail art behind the scenes so I hope to catch up this week. I have a new monthly feature coming soon as well that I'm really excited about. On to the nails!

Sherbet Girl's Nails - Sephora by OPI

One of the things I love to do with my 6 year old daughter is to give her a weekly Saturday manicure and paint her nails. This whole routine started when she was around 3 and had just started preschool. She was very nervous and started to bite her nails. I saw her future flash before my eyes, stubby nails, irritated, painful cuticles, other girls pointing and laughing. There are many things I can't control in her life, but one thing that I did feel was my responsibility was too teach her to not bite and how to take care of them. So now every week they get a trim and polish, and every few weeks I do the whole mani-pedi thing.

We spent a days at the beach a couple of weeks ago and she wanted something bright and colorful so sherbet nails it was! Colors I used were from the now sadly discontinued Sephora by OPI collection. The light purple is It's Hippo to be Square, the peachy coral is How Cute is That, and the pink is Access 24/7. 2-3 coats per color with Seche Vite as topcoat. 
It's very easy to do if you have a steady hand and a steady kid. I started with the bottom color, painting one stripe at a time in each hand, working my way up.