Water Marble Nails

 

 This was my first attempt at Water Marbling. I think it went pretty well. The colors I had brought were to try this sand and water pic I had seen and then I saw a a little tutorial on water marbling and thought, "Heck, why not. All you really need is polish, a cup of water, and some q-tips." Well ok, that is over simplified. I found the tape to be very helpful and you need remover too, to clean things up.

Colors I used:

Orangie/Red - Essie Geranium

White - OPI Alpine Snow

Yellow - Revlon Buttercup

Blue - Wet n Wild I Need a Refresh Mint

 

 
I used the scotch tape to tape off my cuticles as best I could. Color order was a drop of Geranium, then Alpine Snow, then Buttercream, then Mint, then another drop of Geranium.

 My first time I only did one nail but that seemed like a waste so next time I did 3 of my nails at once and it worked great. Did it with the remaining nails too. It wasn't so much that I felt I was wasting polish. It was that I hated having to put one drop in at a time. I know, ridiculously lazy. Once you peel off the tape you have little corners that you can use the q-tip and remover to clean up. I had a few weird spots I cleaned off and then painted over like a corner of my pinkie that got clumpy because I accidentaly didn't clean the polish away from the nail in the water and so it doubled over.

Once your nail is cleaned up and touched up, clear coat with Seche Vita.

 

Here is part of the mess left behind. This is just 1 nails worth. It can be messy work but I have been loving the variety and color pop of my nails today so it is worth it.