Howdy, everyone! Hope you all have had a great weekend. Mine has been lovely. Had a spa day with the girls yesterday and got a fantastic facial at Trump Tower Spa. Lest you think I'm all rich and fancy, we had gift certificates so my treatment with tip only cost me $12 out of pocket. Woot! It was a good day all around, plus my nails looked fab!
This is one of my favorite water marbles ever! I'm sorry the pics are a little dark. I've got a new lightbox (thanks, Dana!) and I'm trying to work out the lighting situation. Basically, my little lamp ain't cuttin' it anymore, I'll have to look into some better wattage.
Anyway, I started this marble with 2 coats of Orly's Snowcone (on 50% clearance at CVS!!) for my base color. I used Snowcone and Sinful Colors in Snow Me White and New Wave for the marble. This looked a lot like Sodalite IRL and I really loved the patterns that were created.
Thanks a bunch for reading!
Happy St. Patrick's Day, folks! I hope you've all been responsible with your partying this weekend, if you are so inclined to party. Here in Chicago, St. Paddy's is a pretty big holiday. I try not to leave the house too much if I can help it lol Even if I don't love the holiday itself, it's a good excuse for a manicure!
As you can see, I gave the water marbling another go. I'm relatively happy with how it turned out, but I wish I could figure out a way to do it that didn't leave so many bubbles. I was able to cover a lot of the bubbles up with some gold glitters, but I wish my technique was better. Oh well, practice is the only answer, I suppose!
I marbled 4 of my nails with just greens and white and then my index nail is done with a rainbow of colors. Kinda like the leprechaun's rainbow with the pot of gold at the end. Check the end of this post of a list of polishes used.
Have you given water marbling a try yet? Any tips for those of us trying to perfect the technique? Or do you think it's just more trouble than it's worth?
Thanks so much for reading!
Polish list:
Base color: Snow Me White by Sinful Colors-white creme
Green nails: Last Chance by Sinful Colors-dark green creme
Mojito Madness by Essie-grassy green creme
Rainbow Nails: January by Julep-cherry red creme
Times Square by NYC-tangerine orange creme
Pull Over by Sinful Colors-bright yellow creme
Mojito Madness by Essie-grassy green creme
Endless Blue by Sinful Colors-deep blue creme
Tempest by Sinful Colors-lilac creme
