While pinning away I have stumbled upon several water marbled nails. Reading the directions and seeing how awesome it looks I thought to myself "Pin this, I will try that one day." While secretly knowing that most likely I wouldn't do it one day as many things that I pin I never will do... oh well :o) But, I actually decided to attempt this particular pin. My nails have been super strong lately and are currently long enough for something as stunning as this to be displayed on.
So I gathered my materials...
- Nail Polish (I tried several kinds until I found ones that worked) I used 2 colors but want to try 3 next time
- Q Tips and Tooth Picks (these will be used to clean fingers and polish removal)
- Vaseline
- Cup of Water
- Paper Plate **this is just for trash reasons**
Now get comfy where you are sitting as this is not a quick nail job, but so worth it!!!
Fill your cup with luke warm or room temperature water, almost all the way full. Then you will need to swab the Vaseline all around your finger covering all your skin but not the nail. This will ensure the polish doesn't stick to you but the nail instead.
Now slowly dip your polishes in the water, do this by taking 1 drip from one color and just touching the surface of the water until the color 'spreads' outwards. Continue dropping 1 dip while alternating colors. I do between 10-15 drips. I also found it easier if all bottles of polish were opened and ready to grab for quick dripping.
Once all drips are in place you will have a pretty circle of colors, grab a tooth pick and SLOWLY go from the outside of the circle towards the middle. Do this a few times to create your marbled look of choice. Then very slowly dip your nail in the part of the design you want on your nail, works best if the nail is on a slight angle towards the polish. While your nail is still in the water (under water) take your toothpick and gather all the polish by swirling in slow circular motions to clear it from your finger. Then remove your finger, slowly, and use a q-tip to clean your finger tip and remove all excess polish. Spot clean with nail polish remover if needed.
Be sure to top with a clear top coat after several minutes of air drying. Continues these steps for all or as few nails as you wish.
The colors choices are endless and the more you do it the better you get. Can you imagine different color schemes for holidays?!?! How cute!!!
Now when I did this my camera was not charged so I had to use my daughter's iPad, the picture quality isn't the best but it shows the finished product! I didn't put a top coat on soon enough as when I was cleaning my bathroom the next day most of my polish chipped off before I could get better pictures.
And you know once my daughter's seen my nails they wanted theirs done the same way :o) I did try to do their nails and for being only 4 yrs and 5 1/2 yrs they sat still very good and ended up with some cute nails! The pictures are again not the best and due to the fact that their nails are so dang TINY the design didn't have much room to really show up.
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