Valentine Marbles

Hello!!

I am so excited to share with you another manicure! This week I was looking at a nail art Instagram account and I saw a water marble manicure from Sveta Sanders. She is very, very popular, has about 1 million followers! Anyway, it had been a really long time since I had tried the water marble technique and I went ahead and gave it another shot. For this manicure you will need a disposable plastic cup filled with water, a white nail polish, a pink nail polish, a light pink nail polish, a rosegold glitter nail polish, a toothpick and lots of acetone and cotton pads for clean up.

I started with a base coat of OPI nail envy maintenance. I then did two coats of OPI Alpine Snow. I then created a bullseye of nail polish colors, on the water, in the plastic cup, alternating between the four colors of nail polish. I then used my toothpick to create a spiderweb pattern. You can see this online through YouTube videos. I couldn't photograph it, since I couldn't let the nail polish sit on the water too long. I had to pick a spot where I liked the design and place my nail on it and completely immerse my finger in the water and then remove the remaining nail polish with a toothpick. Once I dipped all my fingernails into the water and achieved the desired look, I cleaned off the remaining nail polish on my fingers with acetone and a cotton pad and then carefully removing it around the cuticles with an angled brush and acetone. I finished off my manicure with a fast drying top coat of Poshe.

OPI Alpine Snow

Bullseye of nail colors: OPI Alpine Snow, China Glaze Passion For Petals, Whim Blush and Bows, Shade Metallic Rose Gold 

Nails dipped into the water marble design

Finished!

This was really fun, but also very time consuming. I would recommend using the same brand of nail polish for all colors you use. The nail polish tends to separate at different speeds because the formulas are different, so that made it a little difficult to create the bullseye. I also had trouble creating the exact pattern I wanted, or having the remaining nail polish cloud on top of my nail when I brought it up out of the water. So I would highly recommend using a new plastic cup and a new cup of water for every time you dip in your nail. I know that sounds crazy and maybe I just used the wrong type of disposable cup, because mine was a paper cup that was lined with some waxy stuff on the inside, try using a plain clear plastic disposable cup. It's also very messy and it gets all over your fingers unless you protect them with something, so just be prepared for all of that before you start this endeavor. I really do LOVE the end result. This color combo is really fun too. I hope you enjoyed this manicure and I will see you next time!