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I've been piddling around with nail polishes lately. Jess got me hooked, and like her, it's an easy thing to do for self-care when I'm down on myself.

I've been looking at tutorials, and decided, with

poisontaster's donation of a glass bowl last weekend, to try water marbling. This is what I ended up with. I'm kind of in love with it. It wasn't as difficult as I thought, either. I can't wait to try more colors.

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I like those colors. I love water marbling!

Have you tried dry water marbling? It's similar and I know for me I made less of a mess. You do it similar to the regular water marbling but after you make your swirly patterns you take a ziploc or ziploc type baggie and press it into the water. When that drys you can transfer the patterns to your nails.

Here's the link to the site I read before I grabbed some ziploc bags and went crazy.

http://morenailpolish.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-take-on-dry-water-marbling.html

Oh. O.O

I cannot WAIT to try that. Thank you so much for the link! IT looks much easier. and less messy. (Seriously, green polish on Jess' boob-I don't even know how we managed it.)

Hee! It was definitely less messier. I think I had more fun making the designs than putting them on my nails.

I just saw this other technique I had to look up while on Pinterest. (Pinterest is the best time suck ever)

This one is called the saran wrap technique and I think I'm going to try it next.

http://thepolishwell.blogspot.com/2012/09/nail-ideas-saran-wrap-nails.html

Best. Idea. Ever. I'd never even heard of water marbling before, but this was so gorgeous, and your idea sounded easy, so.

(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/rock_chick_333/24750774/4573/4573_original.jpg)

This was the one that didn't work, my first attempt where I screwed up the bullseye and then screwed up the flower worse, and ended up just swirling it all round in a fit of the pouts, and dunking the plastic in it just to get it out of the cup. And it dried so pretty I just had to put it on my nails! Looks like pricy art-enamel jewellery, no?

I may be a little obsessed with this. I'm blaming you. And

beanside.

It does! That's lovely!
I need a nail polish icon...hmmm.

That is really cute. I like how well the colors go together. Seeing how certain colors melded together was so fun.

Here's another technique I saw over on Pinterest.

http://thepolishwell.blogspot.com/2012/09/nail-ideas-saran-wrap-nails.html

I haven't tried it but it looks fun too. I like how the outcome looks.

Ooh, that's another cute idea, thanks! I'll bear it in mind for my next-but-one nail paint; I just got my hands on my first Konad plate, so that one's gonna be next up. I'm getting kinda antsy for it, TBH - the marble nails are still going strong after three whole days, which is unusual for my hopelessly chip-prone nails, and I half want to keep the marble forever, and half want them to be leopard-print now, dammit. *impatient*

Oh, pretty! I've gotten hooked on the whole nail polish thing too. Like you said, it's good self-care, and I think it also allows me to feel like I'm wearing something new/different even with the same damn clothes I've had for years. :)

Yes! It makes me feel pretty.

Gorgeous!

Thank you!

OMG, that's so pretty! And I've never heard of water marbling, I am obviously behind the times on nail techniques. Googling right now.

*is wearing matt steel-grey Marvala*

My next project is trying a fan brush and doing an ombre'.

That's a gorgeous effect!

Thank you! It makes me (stupidly) happy!

So pretty

Thank you! *blush*

that is so cool! i've never heard of water marbling either, altho i think i have read the same kind of thing only putting the nail polish on a piece of plastic wrap rather than in water, and then transferring the design to your nails. (i think. something like that, anyway.)

It seemed like fun! I like piddling with stuff like that. My inner creativity doesn't have to fight with my lack of spoons to do anything more active.

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