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[beanside]

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.

Comments

[kelly-girl.livejournal.com]

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

[embroiderama]

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. :)

[wrenlet.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[rock-chick-333.livejournal.com]

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*

[fufaraw]

That's a gorgeous effect!

[katzb101.livejournal.com]

So pretty

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

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.)