It's been a huge trend in nail art for the last year or so - watermarbling. After reading tutorial after tutorial, I was hesitant to actually try the effect because it seemed so time (and polish) consuming. But, of course, I wasn't just going to sit back and watch everyone have all the fun! Over the last few months I've attempted nail marbling a couple of times but none of them have turned out well-enough for me to keep on for more than a few hours.
The general idea of watermarbling is taking a small bowl of water, dropping in several concentric drops of nail polish, swirling them around with a toothpick and dipping your fingers in. Many of the tutorials online are great at explaining step-by-step but they make it look a heck of a lot easier than it is the first few times you try... This look takes a lot of practice and experimentation to get right I think - unless you're following someone else's steps exactly - colour, pattern, and everything.
A few things I've learned from all of my attempts:
- The water in the bowl should be room-temperature/ luke warm
- I had more luck with creme finishes than with shimmers/glitters
- Paint your nails a base colour (white, nude, or a colour that you're using) before dipping them
- Use scotch tape to surround your nail before you dip them - this drastically reduces the amount of cleanup needed afterwards
- Leave the bottles open and work FAST. I find that the outer circles tend to dry before I'm done the inside circles making it really difficult to make any sort of funky pattern in them
- To save time and polish, I dip my three middle fingers into the polish at the same time (but I do my thumbs and pinkys seperately)
I have a few problems with having water bubbles under the polish making them peel off very easily - even with a layer of Seche Vite top coat. Anyone know any tricks for preventing this?
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