Over the past few weeks a lot of my non-nailie friends have been sharing pictures of watermarble nails on Facebook, so I thought I would create a tutorial to show them how to do it! :)
The polishes I used were Essence, That's What I Mint!, OPI Kiss Me I'm Brazilian and OPI Where Did Suzi's Man-Go?
Here is a pictorial. See below for step by step instructions to go with it!
1. First paint the nails you intend to watermarble onto in a light colour: white or nude are good options.
2. Now, gather together everything you will need. Water, polishes (open the lids), cocktail sticks, Vaseline, kitchen roll.
Some people recommend filtered water, however I just use tap water. I do let it sit for about an hour beforehand though, to ensure it is room temperature otherwise the polish will dry too quickly.
3. Cover your cuticles and the backs of your fingers in Vaseline. This makes cleaning up afterwards so much easier! Careful not to get it on your nails though.
4. Now you are ready to start. Drip your polish into the water and allow it to spread.
5. Working quickly add drops of your other chosen polishes into the centre.
6. Once you have plenty of polish in there take a cocktail stick and move the polish around to create a pattern.
7. When you are happy with the pattern you have created dip your fingers in, nails down and leave them in the water. Use a cocktail stick to gather up any leftover polish floating on the water, otherwise this will ruin your mani when you remove your fingers.
8. Take the fingers out of the water. Ta Da! You have a beautiful watermarble design. Don't be tempted to dry your fingers yet, allow them to air dry or you risk smudging your marble.
9. The excess polish on your fingers should wipe away easily with kitchen roll, because you used the Vaseline. More accurate clean up can be done around the cuticles with acetone and a small angled paintbrush.
10. Now all thats left to do is paint the rest of your nails and topcoat. I like to use one of the polishes I used for the marble, to keep it matchy!
I hope this has helped.
Try it yourself!
It turned out good for you. :) Water marble is my worst nightmare, but I'll have to do it in a few weeks for the 31 day challenge.
ReplyDeleteThankyou, it took a bit of practice to get there!!
DeleteI think one of the most important things is knowing which polishes work well and spread out without drying too fast. I spent a while just dripping different polishes into water and poking them with cocktail sticks to see how quickly they dried! x