31 Day Nail Art Challenge! Day 20: Water Marble

Yes, I'm still doing this challenge. I'm so over it, haha. But I'm going to finish it! Anyway, I thought this day's challenge was going to be the most difficult for me, and I was right. I am AWFUL at water marbling. Just awful. It never works out, and I just end up wasting a lot of polish. But I did eventually get the polishes I chose to work, and I actually have two designs for you! My sister also wanted a water marble, and it was just a pain in the butt. At least it was pretty!

My sisters nails - I started with a base color of Sally Hansen Lava, and then I water marbled with Lava and Sally Hansen Pacific Blue.

Pardon the little cut on my cuticle in this picture, I got a little happy with the cuticle nippers! And also pardon the old water mark - these pictures were taken and edited like three months ago, haha. 

On my thumb and ring finger, I painted one coat of Fresh Paint Nebula, and then I covered it with a coat of Sinful Colors Scene Stealer. Wearing a glitter accent is a nifty little trick to avoid having to water marble on those two fingers, haha. And on my index, middle, and pinky fingers, I started with a base coat of China Glaze Pink-ie Promise. Then I marbled with Pink-ie Promise, China Glaze Life is Rosy, and Fresh Paint Nebula. Unfortunately for me, Nebula didn't marble as well on my nails as it did in my test swatches. So... It looks kind of wonky. But I liked it! My water marble had character. So I hope you like it! Let me know what you think of it. 

Thanks for reading, have a great day, and happy painting!

Blurple and Mint Water Marble

Heeeeeeeeeeey guuuurl how you been? Haha, kidding. Anyway, hey there! Today I have a water marble for you! Don't get excited, I hardly ever do water marble designs. I have tried and tried again, but I think I just have to face it... I suck at water marbling. This design turned out great (in my opinion) but it took a lot of tries and a lot of wasted polish. So no thanks, I don't think I'll be attempting this again. But it does look nice!

(indoors, under a lamp)

(indoors, better lighting - this is more accurate to the colors)

I had been aching to use these colors for a while, but I couldn't decide which one I wanted to wear more. So I used both! I used China Glaze Fancy Pants and China Glaze Keep Calm Paint On. So lovely together! The only problem is that both of these polishes are super thick. I don't know if it's just my bottle, or if that's just the formula, but that's what caused the weird streaks in the marble.; I actually really liked them, but I've never seen polish do that before. But that's basically it! It was really nice for spring. So let me know if you try this out, I'd love to see it! Thanks for reading, have a good day, and happy painting! :)