How to: WATER MARBLE!

I've got to be honest, water marbling isn't the easiest thing in the world, actually it can be quite frustrating and time consuming but if you have the right tools, patience, and positivity

you will be sure to get compliments left and right!! :)

Everything you will need:

• Base color (preferably white)
• Nail polish (any colors your want but at least 2)
• A small disposable cup
• Distilled or filtered ROOM TEMP water.
• Tape and/or Petroleum Jelly
• Toothpicks/Orange-wood sticks
• 100% pure acetone (which i have in the bottle in the picture)
• Q-tips 
• Cotton pads 
• Fast drying top coat
• Patience ;)

First things fist! In order to get the most vibrant and colorful effect you must use a base color.

Preferably white, especially when using bright neon colors like I did :)

In this picture i used

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in

300 White On

Next your going to want to choose your colors and unscrew the 

caps completely for easy access once you start!

You need to pick the polishes that ARE NOT dried out one bit, if so it can cause the polish to dry too quickly once it hits the water and they will not spread at all.

In my opinion bright neon colors are great especially now that it's summer.

The colors i used in this particular picture are brand new so they worked best.

From left to right I used the Sinful Colors in:

920 24/7

56 Neon Melon

951 Why Not

& 198 Irish Green

(not my first choice but like I said they are brand new)

 

Once your base color is COMPLETELY dry, you can start covering your cuticles as well as the sides of your nails with tape. (another alternative is using petroleum jelly which i actually did on the other hand it's less time consuming and is defiantly easier when cleaning up). I know it sounds crazy but you'll be thanking little baby Jesus once your finished because I know you don't want to clean up all this that is left over on your finger--->

Now you can begin! With your cup filled with your

Room Temperature water. Drop one drop of each color, one at a time into your cup until you get a pattern that looks something like this kinda like a bullseye! You want to drop the nail polish as close to the surface as possible. If you drop it to far away from the surface it will form into ball and sink to the bottom. Now you can gently break the surface and drag your toothpick from one side to the other creating a pattern. You will also want to work fast enough so the outside color doesn't dry up before you draw your pattern with your toothpick.

Now this is the most crucial step.You MUST dunk your finger slowly into the water at an angle in order to

 catch that flawless pattern. If you don't you will form air bubbles within your pattern and it will turn out like this

See those unsightly little dots? Yuck!! :P

Once your finger is submereged make sure to leave it there for a few seconds so that the nail polish on the surface is dry. ( you can also gently blow on the water to make it dry more quickly.) Now, with out removing your finger from the water, quickly swirl your toothpick, or Q-tip around your finger to gather the excess polish from the water. ( if this isn't done,once you pull your finger out the excess comes up with it ruining your design.)

This is MY end result, very bright and unique.

 Each one is extremely different and is a perfect look for this summer! I know this is a long tedious process but the end results makeup for it every bit. (and of course practice makes perfect.)

I really hope these tips and tricks help you out .Good luck and have fun

:)