I have been dreading today because I have never done a water marble before. I don't love my results but I don't hate them either. For a first attempt I don't think they're bad. View the following mani at your own risk.
Polishes used:
- Seche Rebuild base coat / Seche Vite top coat
- Essie Blanc
- China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le
- Wet n Wild Megalast I Need A Refresh-Mint
- OPI Austin-tatious Turquoise
- Nicole by OPI Sea How Far You Go
This was an adventure to say the least. I ran into a lot of water marble beginner challenges and it was a pretty steep learning curve. I expected it to be messy and a long process so that was no big deal. I guess I had some water issues because my polish didn't want to play nice and drag smoothly. About half of the time once I was ready to swirl the whole thing would catch and I'd have to start dropping in colors all over again. That got pretty frustrating real quick. Once I got into a groove and moved a bit faster that seemed to happen a little less but it did still happen. Then I was just a doofus and hit my already done nails on the side of the cup >.< No bueno. Eventually I got them all done though and added some dots for an extra bit of color (and to hide where I dinged my nails on the cup). I will say that I was so very very glad that I taped off my fingers first because that mess would have been an absolute nightmare. It did dry me out big time though as I'm sure you can see. Overall, it was fun to play with water but it is definitely a special occasion kind of thing for me. At least until I get more practice anyhow. How did you guys feel about your very first water marble experience?
Seriously, your first attempt? Awesome job! I really like the metallic swirls in there. :)
ReplyDeleteMy first 3 attempts never saw the light of day. >_<
Yeppers, first one, trust me the dots make it look so much better. I couldn't bring myself to take pics of it before I added them lol.
DeleteIt came out awesome.
ReplyDeleteGlad you likes! (OMG How did I miss an Elmer pic??)
DeleteBlegh, watermarbles will be the death of me. I can never really get the hang of where to put my nail once I get a design done and getting that design is always a bitch. Same thing happens to me, where I start dropping polish and, when I try to do the design, I pull the whole thing out.
ReplyDeleteWhat's helped with that is to start your design from like your second ring, not the outermost one. So I always either: make the first ring a color that won't be seen, or do a couple of drops of the first color.
All that being said, I really like yours! I like the color combo and the let's-hide-what-went-wrong dots. You can never go wrong with dots.
Yeah I ended up eventually padding the outside with a few rings but bleh. This is totally an accent nail thing for me, I'll stick with needle marbles.
DeleteCan we make that a term, let's-hide-what-went-wrong dots? Cause I totally use them a lot haha.
What a great first result, and I love how you dotted it, great work!
ReplyDeleteThank you, dots save the day haha
DeleteWhat you mean?? these are great!!! great job, i love them!!!
ReplyDeleteNot quite up there with your water marbles but I gotta start somewhere, glad you like them!
DeleteNot bad at all! I love the colors you picked! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, I was pretty happy with the colors just not how they wanted to play in the water haha.
Deletefor your first try, these are gorgeous! i love the dots too! super cute! :D again im sorry I wasn't able to post mine today! :(
ReplyDeleteThank you, I loved yours too!! Aww I told ya don't even worry about it, we've had crappy weather here too.
DeleteKickass girl!
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you! ^_^
DeleteLove the added dots Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I've decided there is nothing that dots can't fix haha.
DeleteWow your water marbling is so good, the dots really finish it off and make it something unique.
ReplyDeleteIf you girlies ever do another challenge i would love to take part. I have followed both of your blogs :-)W
I wish I could say I was original but I've seen some very gorgeous water marbles with added dots here and there. Thanks for the follow, I followed you as well ^_^
DeleteI think they look great :]
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