Thursday, April 5, 2012

water marble bandwagon

The water marble bandwagon has been driving around a lot lately. I have been seeing SO MANY awesome water marbles on blogs recently, it's insane.
My friend Jodi @ Captivating Claws does one every week! And The Nail Network pretty much killed me with her two recent successes. And there's way more I can't begin to mention.

So of course, I had to hop on the bandwagon. But I don't think I quite made it on because this is not as awesome as I envisioned it being in my head! It went well, but not amazingly well.


Tada! To create this marbled look, I used three of my favorite Zoya colors - Elodie, Audrina and Lo from the Gossip Collection. 
I didn't end up with a lot of marbling on each nail because I like to dip several nails at a time to conserve polish.
I think the next time I marble, I'm going to do it in a shot glass, so I can use less polish but still get a bunch of swirls! Hopefully that's how it will work, anyway.


I especially loved the way my ring finger turned out! And these colors just look so cute together.
I used one coat of Lo as my base color to make the colors really pop.


My poor thumb got practically nothing! Hahaha. Oh well.

I've marbled a few times before and I always feel like I don't do as well as I should. Next time I try it, I am going to seriously rock it. Because I'm convinced I can do it!

One last picture to show you... I was too lazy to marble my right hand so I just wore a solid color.


This is Zoya - Lo again, but with a coat of CND - Violet Shimmer. These two look so awesome together!
It looked so cool I even had to show you my right hand which does not like to pose for pictures at all.
And you can see I even somehow dented 2 nails which is something I almost never do.
Right hand hates me. But that combo was too cute not to show off! I think I'll wear it on my toes a lot this summer because it is so vibrant and cheerful!

Okay, there you have my awkward right hand and my semi-successful marble.
Have you guys been marbling lately? Know of any awesome combos I should try?

18 comments:

  1. this is one of the best water marbles I have ever seen! It looks super cute :) makes me want to try it now.. x

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  2. Your ring finger looks awesome! I cannot get water marbling down for the life of me! Everytime I try it is just a painful experience lol
    I also really like your combo on your right hand. Looks awesome!

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  3. Congratulations, the nails are amazing! The first and only time I've tried to make marble nails, the final result was so catrastophic that I never tried again.
    Tuli

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  4. You just taught me the word "bandwagon"! Thanx for that (I'm French, teaching english!)

    Amazing WM, I just need to hop on the bandwagon and do one myself!

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    1. oh wow! i'm glad to have taught you something. i speak french as well!

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  5. I love the colors you picked, they look great together! Using a shot glass is a great idea too! I'm going to have to try that next time!

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  6. Beautiful! The colours go sooo well together!

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  7. hey smashley sparkles and i do our weekly wm on wed. if you and jodi want to join, we could make a big group. this looks great though.

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  8. :oD It's still pretty!!! Love the colors - I'd like to see you do a water marble with the same colors as your blog background!!!

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  9. It turned out great! It's a very fun combo of colors. Obviously everyone wears their polish at different rates and nail length varies, but I wouldn't worry about using up the polish. I'm actively *trying* to use up a 5ml container and 10+ coats in, I still have almost half a bottle left.

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  10. so pretty! I love these colors together and the CND effect is cool!

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  11. Looks fantastic! I love the color combo you chose, very girly!

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  12. Great job!! I'm really loving your ring finger.. My latest Easter marble is full of bubbles.. ugh!!

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  13. great marbling! way better than mine!

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  14. An impressive marble water. I'm still learning the art :)
    Greetings from Spain~

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