Skip to main content

Finally, a True Water Marbling Success!

Water marbling has been on my mind lately.  More specifically, my frustration at my inability to do it properly.  All that changed tonight though as I FINALLY.  GOT.  WATER. MARBLING.  TO.  WORK.   And man, did it ever work. 

Keep reading for what I did differently this time. 


Here's what I did differently this time.  For a start, I didn't try to be too clear with the colours.  I really liked the idea using fire colours as I've had fun with them in the past.  I chose five different colours for this, China Glaze Winter Berry for the red, Nicole by OPI The Right Thing in an orangey coral, Essie Vermillionaire for orange, China Glaze Papaya Punch for, well, papaya colour (works a lot better in a water marble than straight) and Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow for yellow. 



This time I added a lot more polish than I did on my previous two tries.  Each finger has two drips of each colour going red to yellow in sequence, twice.  This was what really made the difference.  The polish didn't dry out straight away and I was able to play with the patterns to maximise the impact.  I'm so happy with how it came out!




A note on the colours:  wow was this hard to photograph.  Something about the reds and my skin tone just made my camera freak out to the point I had to use a flash to get a realistic read on the colours :(  This next photo is closest to how it looks in real life though.


The Verdict:  I'm so happy with how this came out I did both hands!  As I mentioned before, ten drops of polish is actually the right amount to use as it will keep the polish wet and lets you play with it.  My face, looking at this: :D yeah.

Labels:

Comments

  1. KristyFebruary 7, 2012 at 6:24 PM

    Gorgeous! Were the fire colours Hunger Games inspired, or completely coincidental? Either way it came out fantastic!! :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. HLFebruary 7, 2012 at 6:54 PM

    These worked out beautifully! Well done.

    ReplyDelete
  3. LindaFebruary 17, 2012 at 8:12 PM

    These look amazing! You are one clever lady!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Megan @ Let There Be LacquerFebruary 18, 2012 at 4:47 PM

    how funny! I have a marble that uses almost the same colors!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Review: Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles is Accurately Named

It's amazing what you can find when you wander around at night.  My favourite time to go shopping is ridiculously late and I'm extra happy when it pays off.  I've been looking for Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles for a while now at that couldn't be more up my alley if it tried.  I finally managed to find it in a Shoppers last night and it really does live up to its name. A Million Sparkles is a predominately blue glitter that has an amazing ability to look like a foil after a couple of coats.  Combine that with gold, silver and pink bar glitter and you have a winner.  It's seriously so sparkly I got distracted from what I was saying at lunch today.  Application is decent but you really need four coats to get completely opaque coverage.  That's ok, glitter dries fast.  It's a little rough too but nothing Seche Vite can't fix.  The Verdict:  Yay glitter! If, like me, you like sparklies to the point where it's the biggest tag on y
2 comments
Read more

Review: JENsations Stars in Space and S'mores

Guess what everyone?  I'm going to review some indie polishes that you can actually buy without having to wait for email messages!  Yay!  And sparkly too!  Imagine all the holo glory as while my lightbox produces lovely even white light, it saps any and all rainbows from manis, leaving me to try to take pictures in my kitchen like a barbarian.  It may not sound that hard but when you use a manual focus 60mm macro lens that has a wafer-thin depth of field, it's not the easiest.  Anyway, let's take a look at two, that's right, two, beautiful polishes from JENsations , Stars in Space and S'mores. First up, Stars in Space.  I started with two coats of Zoya Caprice, a very bright purple creme that you'll be seeing a lot of as it makes for a great base.  Next, two coats of Stars in Space, the most fabulous mix of silver holo glitter.  There's stars, squares (man, I love square glitter), hexes and micro glitter.  I liked this one as there was enough glitter on
4 comments
Read more

I'm a Proper Mermaid This Time Beeeeaches

Ermerger guys, I don't have any glitter on me!  Well, I do, just on my nails.  I always have glitter on me.  And cat fluff.  It's funny how often my bf comes home with glitter in his beard.  That means it's been there all day... Anyway, new nail vinyls mean something a bit different.  I swear I'm not actually obsessed with mermaids, it just seems like it... Anyway, again, shall we?
1 comment
Read more