Springtime Watermarble!

As you may know, I've always struggled with the water marble technique.

I wanted to practice, so here's a little something I did the other day!

Colors used:

Essie "Mint Candy Apple"

Essie "Off The Shoulder"

Essie "She's Picture Perfect"

The colors are very cute together & remind me of Springtime!

I think I am getting a little better, but no matter what I try I can not perfect it!

Bob Marley/Jamaica Themed!

 I FINALLY got a new phone so I can take and upload high-quality photos of my work now!

Here are some Bob Marley/Jamaica nails I did for a contest on Instagram!

There is a peace sign painted over a watermarble, "One Love" over watermarble, Bob Marley's face over a sponge gradient, Jamaican flag tape mani and the Rasta flag/Lion of Judah :)

Polishes used for this mani:
LA Colors Color Craze "Berry Red", Avon Nailwear Pro "Sunshine" and Sinful Colors "Happy Ending".
All of the black details are  hand painted using black acrylic paint and a paint brush, then topped with Seche Vite topcoat!

Also, I have ran out of ideas for "Tutorial Tuesdays" so please feel free to request a tutorial.

Simple patterns tend to work best for making a tutorial :)

Theme: Thanksgiving Water Marble!

I am really awful water marble nail art.

If you are unfamiliar with water marbling, you can read about it here.

Basically, you put drops of polish into water and it spreads on the surface and you swirl the colors together.

I have tried for hours at a time... but for some reason, it never works out very well for me!

I wanted to give it another shot using some Thanksgiving colors.

After 2 attempts tonight, here are the results:

Not too great, but I do like the color combinations.

Colors used: Essie "Sew Psyched", "Orange It's Obvious" & "Very Structured", Avon "Sunshine" and LA Colors "Hot Blooded"

I noticed that the Essie polishes did not really enjoy being put into water, and were very resistant to spreading on the surface.

I think next time I water marble, I will try to avoid Essie.