Tuesday 25 February 2014

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go - Day 25 - Watercolour (Glitter Watermarble)

 Hi guys, and welcome to Day 25 of the NAGG.  Today's prompt is watercolour, and I decided to have another go at a watermarble.  You can see my first and second attempt here and here.  Today's wasn't entirely successful either, but I am super pleased I found a way to do a glittery one........

I'm not sure if anyone has done this before and I've just forgotten where I saw it, or whether I had a genuine stroke of genius, so if you have seen it done somewhere before, I would be very grateful if you could let me know where in the comments :)  Anyway, I have always heard that glitter polishes won't spread out in the water properly, so instead, I used a base of Sinful Colors - Hottie, a blue jelly packed with iridescent glitters.  Then after it was dry, I did a watermarble with LaFemme - Pluto (a deep blue with purple shimmer) and LaFemme clear polish.
I'm nowhere near good enough at watermarbling yet to draw any set pattern in the polish, so I just went for any random pattern I could muster.  I like the results though, some nails are darker, and some are more sparkly.  I think the middle finger is my favourite though, I love how it turned out, although I was really pleased with the pinky too.
Overall, I would call this mani a success, although I still have a long way to go.  That's it from me today, but I will be back for tomorrows prompt, and that is a mani I really loved, despite a rather hefty amount of smudging during top coating :D




13 comments:

  1. It looks like shiny pebbles under a flowing stream of beauty! <3

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Aww, thanks hun! That's a fab description :D xx

      Delete
    2. You are most welcome!
      I have my poetic moments. LOL

      Delete
  2. This is so pretty - I absolutely adore it! :) xx

    ReplyDelete
  3. This is awesome! I'm going to have to try marbling with clear polish...it opens things up so much - you did a great job!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Aww, thanks hun! It does leave us a lot more options. The clear polish I used by La Femme works great, and it's less than £2 on ebay, just in case you don't have one that works :) xx

      Delete
  4. I like this. Inky Whiskers is right on with that description.

    ReplyDelete

I would love to hear what you guys think! There's no captchas, and you don't need an account to comment!
All comments are moderated by me, so I will always try to respond as soon as possible : )