Saturday, April 7, 2012

dun dun dun...water marbling!

i see other bloggers post pictures of their beautiful water marbles all the time. after months and months, i decided i finally needed to take the plunge and do it. i watched a video and read a blog post by the fabulous cosmetic sanctuary and set to work. the colors i used are: niecy by julep, and yummy and tobey by zoya. my base color was "you just wait" by sinful colors.



i hesitate to call this bad, since it was my first time. i think the swirls are pretty rad! i feel my main mistake was using such a sheer color for the base. i feel if i had used something more substantial, it would have ended up popping more and looking a lot cooler. still, i only did my swatching hand and will take it off before easter lunch tomorrow.

for everyone thinking about marbling - i think you should do it! it's time consuming, yeah, but the results are worth it!

5 comments:

  1. Great job, girlfriend! You are totally right about the base, too. The more opaque the better.

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  2. Hey I think it looks awesome! I personally am too scared to try water marbling. I watched my friend try and now I am scared!! Haha but yours looks amazeballs.

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  3. Thats not bad at all.. I didn't care for mine too much the first try either. Lol. But all u really needed was to do the pinky over, the rest look great. And i've found a white basecoat works best. Don't give up on it yet, the 2nd try turns out better.

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  4. I like it a lot. And as a first water marble I think it's hot! mine was basically a mess LOL

    Oh hey, I have nominated you for Versatile Blogger award on my nail polish blog: http://superficiallycolorful.blogspot.com/2012/04/versatile-blogger-award.html

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  5. Very nice marbling! This is funny, I also nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award! http://sparklesandshinenails.blogspot.com/2012/04/awards-versatile-blogger.html

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