Nail Art & Water Marbling

Last night at college our tutor demonstrated how to do water marbling. It was lots of fun albeit a little tricky as the polish dries so fast that you literally have seconds to get it done.

You start by filling up a plastic cup / bowl with warm water (not too hot, not too cold). You then add drops of nail polish into the water as fast as you can before using the end of an orange wood stick to swirl the polish to make a pattern before dunking the nail (or a nail tip in this case) into the part of the pattern you like best. You then need to use a cotton bud to remove the remaining traces of polish from the water surface before taking out your nail.

We also had to work on more detailed nail art. I decided to do a spooky looking tree with a cat sat in it, a paisley pattern with gold accents and a funny shaped black cat (inspired by these water decals I found on Ebay).

Here is what I created. Overall I was pleased with the results seeing as this was my second attempt at nail art. I shall be ordering some nail tips and orange wood sticks to practice the water marbling at home.