If you’re a fan of nail art then I’m pretty
certain you will have heard of marbling or watercolour as its also known, nail
art. The look is incredible, as it allows you to do some fantastic swirling
patterns. It is achieved by dropping nail varnish onto the surface of a cup of
water, and because of the density difference, it rests there, and you can
manipulate it. Then by dragging your nails through it, it transfers. I’ve
watched countless videos, but let me tell you, it’s harder than those manicure
gurus make out. Needless to say I wanted to come up with something easier.
While my effect isn’t quite the same, it’s still got the wow factor.
So what’s the difference? Drum roll
please...
A plastic sandwich bag!
Keep reading to find out how your average
house hold staple will be soon finding its way into your makeup draw.
For my exact look you will need:
- Collection 2000 Hot Looks in 32 BMX Bandit
- No7 Stay Perfect Nail Colour in Milan
- Barry M Nail Paint in294 Cyan Blue
- Avon Nailwear Pro in Peppermint Leaf
- Models Own Nail Art pen in White
- A plastic sandwich bag
First unscrew all the caps off your
varnishes so you can work fast.
Then taking your first colour, (for example
Barry M) drop about 4 substantial size blobs onto your nail in different places.
Then repeat the process with your other
colours, dropping blobs in different places on your nail, so as the cover the
entire nail with random blobs of colour.
Quickly take your sandwich bag and carefully
wrap around your varnished finger, try not to smudge the colour across wards,
you want to press downwards instead.
Hold it really taught for around 5 seconds,
and then carefully peal back.
Then repeat with all other fingers. The good thing is if you make a mistake you
can just touch up with a slight dab of the end of your brush.
Once dry, using your nail art pen, dot
spots down the length of your nail starting on the outer third of your nail.
I hope you find this a lot easier than the
water marbling technique. I’m still determined to master it, so watch this space,
but in the mean time this is pretty good. If you have any tips for me on the water
technique (you clever sausage) then please let me know.


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particular color :-)
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! I love the added polkadots!
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They look awesome! I tried marballing once, was so hard. Wish I could master it. Might try your method!
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I know, I haven't managed to master water marbling yet either. This was really easy though :) x
DeleteThese look great! I've tried marbling countless times, but always ended up with paint everywhere but my nails! Will definitely give this a go!
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I tried water marbling and it was so difficult, 1 or 2 nails looked nice and the rest were a mess! Loving the look of this technique though so will have to give it a go! xx
ReplyDeleteExactly the same, and sometimes I'd get half the nail done right and then the end would sort of slide off! The sandwich bag way was really easy though, so I'd definatly say have a go. x
DeleteThis is seriously amazing, I'd love to be able to recreate it, but I'm so rubbish at nail art!
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nails look super cute!! - my blog is pretty new id love love love if you could take a little look and give any comments wo wo wo !! XXXX
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Great idea and so much easier to just squish the colour on! It gives a kind of street-art effect, which I think is seriously cool.
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