The art of water marbling

Happy hump day my lovelies!

If you love the look of water marbling but have no idea how to do it your in the right place! Pull a chair up and relax. First thing you need to do is ask yourself what colors do you want? I recommend using 3 or 4 colors max any beyond that and I feel could blend and look muddy.
The supplies:

1. A clear nail polish for a base coat and a top coat ( I used Sally Hansen Xtreme wear in Invisible)
2. A white polish to put over the clear. It really helps the colors pop! I used S.H. Xtreme wear in White On.
3. Your colored polish. I used Sally Hansen Xtreme wear for 3/4 colors: Blue Me Away, Mellow Yellow, and Coral Reef. For my 4th color I used Maybelline Color Show in Sweet Clementine.
4. Any bowl or cup to fill with ROOM TEMPERATURE water. I cannot emphasize this enough, it MUST be room temp. If the water is too hot the polish will spread quickly but will dry very quickly and you will not be able to free hand a design, the polish will just twist up onto your tool. If the water is too cold it will not spread nicely into the water or not at all.
5. Toothpicks or any thin pointed tool. I have tried sewing needles and have found they are too thin and do not pull designs well.
6. A paper towel to place the bowl of water on and your used toothpicks.
7. Scotch tape, break off x3 small pieces to go along the sides and the cuticle area of your fingers. This step helps with clean up.
8. Q-tips/cotton buds and nail polish remover to clean up any polish that has transferred to your fingers that the taping did not catch. That is everything you need! Now how do you do it? Keep reading!
How to water marble
First tape your fingers.

Some people only tape one at a time but I find it easiest if they are already taped so your not struggling to tape fingers with freshly marbled nails. Next polish all nails with the clear polish, let this dry before moving on. Once your base coat is finished apply a thin layer of white, allow that to dry and apply another layer. You should now have a nice opaque white color on all nails.

Next chose the order you want your colors in and unscrew all of the caps. You need to be able to work quickly when dropping the polish onto the water. Choose your first color and allow only one drop of polish onto the water and place it back into the bottle, remembering not to screw it back on. The color should spread nicely out into a ring ( some colors become quite transparent in this step, that is normal do not add another drop of polish). Now just continue this process until you have several rings ( the polish should resemble a target).

Once you have the desired amount of rings grab your tool of choice/ toothpick and begin designing. Place the toothpick into the polish and drag it.

Once you found a design you like place your nail onto it and push your nail beneath the water. Keep your nail in the water and blow the unused polish to dry it then place the toothpick into the water and twirl it to pick up all unused polish.

Only remove your nail from the water when all unused polish has been removed or it will transfer onto your nail and finger and look a HOT mess! Simply carefully remove the tape and repeat with all fingers. Use nail polish remover and Q-tip to wipe away any polish left on your fingers. Apply a clear top coat. I also like to spray DeMert nail enamel dryer to my top coat to finish it all. Now go flaunt your totally unique nails!!

I hope this was helpful. Have fun!! Until next time!
<3
Jess