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Just a quick post to show my second Water Marbling attempt.
I used Zoya’s SnowWhite as the base color, then marbled using Zoya’s Raven, Dove and Snowsicle.
Have a good night everyone!
Ok still not fabulous, but better than the last attempt. Much better.
I did mainly the same thing I did in my first attempt - the only thing I did differently was I took the piece of newspaper and put it IN the small cup with rubbing alcohol then placed it on my nails. For some reason this made it turn out better than dipping my nail in alcohol or soaking a cotton ball in alcohol and placing it over the newspaper while its on my nail.
I think I’m going to stick to water marbling. Oddly enough that seemed easier for me…
A couple of months ago I saw a video on Cutepolish about Newspaper nails and thought it looked adorable! I decided I wanted to try this out after my water marble nails turned out better than expected.
I picked up rubbing alcohol and snagged yesterday’s Wall Street Journal from work. The only difference I made compared to the video was – instead of dunking my nail in rubbing alcohol, I dipped a cotton ball into a small cup of rubbing alcohol then held the cotton ball over the newspaper I placed on my nail.
I was pretty tired starting these so I rushed a bit. I used 2 coats of Zoya’s SnowWhite nail polish which was a bit streaky. It’s the first Zoya I’ve come across that just didn’t want to play. Waiting for each coat to dry was torture and I was growing sleepier. I ripped 10 small pieces of the Wall Street Journal placed them over each nail one at a time and pressed a wet cotton ball over the nail.
My thumb was first and its awful. There are 3 bald spots where i think the paper folded or something – but I failed at this. My next 3 nails came out so-so and my pinky, well I moved the paper a bit when I was putting the cotton ball on. Its not horrible but its not great… so I will be attempting this again when I am a little less tired.
Failed thumb
At first I wasn’t going to post this fail of an attempt – but what the hell… I tried! I actually enjoy viewing blogs that post up stuff whether its good or bad! This allows me to add a “fail” tag. Hopefully at some point tomorrow I can do this again and have a successful attempt!
What I used:
Goodnight all!
I’ve looked at multiple YouTube Videos and Tutorials on water marbling. At first I was thinking “that’s entirely too much work”… but a little part of me was still itching to try it. Last night was that night – I got home from work, got cozy in my chair and got started.
To start – you need room temperature water (distilled or filtered works best). I grabbed a bottle of Dasani water that was sitting out on the table. I poured some into a small ceramic cup and added in a little bit of Zoya’s Remove + to the water (I read somewhere to add a little nail polish remover OR cuticle oil to the water). I grabbed a couple wood skewers to use in lieu of a toothpick to make my design – it was easier for me to pick up and grip while attempting this.
Biggest thing with marbling – MOVE QUICK. I would do the polish drops in water and take too long, and when I attempted a design, the first 2 drops had already hardened a little and my design pulled into a glob on top of the water and I would need to start again! Once I got the speed and rhythm down – I was good to go.
Taped Nails with Marley
I painted my nails with Marley and then taped off my fingers. Nick (my boyfriend) helped me with this so I wouldn’t screw up any of my nails that had Marley on em. I really don’t think this experience would have gone over well if I didn’t have help with it.
First attempt using Snowsicle, Caitlin, Layla and Zara
I grabbed about 10 Zoya colors I was interested in using, at first I settled on Zara, Caitlin, Layla and Snowsicle…. but Layla and Caitlin were overpowering Zara and Snowsicle. Nick suggested I cut it down to 3 colors and take the grey colors out completely.
I looked around again and decided to use Snowsicle, Isla and Layla with Marley as my base color. I didn’t focus on trying to get the same design in each attempt, I was trying to see what I liked so every nail would be very different design wise. Here are some “action shots” Nick took.
Isla going in the water
Snowsicle!
All 3 colors I used spread easily and very well! Snowsicle is a GREAT color to use, the hint of shimmer was just gorgeous.
Layla!
Making a design
Once I got a design I could deal with, I carefully submerged my nail into the design and held it in the water while quickly using the skewer to get all the excess polish away from my nail. If you don’t do this part, you chance getting a glob of excess polish on your nail as you pull the nail out of the water.
Removing tape
Even with tape on my fingers, I still managed to get some paint below the tape. Overall though, I was pleased with the design.
End result:
Both Thumbs!
Right Hand
Both Hands :)
All done!
Here is the final result! Overall I am very happy with this and it wasn’t as horrible as I thought it would be… but it is time consuming! It took me about two and a half hours!
List of everything I used:
Small Ceramic Cup, Dasani water (Room Temp), Paper towels (to wipe off skewer between designs), Nail polish remover (to add to water), 3 wood skewers, Zoya Nail Polish in Marley, Isla, Layla and Snowsicle, and Scotch Tape
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Lola has very quickly become one of my favorite nail polishes. I snagged it in a promo from the Zoya facebook page during the holidays in the Bold Pink color box (Colors in the Bold Pink box included Lola, Layla and Gilda and retailed for $24.00). I almost didn’t grab this color box, but Lola alone made it worth it!
Lola is an Ultra-bright warm fuchsia-pink base with strong blue-violet duochrome. It applies like a dream. The first coat always goes on evenly and dries within a few minutes. I always use 2 coats to be completely opaque. I will be buying a backup of Lola on my next payday.
I decided to pair it with Sally Hansen Big Money on the tips. I’m already irritated with this polish and I’ve only owned it for 4 days. The brush is already going wonky.. its a wide brush and its turning sideways making it very difficult to use on the tips. After 2 uses… its already about 30% gone and it got really thick and gloppy. I still love the look of it – but application wise I almost gave up tonight.
I tried getting a picture of how much polish was left in the bottle but it was difficult due to the glitter coating inside the bottle, but if you can see the thicker lilac glitter line right above Gem… thats how much is left in the bottle. I also attempted a picture of the brush going wonky.
I topped this look off with Zoya armor top coat which added a little extra shine to both Lola and Big Money.
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