Water Marble ~ Beauty World

Water Marble:
The new nail art technique called water marble is a simple one in which some household items are used. In a cup of water, nail polish of the desired color is mixed and designs are created using a toothpick or pin. Then the nail is immersed for some time in the cup of water in which the designs were created. After taking them out, you can observe that the designs are stuck on the nail.

Step by step procedure for applying Water Marble:

For the water marbling you'll need:

1. Polishes you'll use for water marbling: You must experiment with polishes, because not every polish cooperates with water as we would want to.

2. Toothpick, a wooden orange stick or something pointy: To draw the design.

3. A tissue or a paper towel: So you can wipe off the toothpick or an orange stick.

4. Cup of water: I always use a room temperature water in an empty yoghurt's plastic cup .

You can have problems with the polish, if the water is too cold or too hot, so keep experimenting with the water temperature. If you still can't make the polish spread as it should, try to use distilled, filtered or bottled water.

You'll also need a tape or vaseline, Q-tips, brush, nail polish remover and top coat.

Step 1: Don't forget to prep your nails before water marbling. I usually do one hand at the same time, because having tape on all 10 fingers would probably lead to a fail.

If the colors you're using are sheer, put a coat of opaque polish as a base before water marbling, so the colors will stand out more. For this tutorial I used some of the really opaque polishes, I also taped my finger with sellotape, using 3 pieces of tape (sides and the bottom) so all the polish don't stick to my skin, because that'd be just too messy and hard to clean. You can use sellotape, scotch tape,... I also read that vaseline works great too (but I didn't try it on myself).

Step 2: Take all the lids off and start adding a drop of each polish into the water from a low height (if the drop sinks into the water, you're dripping it from too high up or the polish is too dense). When the drop hits the water, it spreads, so you keep adding the drops and you'll get rings of color.

Step 3: Then you take a toothpick or an orange stick and start drawing the design you want. I was trying to make some kind of flower design so I just draw some lines into the center. Wipe off the toothpick before drawing, so the polish won't stick on and ruin the whole design you're trying to get.

Step 4: When you're happy with the design you made, place your nail above the design you want to show on the nail and dip it into the water.You can also dip more nails at the same time, I'd say two would work great too, not sure about three. Just make 2 same designs close enough and dip 2 nails in the water.