31DC2014 Day 20: Water marble

Hi lovelies,

I hope you’re having a great start to the weekend.

Let’s be real here.  I don’t really do water marbles.  Not because I don’t like them but because I suddenly have lost all ability to do them.  The very first water marble I did came out perfectly.  I am not ashamed to say I nailed it.  The next one I did was a little more troublesome but I soon got it right and it also came out perfectly.  Since then, I have just not been able to do it.  I get perfect spreading in the water, beautiful patterns but the minute my fingers touch the water it all goes to pieces.  *sigh*.  I think after this challenge I should take a day and just do water marbles till I get it right again.  When that happens, you will definitely see a stack of marbles here 😛

Nevertheless, the prompt calls for a water marble and that is what you will get – even if it isn’t anything to write home about.

 

I started with a white base and using Sally Hansen – Blinding blue and Sally Hansen – Pretty in hot pink I went to work.  In some of my failed attempt I did get the outer rings to make a very pretty lined pattern and I really wanted to use that.  As you can see, the closer it got to the tip the more smudging happened.  The blue was turning a little purple because the pink and blue mixed.  Theoretically, that would be a fail but I actually really liked it.  It created an almost ombre effect.  Please don’t look too closely though 😛

Well that’s about it for marble.  I do have some swatches for you.

Sally Hansen – Blinding blue

This is 2 coats with no topcoat.  It could probably do with a third coat.  It’s a lovely blue but not entirely unique.  It is also a bit of a stainer so definitely double up on the base coat.  Although it didn’t stain my nails but it did stain my skin when I removed it.

Sally Hansen – Pretty in hot pink

 

This is 2 coats with no topcoat.  A beautiful bright pink creme.  I really like this one and apparently so did my camera.  😉

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