I was seriously dreading this day - I have never been able to create a full water marble mani that I have been moderately happy with. But I can't believe it. I actually did a water marble I'm happy to share here on my blog! It worked, and I think I worked out what my main problem with water marbling was.
I started my night by putting on a white gelicious base. That way if I made mistakes I could wipe them off without having to redo my base each time. I only ended up wiping off one finger and redoing it, and I'm so glad I did because that finger then became my favourite - my ring finger.
What was the big difference this time you ask? It's the brand of polish. I did everything exactly like I have previously, same water, same marbling technique same dipping and cleaning up method. The only thing that was different was the polish brand. In the past I've used Ulta3, and I don't think they work that well. I've also used Picture Polish and they were ok, but not great. I've hear OPI, Essie, Sally Hansen and China Glaze marble well. I don't really have many OPI, Essie or Sally Hansen polishes in good spectrum of colours, but I do have some full collections of China Glaze polishes, so I thought I'd try them out.
This is three polishes from the recent Holo glam collection - Strap on your Moonboots, Cosmic Dust and Sci-fly By. I can't believe how well these polishes marble. They stay pliable on top of the water for ages, normally my polishes turn into horrible clumps of polish on a stick when I start to marble, this was such a wonderful change. It actually makes me want to water marble again, and soon!
Plus, look they are holo marbles - pretty rainbows!
That is an INSANELY cool marble mani!
ReplyDeleteWell done Cathy!! nice choices of the colors and beautiful patterns, they are perfect!
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteThat is incredibly beautiful! Great color choices. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful!!! One of the most beautiful marbles manis I've ever seen!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job, this is super pretty!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! Not only beautiful marbling but "holo" as well - just beautiful - how could you not want to leave it on for more than one day during these challenges!
ReplyDeleteI love this water marble, I just realized that it is the same pattern I used for mine, except mine is in the opposite direction! LOL I like the colors and the holo is awesome! Its true, China Glaze is the best! Thats what I said in my post too, after playing around with a few brands I have decided to use only China Glaze. Of course that is ammo to go buy MORE China Glaze!!!
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful marbling!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous! Well done, you!
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteWow this is incredibly beautiful. Those holos look magical together and it's amazing how you were able to make the water marble look so consistent like that. Great design!
ReplyDeleteWow, so pretty. I think that's the best looking watermarble I've seen so far! You give me hope. :D
ReplyDeleteThis is too gorgeous for words!! And Hologlams, you say? I swore off water marbling because it was time-consuming and I was never happy with my results. I have the whole darn Hologlam collection, though, so I might be inclined to give it another whirl.
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous Cathy! I've been using Ulta3 for water marble, (some work better than others) but for this challenge I also tried China Glaze When Stars Collide and found it worked really well. You inspire me to try more brands!
ReplyDeleteLOVE!!! Did you do regular water marbling or dry method? It's beautiful
ReplyDeletePretty!!
ReplyDeleteWater marble win! This is what I will aspire to.
ReplyDeletefantastic job! high five!!
ReplyDeletethese are amazing!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete♥.♥ so good!
ReplyDeletewonderful Nails. I love hologram nail polish!
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