Nail-aween Challenge Day 1: Water Marble

It is finally time for me to dig into the Nail-aween Challenge that I mentioned a few days ago and what better way to start than with a water marble. I still have not decided if it is pure evil or sheer genius to start out the challenge with what I think if one of the most difficult techniques out there, a water marble. I took me a few days just to get my courage up to even try it, but I'm so excited to be able to show you something I'm really proud of today...

For this water marble I used three of the minis from the OPI So So Skullicious set and I'm happy to say they worked perfectly. I do wish they were full size bottles though, it would have been easier to get a nice drop of polish to form quickly. The colors used are Mourning Glory (black), Hi, Pumpkin! (orange) and Candlelight (yellow). I think these work so well together...

Of course I couldn't have done a water marble without a bit of cheating and after I try out the technique another time or two to make sure it works well, I will share it with all of you...

Let me know what you think of this!
What is your biggest challenge when it comes to nail techniques?

UPDATE: Almost forgot to mention all the other lovelies participating in the challege. Make sure to check them out...
datyorkLOVES, Erica's Nails and More, DreamyMM Nails & Make Up, Tes Did It Nails, Sassy Paints, Nicole gets Nailed , glitznglammer, Finger Food, Wicked Tips, Fancy Schmancy Nails, Delight In Nails, Polish Groupie, My Nail Journey, Get Polished Up!, Just A Girl and Her Polish, Spellbound Nails, Le nail's corner d'Alex, Hello.Lacquer, Countess Nails , Color the world with polish, Nail Crime Nail Art, Coat of Mani Colors, Cutie Cuticles, Nail-Aween Nail Art Challenge, GLAMOROUS NAILS, Over The Topcoat, Polish Gone Crazy, tragedystipsandtreats

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

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Black and White Challenge Day 9 - Water Marble

Day nine of the Black and White Challenge proved to be the most difficult yet. Difficult isn't even the right word, it really kicked my butt. Water marble is always a huge challenge for me and even though the results can be amazing the process of getting there sometimes doesn't seem worth it. I know you think I'm talking about the mess and the clean up, but no I'm talking about getting the colors to spread correctly and not bunch up when I try to marble. I just keep telling myself that practice makes perfect (and maybe someday I'll believe it). For now I'm just glad I didn't give up since I love how this manicure turned out.

For the base I used is one coat of Wet 'n Wild French White Creme and the marble itself was made using the French White Creme and Sinful Colors Black on Black. Because of the spreading problems, I couldn't build up enough layers to produce thin rings and the resulting marble had a lot of thick lines which look like empty space on the nail. To fill in this empty space, I added white dots using acrylic pain along the curves of the marble...

Here is what the water marble looked like before I added the dots. Lots of empty black space...

I would love to know what you think of this manicure!
Is there a technique that you love the look of, but that always frustrates you? :)

Don't forget to check out all the other lovely ladies participating in the challenge...
Biba's beauty corner , Biberlee-Džumbus, Colores de Carol, Emerald sparkle, Hooked on polish, Lacquered Tips, Mateji ustvarjata, My Little Vanities, My Nail Grafiti, Nail crazy, Oje Gemisi Kalkiyor, Omgnoodles, Pink Polish Addict, Polish nail art, Purple Glitters, Taya, The Nail Buff, Welcome To Brianna's World!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Day 20 - Water Marbled

Let's just pretend that this was my first water marbling attempt ever! Tada! Didn't believe me? Yeah, I wouldn't either... I confess, it was not my first or even my second attempt, but I was determined to make something decent for this challenge. My first few attempts were months ago and all of them very unsuccessful. I even had one of my cousins be a guinea pig for me as I repeatedly (and stubbornly) dipped her finger into one marbled pattern after another. She never did get a full manicure (I think I owe her one), but she still recalls the experience fondly ;)

Ever since those failed attempts I have been trying to figure out how to get the pattern out of the water and onto plastic so that I could transfer it to my nail in a less messy and more predictable way. My only problem was that I couldn't figure out how to get the plastic under the marbled image to lift it out until I stumbled on a genius post on More Nail Polish and realized the plastic goes on top of the polish, not underneath... Duh! Make sure to check out her tutorial on the technique. I was so pleased with the result that I have been wearing this manicure all weekend long and that's really saying a lot :)

For the manicure I used Sinful Colors Sugar Sugar and Black on Black

I need to get more practice, but now with a technique that works I'm so excited to try more...

What do you think? Have you tried the out-of-water water marble?

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)