Water marble nails

First and foremost, I want to state that this blog will not be one of those blogs including frequent nail polish designs, techniques, etc. I love nail polish, don't get me wrong; however, after almost 10 years of college in Computer Science studies, I've found I just can't stand to keep my nails long. So I will be the first to admit my nails aren't very pretty; also, I'm a busy homemaker so my nails often don't stay nice for long enough to photo!

I have to say a few things; the first is, one of the nice things about having an older female cousin is their makeup and nail polish collections! One of my memories of spending time with my cousin Missy (who is now a beautician) is looking through her shoebox of nail polishes. By the time I was an adult, I think I had out collected that small collection of hers.

Anyway, I've been trying some new things out as of late, one of which is water marble nails! You can find some great tutorials by googling, so I won't post one here. I just want to share my first results. Overall, not bad but definitely need some work! The one hint I found was to definitely tape up those fingers.

 You can see some of the paint got a little clumpy on some of my nails. I had layered a few coats underneath my marble layers before I decided to try this technique, so I think I'll have to try it again with only the marble polish.

I was really happy with this nail; it ended out looking like a yin yang symbol. I wish I could have gotten a better photo!

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I did my left hand one day, my right the next. After doing my right hand, I decided they just were too plain (ha!) and so I added some sparkle with a CoverGirl top coat.

I will definitely be trying this technique again sometime, and I'll share the results once I do.

I have a lot planned for this blog, and I have to apologize because it looks like one of my first reviews will be in regards to a new computer. Hope to buy one soon, so I won't be posting as much as I planned in the meantime. However, I just wanted to give you a taste of what else I have planned :)

Thanks!