Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Stripey Water Marble

In my last post I said that I was bummed because I spent nearly 3 hours doing an awesome manicure, only to have to take it off that night because of a dance photo shoot where extravagant nails would have looked out of place.

So, today I present to you my second successful water marble!  You can see my first one here.  I wanted the marbling to look different from last time, so I followed this tutorial.  Mine didn't turn out nearly as perfect as hers, but I'm really happy with them!



I started with one coat of Sally Hansen White On, and did the marbling with OPI Don't Touch My Tutu and Sally Hansen Pacific Blue.  Topped with one coat of Seche Vite.




I'm super excited because my Bundle Monster 2012 plates arrived in the mail today!  I've only ever owned Konad plates and because of the price I only had 7 of them and had been feeling pretty uninspired to do any stamping.  When I got an email the Nail Polish Canada had the BM 2012 plates in stock, I went on a whim and ordered them! Since you get free Canadian shipping for orders over $25, I went ahead and stocked up on some stamping polishes too.  I LOVE ordering from Nail Polish Canada because they're located in the same city as me, so my orders consistently arrive the day after they've been shipped!  Anyways, that was more of a warning that you'll probably be seeing lots of stamping manicures around here soon :)

I also wanted to ask you all if you'd like me to write a post about my experience at ballet school over the summer and being away from home.  If you'd be interested to read a post about that, let me know and leave a comment! :)


14 comments:

  1. gorgeous! I'm sorry you had it to take it off so quickly that is very frustrating.

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    1. Thank you! It was unfortunate timing, but I'm always onto a different mani and probably wouldn't have left it on long anyways :P

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  2. This is beautiful! I love the wavy white lines!

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  3. I love SimpleLittlePleasures' water marble designs and you did a good job, love your combo. Great thing with water marble you don't have to be perfect.

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    1. Thanks! Yes, I love that they can all be different :)

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  4. omg these are seriously gorgeous! :D

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  5. Guuurrl, this is too pretty! I would have applied foundation on my nails or something just so I didn't have to remove that! I really need Pacific Blue. And to get the hang of watermarbling, of course.

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    1. Thank you! Hahaha I actually contemplated putting band-aids over all of my nails for a split second when I realized I was going to have to take it off after all that hard work! Pacific Blue is gorgeous, and works really well for marbling! :)

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