Marble Nails Tutorial

Heya! So a little while ago I posted about my nude nails, with a marbled ring finger on each hand.  This is the post where I'll show you how to do it for yourself!  Now may I remind you, I'm no expert at this, only having done it twice so mine didn't turn out perfect, it's just really guidelines so you know how to do it!

YOU WILL NEED:
- glass of filtered water  (bottled water) filled nearly to the top.

- Orange stick/toothpick (I used a golf tee!)
- Top coat
- Sellotape
- Kitchen roll
- Nail varnishes you want to marble (at least two)

STEP ONE: Cover the skin surrounding your nails in sellotape, so you don't get nail varnish all over your fingers.


STEP TWO: Drip your nail varnish onto the top the water.  They should spread out quite quickly when they hit the surface.  Alternate dripping between the colours, building up a bullseye, as shown below.  (Doesn't the third picture look like a crazy guinea pig??) Make sure you do this quickly, so that the nail varnish doesn't dry, in which case the nail varnish will not swirl.

STEP THREE: Use your orange stick (golf tee in my situation) to marble the nail varnish.  To do this, draw simple lines very lightly across the surface.  If the nail varnish is not dry, it will obey.  In this situation, just take off the existing layer and try again.

STEP FOUR: Dunk your nail(s) in to the water, making sure your nails hit the surface flat.  Make them go quite deep under the surface so that none of the excess nail varnish sticks too.

STEP FIVE:  Let the nails set for a bit, then gently peel off the sellotape, using an ear bud and nail varnish remover to get rid of any varnish on the skin.  Lastly, paint on a layer of top coat and voila! Marbled nails!

Hope you liked my feeble attempt at a tutorial, thanks for reading!
love amy x

Nude Nails

I went to the salon the other day to get my nails done (I have acrylic nails) and I decided that I wanted a light colour to emphasize my tan (haha) so I picked this light pink by OPI.  Unfortunately I don't have the bottle as it belongs to the salon, but the salon only ever puts two coats of nail varnish on, so the colour didn't stand out as much as I wanted.  However, I'd been watching some tutorials online on how to marble nails and when I got home I tried it out.  I used a few colours, mostly nude pinks and a white to help differentiate between colours and I was really pleased with the result!  I'll be sure to post a tutorial or something next time I try it, as the combinations are infinite and it's a really effective way to change up your nails if you don't have the time to do proper nail art!

love amy x