A few more NOTDs

Some old NOTDs for ya 🙂

A water marbling attempt. I don’t remember what colors I used. I just picked them and then realized this is like my third BLUE water marbling. I need to go into a different color territory, lol. I was testing out using masking fluid as a replacement for Liquid Palisade, which worked excellently well.

Base color: Nicole by OPI The Next CEO
Stamp: Wet n Wild Black Creme
Stamping plate: BM12

Base color: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Effects in Plum Luck
Stamp: a gold chrome, I forget, lol.
Stamping plate: Konad M60

Base color: OPI Skulls and Glossbones
Stamping color: Wet n Wild Black Creme
Stamping plate: BM 225

A few more NOTDs

Some old NOTDs for ya 🙂

A water marbling attempt. I don’t remember what colors I used. I just picked them and then realized this is like my third BLUE water marbling. I need to go into a different color territory, lol. I was testing out using masking fluid as a replacement for Liquid Palisade, which worked excellently well.

Base color: Nicole by OPI The Next CEO
Stamp: Wet n Wild Black Creme
Stamping plate: BM12

Base color: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Effects in Plum Luck
Stamp: a gold chrome, I forget, lol.
Stamping plate: Konad M60

Base color: OPI Skulls and Glossbones
Stamping color: Wet n Wild Black Creme
Stamping plate: BM 225

To Mom

 I originally planned to do a tie dye manicure, but it just didn’t feel right. Then I decided on a tie dye pattern, with various shades of blue (five). Didn’t like that either, so I went with water marbling. I think Mom would appreciate that a little more– she liked crafty stuff, and water marbling is pretty damn crafty. I layered over it with Sally Hansen Diamonds, a glitter.

 See the shimmer.

 Also this was my favorite design at least– I managed to do really well on all the nails though!

Mom would have been 58 today, and this is the first birthday that she isn’t here for, and it also has been almost 5 months since she passed… It still feels weird. I wish I could text her and tell her of this. I guess she’s watching from somewhere.

To Mom

 I originally planned to do a tie dye manicure, but it just didn’t feel right. Then I decided on a tie dye pattern, with various shades of blue (five). Didn’t like that either, so I went with water marbling. I think Mom would appreciate that a little more– she liked crafty stuff, and water marbling is pretty damn crafty. I layered over it with Sally Hansen Diamonds, a glitter.

 See the shimmer.

 Also this was my favorite design at least– I managed to do really well on all the nails though!

Mom would have been 58 today, and this is the first birthday that she isn’t here for, and it also has been almost 5 months since she passed… It still feels weird. I wish I could text her and tell her of this. I guess she’s watching from somewhere.

First Water Marbling attempt!

 The glittery ones have a glitter as a base, from Claire’s– let me tell you that thing comes on clumpy, and DOESN’T leave. Bad idea for a base. I used a light blue shimmer by a Perfect 10, and Midnight Blue by Sinful Colors. I originally wanted to do the Claire’s glitter, but it didn’t spread very well over the water.

 Really bad one haha.

 The ring finger on the left is my favorite!

 My fiance, Nick’s favorite. He also assisted me with the water marbling activity because he was so fascinated by it.. 🙂

 

Lessons learned? Don’t use glitter in water marbling. They tell you to use plastic or glass bowls/cups FOR A REASON. We tried to be cheap and use a Styrofoam cup but after one marble the bottom corroded through and we had water all over our bathroom counter. Also don’t use Claire’s “top coat glitter” as a base (unless it comes out perfectly like that ring finger above).

First Water Marbling attempt!

 The glittery ones have a glitter as a base, from Claire’s– let me tell you that thing comes on clumpy, and DOESN’T leave. Bad idea for a base. I used a light blue shimmer by a Perfect 10, and Midnight Blue by Sinful Colors. I originally wanted to do the Claire’s glitter, but it didn’t spread very well over the water.

 Really bad one haha.

 The ring finger on the left is my favorite!

 My fiance, Nick’s favorite. He also assisted me with the water marbling activity because he was so fascinated by it.. 🙂

 

Lessons learned? Don’t use glitter in water marbling. They tell you to use plastic or glass bowls/cups FOR A REASON. We tried to be cheap and use a Styrofoam cup but after one marble the bottom corroded through and we had water all over our bathroom counter. Also don’t use Claire’s “top coat glitter” as a base (unless it comes out perfectly like that ring finger above).