Saturday, 20 September 2014

31 Day Challenge, Day 20 - Water marble

Water marble! So pretty when it works, so muddy when it doesn't. I managed to get some decent nails on my left hand by waiting to do them last, so you don't see my not-so-great attempts. #bloggersecrets For this marble, I used Ulta3's Lily White, OPI's Houston We Have A Purple, and Essie's Bobbing For Baubles.

I have not been looking forward to marbling, because it's so time-consuming and prone to failure. I also find that, because you need room temperature water for it to work, you really need your weather to be... room temperature weather... (I hope you know what I mean there.) Anyway, my house is pretty cold, so I microwaved my bottle of water in the hopes that it would help. It sort of did? And sort of didn't.

I also taped off my nails, because I've heard cuticle oil can protect your skin but I'm a bit sceptical. Anyone out there use cuticle oil? I'm curious.





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  1. Upbeat Nails21 September 2014 at 18:46

    Gorgeous. I love the middle finger one. looks like a flower :D

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    1. completelylacquered21 September 2014 at 21:55

      It's my favourite too! :D If only all my fingers came out like that...

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  2. Caitlin22 September 2014 at 22:17

    I haven't tried using cuticle oil, but I have used Vaseline in the past. It worked wonders! I haven't done the water marble prompt yet for this challenge, but I'm going to try using chapstick. I heard that it also works and won't be as messy to apply.

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    1. completelylacquered22 September 2014 at 23:34

      Hmm, I may have to give chapstick a go! Thanks for the info. :)

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