Mani Mondays: Fall

 

Happy Monday everybody! Time for another Mani Monday and today's theme is Fall.
I love the colors for fall, warm and cosy, they always remind me of hot chocolate by the fire.

For today's mani I tried something new: Water Marble. I watched a lot of video's on how to best go about this on Youtube and it looked fairly simple and like a fun art I could even pull off.

WRONG! Why did not one person in the video's I watched tell me it's a big pain in the ass! It's messy, annoying, the polish goes everywhere, I never get the design I want on my nails, clean up is a b*tch and it took FOR-EV-ER!!! Seriously, how anybody can see water marbling as easy and fun is beyond me...  I know I'm nailart challenged, but come on! Nobody can say this is a breeze! I felt like a toddler making her first finger painting...

The result was... well... kinda fun actually!
I think it's definitely a fall mani, but more like a psychedelic fall storm instead of the gorgeous fall leaves I was going for.

I used quite a few polishes for this look, maybe it would have been a better idea to do my first ever marble with just a couple of polishes, but hey, I thought go big or go home!

Street Chic, Papaya Punch, Riveting, Live and let Die, Meet me Gwen-Ever and Phat Santa
I really like the combination of these colors, I just need some more practice getting a nice pattern and getting that pattern on my nails.


Right hand
And don't get me started on the clean up... I used lip balm to make clean up easy and it was, but it still took me a long time to get everything off, especially the cuticles were hard to clean. But I did eventually mannage to get it to look halfway decent.



I really like the design on my thumb, it's a good representation of how I felt while creating this mani... All over the place!


Even though this was one of the most frustrating mani's I've ever done, I really like the result. I will be experimenting with this technique again in the future, but I will definitely use fewer polishes!

Have any of you ever done a water marble and if so, what are your tips to make it easier?

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10 comments:

  1. OH my gosh...your color combination is amazing!! And I say good on ya for not only trying water marbling but for using so many color! Sounds like you went to a lot of trouble, but I think it was well worth it! It's gorgeous!! ♥

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    1. Thanks so much! I'm really bummed that I didn't take a picture of the battlefield I left behind when making this mani, it was epic, lol!

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  2. So beautifull, are you sure this is the first time?
    An amazing fall manicure!

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    1. Trust me, if you would have seen my table when I was done, you wouldn't have any doubts this was my first!

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  3. LOL, what a great blog post and I love your water marbling. I believe I ended up throwing something when I attempted to do it...it was not pretty!

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    1. Thanks! I'm glad I wasn't the only one having problems with marbling. Mysery loves company, lol!

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  4. So absolutely beautiful!! You did awesome! My first and only water marble was for the nail challenge on Instagram and though it did turn out decent I didnt have a great design or anything...I ended up just doing swirling and it kinda looked tye dyed. This is inspiring me to try another attempt!

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    1. I saw your marble, the pink, purple, blueish one, right? I thought it was really nice!

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    1. Thanks! I love the colors too, the design could have been better...

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