Marble Nails

When it comes to nails...I love trying new things! Plus, it's the one thing that you can change consistently--which makes it even more fun! So, when I came upon this fantastic technique I just had to try it out! Every single nail is different--like a tiny custom piece of art, but on a much smaller scale :-)

All you need is:

-a cup half full of water

-at least two different colors of nail polish (and a very light color for your base)

-Q-tip

-nail polish remover

-tape

First, you simply pick your colors (I went with two dark and two light for a good contrast)

For the base, make sure you paint your nails either white (or in my case a very light grey)!

Then put tape around all sides of each nail (if you don't, your fingers will be a polished mess!)

Then, take the polish, and drop each color in the water one by one (it should remain on top of the water...) I got a little impatient, so I actually took the bottle and poured a little bit in rather then dropping. I think they would have turned out better if I would have just remained patient and dropped it in. Oh well.

Then dip your finger right on in...repeat with every finger. 

 The best part...carefully take off the tape while its still wet (so it doesn't rip off the dry polish)

 Then use your Q-tip and and polish remover...

 to clean up those edges!

And here you have it...your very one pieces of marble right on your fingertips! :-)

 I tried the other hand using only two colors. I wanted to see what it would look like with pink...

 My personal opinion...I like using more colors. It makes for a neater design!

Now go on and marbleize those nails...you know you want to! 

**don't worry it may look time consuming but really it only takes about 15-20 minutes...I did it while my little girl took her nap (I use that time real wisely can't you tell?! Rather than folding laundry or emptying the dishwasher...I do my nails! haha)