Sunday, December 28, 2014

Girl, get that blog back up and going!

Hey y'all! 

Gosh it's been a while since I posted anything here. I wanna make a bunch of excuses but let's just agree that I'll be doing my best to keep it up again. 

I've been participating in so many different monthly challenges so my manis have been sort of all over the place lately. I really feel that participating in many challenges gives the me greatest opportunity to grow my skills as a nail artist. 

The most exciting news I have is that I got a new light box for Christmas - the Standscan Snap and I'm thrilled with the results. Now, finally...on to the mani! 

Tonight's mani was prompted by the #pymdec2014 challenge on Instagram. Day 29's prompt is Aurora Borealis so I chose a simple water marble. This was the first time I did a water marble over a black base and boy, am I ever pleased with how it turned out! Here's what I used: 


I started by laying down a base of Zoya Anchor and followed that with 2 coats of Zoya Willa as my base color on all nails. Then I used some of the Maybelline Bleached Neons from the summer: Pink Punch, Bleached In Peach, Citrus Collide, and Day Glow Teal with Sinful Colors Tempest as the colors for my water marble on the middle two nails. After that dried, I topped the marble nails with 2 coats of Inm Northern Lights and sealed all the nails with one coat of Seche Vite. 

I used my Elf Cosmetics Concealer brush to clean up around my cuticles and voila! Finished product: 


I am giving consideration to taking step by step pictures for future posts, almost as a tutorial. What do y'all think of that idea? Do you like blogs that show tutorials? 

Thank you for reading! 


16 comments:

  1. I love tutorial posts! I've done a few on my blog, they can be hard work but readers really appreciate them. This is a lovely watermarble btw, love the colors

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  2. Love the water marble mani. Yes I love posts with tutorials

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  3. Gorgeous water marble! its perfect! and tutorials are always great!

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  4. Step by step would be great. I suck at water marbling. This looks great!

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  5. Love this one! Your watermarbles are always so good.

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  6. Thank you all for the sweet comments! I'll do a tutorial on my next nail art post per your encouragement!

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  7. This water marble is perfection! I didn't realize Willa was a soft black -grey but now I think I need that one too! This is gorgeous

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    1. Thank you! It's actually completely black but my light box made it look sorta grey. It's a delicious black cream though. Everyone needs it!

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  8. I think a step-by-step would be awesome! This watermarble is GORGEOUS!

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  9. WHHHHAAAAAT? That water marble is so awesome. It seriously looks like the Northern Lights. Go you!!!

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  10. Okay, I'm impressed! I love doing water marbles, but every time I try to use more than 3 colors they get a little muddied, but yours are all nice and clean. Beautiful job!

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  11. I nearly spit my soda out when I read "simple watermarble"! You make them look gorgeous and effortless. I'd love to see a tutorial from you on them. Maybe I'd give them another chance...

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  12. Thank you ladies so much! It's so nice to read your comments.

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  13. Wowzer your water marble is beautiful! I don't do them often. I really should try more often! I agree that challenges are a great way to push you outside of your comfort zone.

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  14. Love this <3 its perfect..would love to see tutorials :)

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  15. Water marble turned out pretty. Yup My vote is YES for tutorials.

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