Sooo... I know I said I would post this Wednesday. But I forgot I had an appointment, and then Thursday I ended up baking cookies to take to work - a lime version of the glazed lemon ones I made for Mother's Day - and so although it's late I'm forcing myself to get these pics up before any more time has passed!
I started out with 2 coats of Claire's Calm/Wild Mood Polish. I like this much better than Innocent/Daring - the colors are just plain better, plus it's got some shimmer to it where the other was super-flat. Like last time, my hands were cold enough at work that I only had one color most of the day, but here are a few pics of the funky french effect:
Then I marbled with Calm/Wild & Sally Hanson Midnight in NY. I tried to get the pattern so that some of my "flowers" were purple & some were pink. My favorite nails were my left ring & index, and my right pinky:
Here is the tutorial:
Still lots to catch up on:
- Milani Hi-Tech, plain & with Konad
- China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise, plain & with Hidden Treasure
- Some miscellaneous nature stuff that I've been snapping pics of & may or may not make it up here LOL
- Comments ... I started digging into my backlog last weekend ... and am still super-behind. But I'm going to put in some more time this weekend. If you've left a specific question, I promise an answer is forthcoming =)
Thanks for being patient with me ... and for reading =)
~Colette
Cool! I'm gonna have to watch your tutorial on this. I am an eager marbling student! Thanks for taking the time to show us your mastery :).
ReplyDeleteThat is too cute!
ReplyDeleteYou really inspired me to try marbling. Your designs are so unique and creative!
Wow that looks so amazing! It would be awesome if there was a konad design like what you have done here!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Claire's Calm/Wild is my absolutely favorite and you made it even more awesome with that water marble. I love seeing your pictures and ideas! :)
ReplyDeleteEVERYONE - Thanks =)
ReplyDeleteI wish they sold dis brand (or any kinda mood polish for dat matter) wer I'm from... can't seem to find it... *sobs*
ReplyDeleteASSTHA - =( maybe ebay?
ReplyDeletethis is too cute..u r great colette!!
ReplyDeleteJESUSNSARA - Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI love your tutorials! but I have a question... how do you do your first polish? pink and then purple? with a sponge? or how?
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm Mónica and I'm from México! =D
Disculpa soi de mexico donde podria conseguir esos esmaltes :O aca no he visto m diras? tu los vendes?
ReplyDeletehey colette... I finally got some from ebay... a total of 7 colors (shipping's cheaper dat way)... I want to check with you, wen u use this do you use a basecoat? i tried but i somehow jz ended up wit the cool color so i'm wondering if u use a basecoat for urs... thanks in advance :)
ReplyDeletedoes this work on real nails, or just acrylic? also, do you prep your nails with clear coat? I usually use OPI - does that work? I saw someone post that some nail polishes don't work as well.
ReplyDeleteHave you tried doing this on your Toes???
ReplyDeleteMONICA - it is not sponged, it is mood polish so it happens all by itself =)
ReplyDeleteANON#1 - Eu teño o polaco humor na tenda de Claire, non estou seguro se teñen algunha locais alí?
ASHTA - yes, I always use a base coat =)
ANON#2 - my nails are natural =)
ANON#3 - do you mean marbling or mood polish? No to both - I think marbling would be too messy, and they are not long enough for mood polish =)
Hi do people pay you to do their nails? Because If so then I want you to do my nails for prom.
ReplyDeleteTAAE - no, it's just a hobby =)
ReplyDeletejust one word...AWESOME :) :)
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