Friday, May 21, 2010

NOTD: Claire's Calm/Wild Water Marble + Tutorial

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

18 comments:

  1. 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 :).

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  2. That is too cute!

    You really inspired me to try marbling. Your designs are so unique and creative!

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  3. Wow that looks so amazing! It would be awesome if there was a konad design like what you have done here!

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  4. OMG! 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! :)

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  5. I wish they sold dis brand (or any kinda mood polish for dat matter) wer I'm from... can't seem to find it... *sobs*

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  6. this is too cute..u r great colette!!

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  7. I love your tutorials! but I have a question... how do you do your first polish? pink and then purple? with a sponge? or how?
    Thanks! I'm Mónica and I'm from México! =D

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  8. Disculpa soi de mexico donde podria conseguir esos esmaltes :O aca no he visto m diras? tu los vendes?

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  9. hey 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 :)

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  10. does 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.

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  11. Have you tried doing this on your Toes???

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  12. MONICA - it is not sponged, it is mood polish so it happens all by itself =)

    ANON#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 =)

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  13. Hi do people pay you to do their nails? Because If so then I want you to do my nails for prom.

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  14. TAAE - no, it's just a hobby =)

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