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Friday, January 21, 2011

NOTD: Purple Fanatic Water Marble + Tutorial

I am super in love with this marble.  I don't usually use this many colors all at once because it's a challenge to find so many that work together, but I was patient & eventually found 5 shades that played nice together:
 
 
I used Milani Cloud 9, Zoya Zara, OPI Purple With a Purpose, China Glaze Coconut Kiss & China Glaze Let's Groove:
 

Here are my favorite nails, left thumb, left middle (which is my favorite overall, perfectly how I wanted the design on there), right thumb & right index (which I actually like because it's so different from the other nails):
 
 
Of course here is the tutorial - big number 100!  Wow, I never thought I would have this many vids =)
 
 
I'd like to make this a series, doing some other marbles with several different shades of the same color.  I've got some Valentine's ideas to get through, so not exactly sure when I'll get back to revisit the idea, but I'm kind of looking forward to doing 5 shades of blue, red - all the colors really.
 
Thanks for reading.
 
~Colette
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41 comments:

  1. MintyJanuary 21, 2011 at 11:25 PM

    This is the prettiest manicure I have ever seen!

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  2. Heather LingJanuary 21, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    This is so gorgeous! They make me think of butterfly wings.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 21, 2011 at 11:35 PM

    what kind of water you use this?

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  4. LucyJanuary 21, 2011 at 11:45 PM

    Beautiful marbling! Love the combination of polishes. Your a genius at this.

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  5. Lori IdaJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:08 AM

    So beautiful!!! I looked at your very first blog, and you also did a purple color and your nails were so short! You've come a long way! Congratulations!

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  6. kory_nailsJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:09 AM

    woaw I love the colours I love the design

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  7. LindaJanuary 22, 2011 at 2:21 AM

    Wow, thats amazing!

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  8. Silence is LoudJanuary 22, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    very beautiful!! i love the color combination!

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  9. AngelesJanuary 22, 2011 at 2:52 AM

    Great color combination and very laborious mani...
    The design on your nails is perfect!

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  10. ÅsaJanuary 22, 2011 at 4:03 AM

    Wow, so beautiful!!!

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  11. MichelleJanuary 22, 2011 at 4:06 AM

    wow, very beautyfullllll

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  12. CherryColorsJanuary 22, 2011 at 4:07 AM

    Damn, this is great! I totally admire you for being able to do such a wonderful water marble nail art!

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  13. RenateJanuary 22, 2011 at 4:14 AM

    pretty colors!! GORGEOUS marble!!!!

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2011 at 5:34 AM

    Purple is my favourite colour too!
    Loved this tut! Amazing!
    Loveee loveee loveddd it.
    Congratulations on the 100 vid.
    X

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  15. AmabileJanuary 22, 2011 at 5:54 AM

    Congrats! All your tutorials are amazing and your nail art is stunning. And these colors... wow purple heaven!

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  16. C., The LifeaholicJanuary 22, 2011 at 6:36 AM

    SOOO pretty! I love your manis, but this one is one of my favs

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  17. Colores de carolJanuary 22, 2011 at 6:42 AM

    Congratulations on your 100 video!
    Beautiful as always!

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  18. DésiréeJanuary 22, 2011 at 7:43 AM

    GORGEOUS! Ablsolutely beyond words! Purple is my faveourite colour as well and this marble is soooooo astounding that it inspires me to do better

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  19. Miss_KrystleJanuary 22, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    This is so beautiful!

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  20. Enamel GirlJanuary 22, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    this is amazing! <3<3<3

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  21. UnknownJanuary 22, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    gorgeous <3

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  22. UnknownJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    That is beautiful! Congratulations on reaching 100 videos. I love watching your tutorials!

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  23. StacieJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    That manicure is gorgeous! I think combination of polishes you chose work incredibly well together

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  24. KivkaJanuary 22, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    so pretty:) thank you for inspiration! x

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  25. blog Usei HojeJanuary 22, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    Só uma coisa a te dizer...
    Lindo, lindo, lindo!!!!!!!


    bjus.
    http://useihoje.blogspot.com

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  26. ColetteJanuary 23, 2011 at 12:21 AM

    NERISSA - room temperature filtered water

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  27. ABOP LaquerloveJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:43 AM

    LOVE THIS!

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  28. SaoriJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    Once again, perfect NA ^^

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  29. OliveJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:58 AM

    Awesome colors and design! Congrats with 100th video. I have a little request about more videos with drag marbling - the process of using so much scotch tape in water marbling makes me so exhausted:)

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  30. Lucys StashJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    Beautiful! I tried marble once, didn't work but after seeing this post and your video, I must try it again!

    Lucy from http://www.lucysstash.com/

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  31. ZaraJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    I love this! It looks amazing!

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  32. CrystalJanuary 25, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    You are very inspirational. Thank you!

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  33. HelgaJanuary 25, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    I just have to say that your manicures are really inspiring! I tried the marbling and failed but will try it again when it's not after midnight. Currently it's almost 4 a.m. where I'm at but i got so caught on your site that I looked all the way back to august :p Have a good one and I will be following this blog now!

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  34. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    Colette, your nails are amazing! Wonderful technique.

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  35. ArrianneFebruary 7, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    I would definitely love to see 5 shade marbles of all the colors!

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  36. JenniferFebruary 13, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    I've watched many of your videos (love love love them!), and this is definitely one of my favorites!!! I'm looking forward to seeing some other colors, too. You are such an inspiration, maybe I'll have to follow your lead and try to come up with a 5-green marble for St. Patrick's day next month!

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  37. pretty petMarch 23, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    love what u do..tried it but the colours keep breaking when i try to streach it...but imma gonna keep trying till i get it right.is it possible to add u as a friend on facebook????

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  38. laycieDecember 29, 2011 at 8:07 AM

    oh my gosh! i love you so much! i'm 12 and wish i had the time to do that! i loved your extreme green, it's my fav color! u r so awesome! any suggestions for easy, cute, (time saving) nails?

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  39. ColetteJanuary 5, 2012 at 9:40 PM

    LAYCIE - well, most of my looks don't take me longer than an hour, but it just takes practice to be able to go quickly

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  40. KimMarch 27, 2012 at 10:10 PM

    I LOVE your videos!! I did try one after I saw one of them & it looked great (maybe a bit dif. as to how it came for you) but pretty goo for first try (& old nailpolishes!) & Puprle is a favorite color too! I'll be adding this to a beauty page I made on squidoo whe I get the chance (squidoo.com/Beauty-balm beautybalm (forget if its hyphened or one word)

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  41. UnknownSeptember 14, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    Colette this is sooooo preddyyyy, Purple is my fav color too, i'm so gonna try this, thanks to you my water marbles turn out pretty cool, keep on making those vids hun, we all love it and learn from it, and look forward to them, enjoy ur day luv!

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