NOTD: The Evolution of the Aubergine & Turquoise Water Marble + Tutorial

Up late again - lots & lots of pics for this one, because I kept it on for quite a while & so kept switching it up. It actually turned out better than I expect at every stage =)

I started out with a base color of Finger Paints Black Expressionism, a basic black. Then the marbling is done with NK Green Apple & NK After Dark - I was super pleased with how evenly I managed to place these chevrons on the nail:

Here's the tutorial:



After a few days I topped it with Finger Paints Motley:

And then topped that with Warpaint Beauty Mattify:

Which version is your favorite?  Leave a comment & let me know!

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Green & Green Water Marble + Tutorial

I screw my schedule up so bad on the weekend - last night I fell asleep at 8 in the evening & then woke up at 2am & was up for about 3 hours & then slept until 1 LOL. And now it's definitely bedtime & I am, as you see, not ready for bed.

This green on green design uses Avon Jade as the base color, marbling done with Jade & Avon Olive Green:

Here are close ups of some of my favorite nails - left index, left thumb & right ring:

Here's the tutorial:



I wish I could convince myself this was going to be a good week but on top of everything else I seem to be coming down with a cold =(  Oh well, maybe I'll feel better when I wake up.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Gold & Coral Water Marble + Tutorial

This did not come close to being my favorite, but I was mostly pleased with how it turned out. The China Glaze Tronica collection, pretty much every color I've tried has worked so well for marbling. This one has Mega Byte as the base color, and then marbling is done with Mega Byte & 3D Fantasy:

Here's the tutorial:

Work was sucky this past week but I'll try to fit in a few more posts this weekend to make up for it =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Layla Metallic Sky

OK, so I didn't get much done over the weekend but never fear - I'm not going AWOL again =) One more magnetic beauty before we get to March - which I treated as a theme month on YouTube.

This is a combination, the polish is Layla Metallic Sky, but I used the China Glaze magnet for the star design - which, if you don't already know, is THE trickiest magnet pattern to get looking decent LOL.  But I was pretty happy with my results:

For the second day I added Warpaint Beauty Mattify:

Finding some other cute things in my trek through old pics - these were, after all, taken in February - and while I was out taking pictures I couldn't resist the perfect snow & made a lil mini-snowman:

Next on my catchup list - water marbles, water marbles & more water marbles as I revisit Water Marble March!

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: China Glaze Drawn to You

I was on a magnetic kick this week back at the end of February, apparently. This one is from the China Glaze Magnetics collection - the Magnetix II collection is already available online & in stores soon too by the way, and I like the colors but really am looking forward to the magnet with 3 more different designs.

This particular color I had a bit of trouble, I remember having to redo several nails & you can see a little bit of a blemish on my index finger where the magnet either touched or just pulled up the polish too much, Anyway, this is China Glaze Drawn to You:

I still love the whole magnetic look, but I never did get through wearing nearly all that I bought - & never got around to swatching the THIRTY Nabis that I bought either.  Yeah -30 bottles of magnetic, at what I considered a very reasonable ~$70 on ebay for the whole lot.

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette