Water Marbling, WITH water

As promised, I said I was going to do a tutorial of how to water marble using water instead of just a tooth pick. Keep in mind that this type of water marbling is a lot harder than the way to do it with a toothpick. I do agree that this comes out with a lot cooler designs, but it is defiantly very time consuming. I am going to try my best to show you how to water marble and I am going to try to show you in the easiest way possible, so it will hopefully make it a little easier for you to try.

PRODUCTS USED:

( In Order of Picture )

• Sinful Colors in 804 Gorgeous
• Kiss Nail Art Paint in Silver
• A little glass to put your water in
• Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in 280 Rapid Red
• Circus by Andrea's Choice in Reverso
• Water
• A toothpick
• Tape

HOW TO:

1. First what your going to want to do is tape all around your nails. This means the skin just outside of your nail on both sides and also the skin below the nail. Doing this makes it easier to not make such a big mess. If you put the tape around the nail when you dip your finger in the nail polish then you wont get all of the excess nail polish on your skin. At the end you will be able to peel off the tape and then with a q-tip just clean off the extra nail polish, if there is any, with nail polish remover.
2. Now you can use as many colors as you want for this look, I was doing a fourth of July look so I used red white and blue. I know that there is also a purple color on my nails in the picture, but I didn't use a purple, the colors just mixed together creating that look. So, choose the colors that you want and fill your little glass up to the top with water.
3. In the order that you want the colors drop each nail polish color into the water. By this I mean to dip your nail polish brush into the nail polish and hold it just above your water, let the little nail polish droplet go into the water. You will see the nail polish expand, this is supposed to happen. Repeat this step with all your colors. Don't wait too long to drop the other colors in because you don't want the nail polish to completely dry on the surface of the water. ( Video Included at the bottom of this page* )

( This is what the nail polish should look like when it's in the water. )

1. After you have all the colors you want on the water take your toothpick and gently glide across all the colors making a desired pattern. For the best water marbling look you want to make sure that you blend all the colors together making the pattern look the way you want it to.
2. Next you want to take the nail that your ready to water marble and dip it all the way into the water making sure that you get the nail right into the middle of the design. Repeat this step on all of the nails.
3. This nail design takes a little while to dry depending on how much nail polish you used. So i would suggest doing this when you have a lot of time to wait for them to dry.
4. When they are fully dry put on a top coat so that you can seal the design and make it shiny.

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I hope that this tutorial made it easier for some of you to achieve the water marble style of nails. I know it is often very hard to water marble and it is a popular style so knowing how to do it feels good. If you try this style or found my tutorial helpful please comment and let me know!

xoxo Emma

A Twist to Cheetah Print Nails

I have decided to try something different for this post, I have created a youtube channel where I will also post all of my tutorials on my nails and hair. I thought that this would be an easier way to show you all how to create the tutorial. I will still be doing step by step instructions but for people who would rather see a visual to do the steps I will put the video onto the blog post also! 

Today's nail tutorial will be a twist to the regular Cheetah Print nails! I decided that since the Cheetah Print nail trend is going up in popularity then I wanted to create a look that is different from the regular. This tutorial is actually easy and you will be surprised at how easy it is for you to create! 

PRODUCTS USED:

( In Order of The Picture )

• Revlon Clear Coat in 771 Clear
• Circus by Andrea's Choice in Ringmaster
• Kiss nail art Paint in Black
• Kiss nail art Paint in Silver
• Circus by Andrea's Choice in Reverso
• A paintbrush
• A scrap piece of paper

HOW  TO:

1. First, as usual you will want to put on your base coat which makes the nails less breakable!
2. For your first step you want to paint your nails completely with your pink color. With the first coat you will notice that it is a little streaky, to prevent this all you need to do is just paint another coat of the pink. You can paint as many coats as you want till you achieve the perfect color.
3. Next you want to create a diagonal stripe across your nail from the bottom of your nail to the top of your nail. On one side of the line you want to fill in half of your nail with the silver nail art brush. I also recommend that you do two coats of the silver because you don't want to be able to see the pink background color through the silver.
4. After you have the silver you want to start to paint the white cheetah spots. Take your scrap paper and your white nail polish and also your paintbrush. Put a dollop of the white paint onto your scrap piece of paper. Then dip the end of your paint brush into the white nail polish and start to create the cheetah spots on the silver background. If you don't know what cheetah spots look like then you can look up a picture online. You don't want to create a full circle but you want to make uneven spots.
5. With the white spots you don't want to do too many because you need space to put black little spots in the spaces.
6. Next you need to take the black nail art brush and create half moon shapes around the white spots. This will make the cheetah kind of look on your nails. You can do any shape you want and any thickness that you would like to use. Don't make a full circle around the white spot, you need to leave a little space.
7. Finally create little half moon black shapes in the silver background on the spaces between the cheetah spots.
8. As usual the last step is to wait for the nails to completely dry and then put your top coat on.

I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial and that you try to recreate it on your own! I also really hope that the video helped you to follow along with the tutorial and made it a little easier for you to recreate the look on your own!

xoxo Emma.

The Wonderful World Of Disney....

For my first "nail post" I will show you the nails that I created for my recent trip to Disney that I just went on with my family. I look for any excuse to do a cool new nail design so I couldn't think of anything better than being able to do my nails with cute little character faces and the "Disney 'D' logo". These designs are for people with a little more experience with nail art, it is hard to accomplish... but certainly not impossible! With a little practice, and the right tools, you can create this look.

PRODUCTS USED:

( In Order of Picture )

• Circus By Andrea's Choice in the color "Reverso"
• Sinful Colors Nail Art in Red
• Kiss Nail Art Paint in a Baby Blue
• Sinful Colors Nail Art in a Bright Green
• Kiss Nail Art Paint in Black
• OPI Nail Lacquer in the color "The 'it' Color"
• Revlon Top Coat in "711 Clear"

HOW TO:

1. What you want to do first is paint your nails with a base coat, which will support your nails and make them less brittle when you take the nail polish off. Let that dry fully before you continue on to the other steps.
2. Then take your white color, the product I used is listed above, this color is going to be the background for your character. Paint all nails with this color and then let them dry. You may want to paint a second or third coat of the white color depending on how white your white really is.
3. Next you want to take the black nail art brush and do an outline of the characters on each nails. As you can see in the picture I put Goofy on the thumb, then Micky, Minnie, Donald, and finally the Disney Logo. I find it easier to put Goofy on the thumb because his hat makes him take up more space on the nail than the other characters. To make doing the character outlines easier look up a picture of each character online and follow their shape.
4. You want to add the eyes of the characters and if you wish add a little bit of their noses or any other little characteristics that you want to add to your developing characters.
5. Let the characters completely dry before you start to add their decorations (hats, bows, beaks, ect.) Micky is the easiest character to create because he doesn't have any accessories that you need to add. For Goofy's hat you just need to basically create a rectangle shape and then add a little bit of curve towards the top of his hat. For Donald's hat it is just a shape getting larger towards the top. Finally, Minnie's bow is just a regular bow, if you don't know how to draw bows then practice a few on paper before you go onto the nail.
6. The Disney "D" is really simple. If you look up the logo online and then follow that outline on the nail you are sure to get it perfect! It is really just a "D" with a little twist at the end and a line through it.
7. Finally, wait for the nails to completely dry then finish with your choice of top coat to make those nails sparkle!

Now you should have a completed set of nails! If anyone tries this look I would love to see them! Or if you want to comment and tell me how it turned out or if you have any questions I would love to know. Once again, thanks for reading!

xoxo Emma.