Water Marbling and Base Coat

After failure repeatedly, I have found success with water marbling.

I've tried water marbling before and hated it because of how messy it was and a large lack of waiting on my end. I tried tape around the nails.  I tried petroleum jelly.  I tried no skin barrier with just a lot of clean up. 

Turns out, all I need was a bottle of glue.  

Julep's Charlotte, Gloria, and Amy

I used a paint brush to cover the area around my nails clear glue (including underside and right under the edge of the nail) and followed a mix of water marbling tutorials to get the look.  GLUE. 

It was so much easier to do and there wasn't a huge mess to clean up, just some glue to peel off my fingers.  

But, I forgot to put on a base coat...

Less than 24 hours later, it peeled and chipped.  Remember the base coat!!!

Ten Bottles Salute

So, there are days where I have too much time on my hands.

Super flash on.

And, with my abundance of time, I apparently have been skipping on the cuticle oil.

Super flash off. 

Bottom coat, seven different colors, black division lines, top coat.

Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri 450 Lickety-Split Lime
Yellow: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 360 Mellow Yellow
Orange: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 150 Sun Kissed
Pink: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 320 Fuchsia Power
Purple: OPI Planks A Lot
Blue: essie 740 go overboard
Blue/Gray Metallic: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 310 Gunmetal
Black: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 310 Black Out