What to say about water marbling…Its tricky if you don’t know what you are doing, it can be a pain to clean up, but at the same time it is a very impressive and pretty nail design.

So I tried it.

And surprising, I didn’t completely fail! I’m sure my roommate was confounded by the set-up, layed out on the nice big IKEA side table.

I read somewhere that it worked better if you had brand new polishes so I bought a mate to a new Wet ‘N Wild I had just purchased.

When I was done I felt accomplished and proud…. but a bit hesitant to take photos because the cleanup was less than a breeze. The black and pink I had used were staining my skin as I took it off. I used the taping method which kept most of my hand free but my cuticles are not in the best shape due to my job so it was a real task getting the polish off my raggedy cuticles.

Alas, I am proud, but after finishing both hands I am pretty sure this will be an accent nail only design from this point out… except maybe if I dare go patriotic with the technique. As soon as I was finished I couldn’t stop thinking how cool it would look in red, white, and blue! Maybe next time.

-Allison