Basic water marbling nail art attempt with OPI

Basic water marbling nail art attempt with OPI

Water marbling Cosmetopia Digest   Monday, January 26, 2015

Yet another attempt to master the nail art technique of watermarbling. 

Of all the nail art techniques, water marbling is the one I avoid the most. I did a first attempt here, in 2013, and gave up because of the air bubbles, the inability to make decent designs and the arduous clean-up process. One of my blogging resolutions is to do better at nail art, especially techniques where I'm not very good, so water marbling will feature regularly in this year's posts.
This is a very basic, tentative attempt at water marbling. I did not try to create a fancy design, but just made random swirls in the water. 

Water marbling nail art with O.P.I. polishes and tips and pointers

Water marbling nail art with O.P.I. polishes and tips and pointers

Water marbling Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, April 23, 2013

I've been watching YouTube videos of water marbling for a while and wanted all those crazy swirls, petals and waves on my nails, too. Below are pictures of my first two attempts. I think there has been visible improvement! I keep getting air bubbles but the good news is that they are fewer than the ones I got in my first attempt. Also, I shouldn't have burst the air bubbles.
I used O.P.I. Jade is the New Black as the base colour, and O.P.I. Purple With A Purpose and O.P.I. Alpine Snow for the watermarbling. I was brave enough to wear this mani on my birthday. 

 Here are some pointers for reasonably successful watermarbling: