Polish Used: L-R in top photo: China Glaze Peachy Keen, China Glaze Lemon Fizz, China Glaze Shocking Pink, China Glaze Sun Worshipper, Barry M Berry Ice Cream, Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream, Essie Mint Candy Apple. Base: OPI Alpine Snow
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I really need to try this sometime. I have seen a few videos on this on youtube but i have just never tried it out cause it seems like so much work. Now seeing your tutorial i think i will have to try it !
yay let me know if you do it and what colors you pick!
I really love the colors you chose!
ty sweetie!
First water marble art video i ever watched & I Really loveeee iit! :).. i will try this with some pastels colors like something sweet, light as air, refresh mint from china glaze and a light blue from sally hansen insta dry!
Thank you Jenn,
Hey jenny <3
for each nail do you keep the same order in which you drop the nail polishes? and does the order affect what becomes the main colour of the marbles?
thanks
xoxo S
this is gorgeous! i love the colors :)
this looks amazing! ill definitly give this a try when i have a few days off of work. :)
Wow, this looks so cool! I didn’t even know that you can do something like that with your nails. I’ll be definitely trying this out.
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So so cool Jen! I want to try this! Love from Italy <3
Very good!
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hi jenny! do you use a topcoat after? does it dry any quicker than normal? you are my favourite guru! love you x
I just need to devote one night to doing this, it looks so fun! 4th of july maybe? ha
Really love this totally want to try it !!
I haven’t water marbled in ages! You’ve inspired me to get the water marbling supplies out :)
i just finished trying it on my nails and I LOVE it.
i used china glaze: for audrey, refreshmint, lemon fizz
Essie: cute as a button, better together, and nice is nice
its so cute!
looks soooo pretty and creative, never knew about this technique! love it, may have to try it out one day when i’m not feeling lazy
Vonnie
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Is that just water that you used???
what temperature of water do you use for this? I just tried it with warm water and it looked very different than yours .. thanks for the help! :) btw, the colours you chose are absolutely gorgeous, and I love the way yours turned out!
Hi!! I love your videos!! My mom is a nail tech and she used to do this when I was young…but she did it with lotion instead of water…she put the nail polish in the lotion and used the toothpick and then dipped the nail and then sprayed the nail with water and that got rid of the lotion…she said that was easier but I guess you waste lotion…I guess it’s not too bad if you use a cheap dollar store lotion!!, I’ll try it out and see!!
Hi Melissa,
I’ve been going crazy trying to find things on the lotion marbling. I too am a nail tech and did it many years ago. Do you think you could get your mom to do a quick tutorial or even write me the instructions and brand she used. Thank you so much! I was starting to think I dreamed it!
Hi Jen!
After watching your extremely helpful tutorial and seeing how beautiful your nails turned out, I decided to give water marble nail art a go. Even though it was a long, messy, and at times frustrating process, I think I’m okay with how my nails turned out, although I’m not sure if I’ll be doing it again. However, like they say, practice makes perfect! Here is my post if you or anyone else would like to see how my nails turned out. I credited you and your tutorial in my post. :)
http://kaityrenee.blogspot.com/2011/05/water-marble-nail-art.html
Kaitlyn
the one problem that i keep coming back to with water marbling is that when i drop the colors in the water, they don’t spread out. They just sit on the surface in really small circles that dont expand. I’ve tried my best to keep the water at room temperature. Is there anything else you know of that could be causing my problem?
You need to take a toothpick to spread it around. (:
If your water is to hard, some tap water contains to much additives in them. I use cheap bottle water that is room temp.
I love this, adorable.
can you use the same water for all fingers, or do you have to switch it out?
hey i seen this video and did it right away and loved it. it was so easy with your video. thanks for answering the questions and making it easy.
OMG i love this!!! i want to try it right now!!!
Hey Jenny!
Your tutorials are just amazing. I tried to do the same things with my nails as well but I have a similar problem like Ailish.What temperature of water did you use for it? I tried it in both lukewarm as well as cold water but the drops just settle in one place rather than spreading out evenly. Can you suggest out a solution for this please?
Hii jenny. <33
Thank you for the video.
I really liked it.
I have try it and I love it!!
Thanks
xoxo
This is so cute! I’m going to have to try it out! I work at a library, so my hands are on display all the time and I like having different nail polishes on because people compliment me all the time, so this will have to be my next look! Do you have any recommendations for a good top coat that won’t chip, though? I’m so rough on my hands!
I tried this once before and it TOTALLY failed – can’t wait to try it again now!
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I love this teqnique and i tried it last night but my nail polish hasnt got the right consistency… how can i improve the consistency? because by the time ive dropped in my nail polish in its dried and i cant dip the nail in… please help
which are the best nail polishes to be used for water marble nail art?
This is awesome….thanks for sharing this marble art.Jenny.:)
I love this, and i have tryed this three times but it never works.
what temperature does the water have to be…?
and does it matter what type of nail vanish..?
also it make a crystal coat over the water, then it doesnt work…? please help me xx
I have the same problem with the water temp.
So cool!! But slow down next time you’re talking kind of fast :)
Hello,
Just wondering for the marble water design, do I have to have the water in a specific temperature?
Thank you
Thanks for the great tutorial!!! LOVED THIS! What fun to try all sorts of colors. Will do a post on my blog soon and then will tag back to this on. Thank you for sharing. So fun.
I’ve tried marbling a couple of times, but the nail varnish have come out thick, wet and it runs. is this normal?
what type of nail polish is best to use when doing the water marble nail polish.
I have tried using some nail polishes and they sink to the bottom :)
omg ur nail bed is so good! what nail polishes work with this cuz when i try, it just drys before i can make a design. even though i work quite fast……..
I’m having the same problem.
we too have the same problem………..1st the nailpolish is not spreading in the water… next its sinking and became dry… plz respond quickly….
THANK YOU ! helped me out alot :)
I’ve been wanting to try this for a while now but can’t seem to get my nail polish to work right! What’s the best brand of nail poolish to use for this?
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how do you do the water marble nail art? and what is the cutics i need to do that?….
Nail marbling using water and regular nail polish is a lot of fun! You can really do some crazy designs with it! Just be prepared to spend a lot of time, unless you’re only doing the marbling for one or two nails on each hand. The process is very time consuming, although well worth the time and effort when you see the results. I was surprised that my 13-yr old stepdaughter actually lasted through the process of marbling all of her nails! But she loved it!
What temp should the water be? me and my sister have tried evvvverything.. and our polish either doesnt spread or balls up and sinks! and we have tried multiple types of polish! help?? :) thanks <3
i tried w/o a base coat it worked reeeeaaaallllllly well
do our base coat have to be dry before we put the tape on?
hay jenny I’ve tried doing this a million times and every time i try it never works the problem is that when i dip the nail polish in the water the first time it spreads out but the second time i do it it just sits there and does not spread or anything please let me know more about this wonderful creation that i found on this website but could never figure it out thanks :)
What a revolutionary wonder for nailart!!!!!!!!!!The time of difficulty in making stripes is over.I`m so enthousiastic!!!!!Who discoverd this?Today it`s the first time that I see this. Wow.I`m going to tell everyone that I know!!!!!!!
why the nail paint is not spreading in the water ???
Loved this tutorial, I finally got around to doing it myself. Enjoying my blue marbled nails! Posted about it on my blog and linked my readers to your post! Thanks for the inspiration http://dontmisit.blogspot.com/2012/03/marble-nail-art-diy.html
-Margo Isadora
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Can I use any brand of nail polish??
I have tried the marble effect but it does not work
I tried it with Revlon nailpolish
its not working….paint doesnt spread…..can u tell which brand nail paint should b used….it should b easily avalible in india….plz reply fast….m waitng…..
i really need help with doing water marble nail polish cause it’s hard i just need much more help can you just come to a nail salon in east 3rd street between courtaleyou
Omg I truer this like 20times it is not working please help
how do you get the nail polish to spread out and stay on top
Hi, does the water need to be a certain temperature?
can I use like the sponge instead of water?
Love this! I’m gonna try this one day soon! Have a lot off colors, my friends always come to me to get there nails done :D
It took me my whole right hand to get it to look good, but my left hand is fabulous. I did the DIY nail caviar with purple and once the beads fell off I did the water marbling with pink, purple, yellow and orange. The texture left from the beads shows through a little which is fun. Thanks for the tutorials!
This is really cool…my friend does it all the time with red, pink and white- it looks amazing! Even I can do it! Thanks for this video…
one question- could you tell us the names of the colors that you used? I loved them!
-Gabriella