Marble Marvel

Hello all and happy Sunday! I had an annoying start to the day but the afternoon and evening have been good! Today's nail art is for the Glam Nails Challenge prompt of marble. I decided to take it easy and go with a stamped look with a stamping plate I haven't used in a while. I decided to go for blue as I love it, but added a little gold to add some interest.

I started with a base of pale blue and then added the thin lined marble image from Mo You London's Explorer Collection 33 stamping plate an a slightly darker blue. I then added the thicker image in darker blue over the top on three of my nails. I tried to change the positions of it across my nails so it didn't look to uniform. On the ring finger and thumb nails I added the final image in gold instead. I followed up with a careful top coat to avoid smudges and then a matte top coat for the final effect.

I like these. Though they may not be as striking as the butterfly ones from my previous post they have a simple and stylish end result I think. I think the best marble nails are the hand painted ones but these are not a bad alternative and a lot quicker!

Polishes used: Borrowed & Blue - Essie, Bluebell - Barry M, Cobalt - Barry M, Bright Lights - Barry M, Matte Top Coat - Nails Inc

Blue Marble Pond Nails

Hello world! Yet more kind of summery nail art to share today, I'm still clinging onto it a little as there are a few more looks I want to try before I move onto the autumn and Halloween looks. Todays look is something I've seen on pictures of professionally done nails, and tried to replicate using regular nail polish. It didn't come out how I had envisioned it so I didn't keep it on for that long. Coming back to the pictures now it's better than I remembered, I think it's OK it's own, it's just not what I was aiming for!

I started with a couple of layers of sheer blue polish (colours listed below pictures) and then added a layer of flakie topcoat, followed by two more layers and some more flakies. Once dry I used an image from Mo You London's Explorer 34 stamping plate and white stamping polish for the marble effect, followed by another layer of sheer blue. I then added some more marble effect pattern over the top in silver. Finally, I used a nail art brush and gold nail polish to frame the look in gold. I don't think I did this very evenly though which is the thing I like least about this look!

Overall I like the colours, and the pattern looks OK but it's just not as fabulous as I hoped it would look! The gold definitely lets it down but the flakies also aren't as visible as I had hoped. Maybe I can find a tutorial somewhere and try it again!

Colours used: Flipper - Urban Outfitters, Aurora Unicorn Skin - Holo Taco, White Stamping Polish - Rainbow Connection, Gold Digger - Barry M, Foil Effect in Silver - Barry M