Saturday, March 24, 2012

Monochromatic Teal-icious Marbling!

Hey y'all! So this week was Spring Break (SB12) here in Arkansas...i didn't go anywhere for vacation. But i did get to have a 'Girls Day' with my bestie girlfriend. We just hung out... read magazines, drank sweet tea, swapped iTunes music, braided hair, AND painted nails.  I gave her a water marbling mani because she wanted to me do that on her & i was excited because it was my 2nd attempt!  Its seriously just a crazy cool way to use nail polish...cant get enough!  For this mani, I picked a fun assortment of monochromatic mints & teals.  I used 4 colors: China Glaze "Refresh-Mint", Essie "Turquoise & Caicos", OPI "Fly", & Nicole by OPI "Khloe Had A Little LamLam".  I'm jealous that I wasn't doing this on my own nails ;)


 Red Solo Cup...i fill you up...with lacquer!!!!! ;) as usual, have a cup filled with room temp water, toothpicks, polishes with all lids unscrewed, & a paper towel for the messy fallout & dirty toothpicks
 fingers all taped & dipped with such amazeballs unique patterns!
 this was def a dramatic improvement on my 1st water marbling mani...just in the way I pulled the toothpick through the rings of polish



 THUMBS!!!! ....so different
 LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! love everything...colors & patterns!
So my very first water marble was for a guest post on Miss Madrigal's blog...I love the way these colors turned out together & can't wait to do it again! What do y'all think?? More of a fan of totally random colors or this monochromatic theme?
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19 comments:

  1. Fashion FootingMarch 24, 2012 at 6:59 PM

    That's awesome! I need to try a water marble, I just never have time or patience when I want to, lol!

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    1. RyanMarch 26, 2012 at 10:07 PM

      AMANDA....guuurrrrlllllll you really need to try some water marbling asap! its so cool & unique! I'm in love!

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  2. Megan @ Let There Be LacquerMarch 24, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    this is freakin awesome :)

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    1. RyanMarch 26, 2012 at 10:08 PM

      thanks Miss Megan!!!!! appreciate all the blog love girl...so excited for our challenge!

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  3. ahhhdri March 24, 2012 at 9:05 PM

    looks beautiful, just like a pucci print!

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    1. RyanMarch 26, 2012 at 10:09 PM

      THANK YOU!!!!! i didn't know what a pucci print was so i had to go google it ;D but awesome! love it! again thanks for checking out my post girl!

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  4. AshleighMarch 25, 2012 at 10:38 AM

    This is beautiful! I really want to try doing a water marble one day. Whenever I have patience for it. Hehe.

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    1. RyanMarch 26, 2012 at 10:06 PM

      OMG you def need to try it out! it was scary the first time but now I'm so in love with it! the tapings a lot of time-consuming work. but the results are just too cool!

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  5. Jacqui of The Scholarly NailMarch 25, 2012 at 11:52 AM

    This is so gorgeous! I know I told you on twitter, but it reminds me of waves!!! I love it!

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    1. RyanMarch 26, 2012 at 10:06 PM

      Thanks Jacqui! i freakin love you! really appreciate all your comments on my blog posts...and yes i def see the ocean waves now!

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  6. The Little CanvasMarch 25, 2012 at 7:39 PM

    came out perfect!!!! love it! so jealous I fail at water marbling

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    1. RyanMarch 26, 2012 at 10:05 PM

      thank girly! i bet ur next water marbling experience will be great when we do our 7-day challenge!

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  7. MarisaMarch 26, 2012 at 11:01 AM

    Beautiful!!! It came out so great!

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    1. RyanMarch 26, 2012 at 10:04 PM

      haha thanks Marisa! i think its my new calling...i seriously love doing water marbling...for me its the funnest easiest way to create really unique nail art. love it!

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  8. PolishPixelleMarch 26, 2012 at 9:05 PM

    Love it!!!

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  9. YogiApril 3, 2012 at 7:39 PM

    Very creative and pretty!! I will try this !!!! Shanks fur the idea and sharing How to. I'm gonna show this on Facebook today!

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  10. LC LaForgeApril 3, 2012 at 8:49 PM

    That is just so amazing and Beautiful!!!
    I'm still not so sure how to do it though...Would you be so kind as to send me a little more detail as to how to do this? I would greatly appreciate it and would love love love to try it!!!

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  11. MahalannahApril 4, 2012 at 7:01 PM

    I guess I am not too clear on what the water cup is for or even how to pull the toothipcs thru the polish (or how to lay down the polish right for the designs!. Is there a step by step posted somewhere that I may have missed?

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