Swirl Nail Art Using Water

do you think this would work wit crackle nail polish?

Oh, this is a fun technique. It does need some practice though..
Things to keep in mind:
1. Metallic or pearly colours will expand way too much.. If you still want to use these, my advise is to not use it as your first drip of colour.
2. Use a small container to drop your colours. This way there's less room to expand (too much).

The white base is a great idea. Didn't think of that..

P.S: did someone try it with shaving cream already? Curious to know if it works.

if you want something that will really make your nails glow???? Go to hottopic.com (or any store where you can find these) and use glow in the dark nail polish for this

So cool! I will have to try it!

So cool! I will have to try it!

i tryed it and the first colour i put in whent small and didnt expand. a film of something came over the bowl leaving a VERY sticky mess

this is cool! im wondering if shaving cream would work better than water? i did a marble paper painting thing like this using shaving cream, idk i'm going to try it!

yeah i tried this too and the colors got all ugly

I tried this and it didn't work! It looked really messy.

woah! bomdiggity!!

i tried this and really failed all the colours mixed and turned brown... urrgh! and i got it everywhere

That is epic im so doing that

this is stunning, but when I tried it, I failed. Dismally.
First nail was great, but it got progressively worse. I did 4 nails, gave up and spent half hour trying to get all the polish off my hands!

so well done to anyone who succeeds!!

i tried this ages ago, but it failed... i think it was because the bowl i used was huge :/

Hey, as far as i know most of my nail polishes seem todo it and the ranges for cheap cheap cheap to semi expensive. the only ones that dont work seem to be mattalic or very runny:/

sorry i can tbe of more help xx

Does it matter about the brand? i tried it with one of my nail polishes, i think it is a cheap brand and the circles kind of 'break' if you knwo what i mean?

DONT use sally hansen in sun kissed it ruined everything. but the same brand in blue me away and blackout are really good for this

:] thank you xx

Oooooh!! You give the BEST nail art inspiration! Can't wait to try this ;)
SG
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Thanks for all the comments and faves <3
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wow that's really neat great job!

I really like this technique. I tried it a while ago but I could never get it right.

This is called water marble.

I used room tempreture tapwater although i have heard people say that they use filtered water
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What should be the temperature of the water?

Yeah i am sorry about the BAND AIDS, The white really helps the colours pop.
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ive done this a lot, but for some reason, i never thought of using white as a base to make them brighter... wow i feel dumb... ps are u british? hehe "plasters" band aids, right?

Its not so difficult but it is messy :/ and takes along time. ive seen people do it on you tube and say it only takes 20 min. LIESSS. it takes ages :]
worth it though
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It looks difficult but I def want to give it a try! I love the way it looks!

this looks complicated, but i wanna try it