In moments like these, I wish I was home looking through my mum's nail polish stash. My mum is without a doubt a glitter queen. I don't think she owns a single bottle that doesn't have at least a dusting of glitter in it. I on the other hand have 3 glitter polishes. Clearly I was spoiled for choice for today's 31 Day Challenge...
I decided to have a go at a technique I saw in the July/August issue of Nail It Magazine. The whole point of it was to create a marble looking design using a piece of plastic material. My material of choice was a sandwich bag. It all looked fairly simple. You apply a base colour, add a few random blobs of polish on top and squeeze it with a piece of plastic bag. So I decided to try it out....
First I applied one coat of Golden Rose Color Expert 101 and a liquid tape that I reviewed here. A sellotape or a liquid tape really is a must otherwise you'll spend ages doing the clean up! I decided to go with my favourite colour and chose Golden Rose Rich Color 135 and 103, a deep and a delicate shade of violet. I then added a few blobs of both colours (and the beige) on top of my nail and covered it with a sandwich bag. That made all the colours come together and create this marbled look.
I really like how it turned out but no matter how neat I was applying the liquid tape, my cuticles were still flooded. As you squeeze the plastic bag onto your nails the polish spreads everywhere. So I thought that if I apply less blobs there'll be less polish to spread and less clean up. Well it kind of worked but the marble effect wasn't as good so I had to repeat the process in a few places. I think it's important to find the right balance. Too little polish, no obvious marble. Too much, hello flooded cuticles!
But hold on, today's 31 Day Challenge prompt is glitter! As you already know my glitter stash is rather poor so I applied Maybelline Sugar Crystals which is a fairy dust kind of polish on top of my marbled nails. I also added a few rhinestones for a bit of extra sparkle!
Until tomorrow xx
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