Water marbling

A second post! Oh, you lucky bastards.
I have avoided water marbling. It seems so straightforward-well, it is straightforward, but I have an incredible talent for screwing up easy things.
I got ready.

Greasing up the surrounding skin.

My colour choices.

Hmmm. So, boe doesn't marble so well.

Restart!

I really, really wanted to use my new orange.

Hahahaha! I call SUCCESS! On my thumb, I added my new gold-the bottle I am holding. Sinful Colors-This Is It.

Dragonflies & butterflies

Last week, some friends of mine came over for a nail night. I got no photos. So clever! I will tell you that I painted my nails 3 times, and the sheer amount of polish on the table made me woozy.

One of them, Screaming Mama, gave me some nail stickers. I had a play on Sunday night.
I had a plan. Base of white, with my Revlon pastel shades-Mint and Cloud-alternating. That didn't work. It looked dumb. Ok, that's fine. Remove. New plan! White base, with a couple of Kleancolors. Nope. At this point, I had been painting my nails for over an hour. The white (Sinful Colors-Snow Me White) is thick, and takes ages to dry properly, and I had done 2 of my nails 3 times. So, once again. White base-bearing in mind I had repairs to do on my other hand, thanks to remover-and I chose colours that didn't need a white base, though they got one. Sinful Colors Exotic Green, and LA Colors 17. Jeebus. What a pain. I then had to wait for that to dry.
Finally, I added the stickers. I got them on fine, and then HATED my mani. I had to laugh at myself. I grabbed a dotting tool and put some wee flight trail type things on there. Much improved!

I am about to remove this mani, and play with some new polish.

A good friend of mine was away last weekend, and I took care of her lovely old rats. She returned with gifts of polish! They are both super pretty. Both are nameless.

Beautiful, yes? The glitter topper has stars in it. I had forgotten until I swatched it, and several came out.

The last couple days, I have felt awful. Snot, headache, aching everywhere, and a cough that SUCKS. I cough to the point of retching, which leads to gagging, and has twice lead to a lovely vom. MMmmmMMMmm. So, despite being broke as a broke thing, I bought polish today. I needed a pick-me-up. I probably can't afford petrol now, but hey! Shit happens, and work is just 3km away. I should probably walk anyway, especially at this time of year.
Here are the new pretties.

Nice, huh? I know I have said in a previous post that boe stinks, and it's still true. However-the colours are nice. I'll just open a window, or something. Actually, maybe it'll help clear my sinuses.
I am now going to try water marbling. I have had the water sitting for a couple hours, so the temperature should be fine. I have tape, vaseline, everything ready. I'm not sure I'll pull it off, but I won't know unless I try.
At this point, I'll be going for a single accent nail.
WIsh me luck!

My first gradient attempt; and rhinestone-y things.

I have pretty much ignored the whole gradient thing. I am spazzy enough with a brush and dotting tools; what kind of mess would I make with a polished-up sponge?
I decided to give it a go. It is not great. My colour choices on my right had were a bit crap-not opaque enough. On my left hand...I discovered the coral I love in the bottle, is not so pretty on my hands. So, that will be leaving me. To photos!

Colours are LA Colors 12, and Sinful Colors Island Coral. I didn't want to push the gradient attempt (at first) so went for dots.
And the right hand. This is a mess. My clean up was terribly half-arsed, and you can see exactly what I mean when I say lack of opacity.

Bleurgh.

Over the weekend, I was at the local $2/Max Out shop, whatever this one happens to be called. I found some little nail art rhinestones and thought 'why not?' I have just done a mani with them, and I'm pretty happy with the results. You'll have to excuse the photos. I plan to get some in natural light tomorrow, but wanted evidence before I knock these flowers off. I have two thick layers of top coat on, and will probably add another before bed.

Here are a couple that show the polish colour more accurately.

Awful photos, I apologise. Base is boe Champagne-lovely colour, formula is quite good...but it stinks. I'm talking a petrol-like reek. I have a headache from the smell. I may also be mildly high.
When I bought the rhinestone doo-hickeys, I grabbed an eye/lip liner, solely so I could pick them up. It works! So quick and easy.
All going well, I should have better pics of this tomorrow.