Nail Art: Marble Manicure
30th September, 2010 - Posted by Emily - 22 Comments
Some of you may have heard of water marbling, you will find endless tutorials on youtube on how to do it, though beware! In my experience, it never does what you want it to do and it’s quite messy and time consuming. This however wasn’t done with water, it took almost no time whatsoever and isn’t nearly as messy as water marbling, no mess at all in fact! 
In close-up.
HOW-TO:
- First you paint a regular coat of dark polish all over your nail.
- Quickly put a few small dots of lighter polish on your nail while everything is still wet.
- Swirl them together to create a marble effect with either a fine brush, a toothpick or a needle. Easy!
- The more you mix them together the more subtle the design will be, the less you touch it the more dramatic it will be.
These are the polishes I used from left to right: Seche Clear, Back to paradise by Essence, Bright green polish by 2B, Seche Vite.
22 Comments
Jolien
September 30th, 2010 at 9:26 PM
ik probeerde eens dat water marbling, maar dat was toch de eerste en laatste keer hoor. Vreselijk gedoe. Eerst moest ik alle tien mijn vingers als proef gebruiken eer ik geschikte nagellak en de juiste handelingen had gevonden, en toen ik er echt mee ging beginnen duurde het nog veel te lang eer alles naar mijn zin was. En dan heb ik het nog niet over hoe lang het duurt eer heel mijn vingers weer proper waren. Zucht.
Misschien is dit wel een goed alternatief dus
emily
September 30th, 2010 at 9:31 PM
Ik voel je pijn, ontelbare keren geprobeerd en nooit ziet het er mooi uit en altijd hangt er overal nagellak, 't is gewoon zo'n vreselijke boel elke keer! Heb water marbling ook echt volledig opgegeven. Ik vind dit wel een leuk alternatief, zeker het proberen waard!
Kayla Ann Goforth
March 13th, 2012 at 11:43 PM
This idea is amazing ! I'm going to try it when I get home . I've always tried the water marble and it never really worked right for me. Hope this works. Thanks for the idea ! ((;
Emily
March 13th, 2012 at 11:51 PM
Thanks so much! Let me know how it goes and if you bump into any issues let me know and I'll try to help! (: xoxo
Charlotte
March 14th, 2012 at 2:19 PM
Amazing!
Jessica
March 20th, 2012 at 11:56 PM
I tried this once, and my friends told me it just looked like I messed up my nail
but I will try practicing it more! 
Emily
March 21st, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Aww! Even though this is an easy technique there's a thin line between getting it right and overdoing it or making it too messy, it's basically knowing when to stop! But when you figure it out it will look really great I'm sure! Just keep trying!
Karen
May 19th, 2012 at 4:45 AM
This looks sweet! I water marble all the time and it works good for me (filtered water) but this looks different. I am going to have to try this for my next manicure!
Danielle
June 24th, 2012 at 6:46 AM
Just water marbles my nails and it's every where… i'll try this next time… thanks!
Zanade Mann
August 13th, 2012 at 8:53 PM
I love this effect! Thank you!!
Bonita Mcneil
August 28th, 2012 at 6:03 AM
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veryemily
August 28th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
No worries
watsons
September 12th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
i wish you did a vdo tutorial on this! i tried but it didn't work
Alise Sams
November 12th, 2012 at 3:57 AM
I couldn't wait and I tried this immediately! It worked perfectly. Thanks!
Marissa
November 29th, 2012 at 2:26 AM
You should make a video of you doing it and link it to this page.
veryemily
November 29th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
I\’m sorry I don\’t do video tutorials because of the insane amount or work involved. Try searching for water marble on youtube, you will find hundreds of videos!
Brianne.
December 10th, 2012 at 7:30 AM
What about the fact that your nail takes forever to dry because of so much nail polish on at once ?!?! Other than that it works perfect. I didn't use that much nail polish but this seems to take forever and I manage to smudge my nails everytime.
Jakkie
January 15th, 2013 at 8:46 PM
I followed this and they turned out great! Almost exaclty like the photos. The only thing I did differently was add the base coat of the dark color and let it dry before I did the marble. I did leave a good amount of time for them to dry but for me it didn't take any longer than normal.
Kellie
January 25th, 2013 at 9:02 AM
Would you please do a video tutorial for this one??? The colors are so gorgeous! I have tried to do this several times and I fail miserably! Help!!! lol
Emily
January 25th, 2013 at 6:39 PM
Awh I’m sorry I really do not have the time for video tutorials
you could try looking for “needle drag nails” on YouTube, there are lots of videos on this technique out there already!
Beth
February 18th, 2013 at 7:18 PM
Thanks for a much neater, faster method. Wow!
Gigi Monarez
March 4th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
Emily, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS NAIL TIP !! I WANTED TO TRY THIS BUT DIDN"T HAVE GREEN…. INSTEAD USED BLACK BACKGROUND AT THE SECOND COAT OF BLACK I DID EACH NAIL INDIVIDUALLY SO COLOR AS WET I ADDED WHITE NAILE POLISH DOTS DEPENDING ON NAIL SIZE FOR INSTANCE BIG THUMB ( FOUR DOTS ) THEN LESSENED DROPS PER NEXT NAILS …FIRST TRY AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL !!! EXCITED TO DO MORE COLORS !!
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