Butterfly Wings? I Love That!

Hello!

First, allow me to update to my Water Marble With - You Guessed It - Dots! post.  The mani that I posted using Orly's Rubberized Bonder as the base coat  lasted - without a single chip- for FIVE DAYS! I'm sold!   I am pretty much convinced that it would have lasted even longer, but I tire of manis very quickly and took it off.  It came off with ease!  I most certainly will be adding it to my mani routine.  Orly Rubberized Bonder;  I LOVE YOU!  Okay.  Today is June 14th.  I will not remove my mani until I absolutely have to.  Let's see just how long Orly Rubberized Bonder will last (this will be hard for me, but I really want to test it out)!

Now, onto today's mani!

I love water marbles.  I love dots.  Add the two together, and you get a gorgeous mani!  I posted this on one of my favorite polish Facebook pages and one of the lovely comments compared them to butterfly wings! Thank you, Janique! I love butterflies!  I think you might be onto something, there!

Today's mani starts with a coat of Orly Rubberized Bonder.  This time, I put one coat of OPI NEOF.  I then did a water marble with:

• China Glaze - White On White
• China Glaze - Papaya Punch.  

I then put another coat of OPI NEOF followed by one coat of Seche Vite Fast-Dry Top Coat.  I really wanted this to set and waited fifteen minutes.  Plus, I am still VERY sore from my breast lumpectomy I had on Friday.  A nice little break.  Then I simply looked through my collection of polishes.  The water marble was very light and summery, so I opted for fun, summery colors for the dots.  In no particular order:

• OPI - Strawberry Margerita (largest dots)
• OPI - A Grape Fit
• China Glaze - Secret Peri-Winkle
• China Glaze - Let's Groove
• Avon - Sunshine
• China Glaze - White On White

The Fairy Dust doesn't show up very well, but my skin sure does... wow!

As mentioned in the color list, I chose Strawberry Margerita as the largest dots.  No reason why.  I like to follow the lines of the marbling.  Again, I found myself really having to stop myself as it is a lot of fun, but you can quickly get very carried away.  This bears mentioning once more with dotting; less is more!  Still have fun with it.  I swore to myself that I was not going to put a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust on top.  I did.  I think I'm addicted to Fairy Dust.  I need an intervention.  I put a coat of Seche Vite on top.  When that was completely dried, I then went over SOME of the dots.  It give the mani a depth that is really nice.  Some are dusted, some are not.  I like how it turned out.

I am having a lot of fun with this kind on manicure.  If you have any color suggestions, I'd love to hear from you!  I'm thinking of July 4th, already!

Oh...

I just found out that Seche Vite, which is notorious for getting very thick, and useless, has finally come up with it's very own thinner!  I plan on purchasing this ASAP!  There is nothing more distressing than a bottle of SV that still has a 1/4 of it left, but that it is too thick to use.  What do yo do with it?  I collect them.  Why?  I can't bring myself to throw them out.  I suppose I will keep them and test this thinner out, now!  Stay tuned!

Until nex time...
Stay Polished!

Peace :o)

I'm back!

Four months.  WAY too long, but honestly, my nails were not even worth painting, anyway.  They broke; or rather two broke and I hated the way they looked, so I just bit the bullet and cut them all off.  Plus, I have been busy having numerous surgeries and recoveries.  It's been crazy!  Finally, my nails are looking good again and just in time for summer!  I am wearing my newest water marble.  I wanted to do a black and white swirl, but alas;  my black polish is way too thick.  So, I opted for a deep raspberry in Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Flirt, with China Glaze White On White.  It reminds me of my favorite raspberry chocolate chip ice cream... sans the chocolate color (next time).  If you look closely at the photo below and look at my thumb, you can see what happens when you are not careful with your tape placement. Same thing on my middle finger.  You an see the base white color.  From now on, I'll just bring the tape a bit lower than I usually place it.  I can always clean it off when it dries.

Click on photos to enlarge.

I wasn't really looking for a certain design this time.  Just yummy swirls of color.  

As always, thanks for reading!  Next time, I will show you how I prepare for water marbling.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!