
At first glance, marble nail art looks like something you’d need to have professionally done. Not true; this is something really easy to do on your own – not to mention it’s really fun. Anything that allows me to play with different colors and get my hands dirty, I’m in. That said, you don’t have to get your hands dirty to do this. Here’s how to do marble nail art!
Jewelry pictured: Star Signet Ring, Dion Ring, Motif Midi Ring, Dree Eternal Ring, Fairfax Brass Ring, Stone Wrap Bracelet, Mixed Bead Wrap.
What you need: different colors of nail polish – I recommend 3-5 different colors. I chose a really soft, muted palette because I don’t like when my nails are too bright. You’ll also need a cup – any kind of plastic cup will work, but these little shot-glass sized Solo cups are perfect. Lastly you’ll need some water to put in the cup and a few toothpicks. Be sure to use room temperature water – if it is too cold, the nail polish will harden quickly.
Note: Be sure to do this project over paper towels or a surface you don’t mind getting dirty! It can get a bit messy.
Also, if you prefer to not get your hands dirty (since you will be dipping your fingers in nail polish) you can coat your fingers (not the nails!) with Vaseline first so the polish doesn’t stick to your skin, or you could try putting tape around your fingertips, leaving the nails exposed. If you just dip your fingers in the polish, like I did, you just need to wait until it dries and then carefully remove it from your skin using nail polish remover and cotton swabs.
To get marble nails, you simply pour a small amount of polish, one color at a time, into your cup. As you add more colors it will form a bulls-eye shape.
Do this as quickly as possible so that the polish doesn’t start to harden in the water. When you’re finished it should look something like this:
Now use the toothpick and make your design of choice in the water. I simply swirled it around a bit to get the marbled effect.
Once you’re happy with your design, start dipping your fingers straight into the polish, one by one. The best part about this is if you’re normally not very good at painting your nails (I am not) it won’t matter, because you’re just dipping your nails!
When you dip your nails in, the polish will stick, leaving you with a pretty marbled polish on your fingernail! I love that each nail is slightly different, as well.
Once the polish is dry, use nail polish remover and cotton swabs to clean the polish off your skin, and voila! Marble nails.
Rings pictured: Palmetto Stone Ring, Heart Signet Ring, Sterling Silver Midi Ring.
Rings pictured: Star Signet Ring, Dion Ring, Motif Midi Ring, Dree Eternal Ring, Fairfax Brass Ring.
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I am going to try this out…really cool. I know my daughter is going to love it!
Thanks Julia!
P.S. I want those rings, lovely!
Try coating the skin around your nails in any type of skin lotion and just peel it off when its dry! This is much easier and cleaner than trying to use nail polish remover which isn’t quite as reliable.
Try this method too for marble nails. It works just as well but a little more mess-free!
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pouring the polish right into the cup is wasteful and it may even sink, just dab it in drop by drop with the brush, it should expand across the surface upon contact with the water
Use scotch tape around your fingernail, much cleaner and easier process, and as Johanna said just use a drop of nail polish. Newer nail polish works the best
How much water do you put in with the polish?
hey guys! thanks for the tips! Keelan – i filled the mini solo cup about 2/3 of the way – i don’t think it will matter how much water you use though! i found that pouring the polish directly in was easiest and fastest – when i tried doing drops with the brush it actually didn’t form into a circular pattern, it sank right to the bottom! it also took much longer which made the polish start to dry. i didn’t pour a lot in just a couple little drops of each, and this was enough to use for one whole hand so definitely did not use much polish if you’re worried about wasting it!
My roomate and I both noticed this, it totally looks like there’s a person on your middle finger nail! Look close at the picture of your hand towards the left of the nail!
COULD YOU PUT SOMETHING ON YOUR FINGERS LIKE VASOLINE TO KEEP THE POLISH FROM STICKING TO YOUR SKIN? I HAVE PROBLEMS USING REMOVER, USUALLY REMOVE SOME ON MY NAILS.
Laurie – yes! vaseline works or you could wrap your fingers with tape leaving only the nail exposed!
damn fallon- i see it too! :o
I don’t recomende trying this. Every time I do it is a complete fail
you did not evendo it properly
Im going too try this today with my sister seems cool !
Using filtered water makes a big difference when doing Marbling. Tap water messes with the quality of polish is what I have discovered. So much fun!!! Ive gotten a lot of compliments every time I marble my nails. ALSO using cuticle oil around the skin makes the polish come right off if you get it on your skin.
It was an epic fail my roommate and I both got lumps on our nail when we put our nails in I had to use 2 whole bottles of remover!!
hi there is it tap water?
Is it tap water?
This is sooooooo hard . You can’t use crappy nail polish .
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it so cool yall should try it
It’s a big fail
I dunno why i found lumps while pouring into water
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