Marbling With Fingernail Polish

I ve seen so many tutorials on how to create marble dipped vases with nail polish using everything from mugs to various home decor using this marble dipped technique and i was itching to try it myself.

Marbling with fingernail polish. So i ve seen a few tutorials on marbling and some of them use acrylic paints. How to make marbled nail polish mugs. This one however is right up my alley. I have a slew of nail polish colors so i already had everything that i needed to do.

We used three colors for each marbling. Hold the nail polish bottle close to the water otherwise the drops will fall to the bottom instead of resting on the surface. Pour your nail polish into the water. To be honest i saw this title and was hoping it was a diy on marbling nail polish for your actual nails.

With the nail polish bottle very close to the surface of the water pour a drop or two of polish into the water. Aside from how stunning the vases look it was so much fun to create. Maura may 07 2014. Once the nail polish touches the water it is going to want to set and heat will slow the process.

The nail polish will be stuck on the face of the box. How to marble a mug with nail polish. Mj may 07 2014. I felt like a kid again in my arts and crafts class.

Remove the tape and voilà it s that easy. First fill your container with hot water. Love the look of this on a photo. Wait 10 mins for the nail polish to try and then pat the water droplets with a paper towel.

Nail polish marbling technique supplies needed fingernail polish new is best for freshness and liquidity but price point is your choice tub water boxes tags metal containers almost anything you can imagine scrap paper for completed pieces to dry optional wooden sticks not pictured acetone polish remover for clean up. Use the stirring stick to collect the rest of the nail polish and to clean up the water for the next color. This is cute too though. The nail polish dries very fast on the water so the hotter the better.

The hotter the better. Keeping the bottle close to the water s surface with help the polish stay on top of the water.