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Marble Nail Tutorial by Debbie Page-Wood

13 December, 2016 - 09:23pm by - First Lady | 12 Comments

Tutorial and Images - Debbie Page-Wood

Beauty Review posted this “Manicrush Monday” pic on Facebook asking someone to please show how it’s done, so here’s a marbling tutorial and I’ve done the steps for both types of polish (gel and traditional).

You’ll need the following: 

  • Nail polish remover 
  • lint-free wipes or cotton pads
  • an orangewood cuticle stick or cuticle pusher 
  • 180-grit buffer or a buffing block (the ones with 4 different sides)
  • a nail file
  • base coat
  • three contrasting nail polish colours of your choice
  • top coat
  • a mini striping brush (small paintbrush or clean eyeliner brush)
  • cuticle oil and hand cream.

Start off  by prepping your nails; remove any old polish, push back your cuticles,  file your nails into the shape you want and then buff them lightly. 

Cleanse your nails again with nail polish remover to remove any nail dust and natural oils that will have come to the surface of the nail.  Apply a thin layer of base coat and cure it according to the instructions on your lamp (for gel) or wait for it to dry.


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Apply a thin coat of your chosen base colour, I’m using white but you can use any light colour and make sure to cap the free edge (paint along the very tip of your nails).  Cure or wait for it to dry. 

 

Apply a second, thin coat of your chosen base colour and while this is still wet (don’t cure or wait for it to dry), add a few dots of your contrasting colour, I’ve used lilac instead of peach.  You can use any colour you like and this marbled effect works well with any colour combination, as long as you have light, medium and dark colours (or if you’re only using two, a light and a dark).   You’ll want to add dots of your darker colour as well, before attempting to marble the polishes together, as traditional polish will start to dry, making the marbling difficult.

I have marbled the lilac colour first, just to try and show you what it looks like and how to do it using small figure 8 motions.  

 

For the best effect, don't marble the colour first.  Place your coloured dots down first and then grab your mini striping brush, small paintbrush or clean eyeliner brush, dip the brush into your darkest nail polish colour to get a tiny bit on the brush  (I’m using a dark charcoal grey) and paint thin, random squiggly lines across your nails.  Then using small figure 8 motions, gently start to blend the three colours together, creating a marbled effect.  You'll get a much smoother marble (it'll be a bit more blended and similar to the main pic above).

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You need to work quite quickly if you’re using traditional polish and with this technique, less is more.  Meaning that the less you play with it, the better it will look.  If you try to push it around too much, you may end up with a muddy coloured mess instead of a nice marble. 

 

Once you’re happy with the effect, cure the polish or wait for it to dry.  Apply your top coat and cure or wait for it to dry.  Finish off your manicure by rubbing cuticle oil onto your nails, cuticles and skin around your nails.  Cuticle oil applied daily will nourish your nails and help your polish to last longer by keeping it flexible.  Apply hand cream and you’re done!

I'd love to see pics on the PhotoWall, if any of you ladies attempt try this at home.

Kind regards, 

Debbie

Thank you so much Debbie - we can't wait for the next one ;)

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5th January, 2017

Such a neat effect and it looks so easy to do :D

18th December, 2016

saw this type of look done with sharpie pens too

15th December, 2016

It looks so easy to do! If I could paint my nails without that even being a mess I'd give this a go lol

14th December, 2016

Wow, that's very clever and a great outcome.

14th December, 2016

Oh man I'm not good at nail art. Looks mean

14th December, 2016

This looks really easy -I tried using a different tutorial and the result was not good however this looks so much easier. Thanks so much.

14th December, 2016

I love this! i might try this today too!

14th December, 2016

my first attempt is on the wall. so easy even the first time, i can only get better! THANKS x

14th December, 2016

This does look pretty. I'm not good at giving my nails a single colored mani, so I'll probably do a feature nail with this first to see how it turns out and then go from there.

13th December, 2016

definitely going to try this!

13th December, 2016

I love this look. Going to attempt this weekend :-) great tutorial.

13th December, 2016

Great tutorial. I've never been able to achieve the marbling effect, so I might try you're way next time.

RamblingRose
14th December, 2016

Thank you.

Julieal
14th December, 2016

That's a good plan -I will do the same Thanks

RamblingRose
14th December, 2016

Congrats, Trudi, your first attempt looks really good!

trudijoy
14th December, 2016

thanks! I got a slightly different effect on my left hand going thicker with the marbling colours so i'll try that next time but i'm stoked for a first go!

MareeB
14th December, 2016

It looks fab Trudi, well done!

trudijoy
14th December, 2016

thank you maree!

RamblingRose
14th December, 2016

Can't wait to see a pic, if you do!

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