I would have to say that this is my most successful water marble to date!
I used Finger Paints' Tiffany Impostor and Rimmel London's English Rose.
My biggest fail when it comes to water marbles is consistency. Even when I do the same amount of drops and draw in the same pattern, I rarely get two nails that are super similar!
Before removing this, I decided I see how some glitter (Sally Hansen's Bling-Tastic and some pink one by Wet n Wild) would look on top:
Es todo. iBuenos días! =)
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However. I cut off the bottom of a 20oz bottle of pop/water and use that. Fill it with room temp bottled water and it usually requires a minimum of 10 drops (or until they stop spreading) of polish to get it to come out looking decent. To avoid bubbling, I shake my finger a little while it's in the water, and then shake it after I pull it out and get them all off.
I have found that it's greatly about the polish. Sometimes even if it looks like it's doing okay in the water, it sucks and won't let the next color spread right. So it's largely about playing and practicing with different polishes and getting them to spread and work together well (and don't dry too fast). I have found that sometimes you can add thinner to the polish and it'll work better for marbling, though. Recently, I cut about 50 index cards into circles and just sat for 3 hours and practiced with 50 different polishes in different combos, then dropped the card into the water so it would pick up the whole design. I have found that to be the best way (for me, anyway because then I can name and store them in my mani ideas notebook) to practice and test colors and combos!
Hmm... Make sure you don't have a fan going or anything like that, it can dry the surface of your cup faster than you want. Wipe your toothpick or whatever you're using to draw your design after every swipe in the water.
Also, I love Rimmel London's English Rose, Finger Paints' Tiffany Impostor and Sally Hansen cremes do fairly well in the water. I have heard that China Glaze is typically good for marbling, too!
That's all I can really think of right now! =D Hope you can make it work for you!! It's actually super fun once you finally get it down!