First NAIL ART post! Featuring screams from the past and marbles!

Well hello there you beautiful bunch! 2 posts in one day?? Aren't you lucky!

For my first official nail art post I decided to take a bit of a trip down memory lane by doing a “Then and Now” type of post with the very first proper nail art I ever tried. And by proper I mean PROPER! I've dabbled in stickers and rhinestones in my high school years but this was my first full on “balls to the wall” type of nail art. And I was quite proud of myself back then.

When I discovered nail art about a year ago, one of the first techniques I saw was dry marbling/needle marbling and I loved the look! It wasn't too hard to do and was way less messy than water marbling. So using this tutorial from Nail Nerd I jumped right at it and gave it beans!

Like I said, I was quite proud of the results back then but looking back at the photos now I can see a big improvement. On to the “Now”...

Not only is my clean up job better but the general state of my hands just looks healthier! It shows that a bit of moisturizing and good cuticle care actually pays off! Also, I have definitely improved on my ability to file my nails in a semi-decent shape! Not there 100% but I'm getting there.

Nail Polishes used:

• Sinful Colors Snow me white
• Tip Top Nail Chic Purple Reign
• China Glaze Spontaneous

Tools Used:

• Small tipped dotting tool
• Plastic freezer bag
• Tweezers

Unfortunately I have no idea what the exact polishes was that I used a year ago.

I started by laying down the 3 colours next to each other quite thick on a plastic freezer bag. Then with a small ended dotting tool I went in and made random swirls. The bigger the dotting tool end, the thicker your swirls will be. Once this was properly dry (I usually wait a day) I lifted it off the baggie with the tweezers and cut it down into smaller individual pieces so it was easier to place on the nails. On my nails I put on a base of Sinful Colors Snow me white. When this was dry I laid down a thin coat of topcoat, waited till it felt almost tacky and then laid down the marbled pieces on my nails as shown in this tutorial. I finished off the mani with Seche Vite, cleaned up my edges with a pointed q-tip, a small paint brush and some acetone and BOBS YOUR UNCLE!

Moral of the story: If you're a blogger and are feeling down in the dumps, look back at your work from a year or more ago and then look back at your current work. I guarantee you there will be a huge improvement and you will feel AMAZEBALLS!

I hope you enjoyed my first official nail art post with me and that you will stick around for the many more to come in the future!

Lots of mad love!