What is the best nail polish to use when marbling.
Best nail polish to use for marbling.
Nail polish marbling dries quickly and there s less mess because you don t have to scrape away the shaving cream.
Sally hansen extreme wear opi china glaze sinful colors bonita colors dance legend picture polish essie not all nail polishes work.
I am going to use the same exact cup as well as distilled room temperature water for every brand i test.
Polishes that work for water marbling.
We used three colors for each marbling.
Wait 10 mins for the nail polish to try and then pat the water droplets with a paper towel.
I also use napkins to clean my toothpick needle.
Nail polish in several shades don t use quick dry if possible.
In my experience the cheaper the nail polish the better.
After about a year of heavy use the nail polish on my mother in law s mug has started to fade.
Some nail polishes do not work well with each other.
Well because who wants to go out and buy an expensive jar of nail polish and then pour most of it out for crafting ha.
No next day chipping in sight.
Try with creamy polishes.
To remedy this try adding a coat of dishwasher safe mod podge to seal your mugs.
So i ran myself to the dollar store because you know i love a good dollar tree diy.
Marble the whole dollar store with this nail polish marbling tutorial.
The nail polish will be stuck on the face of the box.
A bit of nail polish thinner not acetone can be added to the polish and you might get one or two good rings out of it but don t expect miracles.
It depends on formula.
Courtesy of brands a little practice goes a long way.
I probably didn t need to buy nail polish but i did.
Use the stirring stick to collect the rest of the nail polish and to clean up the water for the next color.
The 14 best nail polish brands for salon level manis at home.
They have colors that are perfect for this craft and i also grabbed a bunch of things to marble.
Hopefully you learn from my mistakes and are able to create beautiful marbled nail polish mugs on the first try or maybe the second.
By talia abba s.
And what is my reasoning for that you may ask.
The only difference will be the polish and the pattern.
Use nail polish to create an awesome marbled background for your art journal cards tags and more.