Today's challenge is the letter "B". I chose to use Black and Blue and create some really cool nail art. I don't know about you, but when OPI Black Spotted came out in France, I wanted it sooo badly. I don't know anyone who was able to get it, and I'm not about to spend $50-$60 on Evil Bay for one polish, so I decided to wait and see if demand decreased. Thankfully we have geniuses in the nail community, and the infamous Cute Polish came up wiht a way to create the spotted look using any color of nail polish! I first saw this technique on Nailderella's blog, who found it on Cute Polish's YouTube channel. Both are great tutorials and give a really nice result.
This technique is very close to water marbling, except there's need to use several colors and create intricate patterns. All you need is nail polish, A cup of room temperature water, and a spray bottle. I used Finger Paints Black Expressionism for my spots, and plain old water in my spray bottle.
This is the finished mani - 2 coats Cover Girl Outlast in Out of the blue as my base color:
It's not an exact match of Black Spotted, but tell me that isn't awesome!
The technique is pretty easy. All you do is set up just like you would for water marbling, then drop a single drop of you chosen color into the water. Take a spray bottle and hold it above the cup (closer to the water makes larger spots, further away leaves them smaller), then gently spray onto the polish. You do need to spray the polish rather quickly or else the water will just make it dry and look bubbly. Once the spray hits the polish, it will spread out further, creating the spots. Then you just dip your finger into the polish like you would when marbling and voila! The spotted look!
I'm pretty pleased with how this came out considering this was my first attempt at this technique. It's also the first time I used Vaseline to protect my fingers from the polish. It worked well, but still didn't protect my cuticles as much as I would have liked.
What do you think of this idea? Is it something you want to try? I considered posting a tutorial for you all but there are already 2 out there. Let me know if you'd like to see one here.
Be sure to check out what all of the awesome ladies have done for their "B"manicures by clicking on their links below!
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back for some really awesome Indie's I have coming up!
Happy polishing!
-Kimber
I love everything about this post. Your nails. The colors. The technique. And thanks for the tutorial! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah! I had so much fun playing with this!
DeleteYeah, it's not exactly like Spotted but I love the look you managed to get!
ReplyDeleteI wish there was something exact, but I think this is as close as we can get as far as a DIY version. I love it, but I wish it had that oil slick look to it though.
DeleteWow it looks awesome!! Yes, tutorial pleasee!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing!!! My kind of water marbling..definitely want to give this a go!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see a tutorial from you! This is awesome! Great job :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this!!! Gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see a tutorial of this!!
ReplyDeleteI just saw th tutorial for this the other day with the spray hand sanitizer and don't have any so I have yet to try it. But I'm definately going to be trying this tonight with the water!!! Yours look gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteThat looks really awesome!!
ReplyDeleteI am truly amazed by this! The look is fantastic, I even like it better than Black Spotted (BTW what a bad idea to release it only in France...) and I sure need to try it!
ReplyDeleteYour nails look great! I'm gonna have to give this a try :)
ReplyDeleteThis is just amazing Kimber!! That color combo just makes me wanna drool. I saw the cutepolish video and I didn't try it because I dont have an alcohol spray thingey, so thank you so much for the tip I'm going to try this soon too!
ReplyDeleteI saw Cutepolish's tutorial too! I think this us such a great idea, your mani came out perfect!
ReplyDeleteThis looks utterly fabulous!! I have Black Spotted and this looks much nicer I think :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous. I can't find Spotted anywhere.
DeleteThis Is AMAZING the effect it gave you is so pretty! and hell yeah for the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteI prefer this to Black Spotted. My hunt and appreciation for Black Spotted is now diminished.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU. Gorgeous!
I like this better than spotted AND we are almost twinsies today!!! Love this combo, obviously!! Lol!
ReplyDeleteLove the look but I have one question. What is IN the spray bottle? I def want to try this. I read one blog that said to use hand sanitizer that can be bought already in a spray bottle. Since hand sanitizer is almost all alcohol I wonder if using alcohol in the spray bottle would work. Hmmmm.
ReplyDeleteI just used plain water. With alcohol based solutions you don't get the spreading of the dots that creates that sheer look - I only managed to get that with water.
DeleteOh...and since OPI Spotted can't be found anywhere this is def the better and easier and cheaper choice lol.
ReplyDeleteOMG! That is a super cool manicure! Yeah, it's not an exact match for Black Spotted but if you ask me this looks BETTER!! I really gotta give this a try sometime too :) Thanks for a great idea and link for the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteI saw the Cutepolish tutorial and made a note to try it - I'm so glad though that you have discovered it works fine with water. Will definitely be trying this out. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteLove this!
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to try this since all the buzz started, I was saving it for my "S" challenge day. Looks great, as always! ;)
ReplyDeleteWow!!! This mani is so pretty. I really love what you did here with your mani. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI really love the way yours turned out! It looks more like spotted the the others ive seen, like an oil spill which is what spotted looks like. The others have more of a swiss cheese effect :-)
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