I saw a post on Instagram recently that featured this amazing dry marble manicure by Sveta Sanders. I had seen quite a few dry marbled manis before, but I really loved her use of 3 different colors. So I decided I wanted to try it out!
I think mine came out alright – definitely not the same as my inspiration, but still pretty cool! My index finger is a bit messy because I slopped on too much white polish, but I really like how my middle finger turned out. I think with more practice, this could be a go-to technique! It was quick and easy, and I really liked the outcome.
Now the colors I chose ended up a bit Christmassy, but I didn’t intend that. I wanted to use another of my Ellagee glitters from the Villianous Holo-ween collection (see Poor Unfortunate Souls here), and I took my color scheme inspiration from the glitter.
Colors used:
- Base color: Polish My Life Greenwich Street… this is an interesting green. It’s one of those ugly pretty colors, kind of like a slightly pastel pistachio green. It reminds me of OPI’s Gargantuan Green Grape, but this is a bit more kelly green whereas GGG leans a bit mint. The formula is amaaazing, which is what I’ve found with all Polish My Life cremes!
- Swirl: Zoya Purity (white) and China Glaze Rose Among Thorns… RAT is such a pretty bright pinkish fuchsia.
- Glitter: Ellagee Friends on the Other Side… a goooorgeous glitter topper that has fuchsia hexes and green hexes and microglitter. I just need one coat for great glitter payoff – it’s PACKED!
Anyways, what do you think of this manicure? Have you tried dry marbling? If so, do you swirl or do a different technique? Also, what do you think of the hand position for my second pic? I’ve been playing around with different positions (HAND positions you dirty-minded people!).
oh.my.god. i am literally sitting here thinking about my upcoming dry marble post. and ‘typing’ it all up in my head. and i get this email entitled ‘dry marble swirl’ and I’m like whaaat? i got confused for a second there! lol
Lol! Great minds 😉 Can’t wait to see yours – I’m sure it’ll be gorgeous!
The middle finger is perfect!!! I have to try this type of manicure!
Xoxo
Thank you!! You should – it’s fun 🙂
It turned out perfect! Well done!!!
Aww thank you!!
I’m absolutely in love with your middle nail…I need to find time to try this over the weekend!
Thank you so much! I’m pretty proud of how that one turned out 🙂 You definitely should try it out – it’s fun!
Dry marble! Clever 🙂
Looks like candy ❤
Yes – like little candy canes or peppermints!
Oh I have a HUGE craving now for pepper mints. lol
Haha – go get em girl!
very nice
Thank you!
Dang I love this so much!! Great job 🙂
Thank you Jessica 😊
This is really awesome! I haven’t tried it out yet but I definitely want to now after seeing yours! Totally unintentionally christmas-y though, haha, I agree!
Thanks Kirby!! You should definitely try it – it’s like fingerpainting!
this looks so cool!!
Thank you! It was fun to do 🙂
These look so cool! I saw her tutorial too and was so amazed.
Thanks! It was surprisingly easy to do once I figured out the right amount of polish to blob on!
Super pretty
Thanks 😊
Your very welcome huni
The swirls are perrrfect! They’re like swirly candy canes! I’m gonna try this too, eventually.. :p
Thank you! It took a bit of practice, but I was real happy with it 🙂 I agree – candy canes!
I saw that tutorial and thought it was SO COOL! I love how yours turned out! It definitely does remind me of peppermints. And gah…those Ellagee glitters are killing me!
Yeah – Sveta does a mean manicure! And YES, Ellagee glitters are amazingly gorgeous!!
This is so pretty! I’ve never tried this before but it looks like fun!
Thank you so much! You should try it – it is, indeed, fun!
I’ve done it a few times. My first ever was a mess and I was a total newbie in nail art. It was just some back and forth dragging. Second one was random and third one was swirls with three colours. I did love it, I just have to keep in mind to use similar finish polishes, so it would be easier 😛
I can totally see how these can turn out as big ol’ messes. But yeah – with similar finish polishes and not too much of one vs the others, it can be super pretty!!
I’ve never done one, but this reminds me of peppermint candies… with a splash of green
Yes! Definitely pepperminty goodness!
I love how this turned out! I’ve been wanting to try a dry water marble myself and you just gave me the inspiration to do so! I agree with the majority, totally makes me think of peppermint candies and I love that glitter accent! The HAND position is great! 😛
Aww thanks friend! I think I might have to revisit this hand position again 😉 And you should definitely try dry marbling!
I love dry marbles! This sooo looks like peppermint candy 🙂
It really does! It’s going on my list of possible Christmas manis 🙂