A Bettina Water Marble...

Hey Everyone... today's post is a pleasant surprise.  It's a water marble that turned out pretty good seeing it was my second attempt and my expectations weren't too high.  I tried once before a few months ago, and it was a complete disaster!!  I've seen other bloggers (especially Cris at Let Them Have Polish!) use bettinas when they water marble, so I thought I'd give it a try with a few of mine.

For this water marble I used Betinna Flip Flops, 190, and Onix:

Last time I attempted to water marble, I used zoyas and I couldn't get the polish to "spread" in the water.  I was so mad because I wasted so much polish with those!  The bettinas worked so much better for me.  I used room temperature bottled water in a shot glass LOL!  I've also watch a zillion tutorials made by Colette at My Simple Little Pleasures.  She has some awesome marbles!!

Here's my first almost 100% successful attempt:

before clean-up

Ok, so in the above pictures you can see where I made a mistake.  On my index and middle fingers you can see small "drops" of water.  I guess you're supposed to pull your fingers out of the water SLOWLY to avoid the bubbles.  I will remember that for next time.

Final marble with topcoat:

After I applied the topcoat, the bubbles chipped and you can see the white base.  Oh yeah, before you marble, apply a coat or two of white polish so the colors in the marble "stick" to your nail better and look more opaque.  In the other pictures, I tried angle my hands so your couldn't see the chips, :)

I'm proud of this marble.  I now have the courage to try this again soon!!  How do you feel about water marbling?  Do you have any good disaster or success stories??