Nails I Love
HALLOWE’EN –
Witch’s Ugly Water Marble
Hi Goddesses
I wanted to do a
water marble for Hallowe’en and knew what I wanted to do. As so often with water marbles, this isn’t
EXACTLY what I had in mind lol, but it
still works in my head.
My aim was for a
black base with a dark pink and dark purple stripe in it, and a very thin white
or silver one. I wanted to create a
really nocturnal flower design. In my
head, I kept seeing Morticia Addams lopping those rose buds off the stems, so I
wanted something dark and twisted enough that she would wear it.
This went wrong /
right in my choice of base colour – Zoya’s Lael. I chose a dark purple because it has going to
feature heavily in my pattern and I didn’t want to use a black base. What I didn’t factor in was that the darkness
of the base would make the white in the marble go so murky …..however, this
does give it quite a “dead flesh” feel, so I can live with that mistake.
My 4 marbling
colours were Zoya Demi (a mid purple), Sally Hansen Hot Magenta (a medium
bright pink), SH White On and SH Black Out.
I really feel this
ended up EXACTLY like the sort of water marble a witch would wear! It’s dark, it’s depressing – it sure didn’t
make me happy to wear. It’s so ugly, it’s
almost perfect for Hallowe’en. I do like
how the colours swirled together in such dark harmony, and from some angles,
there’s a lot of blackcurrants and cream going on!
Lol … nearing the
end of the Hallowe’en posts now. Just a
couple more to go – another Franken (the one that made me happy to sacrifice CG
Crystal Ball), China Glaze It’s Alive, CG Mummy May I, purple witch’s tights
(my fave) and a secret water marble to end it all on Monday.
And then, prepare
yourselves for some FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy J xx
J
Top Tip – if you’re
ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give
you plenty of contrasts and compares.
