Marbled Nails .. part deux

After trying this once .. I knew I would do it, again.

On the second go round, I realized I should spend a little more money on nail polish.
ok, let me clarify that statement.
clearly - I have lots of nail polish - I just need to get higher quality nail polish :)

I also figured out :

• it's easier if you tape off all your nails to start with.
• remove the scotch tape after the paint is completely dry
• q-tips and toothpicks are necessities
• it's CRUCIAL for the water to be room temperature
• make sure to tape it up really good UNDER the nail, too. If you don't - it gets icky on the underside of your nails and they look dirty. ew !

Marbled Nails

On the surface, painting your nails a different color every other day and taking 45 minutes of your precious time, just to make sure they're pretty, might seem a little shallow.

Be that as it may ... I'm guilty of these crimes of superficiality.

In my defense, until the age of 32 I was a chronic chewer of my stubby, little fingers. In high school I had a lot of nerve issues and more than once had gnawed away until they were almost bloody ... ew. Sorry - I digress !

Around any holiday, I use it as an excuse to dress up my nails (and my puppy) festively ...

"Hi, Nugget!"

So, of course when I found this link - I had to figure out how to try it. Being the visual person I am, I searched on YouTube for an instructional video and got this really good one .. good once you get past the plinky plunky music. :)

Fast forward to my first try ..

I decided to put my shot glass collection to use, for once. I don't drink more than once every year or so, so it's nice to actually use them for something.