How to marble nails! <3
For a few weeks I have looked at marbling on nails. I always thought they were too messy and hard to do. In fact they are incredibly easy and I love doing them. Yes they are a little messy but as long as you have nail polish remover and cotton buds to hand you'll be fine :) This is the first time I attempted doing marble nails and I think they work really well :)
Materials:
Nail polish, nail polish remover, cotton wool or remover pads, needle or something sharp, some water and a container to put it in

To begin with have a small amount of water - enough to put your finger nail in (at an angle). Also have all the lids off the paint colours that you want to use - this makes it easier and speeds up the process for putting the colours in the water. The water is best at room temperature because if it's too cold it tends to dry too quickly, and it it warm - not really sure, just doesn't work aswell :)

In the water I have put red nail paint in, then orange, then pink.

Using a cocktail stink swirl all the colours together to the pattern you want. You can use anything with a point e.g. needle or pencil also work really well :)

You can paint a base coat to that if any colour doesn't go onto the nail it will look like the base coat was there in the water. Dip your finger in at a slight angle and bring your finger forward to collect the paint. While your finger is still in the water use a cotton bud to collect any excess paint in the water, being careful not to rub your nail(because it can be dis-guarded after and no cleaning).

The thumb nail I have just painted a clear base coat because I wanted to use the colours and have a natural colour underneath :) As you can see on the pointer finger the paint is up the nail. After doing it I realised that it is probably a lot more sensible to to put tape around you nails... (shown below). To get as little paint on your skin as possible.

This is with the tape on the nails. It prevents too much nail paint going on the skin.

5 nails using different nail paints and patterns. <3

Obviously, if you haven't used tape you can use a cotton ball to take the large amount of paint off. Like I did on the pointer finger :$. Then if there is still paint on your nails around your nail bed or on your cuticle you can use a cotton bud or a paint brush to remove the paint. Before you put anything on your nail it also usually helps if you put hand cream on, any paint on your skin comes off really easily.

Good Luck :)