3. The Marble Nails

Greetings readers!

Sunday's are normally such a gloomy day for following them is the inevitable Monday, along with the start of the week; however, today was an extraordinary Sunday. I woke up to hear some spectacular news regarding the NHL Lockout having gone away! Now that the NHL Lockout is over, you'll soon learn that I am a *huge* hockey fan, particularly the Boston Bruins. Today's post is in partially honor of the glorious news.

One of the many reasons I love "The Internets," is that it helps me get in touch with my feminine side. Having grown up in a neighborhood of predominantly all males, I tend to prefer sports over things like doing my hair, nails, and the like. You all are probably shaking your heads since I've been posting fashion-like things, but it's the truth. If you came up to me and proposed me with a trip to the mall or the option to go to a sporting event, hands down, I'm picking the sporting event 10 times out of 10. It doesn't even matter if the sporting event proposed does not consist of the Red Sox, the Patriots, the Celtics, or even the Bruins, I will forever choose a sporting event over a girly activity. *Fun fact: Earlier this year I volunteered at a Spartan race just because it was at Fenway.* Yup, die hard sports fanatic.

So today, I decided to embrace "The Internets" and paint my nails using this "Marble Nails" technique I found via Pinterest.

The Inspiration.

I thought this technique was rather interesting. If you click the link attached to the caption, it gives you step-by-step directions to achieving this look from the original source.

The Pinspiration.

So in the spirit of the NHL Lockout being over, I decided to do a Bruins Pinspirable Marble look. I used my Insta Dri "Lightening" nail polish as the base (the yellow), awaited it to completely dry, and then used my Sally Hansen Diamond Strength "Black Diamond" as my top coat. To do the top coat, I started with my pinky, painting it all black, and immediately taking my saran wrap in a ball and simply and lightly dabbing. Repeat the "immediate" step with all 10 nails. My advice to you would be to let one hand totally dry after doing the marble layer before doing the next hand to make things easier. Oh, and at first I just had my saran wrap laid out and was dabbing it that way, but as I progressed, I found it easier to dab when it was crumpled up in a ball. Obviously, I have to go back and get rid of the excess nail polish on my hands, for marbling makes it a bit messy. To get rid of the excess nail polish on your hands, fill your Nail Polish Remover cap with some of the remover, dip a Q-tip inside the filled cap, and slowly work your way around each nail. Voila!

Would you do the marble look to your nails? If so, which colors would you choose?

Items:
Yellow nail polish - $4.00 Insta Dri "Lightening"  (found at CVS, Walgreens, Target, etc.)
Black nail polish -  $4.00 Sally Hansen Diamond Strength "Black Diamond" (found at CVS, Walgreens, Target, etc.)
Saran wrap - $7.00 Stretch Tite Plastic Wrap (found at any supermarket)

Till next time,
Bells