Marbling Eggs With Nail Polish

My essie polishes worked fine this time i think because i wasn t trying to make a specific design.

Marbling eggs with nail polish. I used this nail polish marbling technique on glass jars metal bowls wooden gift tags and papier maché boxes. Quickly dip the egg in and watch the nail polish adhere to the egg. Add your varnish to the water use at least two colours. Please don t eat these eggs if you are using nail polish.

Wait 10 mins for the nail polish to try and then pat the water droplets with a paper towel. A lot of them. Add a metallic to make the eggs really shine. I couldn t stop playing around with different color combinations and dipping just about everything in sight into the swirly waters.

My favorite way was water marbling with nail polish. We ve already started planning which pastel nail polish we ll be wearing for easter but our collection will decorate more than nails this spring this year we re making easy marbled easter eggs. The nail polish will be stuck on the face of the box. Metallic thumb tack eggs paper n stitch 6.

They looked complicated but were actually really easy. For marbling subsequent eggs use a toothpick to clear off all remaining nail polish from the water s surface before adding new nail polish for another egg. Until i had babies i pretty much always had pretty fingernails. Using only nail polish a bucket of water paper towels and a wooden skewer you can turn a dozen ceramic eggs into gorgeous works of art.

But be warned making this craft is rather addictive. As i thought of some different ways to decorate easter eggs i realized i could use that same concept to decorate easter eggs with nail polish. To marble some eggs with nail polish here s what you need. Marble to your heart s content and set your eggs out on display.

Swirl around with a cocktail stick to combine the colours a little. Because once you start you ll want keep dipping. We used three colors for each marbling. Remove the tape and voilà it s that easy.

Some egg belu april 4 2013 at 9 34 pm reply. The options are endless. Drawing inspiration from design mom s marbling with nail polish 5. Tip the first colour you use will spread out the furthest and be the dominant colour.

And silver polish was amazing. Use the stirring stick to collect the rest of the nail polish and to clean up the water for the next color.