I decided that I wanted to try creating an acid wash design on my nails. When I searched acid wash nails, I found that most people used the same strategy. They applied different coloured layers of nail polish and used nail polish remover to remove the top layer. This just wasn't something that I was interested in doing. For a while I've been wanting to give sprayed water marble a try (see tutorial by Nail Pop here). Basically you place a drop of nail polish into a cup of water, let it spread out, spray it with rubbing alcohol, and stick your finger through the dispersed polish. It's obviously messy but acetone easily cleans up your skin and nail edges when you're done. I thought that if I used the white and two shades of blue, I could get an acid wash effect. Spoiler alert...it worked!
So for this design I used "Blanc" by Essie, "West Coast Cool" by Morgan Taylor, and "Midnight Blue" by Rimmel. I started with a white base then applied each blue one at a time using the sprayed water marble strategy. I found that the blues were just a little too bright so I added a layer of sprayed white over top. It gave it the perfect washed out/faded effect. Check it out!
EEEK! I just love how these turned out and can't wait to try other colours. Black, white, and orange for Halloween? Maybe!
Happy Painting!
Love, Kate xo
