V-day simplicity

I could not, for the life of me, decide what I wanted to do for my actual Valentine's Day manicure. I made another attempt at the water spotted look, but that was not happening. Out of sheer frustration, I decided to do something simple. Very very very simple.

The half moon is Maybelline Born With It and the tips are Wet n Wild Lavender Creme. Initially, that was it. I thought it needed a little something so why not a bit of bling from Sally Hansen Celeb City. This manicure matched my V-day outfit perfectly, too, so that's a nice bonus. :)

Valentine's Day water marble

I was talking to my sister-in-law yesterday and mentioned that I didn't know what I wanted to do with my nails. She suggested hearts. I thought that was a great idea, with Valentine's Day being right around the corner. So, I figured a pink water marble with a few hearts would be cute. I started and things went horribly wrong. I might be exaggerating a bit but they definitely could have gone better. I just kept going, though, and figured I could use the hearts and a few polka dots to cover some of the ugly parts.

I started with a base of Maybelline Born With It. The colors I marbled are Essie Wicked, OPI Alpine Snow, Wet n Wild Lavender Creme, and Wet n Wild Candy-licious.

They aren't terrible but they are far far FAR from perfect. I don't get it. My first water marble, around Christmas, came out great. Yet, the last few times I've tried, it's been a frustrating mess. Oh well. They'll do for a bit.