Black and Purple Water Marble Nail Art

Hi guys! Today I have some black and purple water marble nails done with Bettina nail polishes as part of the February BHB nails mani swap.

Every month the BHB nails thread has a mani swap. It's only my second time, I totally forgot to post January's pictures but here are February's. I got partnered with @pretty_in_pink_polish and she recreated my neon pink-orange gradient nails.

I did her black and purple water marble but I switched the accent to a sparkly black with Orly Goth, which is a black creme with silver shimmer.

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In order to avoid the mess and bubbles I got last time I marbled, I did these using the decal method. You just do your marble like usual and let it dry on the cup. After 30 mins or more you remove it, cut it to fit your nails and place. Then trim the excess and clean up like usual. What's great about this is that I can also use more than one part of the decal for all my nails and I didn't have to waste polish doing several marbles.

Here's a little macro shot of the marble on my middle nail. I really love how well the Bettina polishes marble, this is the best one I've done so far. I top coated these with Bettina High Gloss.

I really enjoyed the mani swap and I'm looking forward to more, if any of you guys want to swap, just send me an email, DM on IG, or PM on FB and let me know!

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18 comments on "Black and Purple Water Marble Nail Art"

Unknown2/11/2015
I really want to try the decal method for marbling. This looks really great! I like the purple and black together. :0)
BruisedUpDollie Nails2/11/2015
So beautiful! I can marble but I can't decal them! Lol maybe I'll try again sometime.
Unknown2/12/2015
Beautiful. Your water marble looks perfect.
Unknown2/12/2015
water-marble looks amazing
Manna's Manis2/12/2015
Beautiful. And that top coat..wow. Looks like glass
Blingfinger2/12/2015
Nice marble and I love the color combo!
Unknown2/12/2015
Everyone is posting awesome watermarbles this week and I'm over here with terrible looking patterns.

Seriously the colors are beautiful and it looks amazing!
Anita@StyleThoseNails2/12/2015
Awesome. The watermarbling is perfect
Savannah2/12/2015
Perfect marble! The black and purple look so mysterious together!
Unknown2/13/2015
Loooooooove this!!!!
Traci2/13/2015
Wow, those colors go so well with the water marble! Fabulous!
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Unknown2/13/2015
Fantastic marbling! Thank you for pointing out that decals use less polish! It's something that should have been obvious but I glazed over the fact till you said it :)
Emberlinmoon2/13/2015
I'm so in love with this marble, fantastic job! And you're making me so jealous of your Bettina collection lol
M.M. Chouinard2/13/2015
Wow, this is like an awesome purple zebra--love it. :)
Makenna Driscoll2/13/2015
I wonder how well it would work if I made a bunch of marbles and stored them... The decals are so much fun to make!
Sarah Lynn2/13/2015
Wow your watermarble turned out amazing. :) Love the purple.
Unknown2/13/2015
That's a great marble, Nadia! You both did so well with the mani swap!