My failed Water Marble Nails.

Hey all,

One of the most challenging nail art techniques that i have attempted is water marbling. It entails quickly dropping different shades of polish into a just right temperature bowl of water, then dunking you finger in the design, gathering up the excess polish from the surface of the water with out disturbing the nail that is sunk in the water. Then you have to pull the nail out of the water and clean up the excess polish that has gotten on your skin. ONE FINGER AT A TIME Sound tedious, messy and a bit complicated? Well it is! So leave it to me to attempt it.

I did all the prep that it suggests. Taping all the skin around your nail so that it makes clean up easier, the base coat, the 2 coats of white so that the marble colors pop, the million tooth picks and the cotton swabs. You have to get the bowl of water just the right room temp or the polish either dries to fast or doesn't marble correctly.

After all the prep it was time to start the water marble process. You take a drop of one polish on the water and follow with another and another until you get the desired "bulls-eye" effect. You then take a tooth pick and pull it through the polish

This is where I ran into trouble. I just couldn't get the toothpick to drag. The polish was either drying too fast or getting stuck on the toothpick. I tried about 12 times. Finally I conceded. This is my finished product. 

I wish I had taken a pic of the pile of toothpicks and cotton swabs I used. It was a hot mess. Needless to say I will probably steer clear if trying this again for a long while. 

Happy Painting 

xoxo

KK

Black and White Polka Dot Mani

Here is a cute black and white polka dot Mani that I have been eyeing on Pinterest for a while. 

Click here  for the site where I snagged the pretty idea from.

I did mine using Zoya Purity, Wet n Wild Black, and a medium sized dotting tool.

Here is my end result!

 Not too shabby if I do say so myself.

I always use a base coat and a top coat. My go to base coat right now is Essie's Millionails. Its got fiber in it which adds a bit of strength.

My go to top coat is AMAZING. I am using Orly's

Polishield. Its a quick dry, polymer, high shine top coat which I absolutely love. 

I also take 4,000 Mcg of biotin daily which adds strength to your hair and nails.

Happy Painting
XOXO,
KK

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My first post !

Well, here I go. I have been thinking about posting a blog about nails and dogs and cats and crafting, well pretty much everything that goes through my crazy OCD head, for quite some time. I have no idea what I am doing and am just diving in head first. I hope that I gain some followers and get some sponsors.

My goals are as follows but in no particular order

• To showcase my nail art
• get sponsors and advertisers ( it would be nice to get a little cash coming in on the side)
• Spread the word about Norwex, my little side biz that sells all natural cleaning stuff.
• Get my creative juices flowing
• share my awesome animals with the world so you all know what you are missing out on. 
• HAVE FUN!!!
• Gardening fun
• Kendra's norwex page

Please feel free to offer up any suggestions, comments or questions. I am an open book. 

XOXO

KK