Tonic: Neon Brights Water Marble Nail Art

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Shall we get this party started? The upcoming Tonic Neon Brights glow under blacklight and they watermarble!



Bottle shots anyone? I was so excited when these glowed under my black light, that I squealed out loud!



And then, I had to do a watermarble!
I used one coat of I'm So Sweet for my base.



And of course, immediately put it under a blacklight!



The Tonic Spring 2020 collection releases May 1, 2020 at 2:00pm Central at the Tonic site.
Will you be getting the Neon Brights? Tonic plans to keep all these new items in stock through the end of the summer and possibly into fall.

I hope you have enjoyed my neon water marble nail art!
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Tonic: Creams

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Tonic has created some new creams in four rich shades as well as a white! These are all available at https://www.tonicpolish.com/




Clover is a deep, cool toned green cream.
Fantastic shade for St. Patrick's Day coming up soon - imagine this with gold or multichrome flake on top!






Crimson is a true cool toned red cream.
Beautiful shade, perfect for Valentine's and all of the patriotic holidays, as well as Christmas. I love a good blue-leaning red and this one fits the bill!






Ocean Eyes is a perfect cerulean blue cream.
Paired with the red and white would make for a patriotic look!






Optic is a pure, solid white cream.
A staple in most polish fanatics' stashes, great worn alone, as a base for a topper or nail art or paired up for a festive holiday look.






Water Marble is done with all four shades, using Optic as the base and in the marble. I was able to get 10 rings in a small glass cup for the marble. I did two different patterns for this look, one was dragged a little more than the other so you can see how it can be done with a sort of blended effect and a more crisp effect.





The formula for all of these was good. The white is quite opaque however; I used three coats to get it smoothed out. For all the other shades I used two coats. I really enjoyed the rich tones of each of these and hope that Lindsey will continue to make creams, I think she has a knack for it!

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GIrly Bits: Let Love Grow

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Girly Bits released the six piece Bridal Bliss collection of pastel creams this summer and in it is Let Love Grow, a pastel mint green cream.

The formula was creamy and nearly opaque in one coat, shown is two topped with topcoat.





I watermarbled with Girly Bits Hoosier Daddy, a bright red cream. I just love this combo!




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Girly Bits Watermarble: Stamped!

After I wore my Girly Bits watermarble for several days, I stamped over it!
I used a Christmas plate set of 3 that I got last year from Aliexpress. It doesn't really have a brand name, just MR 01, 02 and 03. They all have super cute images on them for the season.



To stamp I used Jolie One Helluva Holo - it is super sparkly and opaque, stamps perfectly every time.

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Girly Bits: Water Marble

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Tonight I decided to create a water marble design inspired by Sveta's Bracelet and water marble design of it.
The Girly Bits Fall Part 1 polishes are perfect for it!

First, I prepped my nails with a coat of Funky Fingers Gesso, which is a white cream. It's quick to dry and only took one coat.



I used Walnuts About You, Stump Up the Jam and Sea You Next Fall from Girly Bits and Presence from Pretty Serious to create my bullseye.
I used a condiment cup which I realize now was a bit too shallow. I prefer a little more depth to make sure I don't damage the design while clearing the water's surface.



I used a total of 8-10 drops of polish per bullseye. When the teal and white were next to each other they blended which made a really pretty bright aqua.
I've been wanting to recreate this design for almost three years, and am very pleased with the result; however, I still love the original design most.



Happy Thanksgiving!
What design are you wearing for the holiday?

Girly bits: Fall part 1

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I'm excited to share these Girly bits creams with you and I'm going to tell you why.
They are all one coat wonders, self leveling, have a buttery smooth application, dry glossy and they stamp and water marble beautifully.



Butternut Leave Me
A mustard creme with orange undertones.
One coat with topcoat.




Stamped with Walnuts About You and Lina plate 03




It's Near Leaf All
A beautiful leaf green/ avocado green creme with yellow undertones.
One coat with topcoat.




Stamped with Sea You Next Fall and Flowers 14 plate, white dots added with a dotting tool.




Stump Up the Jam
A deep espresso brown creme.
One coat with topcoat.




Stamped with Walnuts About You and Lina plate 03 and Tian Xin plate 16.




Sea You Next Fall
A teal leaning ocean blue creme.
One coat with topcoat.




Stamped with Stump Up the Jam and Vivid Lacquer plate 14




Walnuts About You
A mid tone mink brown creme.
One coat with topcoat.




Stamped with It's Near Leaf All and Born Pretty plate BPL 024




Not only are these shades pretty but they're a game changer. They pick up and transfer perfectly for stamping the first time, every time I stamped. They roll off the stamper beautifully, and clean up is a breeze. You need these, it would be crime not to have them in your stash.

Neon Rainbow Water Marble Nail Art

I bought the A Night in Vegas neons from Pipe Dream Polish in October of last year and finally had an opportunity to use them to do a water marble. I chose a rainbow design and learned how to do it from a video by Yagala on Youtube. She gave some really great tips and her technique is great!

I have worn these since Friday and don't plan to remove them until I absolutely have to. I'm in love!





This is the second water marble I have ever done and I have to say I'm proud of it! Will you try water marbling?