The Savvy Dial

Persistent rains have kept me indoors for the better part of the last few days, so I thought I'd try my hands at something fun; water marbling! It seemed like the perfect easy indoor activity to keep me occupied. This brilliant nail art is a first for me, plus I liked the idea of ending up with extra fancy-looking nails.

Surprisingly, what looked like a 'piece-of-cake' turned out quite trickier than I expected, as you'll see later in this post. I tried it in two different ways, nonetheless, and the results were, well... you be the judge!

Project 1: Nail Art
There are a few things you'll need: a bowl of water (at room temperature), nail polishes (in white, clear coat and other colors of choice), cotton buds and towel/ paper towel.


Directions:
* Prep your nails and apply base coat as you would when applying regular polish.

* Apply 1 to 2 coats of white polish, let dry for a few minutes.

*  Apply single drops of nail polish (in the colors of your choice) to the surface of the water, beginning from the center of each previous drop of polish.

* Let sit for a few seconds.

* Put your finger in the water gently so that the design formed sticks onto your nail directly. Remove excess polish around your finger with a cotton bud.

* Repeat for all your fingers.

* When dry, clean around your fingers with nail polish remover, then apply your top coat.

* Let dry for a few more minutes and you're done!

Project 2: Little Decorative Pieces
You'll need (in addition to items in project 1): disposable cups, cotton balls.

I applied the same procedure using disposable cups instead.


Procedure:
* Coat disposable cup with clear polish, let dry for about 3 minutes.

* Apply your droplets of nail polish to the water, beginning from the center of each previous drop.

* Let sit for seconds.

* Lower the bottom of the cup gently into the water, making sure that the patterns formed stick onto the cup as you prefer.

* Set cup facing up-side down on paper towel to dry.

* Fill with beads, cotton balls, marbles, etc and stick a flower on top to finish. You can use this as decor to spruce up little empty spaces.


I hope you found these enjoyable! Get creative and give it a try!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Here is an easy DIY project I made last weekend. You can try this too using any old phone cover or if you're just going for a more customised look on your current phone cover.

What you'll need:
*Spray paint (in grey primer, clear coat and metallic gold or any colour you prefer).
*Craft paper
*Any tool to scrape the old cover (I used my scissors)


Process:
1. Scrape off old paint or coloring from your phone cover.
2. Wipe cover clean.
3. Coat with grey primer and leave in open air to dry.
4. When primer is dry, coat cover with your metallic gold paint and let it dry for a few minutes.
5. Apply a second coat of paint.
6. After that dries, apply your clear coat to finish.

(Optional):
*The finished cover looks good by itself but if you want to bedazzle it like I did, just add some rhinestones and glue to create any design you want.

I hope you'll be able to try this sometime. Tweet me pictures if you do! :)