Tax Day Water Marble Newsprint Mani

For the dreaded tax day, I created these multiple technique nails to show my frustration with dotting the "i"s and crossing the "t"s on a 1040 tax form. Blech, it sucks. I dread taxes only slightly more than doing a water marble, so I figured they would go well together. Hee hee. And just to make things more difficult, I added in a newsprint technique as well.

My index and middle finger on both hands features a water marble (not really fancy, but it did the trick), and on the other nails I used some clippings from a Korean newspaper to make a newsprint mani, before adding numbers and symbols with black acrylic paint. 

I started with a base of OPI Skull & Glossbones. This is such a pretty shade! Sorry about the weird shape of my thumbnail and middle nail. I have had some breakage lately due to work, so my nails are looking a little worse for wear. :(

My right had features more water marble, newsprint, and numbers and symbols. Why did I use Korean newsprint to do this manicure? Because I can't read or understand Korean, so I though it made as much sense to me as tax code. I WISH I could understand Korean, but I think I will pass on ever figuring out tax code. 

Here are the polishes I used in this manicure: Wet n Wild Black Creme, OPI Skull & Glossbones, and OPI Who The Shrek Are You?

There are some other blogging friends of mine who also did water marble manis today, and they are far better at it than I am. Be sure to check them out!

PS I plan on doing a mini sale off my Sonoma Nail Art custom polishes this week, so if you haven't yet, be sure to add my etsy store to your favorites. I will let you know which day they polish will go on sale. Probably not til Wednesday or Thursday. Thanks!