26 Great Nail Art Ideas: Dotting Tools - Not Dots

Using dotting tools but not for dots was a challenge, I ended up attempting waterless marble nails.

Base Polish: NYC - Water Street Blue
Marble Polishes: La Femme - Mint Cream, Essie - Liquorice

Dotting Tools
Ubermat
Stamper
Peel Off Latex

Nails: Lilac Marble

Base Polish: Essie - Virgin Snow
Accent: China Glaze - Grape Pop, OPI - I'm In The Moon For Love

Ubermat

Nails: Marble Feathers

Base Polishes:
Sally Hansen - Dorian Grey
Barry M - Chai
Essie - Licorice

Stamping Polish: MoYou Nails - Special Nail Polish - White
Stamping Plate: MoYou Nails - 422

Nails: Marble Flowers

Rimmel - Camouflage
La Femme - Mocha Pink

LadyQueen - Flower Rhinestones

Colour Me Crazy: Neon - Big Brother 2014 Nails

Base Polishes: Sinful Colors - Verbena, Yes Love - L011 (Smurf Blue)
Stamping Polish: MoYou Nails - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plates: BM320, BM418, BM426, MoYou Nails 72

Nails: Blue Marbled

I used the saran wrap / clingfilm method to get these nails to look a bit like marble.

Maybelline - Cool Blue 651
Barry M - Blue Grape 317

GOT: Free Choice

With it being summer I thought I would go for something neon. I used two Color Club's Twiggie and Wham Pow which are both from April 2012. I used the bag dab / cling film / saran wrap method, the colours were so neon my camera had problems picking them up.

Tutorial: Marble Nails (Bag Dab / Saranwrap / Clingfilm)

This is a dry marble technique, it is very similar to the clingfilm / saran wrap method. I use a plastic carrier bag to make this effect, it has been dubbed as 'the bag dab' by a friend!

What Do I Use?

Two Different Polishes

Carrier / Plastic Bag

Top Coat

Clean Up Brush

First paint your base and allow it to dry.

Then paint the next colour on top, working one nail at a time. Then dab the carrier / plastic bag on the nail until you get the desired effect.

Yes this is a bit messy but worth the end effect, you can go subtle or contrasting with the two polishes you choose. Go on to the next nail until you have finished all nails. Go ahead and top coat the nails.

Then clean up the fingers and cuticle areas and you are done.

Here are some nails I have done using this technique:

Dandelion Nails

Skyline Nails

Neon Nails