Hey guys! As we continue on with our #CBBxManiMonday August theme of Summer Lingo, I cheated again. I just... couldn't resist. I got this idea of a watercolour mani on a nude base in my head and I just couldn't shake it out, so I went with it and it turned into a distinctly festival themed nail art look. I've really only recently started experimenting with using Sharpies in my nail art and I feel like there's a ton of versatility for what you can create with them and I love how this one turned out. 

I really wanted to get a sort of rainbow watercolour smoke look with this mani, so I grabbed 4 Sharpie markers in a deep blue, teal, fuscia and yellow to blend together. To get the watercolour look, I scribbled them all onto a plastic place mat pretty heavily and then thinned them out using a nail art brush and some isopropyl alcohol until I got to quite a watery consistency. If you're going to try this, I definitely recommend diluting the Sharpie heavily - it works best if you build the colour slowly and blend them together. For my ring finger, I left a little bit of negative space around the edges knowing that I wanted to apply a small, single image to that nail, and with my middle finger I more fully filled the nail with the watercolour.

For the stamping I actually used the same image from the Maniology (Bundle Monster) BM-XL212 Stamping Plate for both nails and just removed all but the one feather for my ring finger. I went with black because I always find that black stamping, especially if the design isn't too dense, really pops the background design well. 

I finished with a generous coat of Seche Vive Top Coat to all of my nails and voila!