How-to: Gold and Black Marble-y Nail

By Lauren Salapatek | 04/12/2012 4:00:00 PM

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Hey everyone! I have another nail how-to for you! It's the black and gold marble-y nail by Creative Nail Design. All you need is CND's Blackjack, Gold Chrome, Copper Chrome and Speedey Top Coat to achieve this look. It takes a steady hand to create these leopard-like spots! Tell us what you think on MODERN's Facebook today!

Step 1: Polish a base layer of Gold Chrome

Step 2: Using Blackjack, randomly draw black leopard-like spots on the nail.

Step 3: Fill in the black spots with Gold Chrome, leaving a thin outer rim of black.

Step 4: Fill in the gold spots with Copper Chrome, leaving a thin outer rim of gold and black.

Step 5: Fill in the copper spots with another layer of Blackjack, leaving a thin outer rim of copper, gold and black. Allow polish to completely dry and finish with Speedey Top Coat.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lauren Salapatek

LAUREN SALAPATEK, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR MODERN SALON/SALON TODAY/FIRST CHAIR

Since January 2010, Lauren has worked at Modern Salon Media covering salon style, product and beauty trends, business editorial and more for both print and online content.

For MODERN SALON magazine, she compiles the Style Watch, Priority Male, Proview, Ask the Experts, Product Spotlight, Modern Salon Learning and Goods. For MODERNSALON.COM, Lauren handles posting blogs and articles, the Products section, and she frequently writes product reviews.

For SALON TODAY, she generates most of the Check In section: Service Spotlight, Action Graph, Marketing and Products. Lauren also generates content targeted at a student audience for FIRST CHAIR. Check out her blog and photography at: modernsalon.com/blogs/editors/lauren-salapatek.

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Danette zirkle

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April, 12, 2012 at 05:19 PM

Awesome stuff! Ty!

lorraine tisdale

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ohio | April, 12, 2012 at 06:33 PM

i have done nails for over 25 yrs. i have had my nail art work published in NAILS magazine 2x... this tutorial is misleading because the nails are
not consecutively created.. meaning the spots are different/changes on each nail as it progresses... it's obvious.. it's pretty but needs to be more
realisticly done.