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A crap ton of nail polish on a stylish plate. I have a lot of nail polish…there’s nothing wrong with a bit of pampering from Essie or sinful colours, or sally
So it’s your best friend’s birthday and you have no idea what to get her anymore. I’ve known my best friend since the third grade. After all of these years, you kind of run out of ideas for gifts.
Nail polish in cups oh my! Cute magnets that I added to the picture to make it look chic was a nice touch.
I’ve stayed over at my bestie’s apartment twice and I’ve noticed that she 1) Likes to collect Starbucks mugs and 2) She doesn’t really have enough mugs to entertain from one set
SO I decided to DIY some marble cups for her!
DIY Marble cups with nail polish! Don’t they look great? say yes. i worked hard.
I paired 2 colours together for each cup, and added gold nail polish to each. Fill a container with warm water, and add a droplet or two of nail polish. It will rise to the top of the water and spread out into a nice film. Pop any polish bubbles so that you get a pretty film. Repeat with different colours.
Marble cups strutting their style like pageant queens
Dip the cups into the water in one quick motion to your desired line. To make sure I was hitting the same spot overtime, I put the cup in my waterproof container first and then added water to where I wanted my marble to end. I removed the cup. I then drew a line with a sharpie outside of the container so I would always know where to fill the water up to.
Mod Podge Stealing the lime light from my DIY marble cups. He is beautiful, he is from Amazon. Buy with Amazon Prime.
I specifically had to get my brother to order this Dishwasher-safe Mod Podge on Amazon Prime. It’s way too expensive in store. After I let the cups dry, I used a large paint brush to apply the mod lodge. I turned the cups upside down on a sheet of parchment paper to dry.
Lovely DIY Marble cups surrounded by cute mini goodies! dreams and schemes. that’s my new moto
Voila! They are done.
Here are a list of tips that you should know
1. Buy the mugs from the dollar store!
2. If you screw up (which I did on the orange and yellow cup) you can remove the polish with polish remover before it dries and start over
3. Use a disposable container to dunk your mugs in because the polish will destroy the container. I’m using a large family sized no name ice-cream container
4. The Mod Podge takes 28 days to cure! When I read that on the back I was like “WHAT THE HECK?” so time your DIY with when you need to give it
5. If you need a polish, buy what ever is on sale. I got the gold at walmart for $2 CAD
oh look it’s my favourite cup and the one i screwed up hard on.
Now you’re ready to give the best gift!
I really like the girly purple cup
Which cup was your favourite? Send me pictures of your DIYs!
–XOXO The Picky Princess–
