Hailey Bailey

At long last, Halloween is here, and I’m celebrating with a truly pumpkin-tastic look! 🎃

Truthfully, I cannot get over black-and-clear watermarbles over special effect polishes, but I had a question: should I alternate my creme with clear polish, or with the same color as my base? So I tried both, FOR SCIENCE!

My base polish is Pick of the Patch from @apocalypsepolish, an orange-to-deep-brown thermal shade and easily the most Halloween-y polish in my stash. So, along with the watermarble, these nails also shift color with the temperature of my hands.

🖤 Thumb and pinky: black-and-clear watermarble
🧡 Index, middle, and ring: orange-and-black watermarble

My verdict? Team clear, one hundred percent. The lines are crisper and the base color stays so much less muddy, which surprised me. In the orange/black version, the colors blended together far more than I expected (which could be a perk with a rainbow palette). But, if you want your base color to really stand out, alternating black with clear is the move.

Have you tried watermarbling? Tell me which version you’d pick! 👇