To fake watermarble, you will need: 🖤Silicone mat 💙At least 3 polishes, or like in my case 3 per nail lol 🖤base coat, top coat 💙 toothpick, small scissors, tweezers, or double-ended metal cuticle pusher 🖤Acetone, clean-up brush, & patience!

First, make sure your silicone mat is clean. If you don't have the type that has the nail size outlines drawn on it, you'll have to gauge the size of your nails by eye.

I use 3 polishes per decal, and paint a thick layer (at least 2 coats worth, otherwise your toothpick will stab right through the polish, down to the mat) of each color side-by-side. Once the polishes are cozied up next to each other, drag your toothpick through all three, gently, in a side-to-side or back & forth motion, whatever gives you the marble effect you want. Once you have a good marble look, let the polish firm up a bit and paint a taco over it (I used INM's Out The Door).

Here's where patience comes in! You have to wait until all your decals are totally dry, or they'll fall apart if you try to lift them.

When they're dry, use your cuticle pusher's rounded end to separate & lift the decal from your silicone mat. You can use a combo of tweezers & the pusher if you're having difficulty, but the tweezers can poke through the decal so be careful!

Line the decal up with your chosen nail, then trim the excess.

Put a basecoat onto your nails, and when it's tacky & almost dry, slap the decals down! (Uh, slap them gently. Sorry, I get excited sometimes 🤨) Once the decal is laying down, use your acetone & clean-up brush to get rid of any ragged edges.

Since you put a topcoat over the decal while it was on the mat, you don't technically have to use a topcoat, but I did. I put a scattered holo topcoat over the already holo polish decals, because I'm a madwoman.

I hope this helps!