I love my fingernails. They're not perfect, I wish they were longer, and damnit I wish that I could refrain from putting them into my mouth when I get stressed. That being said, I still love them.... I especially love to DIY. My first Pinterest board I ever created was titled "Nails, Hair, and More Fun Things". The first thing I ever pinned was "Giraffe Nails"...
I know those are seriously hot. And when I tried to recreate- DISASTER. Seriously, it looked like my brown bottle of polish threw up on my yellow fingernails. So I kind of laid off the recreating pinterest nails and just kept pinning stuff I wished I could do. I'm in a pretty ideal situation. One of my best friends is a stylist and loves doing other people's nails. I could easily get her to do the giraffe nails for me... but I would never want to admit failure to her. Instead I challenged her and another stylist at their salon one day upon stumbling upon "marbleized nails." I made myself sound really cool to them and said "So do you guys do marble nails? Cause that's the new thing." Silence.
I've been sitting on this pin for months. I've been trying to figure out the logistics of doing this myself. As it turns out, you can't do it yourself. So I turned to my bff- the stylist- for assistance. We used OPI's new Nicki Minaj collection for inspiration. Step 1- Remove old nail polish (I ALWAYS have a fresh coat of polish on my nails)
Step 2- Basecoat baby. I used Zoya (which you can purchase at Birchbox!)
Step 3- We used Zoya Purity (its white). 2 coats of it, no need to be stingy
Step 4- Get a glass of water, room temperature
Step 5- Pick 3 colors (or do more). We used OPI Fly, Pink Friday (thanks Miss Minaj!), and Blue My Mind
Step 6- Drop each color into the water and swirl with a pencil/ toothpick/ etc
Step 7- Quick dunk your fingers into it. Warning* you will only do about 2-3 fingers before you need to redo the water
Step 8- Now you have to take the pencil or pick and scoop out the hardened strings of polish. And no I had no idea that it did that in water!!!
Step 9- Repeat until all nails are complete!
Step 10- Top coat!!! I love Seche Vite Quick Dry Top Coat, although today I used Out The Door, and I must say, not bad.
Ta- Da!!!! Every nail is different but its so fun to do!! And just a forewarning- you will need someone to go over your fingers with nail polish remover, as it does get all over your fingers. But all in all- 10 for funness!!! 
