Vintage period-Edwardian period.

My inspiration was from Edwardian period and got inspired from these photos.  

For this set of nails you need these nail products .All the products are from Akzentz which is sponsor in NTNA this week. You also need these brushes and some really thin wire.  

1. To paint the background use a flat brush and mix (AKZENTZ GEL PLAY PAINT brown, white and glitter golden nugget) and cure.\n2. With a fun brush add some Akzentz uv/led gel play gold pearlescent powder.\n3.4 To start the map add lines with a thin brush and black gel play ,cure. Then add smaller horizontal lines and some dotes with the dotting tool to create the countries of the map and cure.\n5. Write the countries ,paint the other details of the map and cure. Mix white and brown gel play, paint the paper cure and then write the letters and cure again. Add Akzentz matte-on top coat, cure and wipe with alcohol.\n6-7-8. To create the feather pen mix (red, white and brown gel play ) Give the shape of a feather and a plastic paper cure and repeat 3 times so it can get thick. Put shine- on top coat and before you cure add real red feather and cure. With scissors cut the feather and give a nice shape. At the edge of the pen add Akzentz black-on and cure. To finish the pen add gold gel play pearlescent powder, top coat and cure. Stick the feather to the nail with gel and cure.\n9-10-11. To create the glass inkwell take the bottom of a plastic brush and put cuticle oil on it, then deep it in Akzentz trinity clear gel and cure. Repeat 3 times, wipe with alcohol and give the shape with a file. Put the inkwell on the nail with gel and cure. \nAdd some Akzentz black-on in the inkwell to pretend the ink and cure.\n12. To create the hat mix white gel play with gel art powder. Deep your brush in alcohol and give the shape of the hat and cure. Color the hat with Akzentz black-on, cure, mix toc coat and white gel and make some shadows and cure. Apply matte-on cure and wipe with alcohol. Glue the hat on the nail .\n 13-14. To create the glasses use a piece of wire give the shape of glasses and put on Akzentz black-on and cure. Repeat two times. To make it look more realistic add trinity clear gel to the glasses cure , also use gel to stick the glasses on the nail and cure. Don’t forget to put top coat for the last step.\n  

1.To create the map follow the process that you did before.\n2-3 With a piece of wire give the shape of a magnifying glass, put black-on and cure. Repeat two times. Add gold gel play pearlescent powder matte-on top coat ,cure and wipe .\n3-4. Write a country (I wrote Greece ) with black bold bigger letters and cure. Then put trinity clear gel on the country ( Greece) and stick the magnifying glass on and cure. That way it looks really realistic.\n6-7 Time to start the compass. Take a brush cap or a straw and put cuticle oil on then apply black-on and cure. After apply gel play glitter cosmic silver on the black and cure. That way the inside of the circle will be black and the outside silver and it gives depth to the piece. Wipe and give a better shape with a file.\n8-9With black gel make a circle with a dotting tool, cure. With white gel paly make the details of the compass, use a little red for the index and cure. \n\n10-11. Put the gel piece on the circle and fill it up with trinity clear gel and cure, wipe. Then glue the compass chain on the nail.\n  

1.\t1.To paint the background use a flat brush and mix (AKZENTZ GEL PLAY PAINT brown, white and glitter golden nugget) and cure.\n2.\t2.Add some Akzentz aurora pearl gel cure, then matte-on top coat and cure again. Wipe the nails with alcohol.\n3-4-5. To create the letter, fold a plastic piece and put white gel play and cure, that way the paper will look like it just unfolded. Cut the piece with scissors to give the shape and put it on the nail with gel and cure.\n6-7. Mix brown and white gel play paint the letter and cure. Then write down the words cure put matte-on top coat and cure again. Wipe with alcohol.\n8. To create the polaroid photos use white gel play. Paint the outline at the photo and put white gel in a plastic piece and give the shape of a square, cure both.\n9-10. To paint the statue of Liberty on the photo use black gel play and top coat. First mix black gel with top coat, make the shadows and cure. Then with black paint create the statue and cure. Apply matte-on top coat ,cure and wipe. Also cut the piece that you made with gel before with scissors to give the shape of a photo and glue it on the nail. To paint big Ben repeat the process that you did for the statue of Liberty.\n11-12 With Akzentz black-on gel give the shape of a magnifying glass and cure. Add gold gel play pearlescent powder and put matte-on top coat ,cure and wipe. Then put in the middle a ball of trinity clear gel, cure and wipe.\n\n13-14-15. To create the rose mix gel art powder with gel play paint red and white. Deep the brush in alcohol and then take a small ball and make the first leaf and cure. Continue with leafs but don’t forget to flash cure after every leaf.\n16-17 Create separate a leaf and add it to the flower to make it look more realistic. Glue a small piece of wire on the nail for the flowers stalk and then put the rose on the top with gel and cure.\n18-19 Use white, red, brown gel play to give more color and shadows to the flower and cure. Mix white and brown gel paly to create a light brown and make two leafs, cure and with brown make the outlines and the details of the leaf, cure put matte-on top coat to the leafs and rose too ,cure and wipe.\n20. To create the pearl neckless apply trinity gel on a plastic paper , put pearls and cure. Then stick it on the nail with some gel and cure.\n21. To finish the nail add some Akzentz gel play white lace to the nail, some crystals and a gold leaf with gel, cure then put matte-on top coat to the nail and cure again .  

1-2.Draw the shape of the lady and put it under a plastic paper. Cover it with white gel using a dotting tool and cure.\n3-4 Make details on the head and dress with white gel play and cure. Take a piece of wire to use it for the umbrella. Mix white gel play with gel art powder and give the shape of the umbrella, cure.\n5-6 Mix brown and white gel play to paint the skin, cure then paint the details at the face with brown and black gel. Mix top coat with red to make the cheeks and cure. Use brown gel and mix it with white and black to paint the hair, cure.\n7. Mix brown ,red , white gel and paint the hat, cure and add some gold gel play pearlescent powder. Mix white gel with red to paint the flowers, before you cure make the outlines with the same color you painted the hat and cure. \n8-9 With the color that you made for the hat paint the dress and cure. Add gold gel play pearlescent powder and then mix brown with red gel and make shadows to the dress, cure.\n10-11. With black gel play make the details to the dress. Mix black with top coat and make shadows to the umbrella and the gloves.\n12-13 Cut black tulle and glue it behind the hat and at the end of the dress. Also put a black crystal with glue at her chest. With black gel make some details at the glove and with silver gel play paint the umbrella stick, cure. Apply matte-on top coat to all the piece, cure and wipe.\n14-15 Paint the nail with Aurora gel twice, cure both times and apply matte-on top coat, cure and wipe with alcohol. Use gel to stick the lady on the nail and cure.\n  

1-2With white gel play make some asymmetric squares and cure. Mix white ,brown and red gel play to make bright colors, make shadows and cure.\n3-4 With black and brown gel play write the letters. Mix top coat with black gel to make the shadows at the postcard, cure. With black gel paint the Eiffel tower and the stamps at the letters.\n5. Mix gel art powder with white gel play and make a square on the nail. Also with white play gel create a parallelogram on a plastic paper and cure. Give the shape with a file.\n6. With white gel paint more squares to fill up the nail and stick the separate piece with gel and cure.\n7. Mix white, black, brown and gel play glitter nugget for the shadows. Also apply white gel to the 3d piece and create a triangle to give the shape of an envelope.\n8-9-10 Use red gel play to create the stamps. For the wax seal use also red play gel but while it’s curing make some carvings with a dotting tool. With black and brown gel write the letters, cure. Mix black gel with top coat to paint the castle and cure. To finish with the stamp and the postcard use white gel to make the outside design and cure.\n11-12 To create the vintage watch glue a piece of chain on the nail. With Akzentz black-on make a circle and cure then add gold gel play pearlescent powder. Fill up the circle with white gel and cure. With black gel paint the details of the watch and cure. To finish the watch put a big ball of trinity gel and cure. Put matte-on top coat to all the nail except the watch, cure and wipe.\n13-14-15 Time to create the AKZENTZ stamp. Put white gel play in a plastic paper and give the shape of a stamp, cure. Repeat two times. Make a red square with red gel play cure ,with white gel play write Akzentz ,cure and with black gel make the black stamp , cure apply matte-on cure and wipe.\n16.With black-on paint a key and cure. Add gold gel play pearlescent powder, apply top coat only on the keys and cure. For the final look glue a chain on the nail with gel and cure.\n  

All the pieces together!