Materials I used:
Basecoat - SuperChic Lacquer "Bring It On!"
Polishes - Sinful Colors "Snow Me White" & "Black on Black", Gothic Gala Lacquers "The Enterprise"
Iridescent topper - Color Club "Concrete Jungle"
Striping tape
Chevron vinyls from NailVinyls.com
Small rhinestones
Topcoat - SuperChic Lacquer "Marvel"
To create this look I began with one coat of white polish topped with an iridescent shimmer polish and a quick drying topcoat. Now I know most people think of black and gold color schemes when they think of the 20's but I decided to change it up just a little bit.
With the base dry, I used striping tape to create a fair sized vertical stripe off center of the nail. I filled in the tape with a soft metallic grey. After removing the tapes I applied a quick drying topcoat, just over the stripe. I did not apply quick drying topcoat over the entire nail in order to prevent the final finish from being too thick.
Once this layer was dry, I used two chevron vinyls. By lining them up point to point I was able to create a diamond pattern. I found that connecting the points with as little overlap as possible gave the best diamond shape, in fact the ones pictured below are overlapped a little too much. I placed the diamonds roughly center of the nail, slightly overlapping the grey stripe. I filled in the diamonds with black polish and removed the vinyls. Lastly, using topcoat as an adhesive I applied a rhinestone between the diamonds.
As usual I finished off with a bit of cuticle cleanup using gentle acetone and a brush, and applied a final layer of quick drying topcoat.
I'm such a huge fan of the Roaring 20's that I even had my wedding reception in a replica speakeasy and I made all my guest dress period appropriate. I have to say seeing my Grandmother dressed up like a flapper was the best wedding present ever! So when I say I love the Roaring 20's I really do mean it.
If I have time this week I will most likely create another 20's inspired nail art design, because I have a least a billion more ideas of what I could create for this prompt. I hope you like the 20's and enjoyed this nail art too. Thanks for stopping by, see you next time.
Your Fellow Plebe,
I LOVE this. I'm going to save it in my 'ideas' folder!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lothwen! I'm so happy you like them!
DeleteI am really digging the colors and the pattern! It fits the challenge perfectly! I also love everything 20'
ReplyDeleteThank you Victoria! I hope you have time to do this challenge, I'd love to see what you come up with!
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