Twilight teal nail design

Final

Autumn/Winter, Colour focus, Step by Step

Cheryl Walker created this decadent design in hard gel, complete with encapsulation for a super sparkling effect.

Step 1
Prep natural nails and apply forms.
Step 2
Sculpt thin layer of clear gel and cure. 
Step 3
On two fingers, apply Cover Pink gel to extend the nail. Cure and wipe off sticky residue, file smile line and the other nails into shape.
Step 4
Along the smile lines, apply thinly a dark navy blue gel. Cure.
Step 5
Add a very thin layer of clear gel and apply angel discs, shards of angel paper and glitter. Cure.
Step 6
Apply clear gel over these two nails to encapsulate it all in. Cure and wipe off sticky residue layer.
Step 7
File into shape, and remove dust. Top coat with no-wipe gel top coat.
Step 8
Paint the other three nails with two coats gel polish.
Step 9
After curing the gel polish, apply glitter in diagonal line into tacky layer of the pinkie finger. On the thumb add bright turquoise foil on top of a royal blue gel polish. Apply with no-wipe gel top coat to all three nails and cure. To finish, hand painted swirls using a black foil gel. Cure for five seconds and pressed on the same turquoise foil used on the thumbs to complement. Apply no wipe gel top coat to seal.
Step 10
For the index finger, add Swarovski crystals to finish