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DIY Manicures: Instagram Vs Real Life

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bryant chapter.

Everybody knows that the best form of procrastination is stalking Instagram accounts of what we wish we could be for hours on end.  So, we decided to recreate some of our favorite manicures from nail accounts this week (well, at least try to…).

Instagram:

We started out with a simple matte ombre

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Beginner’s luck?

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Ombre take 2

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Now we started to get fancy.

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Uh, maybe we shouldn’t have.

We gave up on marble after this.

Instagram:

Back to something easy and cute.

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This one is our favorite and the quickest!

We decided to venture on to Pinterest for inspiration

Pinterest:

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Pinterest:

Nothing spices up a classic French like sparkles!

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If we can pull off these trends, so can you.  Have fun, ladies!