#ManicureMonday: Pinterest Manicure

I found this manicure inspiration on Pinterest awhile back, and was excited to finally implement it.  Here's the original manicure:

I looked high and low for chevron nail strips to completely copy this manicure, but to no avail.  Now that I have the picture larger, I see that it's by hand, so I will be attempting that hopefully soon.

I purchased 2 nail polish (markers/pens) the other day and am excited to see the designs I can come up with.  I bought black to recreate an Aztec manicure and silver to create stripes.

I have become very obsessed with the accent nail (if you haven't noticed,) and I love this idea of a second accent nail.

I picked up these Nail Designs by Kiss at CVS in a few patterns, with Bodysuit (shown) being my favorite.  They are supposed to last up to 10 days, I just removed the manicure after a day to change it to match the dress I wore to my niece's graduation.

Application is very easy, and went on within a matter of seconds.  If you look closely you can see it's slightly too small for my nail, but I tend to paint my nail polish with a gap before my cuticles anyway.  Once applied, it's exactly like you're wearing nail polish, just WAY more snazzy!

I used {2} coats of Zoya 'Ali', {2} coats of Orly 'Dazzle', and one Bodysuit strip on each hand.

Zoya 'Ali' is a beautiful bright watermelon pink, which the camera doesn't accurately catch.  It's almost neon in its brightness, and I'm ashamed to say it's been sitting on my untried shelf for months.  I picked it up on Ulta clearance for $3.99 and will be bring it out more now that it's summer.

I chose 'Ali' because if you look closely at the strip, there is some pink in the nail print design, which perfectly matches 'Ali.'

Here's a comparison shot of the same mani in different lighting.  The left picture is daylight, where the right is under a regular compact fluorescent light bulb.

It's so funny how nail polish, especially neons, can throw off a camera so much!

The picture on the left is actually the most accurate, with Zoya 'Ali' being a little more on orange-pink side.

So, what do you think of the new 2-nail accent trend, is that something you'd recreate?

Head over to JustLove.ly and Glitter & Gloss to see some more manicures, guaranteed to make a Monday more bearable!