Guest Post for Wondrously Polished

Hi Goddesses


Wanna see a Guest Post I did this week for Lindsey of Wondrously Polished?

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I'm really honoured to be on Lindsey's blog.  She's one of my favourite bloggers, as well as a co-member of the Digit-al Dozen.   I remember being blown away when she won my Blogger of the Month competition last year, and I couldn't understand how this amazing nail artist had so few blog followers.  Of course, I didn't realise at the time that she had a billion IG followers :)

Usually, I look at what Lindsey does and just sigh, knowing I'll never be able to replicate.  The one area we do have in common though is a love of floral manis, and whilst mine if nowhere is near as complex as hers, it will hopefully make you smile :)

All the polishes in this mani are from the OPI Brazil collection, with Don't Bossa Nova Me Around on base.    Then we have - 
* yellow - I Just Can't Cope-acabana
* light orange - Where Did Suzi's Man-go
* pink - Kiss Me I'm Brazilian
* coral - Live.Love.Carnaval.

All the flowers were done with a medium sized dotting tool.  I created the 4 petals first, and then added the yellow centre afterwards.

Perfectly summery :)   Thanks for having me xx

OPI Brazil - Lotsa Dots

Hi Goddesses

I love the OPI Brazil Collection, well, at least this half of it.  I also like the taupes, but these, the fruity brights, these are pure happiness for me, hence the run of 5 manis you're seeing.

Dots is always fun, and I thought these colours might look good chaotic and layered on top of each other.

The base is OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around, and then we have identical sized dots in each the following -
I Just Can't Cope-acabana
 Where Did Suzi's Man-go?
Kiss Me I'm Brazilian
Toucan Do It If You Try
Live.Love.Carnaval.

No great secret to this type of dotting, just don't be afraid to be critical at the end and admit it needs one more pink dot ...... juuuuuuust ...... there.

Nubbin Nail Art - OPI Brazil Reverse Waterfall

Hi Goddesses

How are you?  I feel like we're rarely together these days.  I honestly can't tell you how much this flu has knocked me for 6, but tonight is the first night in WEEKS that I have felt full of energy, so blog post here we come!!

A couple of weeks ago, my nails were in such bad shape (peeling, splitting), that I felt I had no choice but to nub them all and turn to Trind.  Trind helps repair and strengthen nails, and a lot of my blogger friends swear by it, so I decided to finally give it a try.

However, the nubbins were sad.   They felt pitiful and naked, and flirted shamefully with the new OPI Brazils sitting in a box on the nail desk.  After a LOT of cooing and flattery, I finally decided that Don't Bossa Nova Me Around was probably the ONLY polish I could get away with wearing.

DBNMA is awesomely named and awesome.  It reminds me a lot of Steady As She Rose from the Pirates Collection.  It's a beautiful creamy base with hints of pink and it's just heavenly.  Elegance in a bottle.

I then decided to add the 2 other taupes to the mix - Taupe-less Beach and I Sao Paulo Over There - for a little bit of nail art.  My nubbins must have reminded me of Sammy The Nailasaurus, but I didn't want to do a waterfall.  Instead, to try and distract from the lack of length, I went for a reverse waterfall.

Waterfall manis are really easy.  The reverse one is still easy, but is logistically trickier.  As the brush has to start at the tip of the nail, it's very much about painting from unnatural angles, and as a result the brushwork probably isn't as crisp.

That said, I think these colours work beautifully together in their shades of chocolate-coffee-caramel-biscuit awesomeness.

Just a LITTLE bit longer, and then we can crack open the colours!!