OPI Brazil - Candy Stripes

Hi Goddesses

And welcome to another post in my "obsession with OPI Brazil" series lol.

Today we turn to stripes, and I don't know about you, but I kind of want to eat my fingers - don't they look like chewy sweets?

To get a more random look, I again painted my base colour in a skittle.  I like things to be slightly off centre, and this prompts you to do your stripes in a different order.

Again, I was only using the brights from the Collection, so we have - 
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.

I know I keep saying it, but I do like it when a collection plays so nicely together :)

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.

OPI Brazil Skittle Waterfall

Hi Goddesses

I hope you all had a good long, relaxing weekend.  I had a MILLION nail ideas in my head ... until my sinuses interrupted and slammed me into bed for most of the weekend.  Still, I did rearrange my Pinterest boards ....

I've been sat on this mani for a little while now, and it's been hard BECAUSE I LOVE IT SO MUCH, but I wanted to show it after you saw the skittle it was created on top of - and you saw that in Saturday's SIMPLES post - here.

The Waterfall remains incredibly easy to do, and it has fast become one of my fall back nail designs.  If I'm stumped, I find this a really easy (and quick) one to rock n roll with.

This features all the brights from the OPI Brazil Collection, and a little bit of Don't Bossa Nova Me Around, too.  So we have - 
thumb - I Just Can't Cope-acabana
index - Where Did Suzi's Man-go?
middle - Kiss Me I'm Brazilian
ring - Toucan Do It If You Try
pinkie - Live.Love.Carnaval.

Digit-al Dozen DOES Brands - Orla Kiely

Hi Goddesses

Apologies.  This post is 24 hours late.  Whoops.  As you know, I've been suffering with the flu for 6 weeks, and this week, although I've felt heaps better, I've been super tired.  So I got home at 6pm last night for a little "pick me up nap", and woke up at 2pm this afternoon.  Lol.  I am hoping that was Flu's Last Hurrah, and normality will soon resume!

Today's post is a bit of a double, as it features 2 Orla Kiely manis, one of which was a fail.  For those of you haven't heard of her, Orla is another British designer with signature, recognisable patterns, and is mainly a homeware brand.

This pattern is her most famous, and although it comes in a  variety of colour schemes, this is the most famous version of the colours.  

Again, I tried to stick to unused polishes and used a lot of the OPI Brazils - 
I Sao Paoulo Over There
Taupe-less Beach
Toucan Do It If You Try
Red Hot Ayers Rock (not Brazil)
China Glaze Metro Pollen-tin
Bondi Lady Liberty
Konad Pale Blue

The 2nd Orla Kiely design is this one (this was actually the first brand mani I did), which I saw on a cushion.

I instantly saw skittle nails, and quite liked that the design was big enough that I would only need to do one and a half per nail.  And then it went wrong.

This is one for me where I'm not sure why it doesn't work, I just know that it DOESN'T.  Beth thinks I should have done a smaller pattern, and had 2 rows on each nail - she may be right.

I'm also sure part of why I don't like it is the midle nail.  This was Sally Hansen Grass Slipper, and I don't know what it is, but EVERY SH green I have bleeds like this (not that I have millions lol).   So I look at this mani and all I see is that putrid contamination in the middle, and ... ugh look away!

I think the bolder colours work the best, the navy nail in particular, but agh, you win some, you lose some!

Please make sure to check out what the other ladies did - it's been a spectacular week, and proof that you can find inspiration in even the most everyday items :)

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