Beautifinous.: O.P.I Brazil Collection review & swatches

O.P.I’s Brazil collection is the new spring/summer 2014 addition to their vast catalogue of nail polishes. It includes 12 nail polishes and 4 mini textured polishes all inspired by Brazil!

To get you in the mood for this post, I’m going to start off by posting this video from O.P.I’s YouTube channel -

Now that we’re all in the mood to ~~roll around in the sea~~ read about nail polish, I’m going to be showing you the three shades that I own; AmazON AmazOFF, Live.Love.Carnaval and I Just Can’t Cope-acabana.

Left to right: Live.Love.Carnaval, I Just Can't Cope-acabana and AmazON AmazOFF.

The full collection mainly consists of cremes with the exceptions of a couple as well as the four mini textured polishes. There are a few more that I want to get my hands on but as these were the three that really stole my heart (especially AmazON AmazOFF) I got them first.

These are all brilliant to apply when you're in a hurry, so I find them to be great choices if you're a busy mum who likes to treat her nails to come colour!

One thing that I found rather brilliant about this collection as a whole is how a lot of the colours are not quite ‘x’ yet not quite ‘y.’ I was explaining them recently and, for example, when trying to describe O.P.I Scores A Goal I said that it’s not quite red yet not quite brown. It's a red-brown; an in the middle colour. You’ll see more examples of that in this post.

Now for the swatches!

Live.Love.Carnaval

This polish is a bright coral-pink. It’s not quite red but not quite hot pink. However you want to describe this colour, it is a stunner.

Bright and punchy, this shade is opaque in two coats. It is almost a one coater, but there are just small patches that warranted a second coat. In fact, they're barely visible in the photo but they are in person. I'll show you anyway.

Here it is after one:

And after two:

I actually never got around to taking the two-coat photo straight away as my little man woke up from his nap, so this photo was taken after a few days of wear. This way you can also see how it holds up!

I had no application issues with Live.Love.Carnaval and the consistency was good. It was easy to apply as it's not a thick formula that just gets all lumpy (you know what I mean, right?!). Along with a top coat you can paint your nails quickly with this shade, especially if you manage to make it a one coater (which is going to depend on how thickly you apply it). You can easily fit this into a nap time or simply wait until the kids are asleep at night and apply it as you catch up on the weeks television!

A beautiful shade that really comes into its own in the sunshine and brightens up any outfit!

I Just Can’t Copeacabana

O.P.I Brazil Collection - I Just Can't Cope-acabana

Not quite bright, sunshine yellow yet not quite pastel yellow. It is perfectly in the middle.

For a yellow, this applies extremely well! After one coat there were noticeable streaks and patches, but nowhere near as bad as other yellows I have tried! It was fully opaque after two coats, too! I applied it using thin coats, so if you apply with really thick coats you may get away with using only one with this shade which is amazing for a yellow!

Here it is after one thin coat:

Excuse the little mess on my ring finger! I took this whilst my nails were still wet and I accidentally nudged the bottle whilst getting into my awkward hand pose.

After two coats:

Again I had no application issues whatsoever with this polish. Super quick and easy to apply with amazing end results! I'd say it takes just a little longer to apply than Live.Love.Carnaval purely because for me it was necessary to apply two coats. Like I said, if you manage to make it a one coater then you're flying.

AmazON AmazOFF

Not quite green yet not quite blue!

This polish is my favourite of the whole collection (I am a sucker for this type of shade) and actually includes a very subtle shimmer that is only really noticeable under bright light. This was the first that I bought of all of these and I originally bought it back in February.

I truly love this polish. Other than the shade, I love the application. Just like the other two, it glides on so easily, but for me, this is a definite one coater! As you may already know, I seriously love one coaters as it saves so much time! For me this is the fastest to apply and the shade I love reaching for when my nails need a little pick me up and I'm stretched for time. Therefore, if you're looking for a new, quick to apply shade for summer, you need to try this one! Use along with a dry fast top coat and you'll be good to go in record time.

So here it is, just one coat:

And as an extra, here it is when I wore it out for my birthday meal:

Like I said, if you can only buy one shade out of the whole collection, I highly recommend this one. It's too beautiful.

So there we have it!

Overall, the shades that I own are all gorgeous and are of high quality. It's my favourite collection for quite a while so I'm definitely going to be buying a couple more.

I bought mine from Nail Polish Direct for £7.95 each.

Have you tried any of the Brazil collection? What are your favourites?

Let me know in the comments below!

Zoe

@Beautifinous