Brazil watermarble

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I started this manicure with the best intentions but it just didn't want to work with me. As part of the Weekly Dose of Rainbows group on instagram we were told to do a watermarble for this weeks post. I hate marbling but I gave it a go.

I used OPI Kiss me I'm Brazillian and I just can't cope-acabana for this. I didn't bother with a basecoat. It bubbled on pretty much every nail annoyingly. I topped it with Sally Hansen 3D gel shine topcoat to try and cover the bubbles (it didn't work). I love the colours together, they are so bright and fun and they mix really well.

I just can't cope-with this polish

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Another one of my China Glaze polishes that I haven't used for a while. This is the famous Running in Circles that every one went mad over when it first came out. I love a good green nail polish and this is perfect for Christmas but not so much the summer months. I thought it would make a nice contrast when paired with a yellow polish so I dug it out and gave it a go. 

Ye all know by now how disappointed I am with OPI I just can't cope-acabana but it's  the only proper yellow polish  I have at the moment so I have to use it. I do like the colour but the formula is horrendous. I have on 3 coats of I just can't cope-acabana and 2 coats of Running in circles. I love the colour combination. The glitter polish looks so good when you mix if with a creme finish. Despite the formula issues I really like the way this turned out. 

Cuti-CLUE-les

Summer flowers

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This is probably the happiest manicure I have done for a fair while! It's definitely not me but I loved the way it turned out. I love floral manicures but they rarely come out right when I try them. This is probably the easiest way to do a floral manicure. All you need are some dotting tools, any size will do! I went for the biggest option, it makes the best flowers in my opinion.

I started off with 3 coats of Essence Iced Latte. After giving that enough time to dry I dotted on Catrice Pimp my Shrimp, Barry m Dragon Fruit and OPI Kiss me I'm Brazilian. The Yellow is OPI I just can't cope-acabana. I went for a half-moon design and I think it worked fairly well. The only problem I had (and this happens with most manicures) is my pinky finger. It is so hard to do nail art on it now that it is super short and it looks weird if I use a smaller dotting tool. Very annoying. 

Cuti-CLUE-les

OPI I just can't cope-acabana

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Today I have a bit of a disappointing  hugely disappointing polish to show ye. This is OPI I just can't cope-acabana from the recent OPI Brazil Collection. I wasn't really in to this collection but I heard such amazing reviews on I just can't cope-acabana that I had to get it. I love yellow polish  but we all know it has the worst formula in the world. It seems like every brand fails when it comes to yellow polish and do you know what? OPI is no exeption to this despite all the positive reviews for this polish.

Here I have on 4 coats of I just can't cope-acabana with an accent nail of Kiss me I'm Brazillian, 3 coats, also from the brazil collection. The formula on this is just like every other yellow polish I have tried- thin, watery, sheer and difficult to work with. It dragged a lot and it had bald spots even at 3 coats. I really don't know how people are getting this opaque in 2 coats, especially on longer nails. I had to cut my nails to the absolute shortest I could get them in order to get this polish to look ok at 4 coats. That's ridiculous! I am so let down by this polish. It's a nice yellow, it's not overly bright and it has a hint of pastel to it, but it's not anything spectacular that I would regular reach for and go through the pain of applying 4 coats for. I'm rarely so disappointed by a polish because I always check reviews before buying one. Sometimes you get caught no matter what you do. It really puts a damper on the excitement of getting a new polish.

Cuti-CLUE-les