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I don’t know about you, but I’ve been patiently waiting to get my hands on the OPI Brazil Collection ever since I started seeing promo pictures and random swatches online. When the box of polish joy showed up, I was bursting with excitement when I realized this collection is mostly cremes. Don’t gorgeous cremes make you ridiculously happy? Am I the only one whose mouth waters just looking a beautiful and buttery cremes? Ok, I guess I’m just weird, but it’s the truth.This 12 piece collection also includes a collection of mini Liquid Sands, Beach Sandies, that really are like the cherry on top of this luscious grouping. Let’s start by taking a look at the 4 Beach Sandies.
OPI What’s A Little Rain Forest?
OPI You’re So Flippy Floppy
OPI Samba-dy Loves Purple
OPI I’m Brazil Nuts Over You
These 4 textured polishes all apply beautifully. They all need two coats for full opacity and dry lightning fast. If you are not a lover of textured polishes because of the rough feeling, these are surprisingly smooth. Obviously they still have a textured feeling, but they feel very fine and definitely not chunky at all. These are super shimmery and just look fantastic out in sunlight. You know what my beef with these is? They only come in mini-size!!! WHAAAAAAAAATTTT???? I would kill for a full size of these–especially that blue–so I’m feeling kinda sad about that. Now let’s move on to the main collection so get ready for some awesomeness.
OPI Where Did Suzi’s Man-go?
OPI Toucan Do It If You Try
OPI Live. Love. Carnaval
OPI Kiss Me I’m Brazilian
OPI Red Hot Rio
OPI Scores A Goal
OPI Next Stop…The Bikini Zone
OPI Don’t Bossa Nova Me Around
OPI Taupe-less Beach
OPI I Sao Paulo Over There
OPI Amazon…Amazoff
OPI I Just Can’t Cope-acabana
I didn’t get into describing each polish individually because the formula on all of them is nearly identical: they are luscious cremes, highly pigmented, smooth, buttery and glossy. Application on all of them was flawless. and they were all perfect with two coats. In fact, many of these could be one coaters if you’re careful with your application. The most surprising polish was the yellow as this too, is almost a one-coater!!! I found the variety of brights and neutrals in one collection pretty refreshing. I am so happy with this collection and loved every single polish. What do you think of this collection? Is it what you were expecting?
Brazil by OPI will be available in both nail lacquer and GelColor formulas beginning February 5, 2014. Nail lacquers will retail for $9.00 ($10.95 CAN) each at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, jcp Salons, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, ULTA and ulta.com. Beach Sandies Liquid Sand mini pack will retail for $12.95 ($14.95 CAN). For more information, please call 800-341-9999 or visit www.opi.com. Follow OPI on Twitter @OPI_PRODUCTS and become a Facebook fan!
OMG OMG OMG OMG! I need about 6 of these, and the sandies! NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED THEM!
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I knew you’d like them. 😀
OMG, I love these.
It really is a great collection.
Such a great collection! I want those textures so bad now 😀
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You will absolutely love them.
UGH I feel just like you about cremes. They have my heart and make my mouth water. I’m getting all of them! I’m still not sold on the beach sandies. The minis mess up my whole collection. Plus they don’t have as much sparkle in them as I usually like. Oh decisions decisions!
I hear you about the minis. I wish they had released them in full size too. The blue one is so gorgeous!!! You will not be disappointed with the cremes–they are pretty spectacular.
OMG I want them all! Especially the opaque yellow one!!!!!! Are these out in stores yet, or do you get them early because you are special??
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😛 The official release date is 2/5 so just a couple more days!
This is such a great collection – I love cremes so much! The only LS I’d want is the blue – that looks amazing! Though I’m interested to see how Samba-dy Loves Purple compares to OPI My Current Crush. I think must-haves for me are Man-go, Bikini Zone, Bossa Nova, and Cope-acabana. Now I must see if my beauty supply store has them in yet!
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They should have them by Feb 5th. The blue one is to die for. I love all the cremes…they are crazy gorgeous.
*jaw drops*
I was so excited to see your swatches when I saw your pic of the collection on facebook! Stunning, every single one of them.
Omg I’m so excited for these, how will i choose?!
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Choose? lol I know…I know…I love them all so I don’t even know what I would do if I had to choose.
I know haha, it’s such an evil word! I think my bank account would hate me if I bought them all, but I don’t think I’ll be able to resist getting at least a few!
It’s always nice to be able to exercise some restraint. 🙂
Wow! These are the first swatches I have seen and surprisingly I love the neutrals and the couple I thought I would like don’t do much for me! Great pics.
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Thanks, Emma! I really love them so I’m glad you like them too. 🙂
ARRGGHHHH! I must have at least five of those polishes! Holy crap! See, I have a creme polish addiction.
‘Hello, my name is Elizabeth and I love creme nail polish.’
I love the pink and blue cremes, which I say about nearly every collection I see. But I am dying! When will these be available to purchase?
LOL…it’s a sickness that I fully embrace. They really hit it out of the park with this collection. They should be available for purchase on 2/5 so two more days!
I was really unimpressed by the promo pics of this collection. The only one that I thought I might get was the yellow.
Having seen the swatches, the yellow is on my MUST BUY list, as are the sands, and I am really pleasantly surprised by the rest of them!
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I was excited the way I’m always excited about new collections, but I wasn’t expecting all of these polishes to be so amazing. Don’t you love it when collections surprise you in a good way?
I really do! Especially since I was totally underwhelmed by their holiday collection.
I totally hear you there. I liked some of them but others were just kinda of meh.
Hi,
These all look fabulous on you! I look forward to the new collections to signal the change in seasons-plus I get bored very quickly with the same colors. Some of these colors look like ones I would wear in the Fall- but it won’t stop me from getting them now. There are 3 that look like colors that I just bought from another brand-also won’t stop me! You are so patient to keep repeating the release date, am I the only one that actually reads your post ; )
Thank you! You know what? I know that sometimes I get so excited I forget to read the rest of the post so I get that people miss the release date. hehehe
You’re right…there are some gorgeous Fall appropriate colors but, like you, I will rock them NOW. 🙂
Wooo! Beautiful swatches! I love them all and I can’t wait to wear these babies. Also you aren’t the only person who LOVES cremes, I love cremes over any finish, any day.
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Thank you, Nory! I know you will love, love, love them!!! 🙂
Great swatches 😀 I think i need about half of them, especially those orange/coral ones are just wonderful! May I ask if Amazon/amazoff is a stainer? I remember reading somewhere that it stains pretty badly…
Thank you! Amazon…Amazoff stained slightly but it wasn’t as bad as other pigmented teals. The staining came off easily when I used just soap and a nail brush, and it didn’t stain my skin.
These are gorgeous and you cuticles are flawless BTW. I love the yellow especially, but it’s hard to pick a good one! I remember you watched Nubar Resort Yellow awhile back; is this OPI yellow similar in shade and formula? I’m trying to decide between the two.
I think that the OPI yellow is a little less bright and the formula is a little more creamy. If I had to choose between the two, I would go with the OPI but they are really close in quality.
Lovely! I should be getting this collection any day and your post made me even more excited than I already am!
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Thanks, Valesha! Can’t wait to hear what you think of them. 🙂
Don’t Bossa-Nova Me Around looks to me like it could be the next My Vampire is Buff. More to the pink side than the yellow side, obviously. Maybe not QUITE as light, but I’d still consider that an off-white rather than a light pink. But I get the feeling it’s going to become VERY popular with nail artists as a base color.
I totally agree with you!
Oh wow! I love this collection! I’m more of a Fall/Winter collection fan but these are amazing. I gotta see that shimmer in person 🙂 I think I need almost all of them.
Yay! I’m glad you like them.
I love a lot of these including all of the sandies. Your swatches and photos are simply perfect. Thank you for all of your hard work… the effort certainly shows. Thank you also for including the names in the photos for pinning sake, makes it much easier!
Yay! I’m glad you like the name of the polish on the picture. I’ve been wondering if people are meh about it. It’s extra work, but I like how it looks and definitely makes it easier to identify especially on pinterest.
Christ on a bike, LOVE!!! Thanks for your gorgeous (as always) swatches.
Awww, thanks! <3
Love! I always count on your OPI swatches to make my shopping list!
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These are fab! Love how bright they are 😀
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I love them too! 🙂
Gorgeous swatches! I just went and bought Taupe-less Beach
Don’t Bossa Nova Me Around and Amazon…Amazoff. Had to have those!
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Thank you, Jen! 🙂 You picked up some awesome colors.
I love all of these! I’m wondering how close Bikini Zone is to Not Like the Movies from the Katy Perry collection.
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They are like cousins, I think. There is less of that green duochrome effect–a lot less. Between the two, I would choose Not Like The Movies.
OMG, i am d-y-i-n-g for mine to arrive! These are so frickin’ gorgeous!
I love this whole collection, especially the peachy coral creams and the beach sandies! I may need backups of You’re So Flippy Floppy and Toucan Do It If You Try! Btw, I used to consider them a fav, but China Glaze really needs to work on their formulas, especially with OPI and Essie knocking it out of the park lately as far as flawless creams go.
These swatches sent me over the edge! They are so clean and perfect. Best I’ve seen to date! Can’t wait to pick mine up tomorrow ahhhh!
You just spoiled my plan to skip this collection! I need them all now. And yes, cremes are the best 🙂
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Loved your post and the colors! I’m currently writing a post on my site about spring collections, and I linked this post to it. 🙂
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Girl! You didn’t mention your favourites. That’s important for us indecisive nail junkies lol. I originally thought I just wanted Amazon… and Suzi’s Man-go.. but these swatches have me reconsidering. I am loving the look of Toucan and L.L.Carnaval! Beautiful swatches as always!
lol…is all of them enough? haha Seriously, though. I love this entire collection except for maybe the shimmery duo-chrome one. I could do without that one but the rest are soooo me.
Love the cremes! Especially all the yellow- oranges. 🙂
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Aren’t the gorgeous?!
The oranges/pinks/red look rediculous on you, I seriously hate you right now, I am in love with the blue because thats probably the only one that would look right on my pasty white skin.
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hey! wow these are really great swatches!!! what topcoat do you use? it’s such a high gloss, it’s amazing
Thank you so much. I use Seche Vite for all my swatches. 🙂
I’m absolutely loving this collection! Cremes are my favorite, & all of these colors look great with your skin tone. My debit card will be screaming at me. Lol
Thank you! Know what you mean. Every time I see an awesome collection I get all happy but then I realize what it’s going to mean for my wallet. lol
Such a pretty collection with a good range of colors. I even like the sands. Need to stop by Ulta or Sally’s to get a few colors.
I bet these will look so great on you!
I love the blue sandy on you the most. 🙂 I am also kind of irked by the mini set thing, but, I guess that’s how it going to go for this collection!
Man-go will look awful on me *cries*. No can do shades of Cheeto orange, despite how much I want to.
I think my favorite is Amazon. I’ve been trying to avoid it, but now I’ve been faced with your swatches and just…I don’t think I can, haha. I also like Copacabana just because it is a good yellow…I mean, how can I pass down a good yellow? I think I also like Carnival (I like bright, salmon-y shades), and I oddly kind of like Bossa Nova…I agree with Shivers that it kind of reminds me of My Vampire is Buff, which I love.
I was planning to avoid this collection…which will I cave on? Hahaha.
I know you’re going to get the teal and maybe the yellow. I just know it.
Has anyone actually seen the Sandies advertised or actually in the stores? No luck here 🙁
Wow, your pics of Amazon….Amazoff look really blue. Other bloggers pics look much more green/teal. I have it and it does look more green than blue. Gorgeous pics though.
Yes, you are right. It is much more green/teal in real life. My camera is a pain in the butt when it comes to capturing teal.