OPI Mariah Carey Holiday 2013 Collection Liquid Sands

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As you probably know, OPI released a massive holiday collection this year. 18 polishes! Yikes! I purchased these myself so I couldn't justify buying all 18. A large portion of my polish collection is red so I definitely couldn't justify getting all of the reds as tempting as they were. As I stood in Ulta drooling over the display, I had to keep telling myself that I probably had a dupe of most of the reds at home. It was not easy but I kept myself under control. Sort of...

I couldn't stop myself from buying all six of the Liquid Sand shades. I am obsessed with textured polish (as long as they have glitter) and there was no way I could pass these up. I thought I'd show you my swatches of the Liquid Sands first. Then I'll show you what I picked from the rest of the collection. Are you ready for some glitter?

OPI Baby Please Come Home

 

Baby Please Come Home is my favorite from the bunch. It's a dusty metallic purple that can lean more silver in certain lights. Two coats.

I thought this was a really cool picture. It doesn't look like this in real life but for some reason my camera had trouble separating (or blending) the purple and silver. 

OPI Emotions

Emotions is a black polish with black glitter. Three coats. 

 OPI It's Frosty Outside

It's Frosty Outside is a silver polish with silver glitter. Two coats.

 OPI Kiss Me At Midnight

Kiss Me At Midnight is a bright blue polish with glitter. Another favorite from the collection. Two coats.

OPI Make Him Mine

Make Him Mine is a dusty rosy pink polish with silver glitter. Two coats.

OPI Silent Stars Go By

Silent Stars Go By is a lighter version of Make Him Mine. They are so close, I'm not sure why they're in the same collection. I still like them both but I have polish issues. Two coats. 

I hope the textured polish trend sticks around because I can't get enough! OPI and Zoya make the best textured polishes in my opinion. Have I already said that? 

I hope you enjoyed my swatches! 

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OPI Can't Let Go

I'm back with another polish from the OPI Mariah Carey Collection. Can't Let Go is one of the liquid sand polishes. It's a purple glitter that has larger pieces of hex glitter in it. I needed three thin coats for it to be opaque. It has a nice formula but takes longer to dry than OPI usually does. 

 OPI Can't Let Go w/out top coat.

OPI Can't Let Go w/ top coat (two coats of Seche Vite).

I'll be back tomorrow with the last of the liquid sand polishes, OPI The Impossible.

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OPI Get Your Number

OPI Get Your Number is a liquid sand polish from the Mariah Carey collection. It's meant to be worn without a top coat. I was surprised that I like it with out without a top coat. It's a bit sheer so I used three coats. The pictures show a bit of VNL (visible nail line) but you can't see them in person. 

 It doesn't feel as gritty as it looks. It's definitely textured but not enough that it bothered me.

I like it better glossy and smooth. It eats top coat; I used two coats of Seche Vite.

Macro with top coat. Look at all that glitter!! 

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-Mira

OPI Stay the Night

If you haven't seen this polish in person, you're probably going to think this is pretty weird looking. This is one of those polishes that is hard to photograph (at least for me). I didn't like it when I had just seen swatches online. Once I saw it in the store, I LOVED it. I wore it for about four days. That's unheard of for me. After I took it off and swatched a few other colors, I put it back on again. It's still on my nails now. That's how much I love it. Look at it in person before you decide on this polish. 

 Stay the Night is from the Mariah Carey collection. Its one of the liquid sand polishes that's supposed to be worn without a top coat. I don't like the way it looks in pictures without a top coat. In person it looks a little different. It's insanely sparkly for one thing. Again, trust me on this one. See it in person.

I like the liquid sand thing more than I expected but it's still not my thing. I don't do textures and I'm not into matte polish. I prefer to wear this with top coat. The glitter is very hungry and required two coats of Seche Vite to smooth it out. 

I love it. 

I'm curious about how what you think about the liquid sand trend? Do you love it or hate it? Let me know in the comments below!

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-Mira