Wednesday, December 18, 2013

OPI Mariah Carey Holiday Collection - Liquid Sand

Today I would like to show you the Liquid Sand shades which are part of the OPI Mariah Carey Holiday collection. These beauties pack quite a bit of sparkle which is just perfect for the Holiday season. Who am I kidding, sparkle such as this is welcome any time of year...


A bit of general information about these so I don't have to repeat myself. All of them, unless I mention otherwise, have a similar 2-3 coat formula which is easy to apply. They are dry and 'wearable' in approximately the same time as regular polish, however, they do continue to dry beyond that. I allowed each one at least one hour of dry time to make sure they were as dry as possible for swatches. All of them are shown with no top coat...

Now let's get to the photos...

Silent Stars Go By
A pinkish nude textured lacquer filled with silver shimmer and hex glitter. Two coats for full coverage.




Swatch Details
Brand: OPI
Collection: Mariah Carey Holiday
Color Name/Number: Silent Stars Go By, HL E17
Number of coats: 2
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Baby Please Come Home
A muted lavender textured polish filled with lavender shimmer and hex glitter. Two coats for full coverage.




Swatch Details
Brand: OPI
Collection: Mariah Carey Holiday
Color Name/Number: Baby Please Come Home, HL E18
Number of coats: 2
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Make Him Mine
A rose pink textured shade filled with silver shimmer and hex glitter. This dries slightly lighter than bottle color. It is similar, but slightly darker than Silent Stars Go By, above. Two coats for full coverage.




Swatch Details
Brand: OPI
Collection: Mariah Carey Holiday
Color Name/Number: Make Him Mine, HL E19
Number of coats: 2
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

It's Frosty Outside
A silver textured polish with hex silver glitter. It resembles crinkled foil on the nails. Very beautiful. Three coats for full coverage.




Swatch Details
Brand: OPI
Collection: Mariah Carey Holiday
Color Name/Number: It's Frosty Outside, HL E20
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Emotions
A black jelly base filled with black shimmer/sand particles and black hex glitter. In the bottle the glitter is not visible and at first I thought it was just a textured cream. I was very excited to see the Liquid Sand sparkle that I have come to love so much. This had the most difficult formula because of the jelly-like base. I had to swatch this twice because on my first try it didn't dry in a few spots. I found that three thin coats yielded better results than two thicker coats. On a random side note, although I don't usually comment on polish names, I'm just surprised to find out that MC has such dark Emotions. LOL.




Swatch Details
Brand: OPI
Collection: Mariah Carey Holiday
Color Name/Number: Emotions, HL E21
Number of coats: 3
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Kiss Me at Midnight
A periwinkle blue textured shade filled with silver hex glitter. Two coats provides great coverage.




Swatch Details
Brand: OPI
Collection: Mariah Carey Holiday
Color Name/Number: Kiss Me at Midnight, HL E22
Number of coats: 2
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Let me know what you think of these! Comment below :)

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
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6 comments:

  1. I am a big fan of your swatches! And there are many polishes I bought because of them

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  2. I love It's Frosty Outside, Emotions and Kiss Me at Midnight :-) I'm lost in textured nail polishes...

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  3. @Victoria Eaves, It means so much to me that you like the swatches! Thank you so much for your wonderful comment! I apologize if I get you into trouble with your wallet ;)

    @Raggio di Luna, I am so in love with textured polish too, especially the sparkly ones as these. You picked some great ones :)

    @Makyaj Urunlerim, thank you so much! :)

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  4. Gorgeous swatches as always! I already have Emotions and It's Frosty Outside, your swatches make me want all of them!!!!

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    1. Thank you so much sweetie! That really means a lot to me! I love LS shades and I think they all look amazing if given the proper time to dry :)

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