Care for some Liquid Sand? Oh yes please

A few months ago when I first saw the Mariah Carey by OPI collection I was really intrigued by the 4 unusual, gritty yet glittery and sparkly polishes baptised Liquid Sand by OPI.
After a couple of unpublished late summer swatches of them I was conquered! I'm not a fan of Mariah's music but I was blown away by the polishes created for and with her.

What a crazy idea to create textured polishes when we are all trying to even out the surface of our lacquers, using and abusing thick jelly like topcoats. But this novelty really works and is mesmerizing.
I actually can't stop looking and and touching my nails when I have one of these on.

Black/red:           Stay The Night

Blue:         Get Your Number

Red:          The Impossible

Purple:      Can't Let Go

The first one I tried was Can't Let Go, the purple one. I wore it as a full manicure at a conference I gave. Sorry for the crappy picture, it's the only one I had.

Recently I wore the blue one, Get Your Number and I must admit it's my preferred one!

I tried adding a topcoat but clearly preferred it without.

Yesterday I was once more in a Liquid Sand mood so I decided to wear Stay The Night. In the bottle I wasn't crazy about it the first time I saw it but on the nails it's a completely different story. See for yourself:

The only one I haven't worn as a full manicure yet is The Impossible but I'm not a huge red/pink fan (don't be fooled by my screen name!) so I might reserve it for those days when I'm in a Barbie mood.

Now you are probably imagining that these polishes are a huge pain in the a... to remove. They are unless you use the foil method:

So what are your thoughts on the Liquid Sand polishes? Have you tried any yet or do you already have a preferred color? 

Have a great Sunday :)

Emilie

Matte blue candy mani

Hi!

I hope you all had a nice Monday. 

Mine was very busy as I am still preparing classes for my students. School starts on the 29th and I'm not quite ready yet, and since I'm going to Paris on Thursday (only for 1 night) I need to finish before I leave. Today I prepared 10 science experiments to do in the lab and am very exited to do them with my students! Still have a couple more to prepare so it will be work work work until Wednesday evening. 

I'll surely do one more post before my trip. Not sure what polish I'll wear. I don't want something too crazy as I am travelling with my father. I'm thinking a nude. But I have several untried polishes that are waiting to be swatched... We'll see!

For today's mani, I just added Essie's Matte About You to the blue candy mani I did yesterday. I really like this matte version and matte polishes in general (always have!)! 

All the pictures were taken in artificial lighting, without flash.

What about you? Do you like matte polish and matting down glitzy manis?