I was very weak today, my friends…very weak indeed. Since I’ve been so good about not spending money on non-necessities (namely NOT spending any money), I reverted back to my old polish hauling days. Granted, I didn’t buy 20+ polishes, but I did buy around 8 bottles which is pretty bad. You will be proud of me when I tell you that despite seeing a fully stocked display of the OPI Mariah Carey line, I only picked up two polishes. TWO! That is some serious self-restraint, and I am kind of proud of myself. Now, if only I hadn’t grabbed 6 other bottles from some nearby displays…but that’s another story.
The two OPI Liquid Sand polishes that I picked up are Get Your Number and Can’t Let Go. These were the two shades that immediately grabbed my attention so I settled on them instead of grabbing all four. I have to be honest–I wasn’t super excited when the pics of these textured polishes first started circulating. As much as I like glitter, I think that I prefer the smooth finish and look that only a creme polish can give me. Additionally, I don’t like the idea of rough nails that can get scratchy or can get caught on tights or delicate winter cashmere. Just thinking about that gives me the heebie jeebies. Let me show you some swatches before I go more into my thoughts on these Liquid Sand polishes.
OPI Get Your Number is a blue glitter lover’s wet dream. I’m serious. This polish is so incredibly bright and gorgeous that I could barely stand to take it off. The holographic particles really give it an extra kick–I just wish I could capture how lovely this polish twinkles!
OPI Can’t Let Go is a purple shade that looks a little murky as far as I’m concerned. While I am a huge purple lover, I wish this polish was a little brighter. I feel like the base color covers up the holo a bit which is a huge shame. Before this dried all the way, I kept thinking that this polish looked like leather–weird.
So what do I think about OPI Liquid Sand polishes? Uhm, I freaking love them! I thought about applying top coat to them, but I think that would detract from the unique beauty of these polishes. Both of these shades looked fine at two coats, but I decided to add a third thin coat for the swatches above. If you are thinking: “Three coats? Ain’t nobody got time for that!” hold up.
The Liquid Sand formula dries at lightning speed so you don’t have to worry about waiting for layers to dry. Do you want to know what’s the absolute best part? You won’t get carpal tunnel trying to remove these. When I saw the formula, I was getting ready to whip out my industrial sander to remove them, but they actually came off without much effort when I used pure acetone.
And now for you, my lovely readers, I picked up a set of Liquid Sand minis for a flash giveaway so go ahead and enter below using the rafflecopter widget. The only requirement is for you to be an email blog subscriber and all the other entries are completely optional. As usual, this giveaway is open internationally. Please know the customs regulations of your country before entering.
And while you are at it, go ahead and enter my other giveaway that is ending in a few days if you haven’t done so already. You can win a lovely 4 piece collection of Sation polishes along with a mini bottle of Seche Vite. You can enter here. So there you have it. I am eating my words about not being that excited about the Liquid Sand polishes. I don’t know if I’ll be picking up the other two since the colors didn’t appeal to me as much–uuhhh…who am I kidding? I’m sure they will be mine in the near future. Have you tried any other polishes from the Mariah Carey by OPI line yet? Thanks for visiting today, and I will talk to you soon.
Ugh… i kinda hated these in the pics I’ve seen too but now that you’re on the bandwagon I feel like jumping right on too. Maybe I’ll check Ulta tomorrow and see if they have Get Your Number. That’s the one I want. Thanks for the giveaway, I’d love to try them all! 🙂
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Oh.. and nice touch with the “aint nobody got time for that” woman… I love her.
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She is kind of my hero now. lol
I was totally like that too. I was hating on them but the evil man at my polish place was tempting me with his swatch wheel and telling me how great they are. You should have seen my face when he started showing me the OPI Eurocentrale swatches. It was like he was the creepy man in the van asking me to help him look for his puppy. lol He always shows me stuff that he can’t sell to me yet; I kinda hate him sometimes. 😛 I don’t know how I feel about the black one with red glitter. I may pass on that one.
I’m not sure yet how I feel about the textured polishes… I got “Get Your Number” but haven’t tried it yet. They *LOOK* nice, but I’m not sure how I’ll like having sandpaper texture on my nails. The colours are nice though, so worst case scenario, I can just use top coat and make them not textured. My favourite nail polish finish is just a nice basic creme.
I haven’t tried textured polishes, so I’m not sure how I feel about them.))
I prefer nail polishes with a creamy finish.
Good luck everyone! I’ve been dying to try the liquid sand polishes!
Your pictures make me want the blue one!
I’m not too sure about the whole textured nail polish trend. I haven’t tried these or even the caviar nails that were so popular.. But after all the swatches I’ve seen of these, I think I’d like to try them!
Lately, I’ve been really into glitters but I’d probably have to say that my favorite finish is creme.
They look so pretty.. I personally really like matte better though, I think. I’ll need to try these before I can give a proper response!
I really like these glitters, although I definitely see them more for going out than on the day to day haha. I’ve never used a textured polish but that’s more because I’m so cheap than any dislike for them. And I’m a sucker for a creamy finish!
I haven’t tried textured polishes…
I prefer nail polishes with a creamy finish!
I am not a fan of textures. I like shiny, smooth, shimmery, and drenched in Seche Vite.
I simply love textures 🙂 I actually like all kinds of polsihes 🙂
When I first heard about the liquid sand polishes, I was super skeptical, but from the swatches I’m seeing, I’m in love! I want to try them out. My favorite finish is usually creme, but I love them all.
I’m a little on the fence about them. Colors are good but I don’t know until I see it in person. Overall I like gloss finish. I love the feel of a fresh manicure.
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I’ve never tried texture nail polish, but I’d like to 🙂
I’m honestly not sure how I feel about them.. haven’t seen any in person yet, so I really want to try them.
oops, I forgot the second part of your question 😛 so far I prefer glossy but I haven’t played around much yet with mattes so we’ll see 🙂
I haven’t really had a polish with textured finish. So far I can’t really say. They look nice in the pictures though. I usually really like creme or shimmer finishes. I’m very picky about glitter, but these look great. 🙂
Thank you for the cool giveaway. 😀
Gorgeous! I’m really excited about these as I looove textures on my nails, especially rough things like glitters, flakies etc. I’m not one to top-coat the hell outa things to get a smooth finish 😀
Sadly OPI polishes cost a fortune here in the UK so I would really adore a chance to win these. Thanks for the amazing giveaway.
x
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Wow! I wasn’t that interested in these either – until now! The blue looks gorgeous.
I really didn’t think i was going to like it, but i tried my friends on, on my pinky nail and it was pretty awesome! and it did’t bother me at all 🙂
I have personally never used a texture polish but I would love to give it a try. It looks beautiful.
I`ve never used texture polishes but I`m curious to try them. I love holographic polishes and polishes with shimmer finish.
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Oh, I’ve been really irritated at my self because I can’t afford them, so really hope I can win, really good initiative and idea 🙂
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My favorite of this polishes is probably Get Your Number or The Impossible, just can’t decide, the texture=no idea more than I love the look, even if it probably will give me the same problem as rhinestones and so on=I get stuck in my hair…
My favorite texture? hm, I like the glas texture that Seche gives, even if China Glaze Smoke And Ashes have my absolute favorite finnish! Just loooove it (:
I don’t own too many textured polishes. I usually lean towards the smooth clean look but I have wanted to try these out! They look beautiful!
Creme is probably my favorite.
I’m a fan of all finishes really, though I hate removing glitter polish! Tough on the nails… Haven’t tried sand finish yet! 🙂
Oh man, haven’t seen these before. They look really nice!
I usually like a very shiny, smooth surface. Looking forward to trying something different. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
I really hated them at first. The more swatches I see, the more I’m starting to like them 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win, I’m excited! Oh, and my current fave finish is matte top coat over glitter. Don’t really know why, it just really looks neat that way!
I love the look of Liquid Sand! I saw it at the salon the other day and I was so tempted. I love matte nail polishes and anything glittery. This definitely fits the bill!
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Not sure how I feel about textured polish yet since I haven’t tried them. I like the matte look, but jelly’s are my favorite! Thank you for the giveaway!
These look really interesting. I haven’t tried that kind of texured polishes yet, just the old fashioned glitter ones. 😀
I guess it would be fun to see how long they stay on the nails. The colors look lovely though! Especially the Can’t Let Go !!
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I like all kinds of finishes, it just depends what mood I’m in that day 😀
These are definitely different…but would be so cool to try! I LOVE all of the colors and they look great on you as well 🙂 Thanks!
I think textured polished are unique, but I’m curious as to how they hold up to everyday wear!
I would love to see this with a top coat!
Saw these at JCPenney two days ago and have been dying to try them! *_*
That’s awesome!
I’ve not tried many textured polishes – I’d love to, though! I usually go for cremes, but I’m working at becoming more adventurous.
I like texture… I typically gravitate toward more matte finishes anyway, I think this stuff looks great!
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I’ve been dying to try Liquid sand, but I’m worried about the texture it might give off. I’m willing to try it though!
The only textured lacquer I’ve used is a Nicole by OPI shatter in gold. It was actually really nice and wicked sparkly.
I love them!!!!
I am not a big fan of the texture polish. Love the smooth touch. But I have been thinking about giving the new sand polishes a try.
texture polishes? i’ve only tried glitters.. i love them..the only part i dont like is taking them out LOL..
i love the video btw, ain’t nobody got that for that.. i say that ALL the time.. have you notice i speak like a meme>?
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I haven’t tried the textured yet.Looks interesting…I do know I am not crazy about the glitter polishes because it is so hard to remove…nobdody got time for dat..I need me a cold pop 😉 (I love Sweet Brown..she is on my Facebook wall all the time lol)
I’ve only tried glitter polish, but I am super excited to try a textured polish
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Damnit, Cynthia! I’ve been all like, “WTF are these liquid sand polishes? They’re so gross, right?” and then you have this BAM swatch of Get Your Number *side eyes*. I will tell myself I don’t need it because of my $1.74 Orly Angel Eyes score, but…time will tell.
“I was getting ready to whip out my industrial sander to remove them” – LOL!
The minis are a cool idea for a giveaway – a way to try them out without a full commitment! 😉
I have not tried any textured polishes yet but I am super excited to!!!
These look so fun! I’d love to see what a top coat would do too!
I haven’t really experimented with textured polishes. The velvet-y looking one reallyreally bothers me though,omg. My favorite finish my cream!
I haven’t tried any textured polishes yet – I tend to stick with the nice shiney cremes 🙂
I haven’t tried the textured polish but I love the purple. Cream is my favorite finish!
I’ve never tried texture nail polish but I love how liquid sand looks!
i think that textured nail polishes look interesting but usually they are pretty annoying because they get caught on stuff. i like mixing shiny and matte, like having alternating matte and shiny stripes or someting like that. 🙂
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I’ve never tried textured polishes other than matte, but I love matte! I really want to get my hands on these polishes <3
I like a glossy texture rather than matte.
I don’t currently have any textured polished, but I do like the idea,l and I’m excited for the giveaway of course!!
Thanks for the giveaway! I really like the textured finishes, but my only problem has been how much I hate trying to get them off, so that has steered me away from them for awhile actually, but you said that these ones weren’t so bad, so I hope I can try them out! Or else I might have to go buy one and see!
i never tried textured polish before, i love creamy and with glitter , but i would love to try this! 🙂
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I have not tried textured polishes yet. Thank you for the giveaway!!!
I haven’t decided about the textured polishes yet. I tend to pick at things on my nails like rhinestones and any bumpy spots that top coat doesn’t smooth out with regular glitters, so I’m not sure these are for me. But I do like several of the colors like the blue one and the one with the little hearts in it.
I think they’re odd, but super unique.
I really love these!
My favorite finish would have to be cremes and jellies, mostly because I love me some jelly sandwiches.
I have not tried textured nail polish but I would definitely love to! 😀
I love texture polish, but my favorite is matte! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I love this new textured trend, but my heart will always belong to my jellies.
I have not tried these textured nail polishes yet. I love glitters.
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I like really rough glitters–like the Milani One-Coat Glitters!
Hmm, I don’t know what to feel about the liquid sand but I love a nice glitter layered over creme or jelly polishes 🙂
Hi!
Since I’m in to nail art I guess my favorite finish is creme because it most wearable or nail arts. But I do like the other finishes too. Lately I’ve really been in to opaque matte glitter from ex ninja polish. And also milky based polishes with black opaque glitters like W7 -salt n pepper. About regular glittering glitter I just recently been more interested in. I must confess that I though that the OPI liquid sand looked horrible first, I saw a swatch at a blogger with bad pictures and bad application on small nails (on of the blue abve) and I guess I was really discouraged. But then I started to see it in more places and I got more intrigued. And now I really want them because I see the possibilities for nail art and I’d love to try them.
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I haven’t tried textured polishes
I haven’t tried textured polishes
I haven’t tried textured polishes.
I must be sincere, I was unsure about them in the beginning but reading you, who I think knows pretty much your stuff, I will try them for sure. Also, the colours are pretty awesome, specially the blue you swatched, and I love glitter.
I like matte texture,
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I’ve recently found you and your blog. But now I’m following you. 🙂 I’m so curious about the new O.P.I Mariah Carey collection, it looks so cool with the liquid sand, I can’t wait to try it on. 🙂
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I love the new style of polish coming out. The texture and designs that you are able to do now makes it that much more fun.
WHAT A SONG!!! i like plain/regular textures but i’m always open to experiments!
I’m actually not a huge fan of texture polish, but a lot of people seem to have changed their minds about these ones so I would love to try them. My favorite finish is probably jelly.
I think the polish look beautiful, but I have kind of large nails, and I´m a bit scared the sand finis would make them look larger/clumpsier, sort of..but I can be wrong! Normally I just love jelly polish with flakes and glitter in!
I have never tried textures, I’m eager to do it! I love it glossy and sometimes matte is pretty awesome too.
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I’ve never tried a textured polish! These colours are perfect though, wow!
LOVE these polishes!! I just recently stopped biting my nails after 20-something years of having ugly nubbies and now I’m addicted to nail polish!!! So glad I found your blog!
I LOVE textured nail polishes.
Ever since the first swatch of Liquid Sand I saw, I think I’ve been drooling constantly!
I love them!
i think they are nice.. never used them before though!
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I like them a lot!!!My favorite finish is the brushed metal effect that Catrice made few months ago…pretty close to liquid sand :)))
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Wow, Get Your Number is freaking gorgeous. I liked the little video, Ain’t Noboday Got time for that. Whoever did that is very talented with editing and it was rather catchy to the point where I wanted to replay it. Soo right, though, ain’t nobody got time for THAT!
I’d love to try this finish!! It’s so fascinating… My favourite finishes are creme, shimmer, flakies and glitter 😀
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I dont textures. I like smooth and creamy textured polishes
I really hope to win the OPI liquid sand polishes because I can’t find a seller near me who has them. Fingers crossed!
I have to admit I have never used textured polishes so I don’t have a say in that. I rather like creamy ones with a gentle shine, I also don’t go well with the matte finish either 😀 but I have to admit you made me curious about these polishes 🙂
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I love the liquid sand polishes. I have Stay the Night and I love it! I really would love to have the whole collection 🙂 My all-time favorite finishes are jellies. (Is that an actual finish?) Thanks for the giveaway!
I haven’t yet tried textured polishes but i can’t wait, they look stunning ! I actually prefer usual glossy finishes but i also love those like catrice frosting
I love anything bright and colourful, it adds a bit of interest to your fingers!
The textured polish is definitely a favorite! They’re so pretty!
I love holos and glitters, the best:]
I love textured polishes 🙂 My fav finish is Holographic.
Thanks for the giveaway..
I haven’t tried textured polishes, so I’m not sure how I feel about them.
I prefer nail polishes with a creamy finish!!!
I like the idea of textured polish! I love the feeling when I have rhinestones on my nails. Although, I am very fond of smooth, super shiny finishes 🙂
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I already got the Stay the Night polish but I love the look and I think it would be great to try the others 🙂
I’ve always liked textured polish to be honest but my favourite has always been matte. Is that a texture? Anyway that’s my favourite.
I just love the feel and how it looks. It is very sexy to me.
I’m not sure how do you feel about textured polishes cause i honestly didn’t try it before lol 😛 And my favorite nail polish finish would be matte for sure,no idea why but i’minto matte nail polishes these days 😉 And thank you so very much for hosting this awesome giveaway Cynthia 😀
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I’ve never tried textured polishes, but I’d like to try this one! I don’t know if this is considered a texture, but I like shimmery/sparkly polishes.
My favorite textured nail polish is Butter London West End Wonderland. My favorite finish is matte 🙂
Never used textured polishes but honestly I’m amazed by them 😀 from these pics and from other swatches I’m in love with them, there’s sg I love about their surface like an adventurous place -so silly 🙂
Never used textured before 🙂 but love to try !
In love with the textered look loving the stay the night 🙂
Textured polishes are a thing I would really like to try I think the finish is interesting and innovative, but until I see them on my nails I can’t say that I love it for sure. My favorite finish is holo.
I like the Liquid Sand polishes. My favorite texture mani is microbeads or flocking powder.
Never used textured before but I love the way they look and I would love to try them.
I love textured polishes, and teaming a matte finish polish with a gloss for the tips.
I’ve never tried any so I’m not entirely sure how I feel about them 😛 I love anything that’s packed full of shimmer!
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I haven’t tried textured polishes.. yet
Matte!
I looooove matte finishes! <3
Looks beautiful! Thanks for this Giveaway!
i love a nice smooth finish and dont mind a textured nail varnish depending on were you are wearing it of course
I haven’t decided if I like textured polish or not. I’ve seen a few that look interesting.
I’ve never tried any textured polish. I like caviar manicure.
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I didn’t mean to, but I think I may have accidentally entered twice. If I did, please discount the extra entries.
Sorry. I didn’t mean to. It asked for my email and I put in the same one as before but then in acted like it was my first time filling in the form. Weird.
Thanks for letting me know. 🙂
I haven’t tried any of the texture polishes yet so I don’t have a for-sure opinion on them but I am very interested in trying them!
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I haven’t tried any yet, but would love to!!!
Matte <3
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Havent tried them
I simply love textures
Great GA hun!!! Love O.P.I.
Great GA hun!! Love OPI.
xoxo
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I am not entirely sure how I feel about textured polish, specifically this polish. I can’t say that I have a fav texture, all I know is that I have really been digging plain, shiny, creme polishes at the present time. However, I would be thrilled to be able to give this a shot, & I’m not sure I will be ale to buy it any time soon….so it would be SO PERFECT if I won some!! Thanks a lot for giving us all a chance to try it out!!!
I have one of the liquid sands, I think it is pretty awesome. I love textured polish!
I like new textures on my nails, especially glitters and caviar manicure…I am so curious to try the liquid sand one!
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I haven’t tried finishes like liquid sand yet. but for me, they look like much better with top coat!
I love textured polishes! Also, I prefer anything glittery, really.
I think textured polished sound neat, like something new and different to deviate from the usual. But I love my glitter glossies most I suppose 🙂
I like some of the textures, but am on the fence about them overall. 🙂
I haven’t tried textured nail polish but really would like to!
I love holos
You’re making me want these!
I would love to try a textured nail polish….My favorite finish is anything glittery/sparkly!
I would love to try these. I’ve never tried textured, but looks like fun,
I haven’t tried any of these particular kind of polishes yet, but I don’t mind texture on my nails as I’m a touchy, feely kinda person and love textures. I don’t really have a particular preference for one or the other when it comes to my nails.
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I love the textured polishes and can’t wait to try these! That blue looks sooooo amazing!
Thanks for the swatches!
I love textured polishes. My favorite nail polish finish is Holographic too. 🙂
I have tries the texture polishes yet. And I’ve been apposed of the jellies but they are starting to grow on me.
Melissa
I love matte polishes…
Texture is awesome!
idk how i feel about it. Its weird, unique, crazy, exciting. Im curious. lol. My favorite finish is creme.
I haven’t tried the liquid sand yet, but I really enjoy glitter. I’m sure it will be fun to try!
I’m not sure- I’ve never tried these. The crackle is ok, but I love spotted! (using the alcohol spray/watermarble style spotting)
That blue one in the first picture is so stunning!
I really like the textured polishes. I love seeing any new trend in nail polish. I want to at least see what they are and learn new things to try. I really love matte polish these days.
I really like textured polishes!!!!!!!
I like how they look, but since they’re textured, I’d probably play with it & wreck the manicure, lol.
I thought I’d hate them; but the more pics I see, I want them! Especially the red one, The Impossible! Would love to try them out!
I like textur nails and my favorite are the velvet ones…but I can not wait to test the polishes from this post, they look so nice
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My favorite textured nail polish is Butter London West End Wonderland. My favorite finish is matte !!!!!!!!!!
my favorite nail polish is layla
I like textured polishes, thank you!
cream
I really love them!!!i love glitter!!My favourite is get your number!!
These look so amazing! I really hope I win! 🙂
Wow the blue is lovely! I like textures, it is something fun. I look forward to trying things like concrete and leather effect from Nails Inc when they arrive in SA
I would love to try these. I’ve never tried textured,
Love textural polishes on other people, but I almost never wear them myself. I love big chunky glitter and matte finishes, but I almost always go for a clean, glossy finish myself.