I'm a fan of super glossy cream nail polishes. I don't wear
matte, suede or satin finishes and shimmer rarely finds a place to land on my
nails. But, being the curious person I am, when OPI released their
new 'Liquid Sand' finish in the Mariah Carey collection I jumped straight on
it.
Stay The Night is a dark grey liquid sand with a pinkish red
fine glitter. It applies just like any other nail polish but as it sets you
start to see the 'sand' appear on the surface. It's a little thicker than a
standard nail polish but is incredibly easy to apply and dries quickly.
I used two coats to achieve the desired Liquid Sand finish
and I have to say that it's actually pretty nice. But personally, I need glossy
nails. I wasted no time in throwing on a top coat to all but one of
my nails to test out the wear.
Usually I get about 3-4 days of wear before I need to change
my nail polish, as soon as there’s a chip, scratch or dent I will remove it
all. Stay The Night went for 7 solid days before it slightly chipped on a
couple of the corners, I never get that kind of wear from a standard nail
polish. The nails with top coat and the nail without all chipped at around the
same time, the top coat made no difference to the wear time.
I have to say that while I enjoyed this polish without the
top coat, it's such a show off shade when it's glossy. I had countless people
asking what nail polish it was or just generally complimenting the colour and
shimmer in the polish.
The only downfall was that this polish was such a pain to
remove, worse than any of the glitter nail polishes I've tried, it took a good
15 minutes of scrubbing before I had clean nails.
This polish was a pain in the neck to photograph, I tried
indoors and outdoors but I couldn't get a good photo of the dimension of the
polish, so I stole one.
The picture at the top of this post is mine, the picture
below was taken from The Polish-Aholic, with a top coat and without.
This would be an excellent finish for anyone who's
interested in trying matte nail polish but wants something a bit more
interesting.
1 comment:
I have the very same shade! I keep meaning to review it but it's been a bit busy so I haven't had the time.
I think you did a great job with the photo. :)
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