Bee Polished: mariah carey

OPI Can't Let Go

This is the final polish in the Mariah Carey for OPI collection which is a liquid sand. I think this one was my favorite, or maybe a close tie with Get Your Number. This one is less complex than the others. It's just a purple jelly base with purple glitter, but I think the lack of complexity actually works with this because of the texture. This one is also sort of the 'safest' of the bunch if you want to try out the textures but not draw a ton of attention to your nails! It's a bit more subtle than it's cousins! I used two coats again, it's a little sheer still in the picture but in person it was very opaque. Here's a close up of Can't Let Go:

Pretty, no? Did you get any of the liquid sand polishes? Which is your favorite?

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OPI Stay The Night

Glitter

It's time for another OPI Mariah Carey swatch! This one is called Stay The Night. It's another liquid sand polish. This one sort of reminds me of lava. It has a black jelly base and then red glitter throughout. This is two coats and no top coat or base coat. I know they suggest using a base but I didn't use one for any of the liquid sands and had no issues with them. Here's a close up shot of Stay The Night:

I could have probably used one more coat on this one, you can see it's still a little transparent on this close shot. In reality though, it wasn't noticeable at all.

Did you pick up Stay The Night?

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OPI Get Your Number

blue polish

I have another of the Mariah Carey for OPI shades for you today. This is another of the liquid sand colors and it's called Get Your Number. This one actually reminds me a lot of the Justin Beiber collection that was released by Nicole by OPI some years ago. This color is quite similar to Me+Blue except that it's a bit lighter and of course, it's textured. This is two coats and again it dried quite quickly to this gritty finish. What I like about these is that even though they have a slight rough feel to them, they really don't LOOK super rough. They just have an interesting sort of quality about them that makes you look twice! Here's a close up of this one:

It's really difficult to capture, but this one was super sparkly and had holographic glitter particles throughout it as well. You can see them glinting in the background on the bottles.

Did you purchase Get Your Number?

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OPI The Impossible

Glitter

Today I have one of the new OPI Mariah Carey polishes for you. This is one of the liquid sand polishes, which is a new textured polish. I know I'm a little late on swatching these, you can find them all over the internet. I had promised myself I'd get these OR the Zoya Pixies and since the Pixie's were a little cheaper for me I went with those. Then my husband found these for a steal and since I've always loved Mariah....well...here they are anyway! This one is a red jelly with larger glitter pieces and then some stars. A word of advice, the stars sink to the bottom of the bottle so if you want them on your nails, you'll want to sit the bottle upside down for a few minutes before polishing. Shaking seemed to be less effective for me but I went ahead and swatched without the stars. These actually go on very easily and dry pretty quickly. They say to use base coat but no top coat but I skipped both. You can tell when it's dry because it has a really matte textured appearance, even though it's still sparkly. I waited a little longer between coats than I'd normally do with polish because I wanted to make sure it would dry all the way fairly quickly but it still dried much faster than I expected. It wasn't difficult to remove either, like some glitters can be. I had no staining with these, no damage to my nail from removal, and they're not exceptionally rough. It's sort of the same way a fine grit file feels. Here's a close-up of this one for you: