Wednesday, April 17, 2013

OPI Bond Girls Liquid Sand Collection for Spring/Summer 2013 Swatches and Review

Are you familiar with OPI's Liquid Sand finish?  If not, here's a super-quick summary of it:  It's textured polish.  Think a glitter polish without topcoat, but chunkier.  It has extra grit, like little grains of sand, and it has a bumpy, gritty, sandpaper-ish look once it dries.  Got a basic understanding of it?  Good, now check out the six new Liquid Sand colors (sent for review):


OPI Liquid Sand polish in Honey Ryder.  Light neutral gold metallic shimmer base with gold, silver and champagne glitter. 



OPI Liquid Sand polish in Jinx.  Bright orange-coral jelly base with gritty, bright gold glitter.  Ice/Psychic type.  This is my favorite of the set.  Not only is the coral/gold color combination absolutely gorgeous, it just looks 'right' with the gritty texture. 


OPI Liquid Sand polish in Pussy Galore.  Light, slightly blue-toned pink pearl base with light fuchsia-pink glitter and grit.  I like the way the pink glitter shows up in this polish.  Little glints of reddish-pink darker than the base color. 


OPI Liquid Sand polish in Solitaire.  Very light white-silver pearl base with silver glitter and grit.



OPI Liquid Sand polish in Tiffany Case.  Medium aqua blue shimmer base with blue and silver microglitter, grit, and a tiny amount of larger (but still small) silver glitter.  This is a different shade, texture and opacity level than Get Your Number from the Mariah Carey collection.


OPI Liquid Sand polish in Vesper.  An eggplant purple jelly base with black glitter and white grit.  This one's really interesting.  It looks like a red/dark burgundy creme in the bottle, but not on the nail.  The sand texture is most obvious and dramatic in this polish and the end result is really weird but cool.  It's one of those ugly/pretty polishes that I'm always intrigued by.  In my opinion, this looks horrific with topcoat unless you do three coats of color and another three of topcoat to make it look like a normal polish.


OPI Vesper, one coat.  Can you see the mixture of white and black particles in here?

OPI says that, "OPI Liquid Sand lacquers should always be worn without top coat.", probably because topcoat defeats the purpose of these polishes, but some of them actually look like pretty glitter polishes if you use enough topcoat to smooth out the grit.  I'm only using one coat of topcoat in the pictures below, but they absorb so much topcoat as they dry that you'll likely want two or more coats if you choose to wear them this way.

OPI Honey Ryder with topcoat.


OPI Jinx with topcoat. (ASJKHSFJKH AMAZING)


OPI Pussy Galore with topcoat.


OPI Solitaire with topcoat.


OPI Tiffany Case with topcoat.


OPI Vesper with topcoat.


The formula on these was very good.  They apply evenly with zero effort and they dry very quickly.  I have no complaints about the formula.  All are opaque in two coats and that's what I'm wearing here.  Removal is the same as any glitter polish, but the grit can be rough and scratchy on the nails if you don't let your remover soak on the nail long enough. 

I'm still not in love with the liquid sand texture, but it's growing on me.  I like these colors better than the previous ones.  I'd choose Jinx and Vesper as my picks from the collection just for their beauty and uniqueness. 

These six new shades will be available beginning May 2013 at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Chatters, JCP Salons, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and ULTA, for $9.00 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each nail lacquer.

(This was sent for review.)

39 comments:

  1. If they could bring out a proper, normal shade like Jinx (instead of it being a liquid sand and requiring a bottle full of top coat), I would be very happy indeed! Otherwise I am wholly disinterested, I really can't get on board with this textured trend :/

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    1. If you are still looking, I saw one from the design line that looked very similar!!

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  2. Thanks for the review! I've missed your posts. :)

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  3. I am so not a fan of the liquid sand (or any textured polishes, for that matter), yet Solitaire looks so pretty to me. I think that's the only one I'll be picking up from this collection.

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  4. Just ordered these, I love wearing glitter polish without topcoat, so I feel like this trend may empty my pockets, lol

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  5. I want all of them!=) Jinx and Vesper looks really great.

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  6. I want all of them!=) Jinx and Vespar look really great.

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  7. Honey Ryder and Jinx are my favorites! I definitely want those two.

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  8. Damn it, Scrangie (may I call you Scrangie?)! I can always convince myself that I don't need any polishes in any new collections...then you post swatches and I can actually hear my wallet weep. I actually really want to try the textured trend. I wouldn't do a full mani, though. Just accent nails :)

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    1. Hahah, I'm so with you! I just passed all of these up in Ulta yesterday, now I see Scrangie's swatches and I find myself reconsidering! :P

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  9. Vesper is very interesting looking. I'd have to see it in person to decide if I like it. Jinx is gorgeous with or without top coat.

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  10. Did anyone else laugh at the name 'Pussy Galore'? Maybe I'm just dirty minded but naming a light pink textured polish that can not be a coincidence! LOL.

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    1. exactly, i'm actually surprised scrangie herself didnt make a joke about that

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    2. I have to say, I am still trying to figure out how I feel about that lol....I get that its Bond girls, but I feel like that is a little too much for me lol

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    3. Im still trying to figure out how I feel about the name...I get it, but I just really think it is one of the dumbest words lol

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  11. Tiffany Case is my favourite one! Love bright blue.

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  12. I see your Pokemon reference! Hehe. Jinx (the polish) is goooorgeous.

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  13. Hi Scrangie, I love your blog and have been a longtime lurker. I usually love OPI polishes but cant seem to get my head round not having smooth nails.

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    1. Yeah, this is my problem also. Texture on my nails drives me NUTS, I'd just end up picking at it. So I always look at what they look like with topcoat.

      Unfortunately, Jinx looks amazing with topcoat and so now I'm left reminding myself that I can't usually wear orange. Like, at all. Ever. (SO PRETTY.)

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    2. Yeah, same here. Texture on my nails drives me nuts, I'd just end up picking at them. So I always look at what they look like with top coat. Usually, I end up passing, but now I'm stuck reminding myself that I can't wear orange at all, ever.

      (Jinx looks SO AWESOME though. How unreasonable is it to buy a polish just to look at the pretty?)

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  14. Right now I am wearing the OPI liquid sand 'What Wizardry is This?' and I absolutely hate it. It's been chipping like crazy and I loathe the feel of it on my nails. At first my nails were actually painful to the touch but after a few days they're more like an avocado rind. I do like the matte finish and the color has been getting some comments. I will probably get 'Jinx' but just sayin...I'm really not liking the liquid sand.

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  15. Right now I am wearing the OPI liquid sand 'What Wizardry is This?' and I absolutely hate it. It's been chipping like crazy and I loathe the feel of it on my nails. At first my nails were actually painful to the touch but after a few days they're more like an avocado rind. I do like the matte finish and the color has been getting some comments. I will probably get 'Jinx' but just sayin...I'm really not liking the liquid sand.

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  16. I really like the blue, I'm scared to purchase another OPI liquid sand though because I really didn't like the color of what wizardry is this.

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  17. Ok. I thought I would only want Solitaire,what a lovely white glitter. But what you did with Vesper,OMFG! I absolutely love it at just one coat but I don't like it at normal coverage.

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  18. Not really a big fan of textured polishes, but these look great after topcoat! :D

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  19. I absolutely love these! I really like the liquid sand texture. For some reason it seems to last forever on my nails. Jinx and Vesper are the highlights for me and Pussy Galore is a must simply for the name!

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  20. Thanks for the swatches - there are some pretty ones!

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  21. Haha, I love the Pokemon reference, Scrangie.

    It's perfect, because it looks like Jinx in the exact color of Jynx's 'dress'.

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  22. Oh man, I was going to pass on Honey Ryder, but seeing it with topcoat completely changed my mind! I'm really loving the liquid sand/pixie dust craze. Much better than crackle!

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  23. OMG these are so freaking GORGEOUS! i was waiting for them for a long time... just ordered pussy galore and solitaire. the next time i will pick tiffany case too :)

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  24. Love the white, gold, and red-orange ones!! And thanks sooo much for the glossy pictures, I've been dying to see those!

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  25. I was at ulta yesturday and these searches are beautiful in person. jinx is the best!

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  26. Love these posts. Definitely want Solitaire and Vesper.

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  27. I was not intrigued with Jinx in the bottle, but I bought the mini four pack. I was in LOVE with "Pussy Galore" because it's pink and they named it that. The 12 year old boy inside me rejoiced. Then, I tried Jinx. OMG!!! I love it! I mean, have to go back and get a full sized bottle, LOVE IT!! I am not the red/coral color person, but holy crap! And in person it's 10 times better!

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    1. I just got Pussy Galore because I am also a 12-year-old boy (in fact that is the exact expression I use almost on the daily!). It's pretty but the texture is so different that I have to get used to it... kinda hard to do seeing how GLORIOUS they look with topcoat! Drool.

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  28. I tried the pussy galore color today when i went to get my nails done i absolutely love it and the guy put a coat of the hot gel on top to seal it its nice without the grity feel.

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