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Hello Lovely Ladies,

As we welcome the year 2013 I hope that you welcomed the new year with friends and loved ones.  I wish you nothing but good health and happiness in this upcoming year.

As I was queuing up today’s post, I thought to myself: “Self, what polish/manicure should get the honorary spot of ‘First Post of 2013′”!?!?

I decided to dedicate today’s post to OPI’s Liquid Sand Stay the Night:

I know that I have shown you this shade in my Christmas Party manicure already, but I wasn’t all too happy about how those photos came out (this lacquer is really tricky to photograph), and I wanted to shine the spotlight on it one more time.

I did not do a best/favorite of 2012 post, but had I done one Stay the Night would have been at the top of that list for sure!  This polish was the icing on the cake for shades that I tried in 2012 AND I can see it being a fan favorite for 2013 as well.

If, a few months back, someone asked me if I would be interested in a matte-finish polish that was gritty to the touch I would have laughed at them and ran to my shiny-cream finished lacquers.  And yet, the OPI Liquid Sand shades are not only innovative in texture, but deserve to be tried first-hand and adored from first brushstroke.

This is two coats of Stay The Night, which applies like a black jelly polish with glitter.  Once it dries however the real magic happens.  I don’t quite know how to describe the final look… except “WOW”.  I know it is an oxymoron to say smooth-sandpaper… but that kind of sums up the texture.  It is ‘gritty’ but in a sexey/ good way.  And texture asside, this glitter GLISTENS against the matte finish- an absolute amazing combo in real life!

(posed with a Christmas ornament)

This polish is designed to be worn on its own, without a topcoat.  I would recommend being patient with it during the drying period (I would give it a good 10-15 minutes to fully settle).

I was asked by a few of you Lovely Ladies if I could show Stay the Night with a topcoat… Honestly, I just couldn’t get myself to layer a topcoat over this polish- I think it would lose its charm… I just couldn’t do it.  I hope you will accept my nail-wheel swatch of Stay the Night with Seche Vite instead

As for durability: I have worn this shade at least twice since I got it for review and both times I got to day four without seeing any wear marks (just tip wear on day four); for a matte polish without topcoat this is an incredible feat… AND you will want to wear it for as long as possible- it is sooo pretty (end of run on sentence ).

Removal of this polish is like that of any glitter.

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So there you have it, my first post of 2013!!!!

I hope you are having a good start to this year!

Will you be seeking out these Liquid Sand shades by OPI?

Do you have a favorite shade of 2012?

THANK YOU FOR READING!

Tags: Black, Glitter, Matte, Red