Mariah Carey Connection

Mariah Carey’s OPI Nail Lacquer range was previewed today to UK’s Beauty industry professionals at Harrod (Knightsbridge, London). Here are some pics from the event taken from Twitter:

The good news for UK fans is that the range will also be released in the UK some time in January, 2013.

Professional Beauty: OPI revealed their latest celebrity collaboration: Mariah Carey by OPI. Within the eight limited edition shades (A Butterfly Moment, Sprung, Anti-Bleak, Pink Yet Lavender, Can’t Let Go, The Impossible, Stay the Night, and Get Your Number) four feature OPI’s brand new Liquid Sand technology. Tapping into the texture trend, the lacquers dry with a 3D, matte finish with added reflective sparkle. With its pebbly effect, nails lightly shimmer with no need for a top coat. We can’t wait to try!

All twelve of the Euro Centrale shades as well as Mariah Carey by OPI are available individually at £11.50, while a mini four-pack retails at £13.95.

Beauty Connexion: It’s as if Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director was privy to the knowledge that both Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj would be judges on American Idol. Hot on the heels of last springs’s Nicki Minaj collection comes the Mariah Carey collection limited edition shades.

With the 8 new colours comes a new technology OPI has called Liquid Sandâ„¢. This textured nail polish provides a matte finish that looks like coloured sand that you can get at a craft supply store but with glitter. The glitter is subtle, which makes the whole nail look what we like to call sophisticated glitter.

OPI Liquid Sand

Left: Anti-Bleak, Pink Yet Lavender, Get Your Number

Left: Spring, Anti-Bleak, A Butterfly Moment

* A Butterfly Moment = frosty tan nude
* Sprung = copper shimmer
* Pink Yet Lavender = pink glitter with lavender shine
* Anti-bleak = deep creamy purple
* Stay the Night = Liquid Sand matte black with red glints
* Get Your Number = Liquid Sand matte purple with sparkle
* The Impossible = matte fucshia with star confetti

Source: Diary Directory | Zara Kenyon | Beauty Junkie London | SugarScape | Glamour Magazine | OPI Nails | Fashionisa Barbie | Shanina McLeod