Sandy Beach - OPI This Color's Making Waves

It's been a really hot summer so far, argh~ So I might as well have a cool beachy manicure to take my mind off it!

[Bottle to nail: OPI This Color's Making Waves (3 coats)]

This is OPI This Color's Making Waves from the Hawaii collection. It's a slightly frosty blue shimmer which almost looks duochrome at the edges (but isn't!) with lots of tiny golden glitter flecks in it.

[3 coats: OPI This Color's Making Waves]

Formula-wise, this required three coats to be fully opaque. It has a thin texture so is slightly prone to flooding during application. However, it dries in decent time with minimal streakiness.

[3 coats: OPI This Color's Making Waves]

The gold flecks are really quite interesting - they are quite scattered but sparkle randomly. Really gives that sand and sea look to this manicure!

However, from afar, it's not super obvious so it ends up just looking like a foil-like blue shimmer. An interesting one to try, but I'm not sure I'll be revisiting this beach!