I'm about to do something with sand and i had to test the sand material on something so i end with this. While i was doing it i remembered my times in the beach as a child, I cried and had to dry the tears of my face. I dind'n use any image textures for this, it's 100% procedural. I hope you like it!
Cycles, only 50 samples. Postpro with blender nodes. Nodes FTW.
I overreacted with the glare node....
Juan-