Monday, June 25, 2012

Twinsie Tuesday: OPI I Lily Love You

This week's Twinsie Tuesday was a toughy: a polish from your favorite brand. It's really hard to pick a favorite from all the different brands I've tried, but ultimately I settled on OPI. OPI was my first love and the brand that got me really into polish. I still have a huge soft spot for OPI and I always get excited for new collections from the brand.

As for which polish to show, I went with something a bit rare from OPI: a flakie. I Lily Love You has a pink tinted base with several different colors and sizes of iridescent flakies. There's a nice mix of smaller flakes with larger mylar pieces and the flakies show up as different colors depending on your layering base. For this mani, I used OPI Play The Peonies, a pearly pale pink which, like I Lily Love You, came out in last year's Nice Stems Collection. This is two coats of I Lily Love You over three coats of Play The Peonies.








You could wear I Lily Love You by itself if you don't mind the lack of opacity, but personally I think layering it really makes the flakie colors pop. Over Play The Peonies, I see purple, pink and orange shades in the flakies, but over black, for example, you see more blue. It's interesting to experiment with this polish and see all the different sides it has to it. I probably do this particular combo the most though just because I think it looks so adorable and girly, like candy cupcake sprinkles!


Have you discovered any other fun layering combos with I Lily Love You? Which polish brand is your favorite? I can't wait to see which brands all of the other Twinsies pick as their favorites today!

 

Amanda: http://amandalandish.blogspot.com/
Anna: http://goingtotheshowing.blogspot.com/
Anne: http://grapefizz.blogspot.com/
Ashley: http://artevolve.blogspot.com/
Brandi: http://thecollegiatenail.blogspot.com/
ChiChi: http://beautystarr1009.blogspot.com/
Cordia: http://srslyswatched.blogspot.com
Jenn: http://allthatisgorgeous.blogspot.com/
Jenna: http://www.jennafroggy.com/
Katherine: http://hauloffame.blogspot.com/
Marisa: http://marijonails.blogspot.com/
Meredith: http://polishandcharms.blogspot.com/
Nory: http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com/
Rachel: http://topcoatit.com/
Sarah: http://seesarahswatch.blogspot.com/
Tara: http://polishyoftruth.com/

30 comments:

  1. What a fun mani! I love how subtle and pretty this is!

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  2. Great choice one of my faves from this brand too!!!

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    1. Thanks Nory! I know, I wish OPI made more flakies because this one is so beautiful!

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  3. OPI is such a fabulous polish company! So many awesome polishes. Love this pink glitter/flakie

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    1. Thanks Anne! OPI was totally my gateway drug into polish addiction!

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  4. I never picked this one up. This is gorgeous! And OPI is pretty amazing.

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    1. Thanks Tara! This polish is the one time I ever got lucky dusty hunting. :)

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  5. I gotta agree with you on OPI! This combo is super cute!

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    1. Thanks Brandi! I know, I'm weirdly sentimental about OPI...and I own more of them than any other brand too, of course! :)

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  6. I love this polish! It's one of my favorites by OPI. Your layering combination is really pretty!

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  7. I LOVE this combo! And OPI will always have my heart!

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    1. Thank you! :) I am the same way: OPI will always have a mushy, sentimental spot in my polish-loving heart!

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  8. What a cool OPI polish! :) I must say, I'm with you...OPI has always been my favorite. Another reminder that we have such as similar taste in polish!! Though Zoya and Essie are close seconds for me. I think Zoya's my number 2. Formula is so awesome and long-lasting. Essie has great colors but formula often has issues, haha.

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    1. We really do have similar tastes! :) I totally agree about Zoya formulas. I would own a lot more of their polishes if they were more widely available where I live. Also agree on Essie. I think formula-wise they are more hit or miss for me than any other major brand, but when they get it right, they really get it right!

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  9. great choice on brand:] and a pretty combination too! i kick myself for not getting lily love you, but one day i'll get over it haha

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  10. It's a little pink for me-but it does look good on you!

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  11. ooo! I didn't know OPI had flakies!

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