OPI I Lily love you over black

At the end of November I saw a swatch of OPI I Lily Love You over very dark purple on Shatter me Claire's blog.  I hadn't realised until then what an amazing flakie and irridesent glitter polish this was.  I'd seen swatches of it on it's own, but it really grabbed my attention over the dark colour.  So because of her blog post, off I went and grabbed this polish.

The base to I Lily Love You is a really sheer pink jelly.  I don't think you would be able to get it opaque on it's own.  Here is two coats, layers over a black base. 

The particles in this are so varied and complex.  There are irregular shaped pieces in various colours,  smaller square pieces, and even smaller round glitters.  All of the glitters and flakes are iridescent and really pop over a dark base

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Thanks to your blog post Sarah Claire, I now have this beautiful polish.

Do you have I Lily Love You?  And have your tried it over a dark colour?

Homer New Year!!

My buddy Homer wanted to wish you all a happy 2012, so he asked me to paint my nails for the occasion! He donned his best party hat and posed for his nail portrait, and away I went to painting him!

My first new year celebration in India was certainly an exciting one- I'll share that on the 'Just Another Day in India' blog tomorrow, complete with video, so keep an eye out for it! :)

Homer and his nail art likeness. He looks worried or sad. Maybe he doesn't like them. :(

I used Zoya Robyn as a base, with white and black acrylic paint for homer, a mixture of Lotus Herbals Brownie Glaze and American Apparel California Trooper for the ears, and a little American Apparel California Trooper for his cheeks (he's a rat terrier, so he has tan spots on his cheeks). For the milk bones on the other 4 nails spelling out '2012', I used American Apparel Trenchcoat with American Apparel Raccoon to shade. Topped all nails off with a coat of OPI Rainbow Connection, and 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

I wish you all the most amazing 2012, and to quote a friend, 'May your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions!'

Zoya True and Fleck Effects Spring 2012 Collections Preview!

2012 SPRING NAIL COLOR by ZOYA

TRUE
HONESTLY, BEAUTIFUL COLOR

A fresh bloom of dewy color. Inspired by the runway looks of top designers
this collection features slightly muted and unexpected spring shades in six easy to wear,
full-coverage creams and metallics.

· Cho (ZP585): Full coverage, vanilla shimmer metallic
 · Farah (ZP586): Full coverage, latte beige cream
· Bevin (ZP587): Full coverage, pale sage green cream
· Skylar (ZP588): Full coverage, silvered slate blue metallic
· Tru (ZP589): Full coverage, gilded purple orchid metallic
· Lotus (ZP590): Full coverage, light lotus purple metallic

and

FLECK EFFECT
MYLAR FLECK TOPCOATS

Zoya Nail Polish presents - three new mylar fleck glazes that can be worn alone or layered
over the new ZOYA TRUE collection colors for a unique and beautiful nail look!

· Maisie (ZP582): Blue tint with mylar green fleck effect
· Opal (ZP583): Green tint with mylar green fleck effect
· Chloe (ZP584): Pink tint with mylar green and gold fleck effect

Zoya is the new color of fashion...
Ultra long-wearing, glossy nail lacquers by Zoya are free of harmful industrial
chemicals like toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, resin, dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.

Sug. Retail $8.00 per 0.5 fl.oz. bottle (US)
Available January 13, 2012

Find Zoya TRUE & FLECK EFFECT as well as over 300 other ultra high-fashion Zoya shades at www.zoya.com.

As always, each and every Zoya color is made for women so we name them after women.


Looks like lots of flakies this new year!  So what do you think? 

Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)

Fun Sunday: Kreativ Blogger Award

Hello and happy new year! It's the first day of 2012 and it's also a Sunday. So what better way to start the year than a fun post and a tag. I received this award from Marisa over at Polish Obsession. Thank you very much for tagging me, I feel really flattered!

The rules are:

• Link back to the person who gave you this award
• Complete the form below
• Award 10 other blogs and let them know in a comment or email
• Share 7 random thoughts about yourself

The form

1. NAME YOUR FAVORITE SONG:

I have a lot of them. Most people know that my favorite is Eagles' "Hotel California" , so I'm gonna go with that one.

2. NAME YOUR FAVORITE DESSERT:

It's really hard to chose because I love pretty much everything. Chocolate cake is what I chose for my birthday dessert, so it must be my favorite.

3. WHAT TICKS ME OFF:

When people don't listen to what I say or interrupt me. I really try to respect what others are saying and always pay attention, so I hate it when other people don't.

4. WHEN I'M UPSET I:

Don't like to talk to anyone, hate it when people call me and make me be rude to them. 

5. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PET:

I am, hands down, a dog person. I have only had dogs as pets my whole life and I can't imagine not having any. 

6. BLACK OR WHITE:

I prefer black because I think it goes better with my skin tone. But I do like white nail polish. 

7. BIGGEST FEAR:

Being old and not being able to take care of myself.

8. EVERYDAY ATTITUDE:

I always tell myself to take it easy, but I end up caring about all the stupid stuff.

9. WHAT IS PERFECTION:

A day spent with somebody you love, doing whatever. A summer night sky. And neatly manicured nails, of course.

10. GUILTY PLEASURE:

Watching shows like 90210. But I don't really feel guilty about it.

7 random thoughts about myself:

• My biggest pet peeve are chipped nails. I can't stand walking around with chips and I usually either patch them or remove my polish. It makes me wanna scream when I see girls walking around with polish on only half their nail. I would say something, but I don't wanna be rude. 
• I love South-American authors like Garcia-Marquez, Vargas Llosa or Ernesto Sabato. I also love The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. I haven't read any Twilight or such and don't intend to. 
• As some of you might have noticed, I'm left handed. So most of my pictures are of my right hand because it always looks better. 
• I like everything to be planned ahead. That's why I usually have a few posts prepared or at least a few pictures ready for my next post. 
• I love watching American TV shows. My favorites at the moment are Bones, Big Band Theory and Once Upon a Time. 
• I was in a German school and I also speak Italian and a bit of Spanish (besides English of course). Sadly, I didn't manage to learn French although I've tried a few times. 
• I'm kind of a computer geek. But don't tell anyone.

And my award goes to... 

Esther @ Fab Fingertips

Julie @ Turtlechick's Nails N Tales

Rebecca @ Pandora's Nails

Boarbb @ Bottles of Dreams

Shayna @ The Polish Jinx

Tee Dee @ Cute-tickle Nails

Rachel @ Polished Criminails

Alexa @ Addicted to Konad

Katy @ Nailed It

Sheila @ Pointless Cafe

I'll make sure to notify everybody after I return from my trip. Have a happy new year, everybody!