Now
that is a mouthful of a title. When my mom asked what I was wearing, I think I had to repeat it 2 or 3 times LOL. On it's own,
OPI Be a Dahlia Won't You![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s519NaPXrAr8M0SKeOVyKG_PUZ9sYH-snM06RCz86d9UmZ6fVrZVDoP18DrFjUmGToayeVizyNoLIwo7yH7MQSHvhhECnIT7yQo3u3pUj7BiLbuhEchD8H3XdlXPYEBIkzwNOqamu_DBWConK_sRqSsrlsFs4PnqV-uftJVIwX-tkM=s0-d)
from this summer's
Nice Stems collection![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vVFFIz2O6wkQqiZgsNRwR0zmdVMgFClcthayl_ZfokKa48ydeBgfOS6aEn0_k4eEsoYKUaWDP6n0vE772krjSZ2h9tqeeDJc3xCyhCu8nbtiKf3LatLZMpHY90A9RbYtvwc4vS7HQ3L5VDNqVahttbVbkOVROLOxo=s0-d)
isn't that impressive, although it's a nice enough pink - a little bit of a blue flash & at 2 coats a little bit of VNL, if I were wearing it alone I'd do another coat:
And on it's own,
OPI I Lily Love You![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_toVH4ypmW8Z1xfdypG7pbTJTEUv5ZfnERTWuMivKII4S4jcltQgant-IsmWpBMIxjw9kQ2zSGVgzN7QnaJqPIyn66Sxeu4IGag2a2KdT4JAqjah3gg9LNgXYM__gV-riy_6qH4T9Ti3Ry0C_jXoSR8_H4A2iJ1nfbvlJ2H1YZo2NHxLQ=s0-d)
(from the same collction) is a sheer hot mess (additional swatches in
THIS post). But layer the 2 together, and you get something approaching ILLY's bottle color:
Very nice (imagine a Borat-voice ... even though I've never seen the movie)! The only downside is that ILLY is both multi-colored & -sized glitter, but also flakies, and the flakies are NOT very smooth. I even tried to press them flat before I did a top coat, yet still ended up with some very sharp places when I was done. I ended up using the smoothest side of my buffer to smooth those down after everything was completely dry. It seems to be a common problem with flakies but I don't understand why - Hidden Treasure always applies completely smooth for me, so if Sally Hansen can do it, why can't you OPI?
Have a look at this lovely in motion:
Almost, almost used to the not-really-nubbins =) I'm going to see how I do with maintenance filing, and attempt to stay at around 5mm of free edge until ALL my patches are grown out. I usually suck at maintenance filing, so we'll see how that goes LOL.
Thanks for reading.
~Colette