Beauty and Review: OPI's "Alice in Wonderland" nail polish review

And I am post happy! Please forgive the post craziness, but this is what happens when I am waiting for a project to dry before moving onto the next step and I have new things to play with!

If only you could see me now...one hand is painted in "Absolutely Alice" and the other in "Mad as a Hatter". Not going to lie, I'm a little mesmerized by my nails as I am typing this. Simple pleasures.

Seeing as both of the colors I got are glitter with a clear base, I decided to go a little different route with how I show the look. This time I wanted to show coverage based on coats and what they look like over another nail polish.

If you have ever messed with glitter nail polish, then you know how unfriendly applying it can be. I've found that a clear base coat helps with application (if you're doing solid glitter). Of course I did not do that here...because I am a glutton for punishment.

Now for the polishes...

"Absolutely Alice"

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From L-R starting with thumb: Absolutely Alice (one coat) with yellow underneath (two coats), one coat, two coats, three coats and top coat, Absolutely Alice with a turquoise.

The color is a great bright blue (I would almost call it an electric blue) with gold intermixed. Think Alice's dress and hair color mixed into a nail polish.


The colors that were used.

Colors from L-R: OPI's "Absolutely Alice", Sally Hansen's HD "Pixel Pretty", Sally Hansen's HD "Lite".


"Mad as a Hatter"

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From L-R starting with thumb: Mad as a Hatter (one coat) with dark purple (two coats), one coat, two coats, three coats and a top coat, Mad as a Hatter with black.

Really this is the perfect color for the Mad Hatter. It's a mix of rainbow glitter that tends to look gray/black with magenta green and sliver showing through (at least that's what I saw the most). If you use it over a color, the matching glitter seems to show through more.


Colors that were used.

Colors from L-R: OPI's "Mad as a Hatter", OPI's "Lincoln Park After Dark", Zoya's "Raven".


Honestly, I am in love with these colors. There's so many ways to wear them if you layer them over colors. If you're not a glitter lover, then stay away. They apply like a glitter. Your first coat is always awful and you are thinking that it's never going to work, but then coat two goes on and everything starts looking better. Three coats is definitely the optimal amount of coats for perfect coverage, but you could get away with two generous coats. I like to apply a clear coat before glitter, because it seems to smooth the glitter out (to touch it feels smoother than if applied without a clear coat). Both polishes also dried quickly for me, even when placed over another color.

Like I said earlier, if you love these as much as I do then snap them up cause they are going fast. Most places won't get replenished.

What do you think about the two colors? Are you wanting to try them? If so, what color do you have your eye on?