The OPI Alice in Wonderland Collection is small, and I bought the mini set.
OPI Thanks so Muchness! is red. It's a nice blue red shade. It's no world shaker
OPI Absolutely Alice is a neat dark blue that seems somehow to have black in it. It has gold micro glitter mixed in with the blue, for interest and dazzle.
OPI Off With Her Red! is oranger in person than the picture. It reminds me of burnt carrot casserole or something.
OPI Mad As a Hatter is a mainly dark purple microglitter with opalescent/pastel rainbow microglitter. If it had better coverage I'd probably be in love. This is four coats.
I love this collection, great swatches!
ReplyDeleteNot really a great collection, but ok
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pictures Polish Mayhem. I agree with your assessment. I just wasn't jumping for joy over this collection - although the names are fun!!
ReplyDeleteI had excellent coverage in two coats w/ aa and maah - but I did a third just in case. Kelly at Vampy Varnish suggested swirling the brush rather than just dipping it, and the technique worked like a charm. I suspect that the reason you did not have full coverage w/ the two glitters was b/c you didn't swirl. :) Trust me - they're spectacular!
ReplyDeleteI could do without the reds - It amazes me how OPI always releases the same reds over and over, just with different names. I don't hate reds, but if it's something I've seen a million times before, it gets old fast.
ReplyDeleteLoving the glitters, though!
I love MAAH but used it over Essie Over the Top so I didn't have to do so many layers.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I had really good coverage from Hatter in 3, but I did thick coats. It is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteGreat swatches! I like the two glitters but the reds are just boring.
ReplyDeleteThanks Teresa, believe me I know all the applications tricks :D I do not think these will ever give 100% coverage for me, but they are nice.
ReplyDeleteI am very happy people like the glitters more than I do. I think I will probably warm up more to them, because they ARE pretty.
Silly me! I should have known you'd already know the tricks! :) Perhaps I did really thick coats? I had complete, armor like coverage. :) But hey, I'm happy if I don't flood my cuticles, so... ;)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree about the reds not being half as Wow! as the winter ones. When I first saw this collection I wanted to love it, but with the exception of Absolutely Alice I wasn't super inspired.
ReplyDeleteHow many coats did you have to use for Absolutely Alice?
Teresa, maybe I have become jaded! :D
ReplyDeleteOrigami, this is four coats.
I love Absolutely Alice. The blue for the dress and the yellow for her hair was a good idea on Suzi's part.
ReplyDeleteBut those reds? BLEH! Why not a holo or duochrome grey for the caterpillar's hookah? Some kind of white-pink thing for the white rabbit? Some kind of shimmery purple-pinkish thing for the chesire cat?
Come on Suzi. This is Alice in effing Wonderland. Let your imagination out to play a little.
As for MaaH, have you tried layering it over a vampy blue or black? And kind of..dabbing it instead of swiping?
Monstah: Those colors would have been fun, and they could have made them exceptionally different and risky since, come on, this is Alice in Wonderland!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info, Polish Mayhem!