OPI Mad As A Hatter Wear Test
I’ve been reading your comments about the glitters from the OPI Alice In Wonderland collection and see that quite a few of you have been experiencing major chipping issues. I thought I would share the results of my unintentional wear test with Mad As A Hatter.
You see I wore MAAH for NYE and because I can be extremely lazy AND I hate removing glitters (the soak off process is arduous) I ended up leaving the polish on my right (non-photographed) hand for NINE DAYS. Yes, I walked around for almost a week with a blinged out right hand and random skittles on the left. No, I really don’t care about the stares I undoubtedly received. Don’t judge!
Anywhoodle, when I finally went to remove MAAH, I thought I should document how well it lasted on me. Which is why your comments about chipping are so surprising. I used one coat of Nubar Foundation Base Coat, 3 layers of MAAH and 2 coats of Olan Labs Quick & Slick Top Coat. Now I did get a chip on my left thumb on NYE but that was a Wii related accident. You have to admit, for nine days, the polish looks pretty good.
That makes me curious… those of you that have experienced chipping and poor wear from your Alice in Wonderland glitters, what products are you using and how many layers of each? Remember, the thicker the coats and the more coats you use, the more prone you are to chipping. So my first suggestion, not knowing your technique, is to apply thin coats of everything and see if that helps.
I did nailtek BC 4 coats of MAAH and two coats of poshe and the entire polish came off in one piece the next day as if I were wearing fake nails which was bittersweet because it only lasted a day but I didn’t have to deal with removal altho it did peel some of my nails
Hi Karen, i’m a manicurist and i notice you say that it peeled off in one piece, do you wipe your nails over with nail polish remover before you apply the polish, because in my experience if the nails aren’t wiped over before hand the polish will come off in one piece.
I use Orly bonder as my basecoat, two think coats of MAAH and one to two coats of seche vite. Mine holds up pretty well considering im working with horses nonstop and in a week I had one chip!!!!
as a manacurist who works only with o.p.i i found mad as a hatter extremely durable. o.p.i base coat, 2 coats of colour and top coat and even with all the manicures i did it lasted a week
I am on my 3rd week of wearing MAAH on my toenails and not one single chip and I only wear sandals so I have had several opportunities to chip it. I have one coat OPI clear base, one coat of OPI Funky Dunky and then one coat of MAAH, topped off with clear coat. this is one of the most awesome glitters I have ever used. It is fantastic.
I’m still waiting for my MAAH. I think layering it sounds like a fantastic idea, I’ll try it with a purple OPI i have, that I can’t remember the name of right now…
I love MAAH!!! I bought it as soon as I saw it, and I love to wear it over another color, it looks awesome over OPI Ink and CND Blackjack. I thought it wore well and I am very tough on my nails! I also used it in place of white in a pseudo-french manicure with black as the base coat and received MANY compliments on it.
I was at a salon a couple weeks ago and saw a manicurist putting MAAH over Funkey Dunkey. It looked super cool.
I am a nail tech and i’ve had clients complain about the alice glitters chipping on their hands, but it lasts on their feet. A great way to avoid chipping is to put your normal base coat, a coat of SOLID color polish, then whatever glitter as second coat, and finally the top coat. It works! Its that the glitter is too dry, it dries stiff, so it chips faster. With the solid color under the glitter its still kind of flexible..its weird but true
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i never got a chance to purchase mad about hatter
it was sold out everywhere.. but i was wondering if you knew if opi ever brings back similar colors in the future calling it something else? or maybe somewhere i would be able to find it? i chose it for a pedicure once.. and fell in love, and cant stop thinking about it 
thank you
I just wore Absolutely Alice last week for the second time (of wearing this polish since I got it last year). The first time I wore this it lasted 3 days before chipping off in sheets of polish and I got so disappointed! I dared to try it again last week and I don’t know why, but it lasted 5 days straight with ZERO chipping, plus I wash dishes by hand with no gloves! I’ve been in awe all week!!
How I applied it last week —
3 coats of polish, making sure to cover all bald spots.
1 coat of Revlon’s Quick Dry Top Coat all over the nails, then another top coat layer on the bottom of the nail only (where the VNL would be), then lastly another layer of top coat on just the tips of the nails. I find those areas chip first, which is why I did reinforcements.