OPI Absolutely Alice vs BYS Through the Looking Glass

One of the nail polishes I was able to pick up in my little haul the other day was OPI Absolutely Alice.

This polish was released in 2010 to coincide with the Alice in Wonderland movie, and included some amazing glitter polishes that were completely different from the usual OPI reds and pinks. Unfortunately, as all good collections are, it was discontinued, and now Absolutely Alice and Mad as a Hatter remain elusive lemmings for many.

So when I came across this polish by BYS, a cheap Australian brand, I did a double take:

"What is this?? Absolutely Alice in a BYS bottle??!" I thought to myself. Almost. It's called Through the Looking Glass, and is also (obviously) Alice in Wonderland themed, and contains predominantly blue glitters with a sprinkling of gold. I immediately sent one of my friends out to her local Gloss store (unfortunately there were no BYS stockists near me) to grab it for me, as well as one of the others in the collection. I didn't have Absolutely Alice at the time, and it was beautiful and close enough to cure my lemming.

But then of course I ended up finding AA and of course now I have to do a comparison, so here goes:

Both AA and TtLG are bright blue glitter polishes in a clear base, with some gold glitter. They are insanely, eye-blindingly sparkly in sunlight. The main difference is that the glitters in AA are much finer and denser. It is completely opaque in 3 coats, whereas TtLG is not. (Please excuse my wonky right hand finger. This is why I do all my swatches on my left hand.)

As you can see, TtLG is still quite see through. Here is 3 coats of Absolutely Alice:

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