Today's Nails: Rimmel Lasting Finish in Black Cherries

Today I'm wearing the Rimmel London Lasting Finish Nail Polish in Black Cherries which I purchased from the many make-up counters in the supermarket earlier this week.

The colour itself is a black with a hint of red and purple depending on what light you look at your nails from. I applied this nail varnish yesterday morning, I haven't done any activity out of the ordinary and 5 nails were chipped by this morning. Two thick coats took it to opaque but I literally painted a third coat onto my nails a few minutes before I took the photos so they wouldn't look so bad. There is a fabulous shine but I found it difficult to apply this colour because it just would not go down evenly no matter how hard I tried. Not impressed at all.

Its a nice colour but I probably wouldn't wear it day to day or buy anymore from the lasting finish collection because of the chipping and overall quality - 3/10.

Today's Nails: Essie 'Bobbing For Baubles'

Today I'm wearing 'Essie's Bobbing for Baubles' nail polish which I got as part of Essie's pack of Winter Collection colours. I was brought to the brand by Ingrid (or MissGlamorazzi) who regularly wears their laquers in her beauty videos and raves about them regularly, so thought it was about time I tried it out myself!

The colour itself is really interesting - in some light it looks like a crisp dark blue whilst in others it is more black Its great to have such a versatile dark colour in your nail polish selection as it works in many different situations. The polish would actually have worked fine with just one coat as it was immediately opaque, shiny and even across all of my fingers. I've been wearing it for five days now and it hasn't chipped once - YAY! The shine is fab too and really draws attention to your nails.

A great dark nail polish that is a real attention-stealer of a colour - 9/10!