Sometime last week I bought two of the Rimmel London Fruities nail polishes but the shop I went to didn't have all of them in stock so I picked up the two that they had and I thought that I would do a review on them for you. They are called Cranberry Zest (066) and Lemon Drop (058).
Above is a swatch of Lemon Drop, I thought this was a cool colour because it was the only yellow I had like it. It is a pastel yellow and is very pretty. Really the colour is the only thing good about it. It is very sheer, which I expected, so it took four coats to get it to look decent and even then I didn't like it very much. It takes for ever to dry and stays tacky for ages so you can't do much while it's drying so I would recommend painting your nails while watching a movie or something. It also is very patchy even on the fourth coat which I didn't like. It smells nice, fresh and lemony, but it is very faint even on the fourth coat and only stays like that for an hour or so until you wouldn't know it was a fruit smelling polish. Also when applying it is smells stronger than all of the nail polishes I have so I would recommend having the window open so you don't get a headache. Also it chips a lot and with these polishes you arn't supposed to put a top coat on because it masks the smell so I thought it was really bad because they are supposed to be chip resistant. A plus is that it comes off really easily.
Above is a swatch of Cranberry Zest, The colour isn't very unique which I was disapointed at. It is a redish pink colour. It is very opaque, which I wasnt expecting as I had tried Lemon Drop firsy, I did two coats because I have long nails but people with short nails could get away with one. It drys quickly, which I was happily suprised at and doesn't smudge whilst drying so you could paint your nails and then go and do things. It wasn't patchy at all which was good because the other one was very patchy. I really like how it smells but it is very strong which I liked but other people, such as my friend, didn't like but to dull down the smell a bit you can apply a thin layer of top coat and can still smell it. It stays smelling until around 3 or 4 days later but if you did put a top coat on it will only stay for 1 or 2. This nail polish does not chip so it doesn't need a top coat but you can add one if you want to subdue the smell. The only major bad thing about this polish is that it takes forever to take it off and it stains all the skin around the nail and the nail while taking it off. It looks like you have put a pink nail polish on your nail even when you do use a base coat.
Overall I would recommend that you get Cranberry Zest as it is very good and only has one flaw. I would not recommend buying Lemon Drop as its flaws out weight the good things about it. Thanks for reading.
KraziGirli :)