Thrifty Thursday! Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro Lava Red Review and Swatches

Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro Lava Red

Va-Va-Va-VAMP!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my *headsmack* of the week. HOW did I miss this polish? Stupid PoDunk town. I'm guessing Lava Red came out around the same time as Rags to Riches and Wild Orchid but my Walmart never got it. My Walgreens never got it. My CVS never got it. I didn't know it existed! I found it at a run-down crappy K*Mart that I rarely EVER visit. Of course I googled as soon as I got home and found several reviews of it, so I am late to the party as usual. But this color is FANTASTIC! And because it's Rimmel, from the Lasting Finish Pro line, the formula is excellent, as is the brush and bottle design. (Around $5.00 for 0.45 ounces)

This may end up being my go-to vampy polish this winter!

It's a blackened brown (or brownish black?) base and loaded with red/burgundy micro-shimmer. Luminosity GALORE! Thomas Kincade, the Painter of Light himself, couldn't have made it appear to glow from within any better.

My favorite part?  It reads more brown than red in some lighting. And when it does read red? Burgundy. Perfection.

Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro Lava Red

Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro Lava Red

Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro Lava Red

Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro Lava Red

And of course I couldn't leave out the blurred out close-up to show the shimmer!

Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro Lava Red

What do you think? Do you love it? Hate it? Already have it?

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro - Steel Grey and Pink Zinfandel

So we're down to the last couple of Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro colors I have for review right now.  There are several other Rimmel variations, such as Rimmel 60 Seconds, coming up as well.  But for now, the last two in the Lasting Finish Pro line are my latest, Pink Zinfandel, and my favorite go-to polish, Steel Grey. No, you're not crazy, I've reviewed this one before, but it's my favorite, so I'm throwing it in there again.

Steel Grey is one of those mushroom-y, taupy colors I always fall for and because it's in this line, which happens to be one of my favorites, and is applied with one of the best application brushes out there, it qualifies as my "if you could only have ONE" polish.  It reads as a neutral, but has plenty of color saturation to contrast nicely with my pasty white skin.

Rimmel Steel Grey

Rimmel Steel Grey

Steel Grey is actually a fairly close Chanel Particuliere dupe, but, unlike Particuliere, Steel Grey has a slight hint of a purple undertone that makes me favor it slightly.  It wears like iron on my nails and is the polish I wear when traveling.  If I am going to be gone for more than a week, I'll take a clear-based glitter coat to wear over it the second week if/when it starts showing wear.

Lastly, we have Rimmel's Pink Zinfandel.  This is what I would call a "frost." (Remember the 80s?)  It's an easy-to-apply formula, but it does have the tell-tale brush strokes reminiscent of a frost.

Rimmel Pink Zinfandel

Rimmel Pink Zinfandel

It's a nice mauvy-pink frost.  I wasn't thrilled with the brush strokes and pastels aren't really my best colors, so I layered a coat of Wet n Wild Hannah Pinktana over it - a sheer, pink glitter/shimmer coat.  Hides the brush strokes fairly well and gives it a little more depth (and a little more contrast against my skin.)

Rimmel Pink Zinfandel with Wet n Wild Hannah Pinktana on top

This concluded the Rimmel reviews for a few days.  I think I kind of ODd on them for now!  Have a great day!

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro - Posh Pink, Marine Blue, Hot Cocoa and Stiletto Red

Still loving on the Rimmel Londons.  These 4 all had fantastic formulas and went on like a dream, as usual. I may have already mentioned, but I LOVE their wide brush - it's angled perfectly for smooth application.  These photos are all pre-cleanup.  As you can see, I had very little cleaning up to do.  Which is a definite plus for me.  Something else I may have mentioned...I'm LAZY! =)

First up - Posh Pink.  This is a POP of neon pink and I captured it the best I could. My photography skills leave quite a bit to be desired, but I intend to get out the booklet that came with the camera and actually read it.  One of these days.

Rimmel Posh Pink

Rimmel Posh Pink

Marine Blue is a shimmery teal -  more on the blue side than the green.

Rimmel Marine Blue

Stiletto Red is a perfect blue-based red creme. No fancy sparkles or shimmers, just a lovely, perfect red creme with great application.  And as you all know, reds are a pain to clean up.  As you can see here, pre-cleanup, I had very little to do.

Rimmel Stiletto Red

Hot Cocoa is aptly named.  If I had to chose another word to describe it, I'd say it's a toffee color. It's also a great creme with no sparkle or shimmer.

Rimmel Hot Cocoa

I still have a few more colors to review in the Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro line that I'll get to this week, providing Tropical Storm Don doesn't do anything funky in the next day and a half.

OPI Funky Dunky Accent

I was wondering how OPI Funky Dunky would compliment the Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro Wild Orchid I was wearing, so I did an accent nail for comparison.  It is actually the same color - only about 3 shades darker.

Rimmel Wild Orchid with OPI Funky Dunky

Should have polished the edges to reduce tip wear, but I got lazy.  Oh well...live and learn.  As much as I type, I should always do the edges.

Layered with Orchid brand Starry Night glitter.

Rimmel Wild Orchid with OPI Funky Dunky under Orchid Starry Night