Rimmel Lava Red

This polish comes to me via the always amazing Rie of Nails and Noms. (Seriously, if you aren't following her, WHY?) Apparently Rimmel has decided to discontinue several polishes from their newest line of polishes, the Lasting Finish Pro line - for instance, I think Marine Blue was one that got the ax? Anyway, I nabbed a bunch of the ones I saw on clearance, but I'd never had Lava Red, and I couldn't find it in my area, so Rie picked up a bottle for me. We share a love of blackened, glowy reds.
Seriously, I'm not overly fond of red. I like it better than pink, but I have never been able to resist a good glowy vampy red. Lava Red certainly fits that bill, have a look at the photos. I'm swooning over it! SO sexy.
I wish they hadn't switched brushes when they made the new line, they remind me a bit of the SH Insta-Dri ones I despise, but they're a little easier to use. They are stumpy and oddly shaped, but I find them a bit easier to control. The pigmentation on this was great though - only two coats here.
I took this out in sunlight so you could see it in all its glory. However, please note the last shot, which is a bottle shot - you can see the blackened edges, and the glowy middle. It looks like this most of the time. In very low light it can look pretty darned dark.

Thank you Rie, for sharing the love! I do adore this, it's so perfect.
Edited to add: Thanks to reader Kim, she has said that Confetti Masquerade Ball is a dead on dupe! So if you can't find this, look for the Confetti.

Layering: Rimmel Purple Rain and NYC Love Letters

I'm sure by now, everyone knows the magic that NYC Love Letters is. I knew I wanted to put it over Purple Rain, because I was positive it would look fantastic - and it did. Love Letters is a sheer pink with a purple/blue flash. It's absolutely yummy layered over darker colors. Of course, I had to slap a matte top coat on it. I'm not convinced I captured how awesome it looked matte, but I did get a couple good angles of it shiny!

That first shot shows more of the purple/blue flash, and the second (blurry a bit, sorry!) shows more of the pink. LOVE this.

Rimmel Purple Rain

I am doing some revisiting to colors I'd swatched before. Well, not here, so that's okay right?
I had a bunch of Rimmels previously, and have been picking some up again. This was a favorite of mine, not just because of the name - it's a wine jelly! This is AWESOME. It's vampy, but you can see the lightening at the tips. This is three coats. Cleanup of my line is not there, because I planned to layer this - you'll see that tomorrow night though. I just didn't bother with it. Oh well *shrugs* It's not a huge mess, right? Anyway. If you like vampies, jellies, and wine shades - this is a must have. I have a hard time with the brush on these new Rimmels, because they're like the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polishes, which I've never been able to quite master. I'm not a fan of that, but the formula and colours on the Rimmels I quite like.

Naturally, this does look darker in low lighting. SUPER SHINY, oh haiiii.