Lasting finish - chip resistant? Not on your nelly! (Rimmel Lasting Finish Nail Varnish)

Member Name: clara29

Product:	Rimmel Lasting Finish Nail Varnish
Date:	21/05/09 (11 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Black Cherries is a stunning colour

Disadvantages: It chips. Big surprise!

Rimmel London's I love lasting finish nail varnish comes in 13 shades and is touted as a long lasting hard wearing chip resistant varnish.
Wellll not quite....!
The colour range is decent enough, not spectactular but there are a few cool colours in there - I bought Black Cherries which is a cross between a burgundy and purple colour. The actual shade itself is awesome and although I usually wear two coats, one is actually enough for a rich colour.
The finish is really glossy and the drying time is superquick even though it not spefically sold as a quick drying polish.
Its cheap enough to buy, under £3 and seeing as I base my choices on price and colour it fits both criteria.

My issue is that they say its chip resistant. What a crock!
Ladies, we all know that nail polish chips - fact of life. The person that invents a true chip free polish is going to be a very rich person indeed!
I apply it all correctly, use a base and a top coat etc but still manages to chip within a day. I dont know why its not as if I do any manual work day to day but there you go.
I dont want to specifically point the finger at this particular nailvarnish - I tried a Chanel one a few years back thinking that at £13 it would last a bit longer - in fact its one of the quickest to chip ever.
Its just that if a polish is billed as chip resistant when its so blatently not, I dont think thats fair.
Still it wont stop me buying it cause the colour is gorgeous :)

Summary: Cool shades, good price, dont buy it thinking it doesn't chip though