Knockout Red by No. 17

I got this nail polish free in a No. 17 offer (buy so much and get some makeup free - I think it was an eyeliner, eyeshadow and nail polish set).  The polish is from their Fast Finish range so is supposed to be dry in 60 seconds.  The colour is a pillar box red which is nice although I think should be worn on shorter nails so as to not look like a 1960's secretary!

Although the colour is nice I had an awful time applying this polish.  Although the polish is not new (probably 18 months old or so) I would not expect it to have degraded that much yet.  However the consistency of this polish was very thick and because it is fast drying, it was actually drying faster than I could apply it to my nails.  This meant that if I did not apply the whole thing in one stroke, the polish would clump and bobble together with the next stroke giving an extremely uneven finish and on some nails, chips and pieces missing.  It was only when I added a topcoat that it smoothed everything out, although some nails are far from perfect.  For this reason I do not rate this polish at all. 

Furthermore it chipped off the end of one of my nails not more than 12 hours after I had applied it.  Not impressed at all.

Well that was the end of the K's (that was fast!) so onto the L's next with Lagoon from Marks and Spencer.
Until then,
Lealea x