Hey everybody! I was getting the mail today, and I got super excited when I found a box sitting inside for me. My Red Velvetine from Lime Crime finally arrived! Yay! First, can I just rave about how cute the little packaging is? The red and white almost gives off a Christmas feel to me. I kind of don't want to throw the box away because it's just so darn adorable. It also came with this cute watermelon button with the words Lime Crime on it.
I absolutely love how the tube is in matte and the packaging itself matches the box. It is so beautiful. I loved how they engraved a unicorn at the top too.
So cool right?
It came in a doe foot applicator which I do love. It helps me make a more precise application that a brush does or those flat wide applicators. It also had a subtle sweet scent, almost as if it was candy. I kept sniffing the product when I first opened it because it just smelled so sweet. There was about 0.11 oz of product inside the tube and it's vegan and cruelty free. I'll be honest, I actually did drop the tube when I first opened it because it rolled off my table when I was getting the lights. I freaked out a bit because I was expecting it to crack since I thought the tube was made of glass. But the package is still intact and is perfectly so yay, happy about that.
So pre-applicaction, I made sure my lips were moisturized. Pleaseeeeeee excuse the peach fuzz and the patchy areas under my nose. I just quickly applied some foundation to remove the redness off my face for the sake of this review. Remember to moisturize your lips daily and at least exfoliate it weekly to have a smooth application. Your lips will thank you :)
Honestly, when I first applied it, it did have a really nice velvet feel but I wasn't sure if it was from the product itself or the applicator tip. This is a gorgeous shade of red, like a rose, which is where they got their inspiration from. It comes in the form of a liquid lipstick and it's supposed to dry matte, which was why I LOVED the idea of the matte packaging itself. I did have to apply two coats for it to become an opaque color. After applying the first coat I noticed there were some areas where my natural lip peaked through and it was slightly uneven so that bothered me. But it wasn't a big deal, just swipe on another layer. I gave it a while to dry while I cleaned up the edges a bit. I didn't use a lip liner for this.
After it dried, it came out as a nice soft matte texture. Some color did come off when I kissed the back of my hand but it wasn't enough to remove the products off my lips. I'm hoping this would be a long lasting thing, a lip color that would last through the day and you wouldn't need to reapply after meals. I do have a bad habit of forgetting to bring the lip color I'm wearing when I go out so I end up having plain dry lips by the end of the day with patchy hues from my previous lipsticks. I think the only thing I don't like about this product though is that when it was dry, it still had a bit of stickiness when I pressed my lips together. Like you can feel the product clinging onto each other as your lips rolled off the other. I do adore the finish though and the color is amazing. It's so pigmented.
Here's a shot without flash. I have a yellowish light bulb so my skin tone looks more yellow. You can definitely see the patchiness from my foundation here. No primer and concealer. But the lip product itself still looks fantastic. I absolutely love matte products rather than gloss. Overall, I would so recommend this to my friends and you! I give it a 8/10. I'm thinking about getting Suede Berry next and hoping that the pink one will come out soon too. Super happy with my purchase.
What are your favorite lip products? Leave a comment below!
Hope you'll all have a great week. Bye! :D
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