Lime Crime Teddy Bear Velvetine - review and swatches

I purchased the Lime Crime Velvetine in Teddy Bear when it was first released on Makeupnet a couple of months ago. This product retails for $29AUD on Makeupnet and can be purchased here.

Lime Crime describes this shade as a "lilac brown". When this shade first started popping up on social media, I was instantly drawn to it. I have really been loving brown lips lately, and this shade is no exception. 

Lime Crime Velvetines were the first liquid lipstick I tried, and they do have a special place in my heart. The formulation of these liquid lipsticks is one of my favourite. In saying that, I do find the formulation of Teddy Bear to be a little different to others that I own. While other Velvetines will stay in place, even when I have something to eat or drink, this one definitely does move and fade away, especially in the centre. This formula does not layer as well as the others I own. While this is somewhat displeasing as I own quite a few Lime Crime Velvetines and this has not happened with any of the others, I am just conscious when I wear this product that I will have to take reapply if I am eating or drinking. The shade is beautiful, so this is a little sacrifice I am willing to make. If this shade is interesting to you, I would definitely recommend picking it up! I do not find the formula of Lime Crime Velvetines drying at all.

Thanks for reading,

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Lime Crime Velvetine Trio - Buffy, Beet it and Peacock - review and swatches

I purchased this trio from Lipstick Republic a couple of months ago. The trio retailed for $66 AUD. The set isn't available anymore, but you can still purchase two of the shades - Buffy and Beet It - on the Lime Crime website, so I thought this post would still be worthwhile. 

There has been a lot of controversy with Lime Crime in the past, but the Velvetines were the first liquid matte lipsticks I tried, and I do love the formula. 

The set comes with three shades - Buffy, Beet It and Peacock

Buffy is described as a buff nude, and I think it is a lovely every day, work appropriate shade. Beet It is a deep berry pink. Peacock is a teal blue, and quite a unique colour in my collection.

(L to R: Buffy, Beet It, Peacock)

The product goes on liquid, and dries matte. The product can last for ages, and if you need to reapply, I find it doesn't clump up - like the ColourPop ones can. 

Thanks for reading,

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Lime Crime Velvetines (Pink Velvet and Wicked) - review and swatches

Matte lips are my absolute favourite kind of lip. I picked these two up at IMATS in September (see haul post here), and it has been absolute love since (and now I'm wishing I picked up every shade available). 

Wicked is a deep burgundy-red, and Pink Velvet is a hot pink. These liquid lipsticks are the most pigmented, matte, long wearing products I've ever used on my lips. I will apply it in the morning, on my way to work, and won't need to touch it up until after lunch. Once the Velvetines set, they really aren't going anywhere.

(L to R: Pink Velvet, Wicked)

If you love matte lips, I'd recommend picking up a shade that appeals to you and try it out. The colours in the Velvetine collection can be daring shades, but if there is a shade you're interested in, pick it up and try it out.

Thanks for reading x 

Current Favourites

Favourite posts are my absolute favourite (haha) posts to write, but I haven't posted one since July! I thought I would combine a favourites post for the last couple of months.

Ben Nye Neutral Set Colourless Powder
I picked this powder up from IMATS in September. I love to use this powder under my eyes to set concealer. It is a colourless powder, light-weight, and great for setting! Absolutely recommend this powder and it's not too expensive as well! The only issue is that it is loose powder, but I've been okay working around that!

Lime Crime Velvetine in Wicked
Oh my god. Where has this thing been in my life?!?!?! Although it's going into Summer, I will be rocking this lip shade in Winter next year. It's an absolutely gorgeous shade, lasts for hours without touching up. I want to buy every single Velvetine now! I wish every lip colour could come in a Velvetine option. Definitely recommend checking these out for anyone who finds a shade that they like!

Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation in Peach Ivory
I picked up this foundation about a month ago, and I absolutely adore it! It has been on my wish list for quite a while, and I'm super glad that I bit the bullet and bought it. Just a side note - I actually wore this foundation to my graduation last month. I find this foundation is great for dry skin and recommend it for anyone with dry skin!

muk spa Argon Oil Treatment 
I've had this oil for about two months, and my hair routine feels incomplete without it. I feel it adds moisture back to my very bleached hair, and keeps it very conditioned.

Make Up For Ever Aqua Brow in 30
I absolutely adore this brow product! I will have a review up of this once I have thoroughly tested it, but so far, it is absolutely love!

Marc Jacobs Dot EDP
This perfume is such a summery scent, but I've been breaking out early. It smells just like watermelon and is such a pleasing scent.

And those are the products I've been loving the last few months! I apologise for my absence the last couple of months, but hopefully things will be back up and running soon!

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IMATS 2014 Haul

Last Saturday, myself and two friends went to IMATS Sydney (a little too early in the morning, if you ask me). With the thought of not spending too much money, I purchased items I can't necessarily find on the shelves in Australia. In this post, I wish to show you the items I purchased and received. In the coming weeks, I will have reviews of individual products as well. On to the haul!

(I absolutely adore the Lime Crime bag, fyi)

I was really excited to take a look at the Ben Nye products. I ended up picking up the Neutral Set Colorless Powder, which I believe worked out to be $15.

I also had a look at the Lipstick Republic booth and the SauceBox Creme de la Creme Palette that I have been eyeing out for a while was available so I decided to pick it up - this one was $35. 

An item I have been dying to try out for a while is the Make Up For Ever Aqua Brow, which I got in the shade 30. I have used it a few times and so far I love it - but I will have a review up of it shortly. From Make Up Store, I picked up two Eyedusts (for only $13.50 each!) - in Umber and Extravagance. They are pigments from what I have gathered, and the shades are gorgeous. A review of these two will also be coming up!

The Lime Crime booth was very exciting! I picked up two Velvetines - Pink Velvet and Wicked.

I've tried out both colours the past week and absolutely love them - I'll probably end up buying all the Velvetines. 

I also picked up a few tools - a Precision Duo Foundation brush, a spatula, and a metal pan. I also picked up empty stackable containers, which I thought would be good to put some pigments in and include in my kit. 

I also picked up a Royal and Langnickel Black Patent 26-Compartment Brush Belt - and it was only $10! This will definitely make doing makeup on other people easier with the brushes all in one place around my waste with this brush belt. Super excited to use this!

And lastly, Karissa Pukas crashed IMATS and was handing out $3000 worth of lashes from her brand, Socialeyes Lashes! I got the Alluring and Minx lashes - and am super excited to try them out! 

Now that I know what to expect, I think next year I will seriously be stocking up on brushes for my kit! IMATS was such a fun experience, and there were so many great brands available that aren't readily available in Australia. Were you at IMATS Sydney or attended any IMATS over the world this year? What did you pick up?

Thanks for reading, 

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June Favourites

June to me means university exams, so I didn't really venture out and try new things, nor experiment with makeup. But I do have some favourites for this month (and some re-occuring favourites), so onto my June favourites!

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser in 10 Fair Clair
I love this undereye concealer. It's amazing. I removed the applicator though, because I found it unhygenic, but I'm slowly learning to apply less and less concealer because a lot comes out.

Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Barely Branded 
When I have done eye looks this month, this has been my go to base. I find this colour tattoo in Priceline this month, and I'm assuming it's new (to Australia at least). It's a nice nude base, although it is
"metallic" so it does have some shimmer. I look past that though because it works wonderfully.

MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC15 
I've mentioned this foundation in a previous favourites, but I've really been loving this foundation this month (and Revlon Colorstay, which I mentioned last month). It's winter in Australia, so my skin has become really dry so I do need to moisturise before I use this.

Rimmel Gentle Eye Make Up Remover 
I picked this up when I was in David Jones a few weeks ago, and I love it. I've bought it a few times before, but it is truly great at remover eye makeup without stinging my eyes, which some makeup wipes do.

Lime Crime Eye Primer 
I got this as a sample when I ordered from Lipstick Republic last year, and I really like this. It doesn't crease on me as much as the Urban Decay Primer Potion does (for some reason I have oily eyelids, but dry skin) so I may have to purchase this as a full size when I run out of this little tub.

And those were my June favourites! Hopefully with my travel this month I will have a few more favourites at the end of July :)

Lime Crime Cosmopop lipstick - review and swatches

Firstly, let me apologise for being so MIA the last couple of weeks. I've had exams, and in a week and a half I'll be going to England for two weeks. After that, I will be much more regular with blog posts. 

Lime Crime Cosmopop is a lipstick I've seen pop up (hehe) in the beauty community over the last few months, and it looked beautiful so I had to buy it. The Lime Crime website describes this lipstick as a "soft orange". 

In the above photo, the lipstick looks quite orange in the tube. I promise, it's not that orange. 

And above is a swatch

And on my lips

This colour is fairly opaque. I only have one more orange lipstick (which is more of a red orange) in my collection, so this is a welcome addition. 

I think on more tanned people, this lipstick would be really beautiful. It's definitely a summer colour. In a week and a half I'm going to England, where it is (somewhat) summer, so I'm going to bring this lipstick along. I might try pair it with a nude lip liner. 

This is the third Lime Crime lipstick I have in my collection. What others do you recommend?

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How to wear Lime Crime Serpentina lipstick

The Lime Crime website describes Serpentina as a "seductive deep emerald-green with a snake-like sheen. Think Poison Ivy!". Yes, think Poison Ivy! 

I decided if I was going to put on green lipstick, I was going to go all out, and chucked on some long falsies from MUA. I actually like how this turned out, but it's definitely not everyday makeup.

At first, I thought the NYX Seafoam Green eyeliner would be good to outline my lips, but the colour was too frosty in my opinion. Then I decided to try the Rimmel Soft Kohl Kajal Eyeliner Pencil in 031 Jungle Green, which worked well.

(L to R: Rimmel Jungle Green, NYX Seafoam Green, Lime Crime Serpentina)

This lipstick is quite bold, so some sort of lip liner needs to be used. I applied the Rimmel pencil on the outline of my lips and blended it in a little. I really like this colour, and I wish I was brave enough to wear it out (maybe someday...). I am very happy to have this in my lipstick collection. Maybe someone will have a dress-up party soon and I'll go as Poison Ivy! (I can hope)

So there you have it! If you own this lipstick, or something similar, I would recommend using a lip liner that somewhat matches the colour to give your lips a bit more definition and to have an outline to apply the colour. This is quite a fun colour! I love Lime Crime lipsticks, and I can't wait to get my hands on some more!

Thanks for reading guys xo

Haul - Essence, MUA, theBalm and Lime Crime

It's been a while since I've updated, and I'm going to blame that on going back to university. Almost two weeks ago, I placed an order on the MUA site - and I wasn't expecting it to come so quickly! My first order from MUA a couple of months ago took almost a month to arrive! So Thursday when I came home from uni, I had two parcels - one from MUA, and the other with my Lime Crime lipstick. I also visited a shopping centre the same day and they had one Mary-Lou Manizer left in stock at David Jones and I had to grab it. I also picked up an Essence highlighter from their new collection. On to the haul!

The MUA purchase totaled $30.97, and in it I bought the Undress Your Skin Highlighting Powder, the Undress Me Too Palette, the cream blush in Bittersweet, an eyebrow pencil in Brunette, the Mosaic Blusher in English Rose, and the lip liner in Softly Lined. For this order, I was most excited about the Undress Me Too Palette - which is supposedly a dupe of the Naked 2 by Urban Decay. My Bootycall in that palette is almost gone, so I'm hoping this palette will have a good dupe as Urban Decay don't do singles of Bootycall :'( I will put up a comparison post sometime this week.

In a wish list post from last month, I posted about Serpentina by Lime Crime - a forest green lipstick! The site I have ordered Lime Crime from previously has been sold out, and from my googling last week I found a site that had one left in stock - I was so excited. The lipstick was $21, which is standard, but the postage was a little expensive at $11.95. I ordered it on Sunday night, and it came the following Thursday. The site I got it from was veganbeauty.com.au. I still don't know how I will wear this lipstick, but I am glad to have it in my collection! The order also came with a lemongrass and bamboo face scrub 5mL sample from Ayana Organics, and I am glad to give this a go.

Two weeks ago when I went into David Jones hoping to buy the Mary-Lou Manizer from theBalm, they were sold out. When I went in the past week, they had one left in stock and I had to get it. It retails for $34.95, but I have a staff discount and it came down to $27.95. I absolutely love this highlighter! So glad with this purchase.

Lastly is an Essence highlighter, which I saw in Priceline a few weeks ago and went back to purchase last week. A girl can never have too many highlighters, right? Excited to give this one a go too! It's from their new Circus Circus trend collection.

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Thanks for reading guys, 
Sarah x