Main picture kindly provided by clara ❤ .
Now let’s come to one of my favorite topics in the entire universe. Makeup! I’ve always been kinda interested in makeup and how you can basically go from a 5 to a 10 in a matter of minutes. However, I’ve only become infatuated through my wonderful best friend Clara, who introduced me to numerous makeup techniques and companies! Since then I’ve become obsessed with contouring and looks, invested a good deal of money in quality products and found delight into applying makeup on others!
Let’s cut to the chase:
Limecrime. For many a red flag, considering the scandals etc etc. Even though they handled some situations very poorly, I am a huge huge huge fan of their products. I’ve never come across any troubles with their services or with their shipping. All of their products are vegan and cruelty free! A big plus too!
Limecrime has been my holy grail when it comes to velvet matt lipstick since forever. Since I enjoy food and drinks a lot, especially when I go out, a long lasting lipstick has always been THE option for me. Limecrime velvetines have satisfied my need for a lipstick that basically stays on forever! They’ve been releasing numerous new incredible shades the couple of months now and ruining my life. The valentines special was the first trio, where I liked ALL the shades. This happens very rarely ( even though I still bought the Holiday shades too, because I’m a sucker for them in general).
The set of three gorgeous colors was sold for a total of 42 dollars so ca. 38 Euros. Unbelievable price for good quality lipsticks!
The first shade is called Cupid, and is a nice everyday warm pinkish shade which goes especially well to very very fair skin ( such as myself. You can literally call me a friggin ghost.) It btings a subtle color to my face and it just has an overall romantic side to it.
The second shade called ‘True Love’ is a in-your-face bright red with a perfect mix of cool pinks and red undertones.It’s not one of these (in my opinion) dreadful coral colors… I hate corals. They don’t suit me neither do they suit most girls. You have to be tanned to be able to pull of a nice coral shade. I haven’t seen any girl pull it off and I just literally scream on the inside, when I see someone whose skin tone doesn’t work well with it. One of my pet peeves. However, True Love, is a vibrant neutral color! You can totally rock it to pastel clothes or a fancy little black dress, but stay clear from patterns or you’ll just look overloaded.
Last but not least- my favorite shade named ‘Saint’. It’s a breathtaking dark lipstick which comes across more brown than red. It reminds me of cranberries! Not as rich as wicked ( wicked is a dark blood red.) but just as lovely! This color can be worn on any skin and you can easily achieve a vampy, lustry look with Saint. When i wear it, i feel sexy and sophisticated!
However, they tend to dry my lips out- so use chapstick before hand to keep your lips smooth and gorg while wearing the velvetines! Top tip: use your toothbrush and go over your lips to get rid of dead skin before you apply the lipstick! Afterwards use your favorite chapstick and you are good to go!
The application is fairly easy, with a little practice, you’ll get the hang of it. They dry within 1-3 minutes and change from a cremesheen to a matte velvet coat. Not only are the colors vivid but the texture is creamy and the soft fragnance resembles vanilla!♥
All in all I’m super happy with my new favorite set of lippies! I just need to wear True Love more often ( or find an event which is suitable-girls night out-drinking-where the fuck is my social life???), as it’s not a lipstick I would wear to the office.
Hope I could give you a proper insight! If you have any quetions-hit me up! What are currently your favorite shades and what do you prefer wearing when you’re going out?
Chin up and sail strong,
Charlie xoxo
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