Hey everyone! Welcome back for another episode of Sample Saturday!
Here I'll be linking off where you can find the brands/websites of the samples I tried this week after you watch the tutorial! I will only be linking the indie-ish brands, or the ones I used a sample of, my regular products, or brands like Urban Decay and Wet N Wild will not be link, because, well you can find them anywhere! And the focus is supposed to be on trying the NEW stuff! ;D Enjoy!
What I'm Wearing;
-Concrete Minerals Electric Eye Primer
-Makeup Geek Vegas Lights
-Makeup Geek Enchanted
-Makeup Geek Liquid Gold
-MAC Sketch
-MAC Spicy Smoke
-Beauty From The Earth Eyeshadow in Clara
-Starcrushed Minerals Eyeshadow in Chocolate Covered Cherries
-Wet N Wild Eyeshadow Brulee
-Inglot Duraline
-Tarte Smoldereyez Pencil in Brown
-Urban Decay Naked Skin Foundation in 0.5
-Meow Cosmetics Flawless Feline Foundation in Sleek Siamese
Hey everyone! Welcome back for another episode of Sample Saturday!
Here I'll be linking off where you can find the brands/websites of the samples I tried this week after you watch the tutorial! I will only be linking the indie-ish brands, or the ones I used a sample of, my regular products, or brands like Urban Decay and Wet N Wild will not be link, because, well you can find them anywhere! And the focus is supposed to be on trying the NEW stuff! ;D Enjoy!
What I'm Wearing;
-Concrete Minerals Electric Eye Primer
-Dark Heart Designs Eyeshadow in Moshi Moshi
-Geek Chic Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Idjits
-Glamour Doll Eyes Eyeshadow in Heedless Heart
-Geek Chic Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Samwise The Brave
-Wet N Wild Brulee
-Glamour Doll Eyes Foil Me
-MAC Fluidline in Copperthorn
-Rimmel Scandaleyez in Nude
-Tarte Smoldereyez in Brown
-YSL Babydoll Mascara
-Anastasia Dip Brow Pomade in Dark Brown
-Make Up For Ever HD Foundation in N110
-Meow Cosmetics Flawless Feline Foundation in Sleek Siamese
Hey everyone! Welcome back for another episode of Sample Saturday!
Here I'll be linking off where you can find the brands/websites of the samples I tried this week after you watch the tutorial! I will only be linking the indie-ish brands, or the ones I used a sample of, my regular products, or brands like Urban Decay and Wet N Wild will not be link, because, well you can find them anywhere! And the focus is supposed to be on trying the NEW stuff! ;D Enjoy!
What I'm Wearing;
-Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer
-NYX Jumbo Pencil in Sparkle Green
-Candii Blossom Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Enchanted Forest
-Sugarpill Eyeshadow in Subterranean
-Beautifully Addictive Eyeshadow in Sagittarius
-Beautifully Addictive Eyeshadow in Luxurious
-Geek Chic Cosmetics Eyeshadow in One Ring
-MAC Eyeshadow in Omega
-Mae Minerals Eyeshadow in Chardonnay
-Wet N Wild Eyeshadow in Brulee
-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
-NYX Slide on Eye Pencil in Tropical Green
-Rimmel Scandaleyez Pencil in Nude
-Lime Crime Uniliner in Rhyme
-Make Up For Ever Smoky Extravagant Mascara
-Anastasia Dip Brow Pomade in Dark Brown
-NYX HD Concealer in Porcelain
-Meow Cosmetics Flawless Feline Foundation in Sleek Siamese
Hey everyone! Welcome back for another episode of Sample Saturday!
Here I'll be linking off where you can find the brands/websites of the samples I tried this week after you watch the tutorial! I will only be linking the indie-ish brands, or the ones I used a sample of, my regular products, or brands like Urban Decay and Wet N Wild will not be link, because, well you can find them anywhere! And the focus is supposed to be on trying the NEW stuff! ;D Enjoy!
What I'm Wearing;
-Korres Quercetin & Oak Anti-Aging Primer (P.S., I'm SUPER Allergic to this! So you won't be seeing it again! D= boo!!!)
-NYX Jumbo Pencil in Purple Velvet
-Lunatick Cosmetics Labs PrimeTime Base
-Concrete Minerals Eyeshadow in Nightmare
-Sugarpill Loose Eyeshadow in Goldilux
-Surreal Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Smooth
-My Beauty Addiction Eyeshadow in Afterparty
-Glamour Doll Eyes Glitter in Rave
-Wet N Wild Eyeshadow in Brulee
-Urban Decay 24/7 Liquid Eyeliner in Perversion
-Lime Crime Uniliner in Rhyme
-Rimmel Kohl Pencil in White
-Eldora False Lashes #M103
-Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash Mascara
-Anastasia Dip Brow Pomade in Dark Brown
-Urban Decay Naked Skin Foundation in 0.5
-Hard Candy Fox in a Box Blush in Smooth Talker
-Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush Blush ion Dollface
-Meow Cosmetics Flawless Feline Foundation in Sleek Siamese
Today I have a review on the much anticipated brand new Velvetines from Lime Crime, The Clueless Witch Collection!
Lime Crime launched Velvetines in the original shade Red Velvet, and their line of them has increased to six shades since then. I have never tried the shades that came before these; Red Velvet, Pink Velvet, or Suedeberry.
There are three shades in the Clueless Witch collection. Wicked, a matte burgundy red, Salem, a matte chcoclate brown, and Black Velvet, deepest matte black. They are a liquid formula, that dries completely velvety matte, are extremely longwearing and opaque, and come with a doe-foot applicator.
Upon first application
Dried down
Personally, I find the doe foot applicator to be very messy. It's VERY easy to get wayyy too much product on your lips, when you need very little. These aren't a 'grab-and-go' apply on the run type of product. I find that I need to perfect application and my lip line with a lip brush, and application would be easier if they just had a little brush on the end instead of the doe foot applicator. I can get just about a full day (at least 8 hours) of wear time out of these. Through eating, drinking, talking, and normal wear. The color will start to wear away around the inside part of your lips first, but at least 90% of the color you started with will be there at the end of the day. Which is awesome, because this is a really, really tough product to touch-up on the go.
As for the colors, Black Velvet is really the deepest, matte black. Which is pretty amazing, because black lipstick, or even wearing black eyeliner as lipstick, becomes patchy, uneven, and generally pretty gross looking VERY quickly. Black Velvet doesn't do that. I can literally give my boyfriend (or cat) a kiss on the forehead, and have NO transfer left behind. With a black lip. Salem, is the most interesting (obviously) because it's straight up brown. Not a brown-based red, not a brownish purple. It's just plain brown. I was actually going to skip out on this one, because it's so strange, but I decided to get it because it was unlike anything I currently have, or will probably ever have in the future. It honestly is more wearable and interesting than I was expecting, and I was expecting to hate it. Wicked is a gorgeous deep red. It really suits my skin tone, and the velvety matte finish just makes it almost the perfect red for me.
However, these products are really, REALLY drying. I'm a huge fan of Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars, so I'm pretty used to the drying, longwearing, liquid lipstick feeling on my lips. But damn, these, after a few hours, they were painfully dry. Like, cracking and taking my lips with them dry. A gloss or lip butter can help soothe that a bit, but it'll (obviously) void the matte finish, and you'll have a higher chance of transfer and smudges.
Other than the dryness, I have one, major beef with these products. Obviously, there's the whole 'Lime Crime Scandal' thing, that honestly affects A LOT of consumers opinions about the brand as a whole. And many people have just decided to not purchase from Lime Crime at all. I'm not here to discuss that. (google it if you aren't aware and are interested, you'll have your reading for a whole afternoon!) I'm talking purely about the products here. While comparing similar products, I noticed that the Velvetines contain 2.6mL of product, for $20 a pop. And THEN I noticed that OCC Lip Tars contain 10mL for $18 a pop. FOUR TIMES THE PRODUCT! You get a fourth of the product of a lip tar, for a higher price. Also, the NYX soft matte lip creams are a similar product, contain 8mL of product for about $5-6.
Before I purchased these, I didn't look at how much product it contained (because I usually don't), but because there are so many other 'liquid lipstick' products out these days, I noticed that as a comparison point. Talk about a serious rip off/lack of product!
As a conclusion, I personally, honestly do like these products. I'm glad that I purchased them, and I'm happy to use them and can see myself wearing them on occasion. If I were to go Temptalia style and give them a grade, I'd give them around a B-. However, I've decided that I will NOT be purchasing another velvetine from Lime Crime. I'll be sticking to my OCC lip tars, I'll probably never finish a whole one in my life.
Check out my video review here!:
Did you pick up any velvetines from the Clueless Witch collection? Or do you have any of the other velvetines? Are you a fan of them or do you prefer something else? Let me know in the comments!
[This product was purchased by me with my own money and I'm not in any way endorsed or affiliated with Lime Crime.]
