#clueless witch

I love doing reviews, but I'm FAR from a beauty expert. So when I asked Jack to do a guest post and she suggested reviewing Lime Crime, it was like the stars aligning. Here's her review + BONUS MAKEUP TUTORIAL of the Lime Crime Clueless Witch Velvetines!

I’ve always wanted to be a witch, unfortunately the powers may be have not allowed it. Then Lime Crime said "put on some lipstick, and now you are one." Today I am reviewing Lime Crime’s March 2014 Velvetines from the Clueless Witch Collection!

I have a bit of a lipstick addiction that keeps growing as we speak. I have from lustres, creams, to mattes. I’ve tried lipsticks that have great staying power but tended to break up with in an hour of use, and were absolutely hell to take off in the end. All I ever wanted was the perfect deep red, I had every other red from blue based to fire engine red to even some that border the orange schemes, but then heavens opened up on the Internet and I bumped into Velvetines. These liquid to matte lipsticks are smudge, touch, and transfer proof. The collection comes in three colors Black Velvet, Wicked, and Salem. Retail price is $20.00. The opacity on these babies is a site to see in person, one swipe and its full on color. Which you might think 20 dollars? That’s too much, but I see it as an investment. 2 swipes of color and your done! That easy, so you end up getting a lot more bang for your buck.  

Now I know you're thinking, well did you test it? Does it really last all day? Does it sincerely not budge? Well I wore both on two nights out with a couple of friends. The first night I wore Black Velvet, I applied around 7pm. I had drinks and nibbled on some food. By 9 it was still perfectly intact, as I had originally applied it.  6 hours later still good as new! The second night (the following week, I don’t party that hard) I wore Wicked for a campaign event I applied around 4pm; a few drinks, food and 8 hours later I had a tad bit of wearing inside of my lip, which is normal with most lipsticks; grease can do that people. The great thing about the product is that it doesn’t build up or bead up when you re apply. A simple fresh coat and you’re good as new again.  Well what about taking it off after a long day? Easy, they can easily be removed by make up remover in a few swipes.

BUT, BUT, BUT JACK… there has to be something that is wrong with this product, it can’t be perfect! Well truthfully the one thing I will say is, it is quite drying, but that is with all if not 80 percent of most matte lipsticks. So I would advise in prepping your lips before you apply it.

Did I mention the crazy amounts of complements you will receive when you wear it? These lipsticks should also be considered confidence boosters.

Down below I did a step-by-step tutorial on how to wear Black Velvet; plus swatches!

EYES:

STEP 1: Prime your lids.

STEP 3: Apply an eye shadow similar to your skintone.

STEP 4: Using a light peach eye shadow apply it outer crease and a little bit above the brown bone.

STEP 5: Take a daker more muted shade of peach into the crease and blend…remember none of these colors are touching your lid.

STEP 6: Take a taupe brown shadow and put the most color at the inner corner of your crease and the outside corner of your crease and blend slightly towards your eyelid.

You will be creating a very 1920’s hazy look once your done.

STEP 7:  Add a golden eyeshadow to the center of the lids and near the tear ducts. If you want more of wet sheen look, wet your brush and apply the color.

STEP 8: MAKE SURE EVRYTHING IS BLENDED TO PERFECTION!

FACE:

STEP 1: Start with a fresh cleaned face, then moisturize and prime that canvas.

STEP 2: Apply your favorite foundation.

STEP 3: Conceal any imperfections/pimples/scars you may have, or area you want covered.

STEP 4: Highlight the planes of your face you want to put in the forefront.

STEP 5: Contour the areas of the face you want to recede.

STEP 6: Fill in your eyebrows if necessary.

STEP 7: Line your lips and apply lipstick

STEP 8: Add a small amount of blush since the color of the lip takes over the show.

STEP 10: Spray face with Setting spray.

STEP 11: Add Mascara and you're good to go!

______________________ _____________________________ _________________

Thanks Jack! As for my dear readers: what kinds of guest posts would you like to see in the future? And have you tried any Lime Crime products in the past?

I love doing reviews, but I'm FAR from a beauty expert. So when I asked Jack to do a guest post and she suggested reviewing Lime Crime, it was like the stars aligning. Here's her review + BONUS MAKEUP TUTORIAL of the Lime Crime Clueless Witch Velvetines!

I’ve always wanted to be a witch, unfortunately the powers may be have not allowed it. Then Lime Crime said "put on some lipstick, and now you are one." Today I am reviewing Lime Crime’s March 2014 Velvetines from the Clueless Witch Collection!

I have a bit of a lipstick addiction that keeps growing as we speak. I have from lustres, creams, to mattes. I’ve tried lipsticks that have great staying power but tended to break up with in an hour of use, and were absolutely hell to take off in the end. All I ever wanted was the perfect deep red, I had every other red from blue based to fire engine red to even some that border the orange schemes, but then heavens opened up on the Internet and I bumped into Velvetines. These liquid to matte lipsticks are smudge, touch, and transfer proof. The collection comes in three colors Black Velvet, Wicked, and Salem. Retail price is $20.00. The opacity on these babies is a site to see in person, one swipe and its full on color. Which you might think 20 dollars? That’s too much, but I see it as an investment. 2 swipes of color and your done! That easy, so you end up getting a lot more bang for your buck.  

Now I know you're thinking, well did you test it? Does it really last all day? Does it sincerely not budge? Well I wore both on two nights out with a couple of friends. The first night I wore Black Velvet, I applied around 7pm. I had drinks and nibbled on some food. By 9 it was still perfectly intact, as I had originally applied it.  6 hours later still good as new! The second night (the following week, I don’t party that hard) I wore Wicked for a campaign event I applied around 4pm; a few drinks, food and 8 hours later I had a tad bit of wearing inside of my lip, which is normal with most lipsticks; grease can do that people. The great thing about the product is that it doesn’t build up or bead up when you re apply. A simple fresh coat and you’re good as new again.  Well what about taking it off after a long day? Easy, they can easily be removed by make up remover in a few swipes.

BUT, BUT, BUT JACK… there has to be something that is wrong with this product, it can’t be perfect! Well truthfully the one thing I will say is, it is quite drying, but that is with all if not 80 percent of most matte lipsticks. So I would advise in prepping your lips before you apply it.

Did I mention the crazy amounts of complements you will receive when you wear it? These lipsticks should also be considered confidence boosters.

Down below I did a step-by-step tutorial on how to wear Black Velvet; plus swatches!

EYES:

STEP 1: Prime your lids.

STEP 3: Apply an eye shadow similar to your skintone.

STEP 4: Using a light peach eye shadow apply it outer crease and a little bit above the brown bone.

STEP 5: Take a daker more muted shade of peach into the crease and blend…remember none of these colors are touching your lid.

STEP 6: Take a taupe brown shadow and put the most color at the inner corner of your crease and the outside corner of your crease and blend slightly towards your eyelid.

You will be creating a very 1920’s hazy look once your done.

STEP 7:  Add a golden eyeshadow to the center of the lids and near the tear ducts. If you want more of wet sheen look, wet your brush and apply the color.

STEP 8: MAKE SURE EVRYTHING IS BLENDED TO PERFECTION!

FACE:

STEP 1: Start with a fresh cleaned face, then moisturize and prime that canvas.

STEP 2: Apply your favorite foundation.

STEP 3: Conceal any imperfections/pimples/scars you may have, or area you want covered.

STEP 4: Highlight the planes of your face you want to put in the forefront.

STEP 5: Contour the areas of the face you want to recede.

STEP 6: Fill in your eyebrows if necessary.

STEP 7: Line your lips and apply lipstick

STEP 8: Add a small amount of blush since the color of the lip takes over the show.

STEP 10: Spray face with Setting spray.

STEP 11: Add Mascara and you're good to go!

______________________ _____________________________ _________________

Thanks Jack! As for my dear readers: what kinds of guest posts would you like to see in the future? And have you tried any Lime Crime products in the past?