Lime Crime Velvetines

I brought this a while ago after hearing all the hype about its longevity and its matte finish. Well personally I LOVE the matte look so I spent $25 I think and brought one. BIG mistake. 1. It felt horrible to apply and I had to apply like three coats to get a decent color coverage. 2. It stung sooo bad!! 3. Was nowhere near as long wearing as advertised, in fact it smudged and rub off fairly easily for a lip stain. 4. The matte finish was not as silly as other brands I have used in the past, and it actually became very dry and crackled after about an hour. Will not be buying any more velvetines.

Seeing as how everyone around the world loves the Velvetines, I must be the only strange one who dislike this and would never use again. When I first bought it, I was super excited to try and when I did get a chance to try it, I hated how it's so watery and just goes everywhere! The Velvetines dries up so fast, since it's so watery, if I make a mess I would have to be quick to clean it up or else it would leave a stain. I have only tried the Pink Velvetine and the color is beautiful but I am not liking the formula.

I got Suedeberry, and I wasn't very happy with it. I found that it flaked very easily and dried out my lips like no other non-Lime Crime lipstick ever has. I also thought it wasn't as longlasting as the Velourlips

So i got black velvet to wear for my special birthday night. I ordered it from beautybliss and it was $34.50 including overnight shipping which was great.

It was my first ever black lippy and i wanted it for a special event so i thought i should get something of great quality. Expecting it to look fabulous and flawless throughout the night. Even through eating and drinking as i had heard about in reviews. The brand is extremely well known and reputable so i thought i couldn't go wrong.

Firstly i do love the packaging. Its very cute and eye catching. The applicator wasnt very good for the kind of formula it is. It was quiet difficult to apply and being black you cant really afford a little mistake. I practiced a few times before the big night but still found it was difficult to perfect.

The color intensity is AMAZING i was very impressed. Its extremely opaque and as black as possible. One application was enough to achieve perfect coverage. The formula is very thin and liquidy when you apply. It dries to a very very matte finish, which is what i like.

So i went out for dinner. As i was eating and drinking i started to notice it wearing away in the center of my lips. I thought that wasnt too bad and to be expected. However when i tried to re-apply over the top it felt really gross and weird. Like it was caked on and kind of crusty.

Throughout the night it got much worse. It ended up flaking everywhere the more i applied/touched up. It just would not settle on my lips properly. It looked so terrible and i was so disapointed. I ended up just accepting that it looked bad and went on with my night.

By the way i did exfoliate and my prime my lips in preparation for this. Unfortunately that didn't help.

I expected a lot more from this product considering its reputation and price! Needless to say i will not be purchasing any more velvetines. Unfortunately they are not for me

I thought I had done a review on this but obviously I hadn't so this is a late review.

I bought this after giving into all the hype about it online. I have the pink velvetine.

I like that this dries matte and doesn't take long to dry. It stays put once its on and lasts all day. It is highly pigmented so a little goes a long way. The pink is a nice hot pink which can be made darker by applying a couple of extra coats. The tube is pretty cute and handy to carry around.

I don't like the applicator, I feel it doesn't give a precise application and can look a little messy around the edges. It's very hard to wipe off any little mistakes. Because its so dry and matte it does catch on to any flakiness on the lips and this will be very obvious once the lipstick has dried. It can rub off in the middle if you have only applied one coat so I would recommend applying a couple of coats to make sure it lasts all day. Once it's on you can go about your day as normal and not worry about it rubbing off or anything.

Now that I know about the scandal I won't be buying Lime Crime products again.

I wanted to own a Velvetine for the longest time. I had forever lusted after Wicked! One day I was lucky enough to win it and I was over the moon! All the incredible reviews and fans of this product had my expectations high and my lips excited..

Expectation vs reality.. I was let down.

I like the packaging its gorgeous. I love the color its the most perfect rich red. I love the scent.. An almost vanilla.

The formula.. Errr.. Okay yes its opaque. The applicator.. Not a fan.. Personally I do not think its the right kind of tip for this sort of product. You are most definitely left with rich color with one application.. Its a bit messy to apply and takes a bit of getting used to due to the applicator.

Now the finish.. Yes the finish is matte.. I am a huge fan of matte but clearly not this kind. It didn't look nice up close at all.

The stayability.. Honestly.. Did I get a dud? Because this was leaving all sorts of marks on anything my lips touched and wore off pretty damn fast. I applied this a good hour and a half before going out to Dinner.. Didn't eat or drink anything in that time period and the minute I had a sip of my drink it started leaving lip marks everywhere! After finishing Dinner it was totally gone except for what looked like a lip liner only line surrounding my lips.

The second and third and fourth tries.. I tried to love this and was left with the same disappointing results.

Would I try again.. I might buy another color and hope that one doesn't fail me but at this point in time I am not impressed and do not get the fuss!

Absolutely loved the colour selection,and the pigmentation from the Veletines, only down fall is that they left my lips insanely dry and chapped. And I always use a lip balm or primer before hand, but still my lips would dry out within a few hours.

I have a found a few dupes which are cheaper and don't leave my lips as dry.

Lime Crime is such an exciting and colourful brand. Love that they’re vegan and have such a huge range of products! But I was disappointed with my Red Velvet Matte Velvetine :(

Great packaging of course! And easy-to-use applicator. The shade was also to die for.. my only problem with it was the quality. I found that I was comparing it to matte lipstick products that were 5x cheaper, such as Colourpop. I could easily wear any of my Colourpop lipsticks for an entire day, eating and drinking, and would not need to reapply whatsoever. Whereas with my Velvetine it was cakey and didn’t stay on very long at all.

In the end I’d rather have it displayed on my makeup mantle than actually wear it out.

Everyone raves about these, the colours are beautiful and bright. However, they do look a lot smaller in person so keep that in mind! I was a little surprised. For me, having dry lips, they were slightly drying and cracked on the lips. But I've heard other reviews and that didn't happen! Red Velvet is the only one I haven't tried. Oh, and the super new ones that also look amaze.

I didn't purchase my lime Crime from the official Lime Crime website. I got them new from Trademe and they swore they weren't fakes and were authentic time crimes. However I'm not sure because I did t find the quality all that great. The lipstick went quite flakey and cracked and the colour smeared quite a bit. I wasn't pleased with the result however I must try ordering from the the lime Crime website and compare the quality as they may have been in fact fakes.