Lime Crime Lipstick

martiangurll

martiangurll

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JJJewels said:
Has anyone tried the Serpentina lipstick? I am curious but not sure I want a green lippie.
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I want to try it, but I would probably only wear it around the house doing laundry. Brights like Ablaze and deep purples like Heroine are about as crazy as I will go in public. Still trying to figure out if I will ever wear a black or blue lippie out of the house. For layering, I can use those. Not sure a green will work for layering but it could be combined with red to get muted, really interesting colors. I have always been afraid of lime crime because I fear they will be too drying but I have been lemming Serpentina, Centrifuchsia and Chinchilla forever.
 
tamikajodha

tamikajodha

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martiangurll said:
I want to try it, but I would probably only wear it around the house doing laundry. Brights like Ablaze and deep purples like Heroine are about as crazy as I will go in public. Still trying to figure out if I will ever wear a black or blue lippie out of the house. For layering, I can use those. Not sure a green will work for layering but it could be combined with red to get muted, really interesting colors. I have always been afraid of lime crime because I fear they will be too drying but I have been lemming Serpentina, Centrifuchsia and Chinchilla forever.
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I have Centrifuchsia and it's actually really moisturizing and not drying at all on me.
 
BuickMackane

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martiangurll said:
I want to try it, but I would probably only wear it around the house doing laundry. Brights like Ablaze and deep purples like Heroine are about as crazy as I will go in public. Still trying to figure out if I will ever wear a black or blue lippie out of the house. For layering, I can use those. Not sure a green will work for layering but it could be combined with red to get muted, really interesting colors. I have always been afraid of lime crime because I fear they will be too drying but I have been lemming Serpentina, Centrifuchsia and Chinchilla forever.
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I can't speak for Serpentina or Centrifuchsia, but Chinchilla doesn't dry out my lips at all. Neither does Airborne Unicorn, which is the only other LC lipstick I have. That said, always use P&P lip underneath so I have no idea how I'd get on if I didn't.

I don't know how many people feel the same way but whether or not a lipstick is moisturising is low in my list of priorities. I'd rather have a non-moisturising lippie that yields strong colour, lasts long and doesn't feather than a moisturising one which is less likely to do these things. I'll just slather on the lip balm when I get home
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I'm super intrigued by the Velvetines. The colour payoff looks amazing!
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martiangurll

martiangurll

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BuickMackane said:
I can't speak for Serpentina or Centrifuchsia, but Chinchilla doesn't dry out my lips at all. Neither does Airborne Unicorn, which is the only other LC lipstick I have. That said, always use P&P lip underneath so I have no idea how I'd get on if I didn't.

I don't know how many people feel the same way but whether or not a lipstick is moisturising is low in my list of priorities. I'd rather have a non-moisturising lippie that yields strong colour, lasts long and doesn't feather than a moisturising one which is less likely to do these things. I'll just slather on the lip balm when I get home
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I'm super intrigued by the Velvetines. The colour payoff looks amazing!
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It doesn't have to be moisturizing, just not turn my lips into mummy dust with one swipe. I like matte finish and strong pigmentation, so these sound right up my alley--not sure why I have waited so long to take the plunge. I am too much of a MAC whore. I like my tubes to all be similar shape, but then again I like special packaging too, so it makes no sense.
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Buick, you are such the enabler.
 
BuickMackane

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martiangurll said:
It doesn't have to be moisturizing, just not turn my lips into mummy dust with one swipe. I like matte finish and strong pigmentation, so these sound right up my alley--not sure why I have waited so long to take the plunge. I am too much of a MAC whore. I like my tubes to all be similar shape, but then again I like special packaging too, so it makes no sense.
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Buick, you are such the enabler.
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We're makeup addicts, darling. We're not supposed to make sense.
Well, Chinchilla's a light grey so there's no escaping the mummy dust effect
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LC tubes kinda resemble the MAC bullet, but are fatter. And Iet's face it, they look kinda tacky. Which is fine with me. I'm not Coco flippin Chanel. They have a stronger vanilla smell than MAC lippies. So approach them with caution if you're sensitive to highly perfumed makeup. I'm not.

So, tacky and smelly they are, drying they're not. At least that's my experience. I'd put them somewhere in the middle of MAC Amplifieds and Mattes on my dryingness scale [SUP]TM[/SUP]. Colour payoff is very good, but I get better wear from MAC Satins, Mattes or Amplifieds. In all honesty, I would buy a LC lipstick only for the colour. Totally not worth it if it has a MAC dupe.
 
mosha010

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Lime crime velvetine In pink velvet My initial take: very. Very very high pigmented, I thought id be getting a lip tar quality (which I already love anyway..) turns out these are even more pigmented than that. Texture: initially, they are more fluid (read watery) than the lip tar. So that was a surprise but once they go on, they are not running at all. See swatches below compared to occ anime Left: pink velvet, right: occ lip tar anime. I even added a picture (last) after they dried and I tried rubbing it off just to show they stay put. They are matte as heck so I'm so in love obvs... I will wear this on my lips today to try it out and report back If you see some of the last pictures, the lip tar has not dried and is feathering on my skin, whereas the velvetine has a sharp edge on where I applied...
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mosha010

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Tried to wiped it down, used regular moist wipe. Velvetine stays mostly intact, lip tar is gone.
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DILLIGAF

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Mosha how do they feel on your lips? I'm thinking about getting both Red and Pink Velvet during IMATS NYC.
 
mosha010

mosha010

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They're more comfy than the lip tars!!! I'm going to get the red one on imats NYC too ... Loved the formula... Lining might make it easier for the begginner since the consistence is not what I'm used to.
 
NaomiH

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BuickMackane said:
We're makeup addicts, darling. We're not supposed to make sense.
Well, Chinchilla's a light grey so there's no escaping the mummy dust effect
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LC tubes kinda resemble the MAC bullet, but are fatter. And Iet's face it, they look kinda tacky. Which is fine with me. I'm not Coco flippin Chanel. They have a stronger vanilla smell than MAC lippies. So approach them with caution if you're sensitive to highly perfumed makeup. I'm not.

So, tacky and smelly they are, drying they're not. At least that's my experience. I'd put them somewhere in the middle of MAC Amplifieds and Mattes on my dryingness scale [SUP]TM[/SUP]. Colour payoff is very good, but I get better wear from MAC Satins, Mattes or Amplifieds. In all honesty, I would buy a LC lipstick only for the colour. Totally not worth it if it has a MAC dupe.
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I totally read that in a Yoda voice.
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