Lime Crime Velvetine in Suedeberry Review

The purchase of my Lime Crime Velvetine in Suedeberry was influenced by the lovely Farrah - this woman has impeccable taste and as we share a love for Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipsticks which the Lime Crime Velvetine's are eerily similar too I knew I couldn't go too wrong. Not so long ago the Lime Crime Velvetine were neigh impossible to source within the UK so I bought directly from Lime Crime, yes it took about a fortnight to arrive but my gosh was it worth the wait!

Much like most liquid lipsticks and glosses the Lime Crime Velvetines come presented within a typical lip gloss wand style tube and come with a doe foot applicator which I'm not normally a fan of but when it comes to liquid lipsticks I do find that they work exceptionally well. My only gripe with the packaging as pretty as it may be is that the tube has the same textured as frosted glass, admittedly this will not be a problem for 99.9% of the population (basically everyone bar me ha!) but frosted glass really makes my hair stand on end.

At the moment Lime Crime offer two shades of their Velvetines both of which are variations of red, if you like a true classic and almost vampy red go for Red Velvet and if like myself you prefer softer more orange toned red hues you may want to purchase Suedeberry. Lime Crime Velvetine in Suedeberry is best described as a strongly orange influenced red. It leans fairly warm and I imagine that if you are a fan of the likes of MAC Lady Danger et al that you will enjoy this shade.

As I mentioned at the beginning of this post the formula and texture of Lime Crime Velvetine's is pretty much identical to Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipsticks in that both formula's have a velvety smooth texture which dries down to become completely matte and are utterly packed with pigment. Basically you have not experienced a lipstick quite so matte or with such intense colour pay off until you have tried either one of these formula's. I do have to be truthful and say that although the Lime Crime formula does tend to stay in place a little longer than the Stila version I do find the former to be quite drying. As Suedeberry is a red shade I do recommend teaming it with a liner to prevent bleeding but in my experience once the Velvetine has set it is going no-where!If Lime Crime were to release more shades of their Velvetine's tomorrow I'd be first in line to snap them up, so it is safe to say I am a huge fan.

Much like a few weeks ago the Lime Crime Velvetine's seem to be selling out like hot cakes, luckily Cute Cosmetics still have a few of the Suedeberry shade left for £11.50/3g - link

Random Fact - In ancient Greece, the strawberry was a symbol for Venus, the Goddess of Love.

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