Lime Crime Velvetines Liquid Matte Lipstick, Scandal (Deep Rich Plum) - Bold, Long Lasting Shades & Lip Lining - Stellar Color & High Comfort for All-Day Wear - Talc-Free & Paraben-Free

this is a very nice black lipstick. and currently this is one of my go-to's because of how matte black and long-wear it is. i have had little luck finding an actually good black lipstick until now. even the packaging is cute!!! it is one of the few i have had so far that doesn't transfer a whole lot onto other things. kissing someone on the cheek doesn't leave a mark hardly at all, and i've noticed little wear on my lipstick after drinking out of a cup and through a straw. i would recommend touch ups after eating though. other than that, i have had little issues on needing to reapply after wearing it for a long period of time. application is very easy, i also find it satisfying as the formula doesn't feel sticky. it glides really nice and it even smells good too !! it feels soft and the wetness is perfect. it doesn't feel watery or oily either. i couldn't recommend it enough. truly one of the best lipsticks out there (in my opinion)

I am a very pale skinned caucasian but with yellow undertones, making flattering reds difficult to find. The red Velvet color has blue tones that make my teeth look whiter and the skin around my lips more even. The texture is like a VERY thin gloss, making the sponge-applicator it comes with a little hard to use, I just use my lip-brush/tiny watercolor brush. It does bleed a little with the foundations that I use for my dry skin so I use a liner beneath it. I did not notice a chemically smell, and I have a very sensitive nose, but maybe thats just because Ive used 8-hour lipsticks that smell toxic. It stays remarkably long, I only need to touch it up after eating or drinking, and the color is just brilliant, and doesn't fade. Though it dries matte (beautifully) the color is still malleable and I can fill in areas that smudge, or fix a poorly drawn line with my brush even hours after application. For a matte, my lips stay pretty moist, no drying out! I am buying another to make sure I dont run-out unexpectedly.

I really love this lipstick. I don't usually wear any makeup at all but I wanted something I could wear out on special occasions. I have tan skin and this color compliments my skin well. It has more of a bluish tone instead of orange that works on darker skin. The color is very easy to apply but you need a lip liner since it bleeds a little bit. Once on it stays all night. I can kiss people on the cheek and the color wont come off. I can eat and drink as well as long as the food isn't oily. Oil makes the color come off. It does dry your lips out after a whole night but not too badly and it still looks fine it just might feel like your lips are starting to flake. And the next day after its been taken off and you put some sort of lip moisturizer on it's fine. It is actually quite hard to get the lipstick off but I like that since it helps it stay on all night. It helps if you put Vaseline or some other oily chapstick on top and then wipe it off or use an oily makeup remover.

I've been hearing about Lime Crime for years online and I was never a huge fan of the matte look, but after allllll the great things I read, I decided it may be worth a shot to try it out. I feel like Lime Crime was at the forefront of matte lip gloss and now I know why, it's not just matte it's a perfect stain. The color comes out pretty true to the picture which is a rarity and fantastic! What I really love about it though is that it goes on light, not sheer light, but light weight. A huge problem for me at least is makeup that feels cakey and heavy, but this lip gloss practically feels like a powder and it doesn't dry out my lips. Let me say that again.....DOESN'T DRY OUT MY LIPS!!!!!! Especially with winter dry air beating up my skin this is a miracle in a tube. I can wear it alone as a matter color or under a moisturizing gloss and the color works as a stain, which I am super excited about!!!! I was so pleased with this matter gloss that I tried some other brands in matte that were less expensive in more adventurous shades and I can definitely tell you there is a huge difference. The quality of Lime Crime compared to the drug store matte lip gloss is no contest, the drug store brands feel thick and almost gritty, their color fades significantly and quickly, and they just don't do what they should. (Especially seeing as the price difference is only a few bucks) The only reason I'm not going 5 stars is because the color goes on perfectly matching the picture but after a little while it does lighten up. I thought riot would be a nice dark pink with a hint of brown, which it is at application, but it faded to a very flattering nude pink by the time I checked it again at work. Am I sad, no its still a gorgeous color, but I would definitely reapply to get the perfect color I want. In all honesty that is absolutely fine, it's not marketed as a one hit wear all day and I'm sure if it did last all day it wouldn't be as gentle on my skin so I will definitely be a loyal brand buyer of Lime Crime from now on. Long story short, I highly recommend this product. If you're looking to get in to matte lip color or you're just looking for a great color, go for it!

This is one of my FAVORITE lip colors for fall. It is such a beautiful color on my fair skin. It is your standard liquid lip so it is very drying. And the longevity could better but the color makes up for it.

UPDATE: I applied this product with a brush rather than the applicator it comes with and it worked MUCH better. I was able to apply it more thinly and it still stayed true to color and didn't cake up or dry out my lips, and it lasted all day! If you really want this color, and are looking for a clean, dry feeling, just keep in mind that a little dab'll do you. Added 1 star. Really disappointed by this product. This was a little expensive for me, but got such great reviews I thought it was probably worth it. Unfortunately, not. I was pleasantly surprised by the sugar cookies smell, and although these kind of applicators are always a pain, it was velvety smooth once properly applied and exactly the shade I'd hoped for. I use a lot of different kind of lipsticks, and I love bright red, so I'm pretty good about knowing how to properly apply lipstick, especially new ones that I'm not sure about yet. One of the best ways to avoid flaking is to exfoliate the lips before applying, which I did, and it still flaked. Badly. Now, this is not supposed to be stain, or I would have expected the drying, but it did dry out my lips significantly. It was only an hour or two into the work day when I realized that it was starting to bleed outside my lipline. I was surprised by this because a) it dried so quickly I didn't understand how it could have been wet enough to seep outside of where I put it and b) as I said, I'm an experienced lipstick applier/all-day-wearer and I'm in the habit of not touching my mouth and being careful when drinking anything throughout the day. I would have expected it to last through a meal, but this was very clearly bleeding, not smearing, because it formed those little perfect wrinkly lines away from my lips. Next came the caking. Sometimes you just have to learn how to wear a lipstick, so I fixed up the bleeding by wiping the edges of my lips and reapplying the product, and resolved to check in on it and be more careful in case I really had caused the messiness myself. A few minutes back at my desk, and my lips became so dry they hurt, and I could physically feel it clumping up again. I went back to the bathroom to check, and it was honest to g-d lumpy AND it was bleeding again! I had a meeting in half an hour, so rather than suffer through it feeling self conscious, I wiped it off. For something that wouldn't stay on my face when I wanted it to, now it had stained my lips in bright red patches! And I don't mean a faint pink, I mean the same color as the lipstick was stuck to the drier patches all over my lips. I managed to only just barely look presentable by applying some chapstick over it. The only reason this gets two stars instead of 1 is because it might be alright if you're wearing it to an event, like if you're doing a dance performance or a wedding. Even then, I might not risk it. But it is definitely not an everyday lipstick.

Oh how I WISH we had access to all of the colours. This is just the MOST divine matte lipstick I have ever come across. it is long lasting and stays on all day. You may have to do one or two touch ups after eating but it lines the lips for a full day into the night.

If you can get past all the controversies surrounding the Lime Crime brand and are still thinking of buying, here's an honest review. I have most of the velvetines, and I'm pretty disappointed. The color range is unique and very cool, which is the only thing that would pull me back in. If I see a really unique shade that only Lime Crime makes I'll make an exception. But if you can find a dupe for a color, do it. These lipsticks are honestly pretty bad. The applicator is messy as hell, but if you're experienced you can pull it off. If you're new to liquid lipsticks or makeup, these are not for you unless you use a brush. They're actually pretty messy in general. I wore Wicked to work and had to reapply 346728463782 times, and at the end of the day I looked HORRIBLE because these lipsticks get allllll over your face. They dry matte fairly well, with no transfer. BUT they get crumbly. And those crumbs of pigment travel to the rest of your face, and DO NOT COME OFF. Which is odd since the lipstick itself on the lips comes off by simply licking your lips a little. But these little crumblies get everywhere, and trying to clean them off without smearing pigment all over your face is a nightmare. And the worst thing about these velvetines: THERE IS BARELY ANY PRODUCT IN THE TUBE. Rumor has it Lime Crime is notorious for this shady kind of behavior, which is why i recommend buying through an outside party lime amazon and not their actual website. But yeah, you can see when they arrive how empty the tube is before you even pull the wand out. That's how empty it is. Definitely not worth 20 dollars. To wrap it up, I dislike this product more than I like it. They are not long wearing, they are messy, overpriced, and you get ripped of on the amount of product you get. But the color range and pigment (on most of them, cashmere i had to do a few layers) is great. My opinion of these velvetines would skyrocket if they at least filled the tubes or changed the formula or something. They're just not worth the hype. They smell very sweet, like cake frosting, which can be good or bad. They're not irritating, but tend to get messy on the face. Some good stuff, some bad stuff. But that's my honest review