Lime Crime Mini-haul & Review

Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry this has taken me so long, but you lot know how busy the holidays can be.


Lime Crime was having a mini-sale back in early December so I took advantage of it! I purchased 2 Lime Crime  Eye Shadow Helper and 1 eye shadow in Dragon Scales.

Isn't the packaging so adorable? From what I can tell on their website, they have products in these same colors. Maybe a future purchase?

Eye Shadow Helper (retail $17, I bought it on sale for $10)


Freshly opened:

Florescent light, no flash

I opened both of them and they both looked like this. It made me a little skeptical about the texture, thinking it may be dry and not apply very well.

However, I used my ring finger to apply it to my eyelid...it was so creamy! It blended out so nicely and was a better color match to my skin than my usual primer. Hopefully this picture shows the wonderful texture:

Florescent light, no flash

 Like with every primer, I had to keep my eyes closed for about 90 seconds for it to dry before applying eye shadow. I applied a lid color, and it went on beautifully, the color was bolder, everything the label promised. When it came to the crease, it made my round crease brush drag a bit, making a not-so-great streak of color I had to blend out that much more. This may be due to the fact that it is formulated to work with loose eye shadows and the crease color I was using was a pressed MAC shadow.

Once I was happy with my eye shadow (it took some patience), I went about my business of the day. For about the first 6 hours, my eye shadow didn't move at all. Once it started approaching the 8-hour mark, I started to notice some creasing, but I have to keep in mind that I tend to have oily eyelids.  Around the 10th hour was bedtime for me, and other than right in my crease, nothing moved at all! Although I must say that it was a more difficult to remove than other primers, living up to it's waterproof reputation. It wasn't until I used a full-on eye makeup remover that it started to waiver. 

Pros

- Assuming you don't have super-oily eyelids like me, this really will last you all day

- Makes colors more vibrant!

- Dreamy, creamy texture

- The color works really great for lighter skin tones

- Pot packaging ensures you can get every last little bit!

Cons

- Unsure how this looks on darker skin tones, although I speculate it might look ashy on deep skin colors

- I had a problem blending eye shadow on it. Maybe I missed a trick?

- Can be difficult to remove without proper eye makeup remover.

In conclusion, I think it's definitely worth buying if you need color intensity/ all day wear. But, if you are a casual makeup wearer, I think $17 is a little steep for something you would only use occasionally.  

Eye Shadow in Dragon Scales

I was feeling a little indulgent, so I also bought one of Lime Crime's eye shadows that was on sale.  Dragon Scales seemed the most interesting out of the choices. From Lime's Crime's website:

Color straight out of a fairy tale! Terracotta brown with turquoise shimmer.

And they're not lying! It can be compared to MAC Pigment Powder in Blue Brown, but this is more of a red brown than the MAC. 

Overhead lighting, no flash. Look how fine that grind is!

Overhead lighting, with flash. You can totally see the turquoise shimmer!

Swatches:

Left: w/o Helper Right: w/ Helper. Big difference!

Under fluorescent lights, no flash

(it kind of does look like dragon scales on my dry skin. lol)

I really cannot wait to use this color. It's lovely brown with a little surprised added to it. I would think this would be fun on darker skin; it would just look like the turquoise effect!

Until next time, lovelies!