Written Reviews

I bought 3 Lime Crime Plushies lipsticks in the shades Milk Tea, Marmalade and Butterscotch. The formula is liquid-like but dries down to a soft sheer color that can be blended with your fingers for a more diffused color. It has a light and soft even feeling on the lips and can be layered for a more opaque color. It's so comfortable to wear! The scent is light and not annoying. My reason for the 4.5 stars is that Milk Tea is more of a grey-toned purple, unlike as shown on the models/photos on Lime Crime's website, which pink with some brown undertones.

I LOVE purple and wanted a neutral purple shade I could wear every day. I was worried it was close to NYX's Liquid Lingerie, in Embelleshment, but it wasn't. Teddy Bear is a mauve shade with hints of brown and grey. It's not too dull or bright and doesn't look odd against my fair, cool-toned skin. I rated this velveteen as 4.5 due to the doe foot delivering excess product every time I want to use it (gloopy!). The formula is comfortable and not heavily scented.

I bought this palette because I LOVE smokey eye makeup looks. The red shade inside the palette Unveil is not really a red shade, but a purple. Ash is a blue-toned grey, Moth is a soft pink with iridescent gold hilight and Cameo is a flesh-colored beige. Marble is a heavy white glittery based shimmer, Hail is a neutral metallic silver and Echo is a soft bronze gold. Oh, and Unseen is a deep matte black. Unseen is the shade you can work well with and even created winged liner looks with, as it's rich and pigmented. I found using a concealer helps make Moth appear best and works also as a highlighter. This palette is cool-toned and perfect for those who want a minimalist but loaded goth palette 😉

A beautiful metallic warm-toned purple shade with a dry matte finish. Since it applies quite dry, I greatly suggest applying after pre-moistened and exfoliated lips. I love wearing it alone or with a smidge of lip balm/tinted gloss to make my lips pop. It's a shame the Perless got discontinued, the colors were gorgeous and fun to wear all the time.

Gemma is a metallic matte lipstick in mauve-toned taupe. The formula is lightly scented and applies dry, so having pre-moisturized lips is a must. I love wearing it with a tinted gloss or after applying a little lip balm. It's a gorgeous lipstick and wish it wasn't discontinued.

I bought both shades 11 and 8 to get a Fenty Beauty dupe. I had no idea it was a lip-plumping gloss, as I bought the pink shade in shade 11 for my sister and the other shade for myself only to learn that there were mint/cinnamon properties in it. My sister is allergic to such things and I couldn't give her hers (I couldn't return it, as I had already opened and used it both). Both are gorgeous colors, but 11 pales out my lips despite my lips having little color. The formula does plump my lips, but not to a crazy size, which is nice. It is quite sticky but comfortable to wear. I wouldn't buy it again

The first ABH palette I received as a gift! Despite ABH's reputation, I was really worried about the colors as I tend to steer away from very warm tones as well as browns, yellow or orange shades. I put on a brave face and proceeded to experiment with the eyeshadows. The Youtube.com reviews weren't wrong, as the eyeshadows are buttery but also give lots of kickback (poof!). Nonetheless, the eyeshadows applied well and blended better than I expected. All shadows are quite pigmented, so best to apply with a light hand and build up. I prefer using my fingers or a small brush for the shimmers. The color scheme isn't bad, and I feel works for all occasions if you don't have a neutral palette.

I find the colors are pigmented, but that some of the shadows do not stick to the eye for a long time (can fade/crease) depending on the way I apply it. Using an eyeshadow primer is helpful in my case, as I have oily lids. Some shades need to be built or applied wet to get a strong pop. Some of the shades apply well by brush, applying it wet/setting spray, or by using your fingers. All in all, I love it and feel it should be played with more to understand it better.

I bought this looking for a dupe for a lipstick shade from a brand called 3INA in shade 505, which is not sold yet in Qatar. I came across this one and swatched it against my skin and felt the shade was almost a decent dupe, but a different finish. 3INA was more mousse-like but matte, while this one is a comfortable matte forumla. 3INA's finish is buildable, while Sephora is full coverage. *Vintage Rosewood is more brick-rose colored while 3INA is mauve-toned (505 was discontinued). Long story short, BEAUTIFUL color, especially against my cool-toned fair skin.

I bought this color because I love most shades of purple, especially mauves! So I bought this one. But to my surprise, it wasn't as mauve as I thought it was, but I still LOVE the color. This shade is interesting, as it veers towards a brick-rose color, but can shift to mauve depending on the time of day or lighting. My skin tone is fair with cool undertones, so it doesn't wash me out or look strange/weird on me. I LOVE that I can wear it sheer or apply more layers and that this looks just as gorgeous on me for night-outs! I do recommend a lip liner just in case you wear a face mask 😉

I bought this for my older brother's wedding 2 years ago. It was the first time my sister and I (we are identical twins) were seriously shopping for a foundation. We both wanted a natural finish but also enough coverage to give us healthy and balanced looking skin. We are both pale and freckled and it is a frickin pain looking for a pale enough shade in Qatar that doesn't appear yellow or too dark on my skin. The shade in 010 Ivory was the palest shade in this line of foundation, but it was not a good color for day time use. It was, however, perfect for night time use as it did not leave us both looking washed out or looking too dark. What I am not happy about is that it *oxidizes on my skin no matter what I do! Which is another reason why I give it 3 out of 5 stars. Pros: Sheer to medium coverage Natural finish Not heavily scented Not super orange/dark Cons: Oxidizes on skin Shade is not pale enough (I am pale and freckled, neutral skin toned) Slightly irritates skin (I have sensitive skin) Skin appears oily at the end of the day (I have combo skin) Expensive

This was one of my go-to lipsticks back in the day it was available at Benefit in Sephora. The lipstick was like a glossy lipstick with hints of gorgeous shimmers that weren't chunky or bling. It didn't feel syrup-like on the lips, nor was it sticky, and didn't settle into fine lines or appear goopy. The color was beautiful, more of a pinky-nude mauve shade that did not appear too girly or too aging which gave my lips a "your lips but better' appearance and brightened my entire face. I'm sad this color and lipstick line got discontinued and hope to find a similar shade.