Comments on Lipsticks & Lightsabers: Lime Crime: So Ordinary It Should Be Illegal.

Ashiie - Dragon Scales was TKB Trading's Chame...

2011-08-04T21:29:18.946+01:00

Ashiie - Dragon Scales was TKB Trading's Chameleon Glitter, I believe. Either that or Chameleon Fine, but I think it was the glitter.

Just curious i know it's been a while since yo...

2011-08-03T06:31:39.602+01:00

Just curious i know it's been a while since your last post. Have you discovered any swatches similar to Lime Crimes 'Dragon Scales.' It's the 'magic dust' I'm really actually looking for (as a make up artist) and have had no real luck at finding results.
Thank you. Ashiie Imperfect

I sell sifter free 5gram jars for $4 filled as muc...

2011-02-19T02:24:33.160Z

I sell sifter free 5gram jars for $4 filled as much as possible without spilling over and glittered/shimmered types for 5$ ea. My products are not always labeled individually (I include a picture print out when a 'case' is ordered) recently I began selling eye shadows again for the same price and have yet to have a problem with customers.

I'm planning on expanding to other areas as well. I do purchase from TKB and mix my shadows to see what i get.

I mostly sell in person which is a safety problem and takes extra convincing because of my visible piercings.

I heard of LC from someone on a website and fell over at the prices. I wouldn't even shop there. Although I create my own makeup I wear Revlon, and 3 other brands from time to time.

FYI - TKB actually doesn't manufacture those m...

2010-07-18T04:36:35.339+01:00

FYI - TKB actually doesn't manufacture those micas :). They are produced by big, big corporations (think chemical companies like EDM, Merck etc.) That is why you also will find the same micas for sale at other wholesalers.

They are a wholesaler/distributor, though they do mix some of their bases etc.

ALL mineral makeup formulators are essentially mixing up bases of varying proportions, oxides, ultramarines, and micas, so within that there's a lot of room for diversity.

I think what happened is everyone totally dug these new 'primary' type shades, as a lot of micas are more muted/blended tones. Still, I think you'd need to add other ingredients for adhesion. I haven't tried these particular shades though to know how well they stick :).

I am now a follower of your blog. I was looking at...

2010-03-27T12:54:26.214Z

I am now a follower of your blog. I was looking at Lime Crime's shade of Dragonscale on some site selling only their favorite shades of LC's products. As with most things I decided to google the company's name to see what kind of review I could find to see if it was any good. Your blog was the first thing to pop up. After reading this I started browsing the TKB micas and found the same shade (it seems since I have no way of comparing it in real life, but the photographs are very similar) called Chameleon Glitter, with a very similar color description (a reddish brown with green and blue tones.) As well they had the same shade with less glitter in it (as I'm not a fan of sparkles on me) available. I got all excited over the kits on the site too and bought the eye makeup one, plus a sample bag of the Chameleon shade that started this whole journey. Being a painter I'm going to have immense fun mixing colors that I've often made for a painting and thought would be fun as a make-up color. All for cheap too! <3 And as I am new to make-up I will continue to check your blog for your great tips. :) Thanks for saving me from an over-priced purchase, a new hobby/past-time to try out, and a great resource on how to apply my new-found girliness. All while still playing Left 4 Dead with the boys, and kicking butt in WoW pvp. XD

Well fucking said.. you deserve an award... thank ...

2010-02-13T08:24:28.137Z

Well fucking said.. you deserve an award... thank you a million times over!!! I myself have been a "fan" of her work for so long!!! after trying these AMAZING dusts.... I realized it was just prettily packed trash like so many other hyped up companies. She's gorgeous and if she does her own makeup shes quite good at it but shame on Doe Deere for selling her fans this garbage.. what a bitch.

2010-01-27T16:44:27.883Z

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Lime Crime really lives up to it's name. Not ...

2010-01-25T06:56:59.013Z

Lime Crime really lives up to it's name. Not only is it overpriced but it's not worth the money at all. I've boughten several lipsticks and shadows and it's just terrible. The lipsticks are pigmented but as was previously stated, it applies very thick and really makes lip imperfections show up. The shadows however were just pitiful. I have tried shadows from many different brands, even ones that you won't find listed online anywhere and instantly I did not like these shadows. It annoys me that so many people come to Lime Crime's defense when the only reason I can think of defending them is because of their packaging and their image (even though I can't stand the "girly-girl" image"). I will agree that they are easy to use but then again, what pigment or mica powders aren't anymore? A good, inexpensive and much more reliable brand is Glamour Doll. The owner, Vee mixes her own colors and she's extremely hands-on with everything an will answer any and all questions you have -- unlike Lime Crime who I had my review deleted so I wound up just giving away my shadows to my friend because she wanted them. Overall, I just never want to order from them again and I've stayed away from commented on their products until I saw your excellent review. As an artist, I wad just appauled that there was only a 10% discount -- that just screams rip-off and now I hear that Lime Crime is heading to retailers? I have no respect for that, at all that Lime Crime can make a profit and gain that much attention for medicore products.

I've been shopping for new shadows to try for ...

2010-01-19T11:37:10.843Z

I've been shopping for new shadows to try for weeks now and LC and GDE's were the ones I was going to get...yea...not now. I've watched the ridiculous "blinkmuch" vid and was not convinced. this "unicorn humper" is fake AS FUCK. She's not one bit like cupcakes, rainbows and multi-colored shimmer sprinkles as she pretends to be. This con-artist is all over the internet....she called some poor girl's mother an ASSHOLE, IN SOME FORUM FOR HUNDREDS OF PPL TO READ! I'm dead serious...actually went to the lengths of talking about somebody's mama...DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A PRO BUISNESS OWNER TO YOU? no, at least not in my opinion. But I should watch my mouth, i might get SUED. Pathetic. I wish I had a better camera so I could upload a vid about this. IF ANYBODY READS THIS THAT HAS A CAM AND IS ANTI LIME CRIME COSMETICS THAT PERSON SHOULD MAKE A VIDEO BASED ON THIS TWO-TIMING POSER. I scraped youtube to try and find somebody that might have done it but sadly there wasn't any. There are people out there still paying pro price for a mediocre product sold by a nazi shortcake. Does anybody remember JENNIFER CROCKER? the owner of Calypso minerals? another person to try and take advantage of people and their hard earned cash. IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS IT IS YOUR SOLID VOW TO BE BUSINESS LIKE AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.NOT BE FAKE, CHEAT PEOPLE, DENY CUSTOMERS THE 1ST AMENDMENT, BEING GUILTY BUT ACTING INNOCENT, MAKE YOURSELF LOOK WORSE WITH BAD ACTING AND BLINKING LIKE A JACKASS, AND CALLING SOMEONES MOM AN ASSHOLE! Grey should have stuck to her guns. She didn't do anything wrong. It was an opinion. I say put the review BACK UP if she hasn't already....

ok...I'm done.

Of course I forgot the link. Here it is: http://em...

2009-12-23T19:32:38.463Z

Of course I forgot the link. Here it is: http://emeraldsrain.livejournal.com/149717.html

It was originally posted on Grey's blog, but Lime Crime threatened her with litigation if she didn't take it down and post a dictated apology verbatim, so now another blog is hosting it.

Mela - Short answer? No. The colours aren't un...

2009-12-23T19:31:47.174Z

Mela - Short answer? No. The colours aren't unparalleled at all.

The lipsticks aren't repackaged, they're private label using a pretty generic formula. They are pigmented, and thick, but they don't go on like a MAC lipstick or something similarly high end. They show up every little imperfection in your lips, so you need a lot of prepping and a primer/base of something else before you put them on to make them go on smoothly.

The pigmentation is good, as I said, but the lipsticks are staining. I've got Oh No She Didn't and Great Pink Planet - GPP is almost identical to MAC's Saint Germain (REALLY close) just Saint Germain is a bit brighter.

Grey wrote a FANTASTIC in-depth review of these including swatches and a list of other alternatives which might be cheaper for you. Also, check out SoBE botanicals on Etsy for their gothic lipsticks and Morgana Minerals' vegan lipsticks for super-pigmentation.

Hey Mela, You could try OCC lip tars? They have a...

2009-12-23T16:36:04.281Z

Hey Mela,
You could try OCC lip tars? They have around the same range of colours including a white incase you want to tone anything down. I just found the site yesterday googling odd lip colours. Maybe they'd be able to give an artists discount? I have no clue. 10% seems pretty lame.
Good luck!

after looking on the website, i knew the shadows w...

2009-12-23T11:17:03.417Z

after looking on the website, i knew the shadows were nothing i couldn't get through heavenly naturals (check them out! and she does samples!), NYX or spell cosmetics

my curiosity with limecrime is for the lipsticks. i'm a professional MUA and i'm doing a betsey johnson runway show in february and got in touch with doe to see about getting some samples or what an artist discount would be.

an artist discount is 10%.

10%!

that's like...tax! and the lipstick colors do seem to be original and unparalleled, but they're a huge price even if you get the full collection (which i may as well) which offers a 10% discount plus the 10% artist discount.

note: most brands offer 30-40% discounts for artists, plus samples of requested colors, etc.

so what about limecrime lipsticks? are they worth my $126??

Thank you so much for posting this. I just happene...

2009-12-11T06:32:39.828Z

Thank you so much for posting this. I just happened to stumble upon it while trying to find a cheaper alternative to limecrime or MAC I almost threw a bunch of money away. from now on ill make my own makeup. apparently its so easy anyone can. Thanks for talking about TKB. Ill just buy my colors from their from now on! You are a lifesaver!

Hey there, I'm new to loose pigments and mixi...

2009-12-05T04:17:39.840Z

Hey there, I'm new to loose pigments and mixing colors and the whole make up scene I suppose. I love using makeup on my eyes to create bright and interesting art. So, ofcourse I didn't see your website until today and purchased a few products earlier this week both from shespace and Lime Crime. I should be expecting to receive these products very soon. I purchased around 6 shades from Lime Crime and tried my best to match shades from shespace (match-ish) because they were way cheaper and gave sample bags. I've purchased around 130.00CAD in powders (total) and I'm super excited to try them all out. I've always gone with MAC products I guess because I like how they stay on my eyes, don't crease, and don't really fade. It'll be interesting to see how the colors mix and stay on my eyes. However, I'm sick of paying 25-30 dollars for makeup from MAC (even if it is a "good" brand). To me, paying 12.00 for a little thing of make up from LimeCrime didn't seem all that bad. Now, I haven't tried SheSpace's or Lime Crime's products yet. But I'll let you know what I think about them when I do.

I do have a question for you, I'm interested in mixing and creating my own colors. I went onto TKB's website and it's a little overwhelming. I would love to make some super bright and unique (to me) colors but I need a bit of guidance. What do you all think would be the best/essential things to purchase from them?

Agathe - when you have PROOF that she creates her ...

2009-11-24T05:15:01.110Z

Agathe - when you have PROOF that she creates her own colors, that doesn't consist of a YouTube video of her using a plastic baggie and no measurements to blend raw pigments that industry professionals have confirmed do not blend without proper machinery, due to the nature of the pigments themselves, you call me. (Besides, add a little black and a little white to a blue and they really won't change the shade of the blue much, at least not well enough to be caught on a family-quality camera. That's just basic color mixing that we all learned in elementary school.)

Bryony - most people did not do it on purpose, though I bet some of them have now that the contreversy started, so that they can make comparison swatches. I'm sure people saw the pigment on the website and thought it looked different from what they already had, or forgot they already had a similar shade. I've done the same thing myself, or been completely misled into thinking the color I was buying was different from what I actually received.

I can't get into the site or the blog. I hope ...

2009-11-19T15:56:10.877Z

I can't get into the site or the blog. I hope it's just the interwebz sucking. I have to see more shenanigans. I think even the polyvore post said it had a bunch of comments but only half were shown.

It's up to "127" comments now, altho...

2009-11-19T15:24:13.407Z

It's up to "127" comments now, although there are only 79..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/fricative/Picture4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/fricative/Picture5.jpg

(I have the whole page saved, as well)

I just tried posting a comment from my iphone, and got the 'awaiting moderation' msg again, so it would appear she is blocking people. Gosh, I didn't even say anything that bad! :)

Thanks for the heads up. I think the work the girl...

2009-11-19T05:36:06.240Z

Thanks for the heads up. I think the work the girl did is very good, but I'm outraged that my copyrighted work is being infringed upon in order to PROMOTE their company.

I've contacted Polyvore to have it removed, and am doing the same with Oh Deere.

And smack dab on ze blog of the demon http://www.d...

2009-11-19T05:07:19.368Z

And smack dab on ze blog of the demon
http://www.doedeereblogazine.com/articles/polyvore-contest-winner-1109

Holy jeeeebus I am sleepy lol. Lemmie try this aga...

2009-11-19T05:02:51.379Z

Holy jeeeebus I am sleepy lol. Lemmie try this again!
http://www.polyvore.com/belle_laide/set?.mid=embed&id=13461209

That was completely the wrong link <_<

2009-11-19T04:59:27.384Z

That was completely the wrong link <_<

It scurrs me. http://www.lipsticksandlightsabers.c...

2009-11-19T04:58:24.336Z

It scurrs me.
http://www.lipsticksandlightsabers.com/2009/08/lime-crime-so-ordinary-it-should-be.html

They even have it on the right saying it's from this page lmao. I'm amazed she let it fly

AxS, that's disturbing. Link me x.x

2009-11-19T03:50:55.140Z

AxS, that's disturbing. Link me x.x

Probably, fae. And someone should screen that... &...

2009-11-19T03:50:39.400Z

Probably, fae. And someone should screen that... <.<