Wednesday, 12 April 2017
LimeCrime Venus Palettes
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Hello lovelies, so here are the close up photos of the packaging, shades and the swatches for both the LimeCrime Venus palettes, Venus I and Venus II. On a lonely Valentines, I placed my order on the Limecrime website for the Venus I palette & the Velvetine in 'Shroom'. They had free worldwide shipping at the time. The Venus Palette costed $34 each which in MYR (with the currency exchange of $1= RM 4.7) costed me RM 185. A bundle set costs $53 which in MYR would be RM 249.10 for both the Venus Palettes. If only I knew how amazing it was, I would have just ordered the bundle set but because dare not to, I got them seperately and ended up spending more. Upon receiving the Venus I palette approximately a month after placing the order, I fell in absolute love with it and I will elaborate why down below. I ordered the Venus II Palette immediately from an Instagram store @amazinc.my that had the Venus II Palette on sale and as ready stock for RM 155 (they also had a discount for first time buyers) so all in all I've spent RM 350 on both of these palettes.
Look at this packaging, isn't it beautiful?!
LimeCrime Venus I and II palette side by side
So let's get to the full review
So packaging wise, I am in absolutely love with the design of the packaging, how sturdy the packaging is and the colour scheme for both of the packaged palettes. I also live for the LimeCrime boxes as they are absolutely gorgeous and so hard to find myself putting it in a trash (I'm trying not to hoard useless items in my room anymore). I would say that these are one of the most beautifully designed palettes I have ever seen my whole entire life and journey in the makeup world. Both of the palettes also come inside their plastic covers which I still use until today so the palettes are protected on my vanity table.
As for the price, the price at $34 is not crazy high for a palette like most companies have such as HudaBeauty's Palette which is $60, ABH's Modern Renaissance Palette at $42 and Urban Decay Naked Palette at $54. However keep in mind that I am not comparing the prices with the amount of product or shades because in term of shades there are only 8 shades in the Venus palettes and 14 in the Modern Renaissance palette although they would count for something too. I am just giving a comparison in price to show that it is not entirely "up there" in the price range for viral Instagram makeup products.
There are 8 shades in each palette with Venus I consisting of more berry tones/pinks/browns (brighter shades) whereas Venus II with greens/yellow/oranges (darker shades). There are also a few finishes in both of these palettes which I will explain under palette swatch photo.
Pigmentation wise, superb. It is full blown pigment and is not patchy. It blends easily and nicely. It goes together with most of the other colours in the palette making it a very versatile and handy palette as well. Consistency of the formula is not chalky, very buttery feeling and the mattes look even.
Lime Crime Venus I Swatches
Here are the swatches for the Venus I Palette. There are three different finishes to this palette based on MY observation. Divine and Muse are completely matte whereas Aura, Shell and Venus are shimmers. Icon, Creation and Rebirth look matte at a first glance but actually contain a very slight amount of shimmer. So little shimmer that it is still crease friendly.
A closer look at the Lime Crime Venus II Palette
Lime Crime Venus II Swatches
These are the swatches for the Lime Crime Venus II Palette. There are four different finishes in this palette. Pigeon is a duochrome shade (looks dark green in the palette but brown when swatched with dark green in the middle). Mustard, Mud, Filter and Jam are completely matte whereas Marsh and Fly are shimmers. Boot however is a glitter shade which looks absolutely beautiful. It's a matte black shade with hints of micro purple and green glitter that make it look so space-ish.
I see myself using and reaching for the Venus I palette the most because it compromises of very everyday worthy shades while the Venus II palette for more extravagant looks. I am definitely happy with both of these palettes and do recommend it to anyone eye-ing this palette to go get it!
Hope that helps! Thank you for reading.
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