One of our Twitter followers recently asked if it’s safe to use eyeshadow — or Magic Dust, as may be in our case — on the lips. With Halloween coming up, I think it’s a very relevant question that I wanted to address in full.
Hint: This general rule applies to ALL eyeshadows, not just Lime Crime!
Feel free to share the link if you want to spread awareness. :)
Whimsically yours,
Doe Deere
Founder & Creative Director
LIME CRIME
P.S. The lips are real! Click on the link to find out how it’s done. :)
Super pretty! I am totally going to try this with my brand new Magic Dusts I bought during the sale. Thanks Doe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1OI7anaTlA&feature=feedu
I just noticed that Jessica Harlow used Styletto on her last tutorial, thought you might want to check that out! ;)
Ruby Reply:
October 21, 2011 at 8:01 am
Actually she used Makeup Forever Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick in #49, she mentions so in her blog! Although it’s easy to confuse as she shows Styletto lying on her vanity in the video… :))
Good to know!! I ‘ve been wondering if it’s safe because I love some of the looks that can be done with eyeshadow on lips, thanks for the info Doe!
xx
mirrorandmoon.blogspot.com
I don’t see how you can justify saying the lips are real at the end of this post when the image a) isn’t yours, b) has been photoshopped beyond belief by you.
Now let’s see if this gets published or not,we wouldn’t want to the few naive fans you have left to maybe see the light?
Okay, hang on.
You said that blue and green magic dusts aren’t safe to be used on lips and then you tell your followers to try out a look that clearly has blue and green painted on the lips?
Isn’t that a bit, um, wrong? And dangerous? And very unhygienic?
It’s fine if some of your magic dusts can’t be used on the lips but to advise your followers to try out a look which would clearly require them to follow this dangerous practice is irresponsible.
desi Reply:
October 23, 2011 at 1:28 pm
if you don’t like it don’t put do it, and don’t go on her website if you hate her so much. <3
desi Reply:
October 23, 2011 at 1:29 pm
*dont put it on your mouth/do it
lulu Reply:
October 23, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Also I fail to see why you’re coming after me, since I only asked a question, while there are other commenters hurling accusations of photo theft and claiming your fans are naive.
lulu Reply:
October 23, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Well of course I wouldn’t do it, my lips dry out really easily so I wouldn’t put eyeshadow on them regardless.
I was just curious as to why she would advise her readers to try a look that would require them to do something that isn’t safe.
I never said that I hated Doe or this blog, I’m actually a fan! I love her use of color and the bright outfits she wears.
Though to be perfectly honest the fact that all the ‘retorts’ accuse anyone with a question of being “haters” and advise them to “stay away from the blog” makes me not enjoy it so much anymore.
BTW if Doe is reading this, I’d still like to know why you want people to try something you admit is unsafe.
you obviously don’t know doe very well if you are surprised that she is using someone else’s photo without permission or credit! more than half of the posts she makes on this blog use photos she swiped from people. even lime crime’s userpic on twitter is stolen without credit to the original photographer. who cares whether or not it’s ethical? i hope you don’t expect a response from her, because she doesn’t respond to haters!
Actually I’m skeptical about using eyeshadows on lips. Eyeshadows are made of mica which is a kind of rock/mineral and lipsticks contain food grade pigment (usually).
Kristi Reply:
October 20, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Everyone who feels skeptical about this should read this: http://doedeerelies.tumblr.com/post/11626858559/doe-is-encouraging-customers-to-put-lime-crime
Pigment has to be FOOD GRADE in order to be safe anywhere near the lips.
I don’t understand these idiots who come here to hate on Doe just for the sake of failing at life.
One, Doe clearly stated that you’d need to ingest A LOT of eyeshadow to actually feel sick. The ammount of eyeshadow on those lips is MINIMAL. Go do some research before you start freaking out about the remote possibility of something being any less healthy than an apple. The McDonalds chips you eat are far more dangerous for your health than an occasional dab of eyeshadow on the lips.
Two, you have a head of your own, don’t you? Before you do something, think about it, do your research, decide for yourselves. Nobody’s luring you into applying eyeshadow on your lips if you don’t want to.
Three, I have no idea why you bother to check and comment on her blog or even buy her make up if you don’t like it. When I dislike something, I don’t read it, don’t comment on it, don’t buy it. And throw the martyr card at me with the “oh, I just want to warn people that this brand is terrible and stuff and yada yada…”. Look, there’s plenty of crappy make up brands ou there, if you think LC is one of them, why do you bother coming back?
I always have a lot of fun scrolling through hate sites who claim to have OMGEVIDENCE that Doe is the worst internet personality ever. Like… seriously? If you don’t like her why do you bother? Don’t try to claim you’re not some ugly, fat, jealous bitches who can’t pull off anything more than the standard basics and thus feel terribly jealous of this woman for her creativity, beauty and ability to pull off anything she wants. Go back to being boring and fat at mocked by your own moms.
And as for Doe, please post more! I miss this blog so much…
Unknown Reply:
October 23, 2011 at 8:01 am
Well hello there doe, good to see that your not completly done with sockpuppeting.
lulu Reply:
October 23, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Wow…just, wow. I’m blown away by this post.
This is disgusting.
I had a question about Doe advising people to try what she herself clearly states is an unsafe practice (regardless of the level of indigestion). And you feel the need to reply by hurling accusations about weight, jealously, looks and ‘being mocked at by your own moms’.
Stupidity of the insults aside, the fact that you would reply in this manner is deplorable. As for Doe, whether this is you replying or a fan who you’re letting run wild, it’s terrible and suddenly explains why the number of comments on your blog has dropped dramatically.
Either way I’m canceling my limecrime order.
Quality of makeup aside, no ‘fun’ color is worth supporting unsafe advice and/or rudeness.
So people come here to ask Doe about using stolen photos, and you come to the conclusion that anyone who has anything less than positive to say is fat and ugly? Is that the best insult you can come up with? One would think that stealing someone else’s art, lying about it, and trying to cover it up are all worse than being fat. In fact, I don’t think being fat says anything about someone’s character, and neither does being ugly. Even if every person who questioned Doe’s honesty and ethics was morbidly obese, it wouldn’t make their concerns less valid. You know, it sounds like you have some psychological issues at the root of your fear of fat people, and I’d love to investigate that but you should really see a professional.
So why don’t you sit back and let the adults handle this one. I’m sure Doe can defend herself, and you’re just making yourself look ignorant.
Lucie Reply:
October 24, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Oh yes. I have a lot of issues with fat people. They occupy two bus seats instead of one, they smell due to hormones, they are visually unpleasant, they fill up hospital lines because of obesity-related issues, they have low self-esteem and thus end up being an utterly boring and predictable companion… ergo, yes, fat people are a nuisance. The human being is designed to be slim. For health, aesthetic and porportion. So yes, tecnically we’re no longe repulsed by fat people because there’s too much of them. Which doesn’t mean fat people aren’r tecnically deformed and they extra fat a tumour.
Sorry if you’re fat. You can always try a diet and some exercise. Make up won’t really help, though.
As for replying with a weight-insult… owww, come on. I couldn’t resist it. Really, sorry if I offended you. Though that’s probably because you’re fat.
And no, I’m not Doe. Yes, a fan “running wild”.
LOL Reply:
October 24, 2011 at 6:12 pm
again, assuming anyone that disagrees with you or has an issue with your comment is fat. If I were fat, would that somehow excuse Doe for stealing other artists’ photos without permission? If I were fat, would it excuse your inability to use spell check or formulate a cohesive argument? Maybe if you had seen the photos of your idol, Doe, before she photoshopped her thighs into oblivion, you wouldn’t have so many negative things to say about fat people.
Lucie Reply:
October 25, 2011 at 6:25 am
If you were not fat, you wouldn’t have issues with comments on some blog on the internet in the first place. People who pick on others e-opinions are necessairly fat and ugly. Good looking people just don’t bother. So yes, sorry. As I said, try a diet.
Doe is not fat. I’ve seen her IRL. She’s slim. By fat I don’t mean not-anorexic. By fat I mean… you.
lulu Reply:
October 25, 2011 at 11:54 am
Oh and fyi what you’re doing isn’t trolling. It’s called commenting.
lulu Reply:
October 25, 2011 at 7:59 am
What about people who “necessairly” know how to spell?
Oh, and you do realize that in addition to your less than mediocre grasp of the english language, you have essentially just called yourself fat and ugly?
Hypocrisy aside, you sound like an immature child. Perhaps your time would be better spent learning to write in a coherent manner instead of spewing your hate on a beauty blog. At the very least it would make your arguments understandable.
Lucie Reply:
October 25, 2011 at 10:16 am
Sorry fatty. If English is not my first language for I actually speak five others. Beat this. This is Europe, American fatty.
Omg. I’m so immature and fat and ugly alright O my brothers. But I don’t remember mentioning myself, did I? This is about you fatty. You’re being trolled big time and you comply.
Go learn some french, german, spanish, portuguese, russian and latin and then comment in one of those as nicely as I comment in English and then I’ll let you call me ugly and fat. (while I use some of your liposucked fat to make some soap)
lulu Reply:
October 25, 2011 at 11:53 am
Let me get this straight.
If I butcher one of those languages then as a result you are fat and ugly?
Wow! You should be a language teacher! I’m sure if people knew that once they obtain an almost basic grasp of a language they have the power to make someone else fat and ugly then the rate of people learning a foreign language would skyrocket!
Lucie Reply:
October 26, 2011 at 7:45 am
if people were busier working on learning a foreign language they wouldn’t spend that much on food like you do.
but worry not, my little sister, I’ll make candyfuture coloured soap out the fat you’ll have liposucked by age 40.
lulu Reply:
October 26, 2011 at 7:57 am
CANDYFUTURE IS A COLOR NOW?! Why didn’t anyone tell me?! Does it come in shades? Tones? Let me go check the Tkb trading site and guess which one has been renamed (or do you prefer repackaged)?
And so I guess what you’re saying is your foreign language powers will make me fat by the time I’m forty but I’ll be rich enough to take care of the problem with cosmetic surgery. Sweet!
Hey, while we’re on the subject of you re-enacting Fight Club, tell me, has Tyler Durden started talking to you or have you not reached that level of crazy yet? Because something tells me you have…
Lucie Reply:
October 26, 2011 at 11:36 am
oh sweet. you’ve just mistook it. It’s a Clockwork Orange, not Fight Club.
what about a nice cup of repackaged e-ultraviolence, little sister? nope, it’s just not right.
actually my foreign language powers make me skinny and gorgeous while your american-ness makes you fat.
try a nice bowl of letter soup.
lulu Reply:
October 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Hmmm, actually by your logic I am skinny and gorgeous. (I’m also not American) But do semitic languages get me anything extra, like fabulous hair or a royal title perhaps? If so, double yay and students should be informed of that when picking the foreign languages they want to study!
And a cup of repackaged e-ultraviolence sounds awful. I’ll take some Isshin-ryū or Koryū thanks. I find the originals are so much more effective and worthwhile.
A bowl of soup however sounds wonderful. Make sure it’s nice and hot will you?
Unknown Reply:
October 27, 2011 at 9:25 am
Doe, you should really start owning up instead of using you sockpuppeting ‘lucie’ account, do you really think acting this way to others won’t give give you away?, you’ve been doing it for so long that many people can tell when your using a fake account. Are you afraid that what you really say and do will end up getting you in trouble, or is it because you know it could very well end up with you in legal trouble. Do you even realise that your actions recently have you in hot water, copyright, stalking and bad advice (potential poisening from makeup) is very serious.
doubtful Reply:
October 27, 2011 at 2:32 pm
I don’t think Lucie is a sockpuppet. Doe has done some questionable things recently, but she isn’t THAT stupid. Don’t you think if it was truly a sockpuppet, she would have found a way to work in something negative about Amy? Lucie is just another 14 year-old fangirl with a narrow mind who will jump at the chance to flaunt her ~foreign language skills. Dictionaries and spellcheck exist in other languages, sweetie darling. Während wir gerade beim Thema sind, wirst du mich am Arsch lecken, kleine Lucie? Ich habe gehört, das ist in Europa sehr beliebt.
Although I enjoy reading your blog and some of the ideas you have Doe, I also have some questions…
You say that the picture of the lips is ‘real’: how do you know? Who took the picture, what did they make the rainbow lip make up with?
Clearly, you are creative, as we can see by your outfits and some of the things you post – so why use other people’s work without ever crediting them?
As an artist yourself (and myself), I don’t think an artist would mind you using their art, but everyone (and you the first) would like to be credited for it! Everybody wants the good publicity! And what hurt would it bring you to credit them, people can see when a picture isn’t yours due to the style of it and you not being on it etc…
What if all those artists suddenly start bombarding you or asking their fans to start flooding your blog with comments?
You ask everyone to put themselves in your place, but have you tried it the other way round?
There have been some inconsistencies in the stories or tips etc., nobody’s perfect but at least appreciate and learn from constructive criticism.
Maybe you’d better just stay away from the drama, get the facts straight, let other people have an opinion and continue doing what you’re good at (as said, I DO enjoy reading your blog): write nice blogs, put together interesting outfits and make up…
I don’t want to concentrate at all on the he said-she said-everybody hates me controversy that’s going on, I just wanted to share my opinion with you and I hope this gets published.
Doe, just remember you are the face of your company and your every word is up for review. I don’t know about this eyeshadow on the lips business and how much potential for harm it has. I’ve done it myself a few times and people on youtube do it all the time regardless of harmful effects, the difference is that they do not represent a make up brand. I love your blog for the fun stuff you post about fashion and make up; it seems like a bad idea to give the haters fuel by saying controversy things about eye shadow and posting up pictures without saying if they are your own or giving someone credit. These things just detract from the blog, in my opinion. It wouldn’t be such a big deal if there weren’t people watching you closely just waiting for you to trip up or whatever. So whether it’s right for them to be there or not, you know they are there, and I think it’s better just to avoid things that will make your blog go from happy and gleeful to a place of trolling and haters.
Just another thought from a long time reader.
I speak German, Swedish, Icelandic, Japanese, and Portuguese. I can do so without littering my writing with spelling errors and bad logic. “Lucie” is trying to get a rise out of us to distract us from Doe’s stolen photos, and to make herself feel better about being a miserable, hateful little troll. This isn’t a pissing contest about who knows more foreign languages, or who is fat. It’s a discussion about Doe stealing other people’s intellectual property. Enough with the derail.
Lucie Reply:
October 26, 2011 at 7:43 am
thanks for the mean, sweetie. I was starving!
Making soap out of liposuctioned fat is considered one of the more memorable elements of Fight Club. And yes, we all caught your little Nadsat references, and no, it doesn’t make you sound cool. Modeling your speech after a book that every 13 year-old has read makes you look like a child.
I’m glad I haven’t sunk too much money into buying your products, Doe. I found LC randomly and fell in love with the lipsticks. I bought my first few in August.. then I started doing research and read a LOT of bad press. I was concerned, but brushed it off as “business as usual.” After making my first purchase of LC eyeshadows I was very disappointed in the quality.. then I found out about TKB Trading, and now I’m a very happy girl! Now I can make my own versions of LC lipsticks and my own better versions of LC eyeshadows. I’m glad I have found and alternative for you, because this whole “sockpuppet” account has finalized the end of my business with your company. Ridiculous.
Doe Deere Reply:
November 1, 2011 at 8:29 am
Hey Vix, I don’t mind people mixing their own cosmetics. In fact I’m in support of that. The ‘repackaging’ allegations, however, are false. I have addressed it on several occasions before, just thought I should let you know.