Remember how I wrote a review of a Limnit Lipsticks tube a little while ago? And I spoke about how my barrier to their brand was my uselessness with lip brushes and their recent introduction of tubes, but the tubes weren’t the best? And I was left on the fence about purchasing more? Well recently Limnit had a sale on what was left of their lipsticks in pots (they’re transitioning the packaging from stickers to printed labels), and so I bought a few at about $6AUD each and I’m here to report back!

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Sadly, because it was selling off of remaining stock, I wasn’t able to snag Bewitching Hour (the dark blue) but I did grab four colours. I’m also thrilled that they have introduced a policy of a random lipstick sample with purchases over $10. Currently there is nothing in stock, but they are restocking all shades on the 21st of August, and introducing three new colours. With all that said, let’s swatch!

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From top to bottom, I picked up Between the Lines (yellow), Olive My Love (olive green), The Other Side (grass green), Flower Maze (sky blue), and got a free sample of Deepest Taupes and Dreams (dark taupey brown).

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Between the Lines is a true yellow. It feels less matte than the other lipsticks from Limnit that I’ve tried. Yellow is a hard colour to do successfully, but it’s pretty opaque and only a little bit line-y. My only other yellow is Sportsgirl’s Sunshine, but this is much nicer in quality and I probably don’t need it anymore.



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Olive My Love is a beautiful muted olive green colour with a good amount of grey to it. It’s muted and the grey elevates it into the realm of the wearable, which is interesting for an olive green.

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The Other Side is a grass green but I’d say it leans slightly on the blue side. It’s beautiful and I definitely don’t own any greens of this hue. It’s pretty - less white based than my other mint/lighter greens (Insomnia Cosmetics’ Poison Apple and less white but also more blue than Sportsgirl Envy).

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Flower Maze is a beautiful cornflower blue with plenty of purple. On my lips, it reads almost like a more blue version of something like Pretty Zombie Cosmetics Potion #9 or a slightly more purple version of Insomnia Cosmetics’ Lucid. It’s gorgeous, quite subtle and wearable but still definitely a little different.

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Deepest Taupes and Dreams was my free sample, and it is a dark brown with grey and taupey tones to it that prevent it from reading as a brown on the lips. It’s a super interesting colour, dark and intense and vampy without looking ultra gothic. My sample is slightly irritatingly filled, with quite a lot of it in the seams that’s impossible to get out to wear, but I’ll definitely use the hell out of this because you know how I am with dark lipsticks.

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Overall, I’m super happy with this order and it’s definitely put me over into a firm love stance with Limnit Lipsticks. It shipped quickly, was packaged nicely and I love the addition of the sample, and I’m also way more happy with the jars than I thought I would be because it is TOTALLY VIABLE TO APPLY THEM WITH YOUR FINGERS (sans the sample, for jar size reasons). For a more perfect and even look I might go with a brush, or for initial application, but I definitely could touch these up with my finger on the go or on a lazy day, which is so important to me. I haven’t worn these ones out and about yet, but I’m pretty sure they’ll wear similarly to the one I have, which is to say, pretty well.





I like that Limnit do muted versions of unusual colours, even though I’m usually one for boldness - it gives them an element of difference that means I rarely have anything dupable in my giant lipstick collection. They aren’t the cheapest for me (factoring in the current exchange rate and shipping costs), but I can definitely see myself placing another order in the future. Maybe come Cyber Monday if there’s a sale. I appreciate that they have more typical colours as well as the fun ones, even though I’m unlikely to ever buy ones unless they’re included as samples. I am still desperately lusting after Bewitching Hour, because of my weakness for all things blue, as well as their other brighter blue called Freestyle, and I’m super excited to see what colours they’re adding to the lineup.

