player prefs issues

ok so after getting a fix for saving playerprefs using OnApplicationQuit(). i was able to get this to work once. when player runs of lives however and data is cleared to allow lives to be reset, i am met with 0 lives so game will not run. in unity runtime i am met with same issue and it no longer lets me play.

i'll paste code below.

LivesManager

public class LivesManagerScript : MonoBehaviour {

 public static int lives = 6;
 
 void Awake()
 {
     DontDestroyOnLoad (gameObject);
     PlayerPrefs.GetInt ("Lives",lives);
 }
 
 void Update()
 {
     lives = PlayerPrefs.GetInt ("Lives");
 }

 void OnApplicationQuit() 
 {
     PlayerPrefs.SetInt("Lives",CharacterMove.lives);
 }

}

Start Button

public class StartButtonScript : MonoBehaviour {

 public int lives = 0;
 public int dJumps = 0;
 
 void Start()
 {
     lives = PlayerPrefs.GetInt ("Lives");
     dJumps = PlayerPrefs.GetInt ("DoubleJumps");
 }
 
 void Update()
 {
     if (Input.touches.Length <= 0) {
         
     } 
     else 
     {
         for(int i = 0; i < Input.touchCount; i++)
         {
             if(this.guiTexture.HitTest (Input.GetTouch (i).position))
             {
                 if(Input.GetTouch(i).phase == TouchPhase.Ended)
                 {
                     if(lives > 0)
                     {
                         Application.LoadLevel (1);
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }

}

Character Control

public class CharacterMove : MonoBehaviour {

 public float speed = 6.0f;
 Transform groundCheck;
 private float overlapRadius = 0.2f;
 public LayerMask whatIsGround;
 private bool grounded = false;
 private bool jump = false;
 public float jumpForce = 700f;
 private bool doubleJump = false;
 public int sJumpsCompleted = 0;
 public static int dJumpLimit = 0;
 public static int lives = 0;
 
 
 void Awake()
 {
     rigidbody2D.fixedAngle = true;
 }
 
 void Start()
 {
     groundCheck = transform.Find ("groundcheck");
     dJumpLimit = PlayerPrefs.GetInt ("DoubleJumps");
     lives = PlayerPrefs.GetInt ("Lives");
 }
 
 void Update()
 {
     if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown (0)) 
     {
         jump = true;
         sJumpsCompleted++;
     }
     if (sJumpsCompleted > 9) 
     {
         dJumpLimit = dJumpLimit + 1;
         PlayerPrefs.SetInt ("DoubleJumps", dJumpLimit);
         sJumpsCompleted = 0;
     }
 }
 
 void FixedUpdate()
 {
     
     //check if character is grounded
     grounded = Physics2D.OverlapCircle (groundCheck.position, overlapRadius, whatIsGround);
     
     //reset doublejump when player is on the ground
     if (grounded)
         doubleJump = false;
     //deactivate double jump when no jumps are available
     if (dJumpLimit < 1)
         doubleJump = true;
     
     //determine if player can jump
     bool canJump = (grounded || !doubleJump);
     
     if (jump && canJump) 
     {
         rigidbody2D.velocity = new Vector2(rigidbody2D.velocity.x,0);
         rigidbody2D.AddForce(new Vector2(0, jumpForce));
         if(!grounded && DoubleJumperManagerScript.dJumpLimit > 0)
         {
             doubleJump = true;
             dJumpLimit--;
             PlayerPrefs.SetInt ("DoubleJumps", dJumpLimit);
         }
     }
     
     jump = false;
     
     
     //apply forward movement
     rigidbody2D.velocity = new Vector2 (speed, rigidbody2D.velocity.y);
     
 }

}

Retry Button

public class RetryButtonScript : MonoBehaviour {

 void Update()
 {
     DoubleJumperManagerScript.dJumpLimit = CharacterMove.dJumpLimit;
     LivesManagerScript.lives = CharacterMove.lives;
     
     
     if (Input.touches.Length <= 0) {
         
     } 
     else 
     {
         for(int i = 0; i < Input.touchCount; i++)
         {
             if(this.guiTexture.HitTest (Input.GetTouch (i).position))
             {
                 if(Input.GetTouch(i).phase == TouchPhase.Ended)
                 {
                     if(CharacterMove.lives > 0)
                         Application.LoadLevel (1);
                 }
                 else if(CharacterMove.lives < 1)
                 {
                     Application.LoadLevel (0);
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }

}

so basically i just want be able to have the lives work as they did and when lives run out to be able to reset the values for testing.