Through some weird illusionary makeup magic/trick of light, blue lip products are supposed to make your teeth look whiter, but I dunno… Do my teeth look whiter in these pics? I’m wearing OCC’s new Lip Tar in Vain.
I seriously cannot tell; all I see are those blue lips.
They’re just so…blue.
OCC explores the boundaries between light and shadow in their fall/winter 2014 Unknown Pleasures collection. Vain is one of the six new $18 Lip Tars in the release.
Most of the time when liquid lipsticks dry down, they form an impermeable film on my lips, which is usually long-wearing (yay!), but also very drying (boo!).
Unlike run-of-the-mill liquid lipsticks, which tend to bleed my lips of every milliliter of moisture like Edward Cullen on a bender, the Lip Tars stay wet from start to finish, so they don’t form a drying film.
But the wet texture also leads these to scoot beyond my natural lip line, so it helps to be mindful of rubbing your lips together, especially with the darker shades.
And speaking of the darker shades…when they fade, they wear down to a deep, almost impossibly difficult to remove stain. I have to use several makeup wipes, two different oil cleansers and three cotton pads saturated with Trish McEvoy Long-Wear Face and Eye Makeup Remover to remove all traces of the black and the blue.
The Lip Tars are non-sticky and have a pepperminty flavor and scent. Wear time varies from 2-3 hours for the nude shades to 4-5 for the darker ones.
The blackened purple matte shade, Pagan — ahh! Remember Pure Heroine, the lipstick from the MAC Lorde collection? Blackened purple Pagan is what I wished Pure Heroine had looked like.
Pure. Awesome.
Reddish orange Metallic Manhunter is also worthy of note, I think, mostly because of this: it’s a glitter-fest. Kind of like a glittery golden liquid lipstick version of MAC Lady Danger. The glitter doesn’t really show itself in these pics, but it’s there… Oh, it’s there. Up in yo’ face!
All six new $18 Lip Tars arrive August 5 at sephora.com and occmakeup.com, and September 19 at Sephora stores and at OCC’s flagship boutique in New York, which is located at 174 Ludlow St. between Houston St. and Stanton St. in the Lower East Side.
I’m not sure if they’re limited edition or permanent yet, but I reached out to my contacts at OCC and will update this post when I find out. 🙂
PRICE: $18 each
AVAILABILITY: August 5 at sephora.com and occmakeup.com, and September 19 at Sephora stores and at the OCC flagship boutique in New York
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Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Covent and Lament are pretty. Techopagan looks really good on you although I am not sure what people would think if you wore it to Trader Joe’s, lol.
Hi Agata,
I think it would be OK. My TJ’s is pretty edgy…not. LOL!
How are you? What did you do last weekend?
My weekend was fun but exhausting. On Saturday I went to a Jimmy Buffett concert. It was fun but I had to work very early on Sunday so I barely got any sleep so yesterday was tough.
Live music is always fun. Was it an outdoor show?
It was an outdoor event at a Tiger’s baseball stadium so there was over 40,000 people! It’s always a great place for people watching cause people are tailgating in the parking lot prior to the concert, it’s an experience on its own.
Ahhh! I need those dark colors in my life. Well, not if they don’t come off, but. I so want to be that edgy.
Hi Stephanie,
You could do it! Tell everyone that you run into that you’re all about that sci-fi life. 🙂
You make EVERYTHING look good! I love them all on you! Especially the deeper shades. You pulled those off effortlessly!
Hi Fancie,
Thank you! You would look beautiful in Pagan!
Oh man, Vain and Technopagan look AMAZING. I’m also loving Vain on you in the first pic, you’re so working it, haha. I’m so glad colors like this are being released more often, I just wish I saw more people wearing them in public. But I guess be the change you wish to see and all that.
Hi Qurat,
I would love to see more people wearing shades like this too. I think it’s super cool to see editorial-style makeup on the street.
My town is kinda small and I’d definitely get some funny looks if I rocked this at the grocery store. Next time I go to the MAC counter, though, it’s ON! 😀
Hope your week is off to a good start. Got any exciting plans?
I’ve worn teal/blue lips out a few times and surprisingly, most people don’t seem to notice or care. To be fair, I’ve only done it on like late night grocery runs so far, nothing early in the morning or middle of the afternoon so that might help. D;
Just spending some quality time with the fam and the garden before I head back to school in a few weeks! Hope your week is good, Karen!
Hi Qurat,
I kind of LOVE that you wear crazy lip colors to the grocery store in the middle of the night. WERK!
Ooh, what’s currently growing in your garden? Anything ripe and ready to eat? I’ve decided to wait to pick my green bell peppers. Hopefully they’ll turn a lovely shade of red!
Hahaha, thank you, Karen. People who like to freak out small town citizens/their neighbors unite!
Jalapenos, anaheim peppers, cilantro, sweet peas, tomatoes, some mint, and sage. I’ve already plucked a few tomatoes and peppers and they’ve been good so far! Oooh, I love a good red bell pepper, yummmm, good luck with your garden.
Vain and technopagan are gorgeous 🙂
Hi Vanessa,
They are crazy dramatic but fun, yeah?! Would you wear them?
Hi Karen! I have to say you look stunning in techno pagan, pagan, and manhunter. Also, I was wondering if you’ve ever tried Cle de Peau concealer?
Hi Amanda,
OK, so you’re about the 20th person to mention that concealer in the last week! 🙂 Apparently I am the last person on earth who hasn’t tried it yet. I swatched it years ago and was a little worried about it looking dry on me. My under eye situation is hurting in terms of moisture, and everything — I’m talking EVERYTHING — looks dry underneath that area. Do you use the Cle de Peau concealer?
I think you need to wear Technopagan every single day for the rest of your life. It looks STUNNING on you!!!
Hi Sarah, Thank you! It’s kind of cray but I’m digging it. What do you think of the other shades? See anything you’d like to wear?
I wont wear them, but I have to say that techno pagan has something very chilly and interesting
Hi Icequeen, It seems like that one is a winner. What do you think of the other shades? Would you ever rock the red?
The red is pretty, but I am so afraid of shade that lean to orange, they tend to make your teeth looks yellowish. And the other shade not sure if they will work for me, I had once tried MAC angel and it made me look sick.
Just trail and error. But I have to admit lip tar has some shades in their other collection that are really intriguing.
There is something about technopagan – I wonder if a lighter application would look more subtle.
Hi Martha, Hmm! I haven’t tried it with a light hand. Will have to give it a go. 🙂 What do you think of the other shades? Did any catch your eye?
Technopagan is quite something.. so metallic.. so gothic.. so edgy.. as u said.. 😉 .. I have done a black lip look inspired from you few months back..now I am all excited to don these metallic blue/violet liquid on lips and scaree.. no surprise people around!! 🙂
Those pack some major punch! I always think your teeth look very white, but esp when you’re wearing a cooler red. It’s hard to see past the blue in Vain, as you say! I agree that Pagan looks super cool on you – that’s definitely one for the UPS guy. 🙂
So do you think I could use one of the bluer shandes and mix with another lipstick or gloss to give me more blue? If so which would you recommend? Techopagan is so hot on you! Thank you for all you do!
Hi Leenda,
Technically, yes, you could do that. However, the blue is very dark, so it will deepen whatever you mix it with. If you want to brighten up your lip shade you might want to use something like Pool Boy.
I like Technopagan and might actually get one. I’m really into purple lately and that’s a great pure purple color.
LOVE your expressions in the pictures where you’re wearing Vain!
Hi Kelly,
Technopagan’s getting a lot of love! I think it’s cool that so many gals would wear an unusual shade.
So, I’m dying to know what purples you like…I think I need more purple lipsticks in my life.
Karen you ROCK all those shades. THey really look great – especially technopagan – SO METALLIC. Alas, I did not care for the formula of the lip tars but I think the colors are outrageous. I really wanted to like them. I’m always trying black, blue, purple, but seriously have to be careful I don’t “try too hard”.
I have a Kat Von D lippie called Adora and it’s a red metallic. I thought it would surely go the way of the drag queen (and I say that with a LOT of love) but surprizingly enough it’s really wearable, even for me at over 50.
THanks for actually putting them on your kisser and pouting for us. Love to Tabs.
Hi Majick,
I’m with you on trying to not try to hard. I think what helps is to keep the rest of the look relatively simple. Super clean eyes, cheeks and skin, and lots of lashes, of course.
And LOL, I got mad love for drag queen lips, as you already know!
Tabs says “Mrrow!” He’s been very cranky lately. The weather has been really nice and all he wants to do is play outside. He still doesn’t quite understand that he’s an indoor kitty now.
Karen,
I ordered the Ahava it was a good buy at Nordstrom !
NYX is sold at CVS here on the East coast,
I don’t like the blue lips ; they look like Halloween ,
Have a great week , Karen,
Michele
Hi Michele,
Yes, considering that the bottles were huge and you got two of ’em…what a great deal! Did you pick anything else up from the sale?
That technopagan look fantastic on you!