So I saw a tweet about this product, Lip Tar, and I’m dying to try it out.
After reading a review by Nylon and the product description on the website, it looks like my dream lip stuff. Not quite gloss, but not quite lipstick, it’s a hybrid between the two. Gone are the days of gloopy, sticky gloss and dry, chapped lipstick. Hello matte lipstick that slides on like gloss!
I think my favorite shade for summer is Trollop, described on the website as a “pink cranberry coral.” The only problem is that the colors on the site don’t always look good for highly pigmented products. I wish the website had a guide to skin tone and good color choices!
Another thing that’s a little off: they have highly pigmented shades for green, orange, yellow, white and black. I guess this product is intended for high-fashion shoots and shows because I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone rocking those true shades on the street. Maybe I haven’t been looking in the right places?
Regardless, I’m definitely going to try this product. It’s a little pricey ($13 for a little tube) but you’re only supposed to use a tiny bit and apply with a lip brush so the tube actually lasts a long time. That being said, I hope Trollop is a color that lasts me into the fall!
What are your favorite lip products, ladies?
orchid / 143 posts
I heard about this product a while ago in one of Petrilude’s videos on Youtube and I’ve been jonesing for it (in Tarred and NSFW) like you wouldn’t believe. However, it is a little on the expensive side for the size of the tube and I just haven’t had the disposable income to splurge.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!
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where can you buy this? i wanna try it, though for now it’s not in my price range haha
my current favorite lipstick is heartbeat by Victoria’s Secret, it’s also a coral color
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where do you buy the stuff?
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i’d love to try this stuff out!
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If I could bring myself to spend $13 on it, I would love to try it. I always want to try out different lipsticks, but they’re so dry and blah looking sometimes.
daisy / 557 posts
I have three of these, it’s really good =]
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its not reaaly new, and although it has nice pigment it looks ewww sticky
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I have the Lancome juicy tubes. it has different flavors. I got it as a limited time free promotional gift when you buy other products over a certain amount of money.
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=lancome+juicy+tubes&_frs=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m359
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NYX have something like that, matte lip cream. its a mixture of gloss and lipstick.
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I’ve heard of this product though I’ve never tried it. I believe the more outrageous colors are meant for mixing to tone up or down the other colors.
daisy / 543 posts
The price doesn’t bother me and neither does the size. It’s a small tube but a big product. It’s concentrated. I need less than pea size amount to cover my lips. I have all the colors and I love them. My favorite lip product, by far.
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i have a bunch of them, i really do love them but i rarely use them.
they’re pretty hard to work with, because you need only such a TINY amount that its hard not to use too much. it comes on way too strong to apply it from the tube the way you do with a lipgloss. i usually use a brush-or my fingers if i’m in a rush but even that is messy-it’s literally like working with paint and if you’re using one of the brighter shades then it can leave a bit of a stain.
although they are kinda hard to work with…not hard i guess, just they can be messy and due to their strong pigmentation and staying power a need to be a bit precise ….they are fantastic! a little, really little amount goes a very long way-the colors can be mixed to make new shades, they start out in a liquidy formula but once they dry they are matte like regular lipstick or even like a lip-stain, and do NOT budge.
so basically, if you want a quick easy gloss, then i wouldnt suggest itbut if you dont mind having to put a bit of effort into doing your lips and want a very opaque, long lasting color then i think the lip tars are amazing and the fact that you can mix them and you can even get white and black to lighten or deepen the colors is great because it allows you to take one color and turn it into any number of other shades.
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@Moths_Wings@xanga - you can only get it from the website, I think: http://www.occmakeup.com/lips.html
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@enoughtodiefor@xanga - aww thankyou!
sunflower / 339 posts
I love my lipgloss.