Hoochie Lip Tar - Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics

I have been digging on Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics for a while now. My latest purchase was another lip tar. Hoochie. A most vibrant and beautiful magenta-ey purple. OCC's lip tars are vegan! I read somewhere in the last year that the average woman eats four to seven pounds of lip product in her lifetime. Ummm, gross. I don't take such immaculate care of my body that I don't batter it with copious amounts of dark chocolate, pizza, whiskey, cigarettes, and other random things probably better left unimbibed. However, the thought of eating a bunch of random chemicals, dyes, etc. just kind of skeeves me out a bit. Lil bit. And of course those crazy hipsters just love their organic/vegan/green/tofu swag, don't they?

Moving on - the look and staying power of this lip tar is AMAZEBALLS. See? It's so awesome that I just threw down an amazeball. I have a mad obsession with buying far more cosmetics than I could ever wear - sometimes I just buy stuff because it's so darn pretty (I held onto some purple glitter Anna Sui lipstick back in the 90s because her packaging was so beautiful and bold! I kept it for years, even though it actually hurt to apply)! Having said this, I have a mad hoarde of lipstick, lip balm, gloss, butter, creme - you name it: I have it in multiple shades. Though - I hate to wear this stuff! Seriously, I hate lip gloss. Perhaps it is my perpetual thirst (otherwise known as cotton chops), but the stuff just balls up and lies on my lips. Lipstick wipes away/smears too easily. I have tried many of the lipsticks which are supposed to stay bold/fresh for 18+ hours. Sure, they worked. Though these lip paints must be applied very carefully with a clear top sealing coat which in turn means I must literally exfoliate my lips harshly to try and get the stuff off of my lips, by then it's smeared a semi-permanent Leigh Bowery/clown smile around my mouth. Super hawt.

Anyway, the lip tar goes on in a liquid manner like a gloss/lipstick. However, it dries into an absolutely striking dry matte. No feathering. Ever. And this stuff stays! I can drink coffee, brush my teeth, make out with a random stranger, whatev - and it is there. Sometimes I'll grab my lip brush and wipe it across my lips (without even applying more tar to the brush as there's usually plenty still within the hairs of the brush to give me a nice bold re-application) after 6-7 hours just to brighten it up as I am perpetually drinking while I chainsmoke. And it truly feels weightless -- sometimes I forget that I am wearing it out and occasionally people look at me and comment on my AMAZEBALLS lip tar and I'm like, "Oh yeah -- it IS badass, thankyaverymuch!"

Though the tubes are kind of small (which doesn't bother me because I carry a few in my purse as this stuff is great to layer/ombre!) - I usually only use 2 tiny dots on a lip brush. A seriously tinylittledot for each lip. I have had my Digitalis for many a month (4-5) and used it at least 4 days out of every week and I think I am just barely halfway through the tube. So it's really a steal at $16/tube. And as of 2-3 weeks ago - Sephora now sells the lip tars and then they come with a small lip brush and a plastic case so there is an added bang for your buck!

Also, their palette is divine. I have been waiting for something this fantastic for a long time. They have swampy green, bold blue, mustard yellow, black, white! I really hope to amass a nice set of tars so I can get some funky ombre going on. I really would love to do a bold black & white lip!

Bottom line: trample your best friend to get this! Seriously, buy one --- methinks you just might buy a second before leaving the store (or if you're like me -- get off the couch, because my shopping addiction became exponentially more severe when I began the obsession which is online shopping back in my teens!! Oh my goodness, and now I can buy stuff from my phone -- I have totally ordered makeup while stopped at a red light...) As usual, I digress; but this lip tar is just divine and OCC is sure to carry a shade you'll dig, or three, or forty! Go try it out and I dare you to tell me you aren't madly in love, or shouldn't I say OBSESSED with it!!