It comes with a tiny too stiff lip brush
I will start this off by saying that I actually really enjoyed the product and think it might work for me. I don't mind something that's a little fussy to get on and I ordered in a shade that I will only want to use when I am doing something fun for the day rather than an everyday science-ing away in lab shade. I have already mentioned I don't do touch ups. Anyway, here is what the lip tar (typing that for the third time, it's really setting in how alarming that name is) on my face with some after a long day makeup.
There is no way to describe the color other than straight up terracotta pot. I kind of wish it was a more drying formula so I could have the lips of a terracotta soldier.
Beauty inspiration
I found the best way to apply the product was to put a drop directly on the brush and then smear that around on my lips as evenly as possible. I first used a cargo lip primer (because I got it for free in a gift with purchase and don't often wear tricky or pigmented shades) and a clear lip liner from Urban Decay. I still had some slight feathering, which you can see up close, but it wasn't terrible and could be cleaned up once the product dried down. Speaking of drying down, this takes some time to happen. This is the polar opposite of a slap it on your face and dash out the door lip product. This is for days when you have time to primp and preen in front of a mirror like a peacock for hours before you're scheduled to be somewhere. However, once it dries down it is a nice matte finish without being drying.
As you can see I had some trouble staying in the lines that I had to clean up
There is a lot of product transfer to glasses and silverware even if it has dried down completely, but it weirdly does not appear to be taking that much product off the lips.
I don't have a shade anything like this in my collection, but here is what I could come up for as comparisons. From left to right: Prestige Lip Liner in Natural (more brown, more drying), Make Up Forever Rouge Artist Natural in N9 (Pinker), Revlon Lip Butter in Juicy Papaya (lighter, more coral), Nyx Soft Matte Lip Cream in Zurich (pinker), Benefit Chachatint (more coral), Pixi Lip Balm in Honey Nectar (browner), Benefit Lip Gloss in Coralista (closest color match, but does not transfer to that shade on lips).
Above: direct sunlight, Below: indirect sunlight
I am not entirely convinced this is the greatest color for somebody as fair and cool-toned as myself to wear. It will certainly never be subtle on me. Seeing it next to the other swatches really drives home the fact that there is not an iota of pink in this shade.
It wore so much better than I was expecting though, especially after seeing that transfer on my glass. Here is a close up of my lips after an hour and a half and a glass of water. As you can see, my lips aren't so parched as to be cracking and really felt very comfortable still. There is some slight smudging around the edges of my lip line because I was trying to fix my mistakes in application.
I also could not stop taking pictures of my mouth so here is a photo of two and a half hours after application with a meal of stir fry now included as an offensive.
The sun had set so I am using artificial light, check out how orange
Here is a photo of my full face at the two and half hour mark, you can see how fine everything looks when you aren't zoomed in artificially close on my lips. Please excuse that my face is growing ever shinier.
In conclusion, I am pleasantly surprised by this product that I bought with stupidly low expectations. I need to have a talk with myself about my spending habits and how important unnecessary things like makeup are as compared to rent, food, etc. I don't think I will be buying any more lip tars, even at this low price, but I am happy to have a strange orange-brown that might look hideous or might look good on me in a form that I like. The more I try the them, the more I am sucked in by liquid lipsticks.
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