Pre-emptive Spring time

So pretty much everyone in the UK is currently getting pissed off at our dismal weather, even me and I usually love winter! But there's too much of a good thing and now I'm bored of being cold and wet and walking through mud and there being no spring flowers! 

Anyway I tried to cheer myself up by dressing in my most Spring-ish outfit and then Claire and I went to Westfields and I ate too much food.

 

  

Milkshake in Butlers Chocolate Cafe (my home from home)

  

I got photobombed eating my lunch!

Here's a close up of my necklace which is amazing: 

 

Wearing:

Dress: Bernie Dexter

Tights: Asos

Shoes: Clarks

Necklace: Les Nereides

Makeup:

Face: Illamasqua Skin Base foundation in 01, Sleek blush by 3 Pumpkin in Squash

Eyes: MUA Heaven and Earth Palette, Sugarpill eyeshadow in Mochi, Illamasqua Precision Ink in Abyss, Illamasqua Medium pencil in Vow, Black mascara

Lips: OCC Lip Tar in Narcissus

I absolutely love my dress, the print is amazing, it fitted beautifully and I loved that it showed up my super sloping shoulders. The company, Bernie Dexter has a bunch of absolutely beautiful clothes. Unfortunately they've just gone and discontinued all plus sizes. No idea why, they just decided not to make them anymore. So obviously I won't be giving them any more of my fat money! >:(

Swatcharama - OCC Lip Tars

 I've written an indepth, gushing review of these before and I still really like them but I've discovered they do have a couple of faults. They feather madly (though I do have very feathery lips), can be slightly drying and if you leave them without using them for a while the oil and pigments separate. You have to shake and mush the tubes for a while to get them to mix again. If you apply them without mixing properly they're not as opaque as they should be and even runnier than usual. I think I had that problem in some of these swatches. That being said I still love these things, the colours are great, they wear really well and they're just a cool product. You can get them for about £9 each.

  Interlace - a light nudey peach colour. Usually I hate nudes but this one is really peachy and bright and I actually like it on me!

  

More under the cut

Miracles Happen

This was from a David Devant gig about 2 months ago. I tried to do a Veronica Lake-ish thing with my hair, it looked nice but as soon as I left the house it got destroyed :P

  

More under the cut :)

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars

I recieved these from my girlfriend as a christmas present. They are one of the greatest lip products i have ever encountered. They're not a gloss, not a lipstick but something really new, basically a runny liquid with the lasting power and opacity of the best lipstick you could imagine. These are really easy to apply with a lipbrush and youonly need a tiny bit to completely cover your lips. These are meant for mixing so you can customise your own shades and basically make any colour you could imagine, i haven't tried this yet because i don't have any jars small enough for testing it out. They're not matte, not shimmery and not glossy, but they do have a tiny amount of shine. They also have a minty smell (reminds me of buttermints) and feel ever so slightly tingly when you apply them. It's really quite nice but i can't see any reason for it, no plumping effects or anything.
Anyway here are some lip swatches of the colours i got. I hope to get about 3 more and as soon as i have some smaller jars i'm going to try mixing them.

NSFW:


Safety Orange:


Traffic:


Botanic:


RX:


Pageant:


Katricia:


Tarred:


Feathered:
  
Hoochie:

 

(this is more pink and less blue toned in real life)

Anime:

Grandma:

Vapid:

 

(this is more pink and less blue toned in real life)

As you can see these are so opaque they all completely block out my natural lip colour (with the exception of feathered which applies a little more patchy than the others).

Would i recommend these? Absolutely. In fact i would recommend them to everyone everywear who likes wearing lipsticks. Even if you would never wear a bright colour like the blues, greens and so on i have, there are many many other colours to try, like nudes and light pinks and as they are mixable you could add other colours to them to create your perfect colour. For instance if you wanted a more cool toned pink you could add a tiny bit of RX to 'Hush' (a very light pink). There is also a clear lip tar to sheer out the colours. And if like me you love an unconventional lip colour, with these the world is your oyster! Imagine all of the different colours you could make! A pastel turquoise, blackened purple, acid yellow! And the finish is just amazing.

Any negatives? The only one i can think of is that these do tend to feather or bleed around my lips, but then i often have this problem with lipsticks or glosses.

Available from here: http://www.occmakeup.com/liptar.html for $12.50 which i think is a great bargain!