Lip Tar, Grandma, 0.14 Ounce

Beautiful color. Exactly as shown.

This is my new favorite lip color. It's a bit tricky to apply well, and liner is almost a must, but the color is gorgeous and your lips will definitely stand out. That and it pretty much lasts all day. You can apply it as a stain or add a gloss over it. Just be forewarned, you will have some pretty brown looking lips if you just heap it on using the applicator. Definitely need to dab and blend.

As with lip tars in the tube, the RTW lip tar is best applied with very little product. I scrape the wand as dry as possible before brushing/patting it onto my lips. Whether it is this color or the new RTW delivery method, I get very easy, even coverage and don't get bleeding as with some of the OCC tube colors. Additionally, I don't need a primer to get great color saturation and longevity. And due to the convenience of having a built-in delivery system, I find I use this product much more frequently than I do the OCC tube colors.A significant downside is that, for nearly the same price, the RTW lip tars have less than 1/2 the amount of product as the full-size tubes (0.14 oz compared to 0.33 oz; for comparison, test tubes have 0.08 oz). OTOH, this is the only way to get Sebastian (an amazing color!), and for me the convenience is worth the trade-off in value.If you're not familiar with Sebastian, be sure to look at pictures of the color on a real person before making a decision—it goes on significantly more grey than the mauve that it appears to be in the tube. I'm light-skinned with olive undertones and get compliments on the color very often. I wear it to the office and out after work—it's very versatile. On a darker-skinned person, I think this would make a lovely nude.

I would not buy again. This should be sold in drug stores - Definitely not worth $15. I had the tube for less than an hour and the plastic piece inside got stuck to the white part. Gloss everywhere - it was a mess! I finally got it reattached correctly, but needless to say I cannot screw the cap on all the way or tightly; if I do, the same thing happens. The color is nice and it does last a long time.

I've only purchased lip tar directly from OCC's site so was nervous about buying from amazon that it wouldn't be legit or expired or something. These are the real deal and at their sale price without having to meet the $50 minimum for free shipping.The trick to lip tar is to take the applicator out, grab a lip brush and pick up a dot of the product, then use. If you use the applicator, it will be too much product unless you wipe as much of it off back into the tube as you can and use the very little that's left. One tube of lip tar should last you pretty much forever.The other trick, since I've found it DOES transfer and you will need to reapply, is to mix it with something. I mix lip tar and a nude ultra-matte-no-transfer liquid lipstick that I have and love but dries my lips out. The combo works well for me.I have very pale skin and tried Hollywood, but it's very light. Sebastian comes out more purple than gray on me. Structure and Artifact are my absolute favorites.

Bought "Grandma" - - I love this brand, and this is a nice color, but it's not great on my skin tone, I was expecting a pinkish color and this is more peachy. I have a very warm skin tone and pink cheeks, so this color doesn't work for me, unfortunately I look like a clown! D:Rats! Out 17 dollars! I'd love to try pagan or black dahlia, but can't justify purchasing a second right away. Maybe one of my friends wants it.Other than the color not going well with my skin tone, the lip tar itself is really nice. It lays on thick, so a little bit goes a long way. It's long lasting and glossy, but doesn't leave your lips feeling sticky (like some lip stains). Great product, awesome company (so sad I can't wear it!)

I wanted to like these as I feel OCC truly has fantastic shades, but I'm a hardcore fan of long wearing matte liquid lipsticks and these just don't hold up to that. They're very much a highly pigmented gloss. I tried black dahlia as well as the metal version. The metal was easier to apply as it didn't streak and was opaque, but, overall, still very messy and prone to feathering immediately upon applicaion. I lined my lips and tried mattifying powder to no avail. Beautiful lip shades that will sit in my collection untouched as they're too much of a hassle. I'm a swipe and go girl. I want to be able to eat, drink, and kiss without becoming preoccupied with thoughts of looking like Courtney Love after a bender. The only long lasting thing about these was the stain it left on my lips after wiping the product off.

Beautiful color. Unique minty scent since made with all natural ingredients including peppermint. It's not a matte product, and it works best with a good lip liner so it doesn't bleed over your lip line since it is not a product that dries on your lips, but more of a gloss/lip tar. But I love it! Great company! Will buy again! Came quick and in perfect condition. A+