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6 Days of OCC: Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Stained Gloss in Concubine, Day 4

May 28th, 2014 by Karen 16 Comments

OCC Concubine — Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Stained Gloss in Concubine

Gotta love lip colors you can wear with errrrthing. 🙂

Concubine, part of the new Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Dune Generation collection, is one of those colors that looks right at home whether you’re rocking a dramatic makeup look or something minimalist and nude.

Described as a warm neutral plum by OCC, I get more of a coral vibe on my lips (which I like!). If your skin picks up lots of buttery golden color during the summer months, it could become your new BFF.

Find it now online at sephora.com and occmakeup.com, and look for it in Sephora stores starting June 6.

The 6 Days of OCC series features a different Stained Gloss every day

The New Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Tarred + Feathered Lip Balm Duo Gives Your Lip Products Wings

May 28th, 2014 by Karen 20 Comments

Wearing multiple layers of Feathered, the white shade from the new OCC Tarred + Feathered Lip Balm Duo ($18)

That moment when you realize you want to wear a lip product solely because you think it might match your nails…

Your opaque white nails.

Priceless. 🙂

OCC Tarred + Feathered — That’s Nicole by OPI Yoga Then Yogurt on my nails…

Yeah, I think I crossed over into uncharted makeup territory this week — uncharted for me, at least, since I can’t recall ever wanting to wear white lipstick before.

Like, ever.

Sure, I realize that it’s not exactly a super wearable look (RIGHT?!), but I got it into my head a few days ago, and whenever that happens… You know me! 🙂

Say hello to the new $18 Tarred + Feathered Lip Balm Duo by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics. Weird and wonderful at the same time, it comes with two lip balms in white and black.

In calling it “new,” I should put the “new” in air quotes because this duo actually first appeared 10 years ago. It was the very first product OCC ever released. They’re reissuing it meow for their 10th anniversary.

So, what’s the deal? Well, both moisturizing halves of the balm contain hemp seed, pomegranate and avocado oils, and they’re made to moisturize AND function as color correctors to either brighten or darken any lip colors you layer on top.

Feathered, the white balm, works to cancel out your natural lip color, making any colors you wear on top of it appear truer.

LOL! No, it normally doesn’t look quite as scary as it does in the first two face pics because I built it up with a lip brush for those shots to see how close I could get to making my white lips + nail tips fantasy come true (pretty close, but not really, since the balm ends up looking patchy when I build it up in layers).

If I just apply a thin layer instead, like I would with most any other lip balm, I think Feathered actually looks fairly wearable.

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6 Days of OCC: Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Stained Gloss in Dune, Day 3

May 27th, 2014 by Karen 17 Comments

This is by far the raddest dune I’ve ever encountered (except for the 1984 movie and the Sci-Fi Channel original miniseries, but those were more watched than encountered).

All of the others — most of them sand dunes — pale in comparison. Those dunes usually involved me hauling a big-@ss longboard up them, and lots of panting (yo, those boards are heavy).

And since we’re on the subject of dunes, why do they always look so easy to climb from afar, but when you actually start climbing up them, you feel like you’re hiking up K2?

But I digress…

The first time I saw golden champagne Dune Stained Gloss, one of six shades in the new Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Dune summer collection, in its tube, I thought it would be milky and a chore to work with, but it turned out to be surprisingly wearable.

I feel like the golden champagne goes pretty well with my natural lip color, and instead of just getting a boring nude gloss when I wear it, I get a rosy, peachy gold that, thankfully, doesn’t settle into my fine lip lines, which gets another yay for that (yay!). 🙂

You can find it now, along with the rest of the Dune collection, at sephora.com and occmakeup.com (and coming to Sephora stores June 6).

The 6 Days of OCC series features a different Stained Gloss every day

6 Days of OCC: Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Stained Gloss in Nomad, Day 2

May 23rd, 2014 by Karen 13 Comments

I was on the road once, moving from town to town, not really settling down in one place for long, when I ran into Nomad.

Get it…? Nomad? Moving from town to town?

OK, sorry, that was really bad. 🙂

Dark red Nomad, one of six Stained Glosses in the new OCC Dune Generation summer collection, may look like more of a fall-ish lip color, but heck, so what? Makeup rules are meant to be broken.

It’s available now, along with the rest of the OCC Stained Glosses, online at sephora.com and occmakeup.com (and coming to Sephora stores June 6).

In other news, guess who might go kayaking down the Russian River this weekend?! Yup, and fishing, too.

Have you ever been to Monte Rio Beach near Guerneville? I’ve never been, but it looks neat.

The fishing, I’m not too excited about (I’ll probably just read a book), but I’m really looking forward to the kayaking.

The 6 Days of OCC series features a different Stained Gloss every day

6 Days of OCC: Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Stained Gloss in Aurora, Day 1

May 22nd, 2014 by Karen 17 Comments

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Aurora Stained Gloss

The spice must flow…

Sorry, sci-fi nerd moment. 🙂 It’s not my fault. I had to go there because the new Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics summer collection is called Dune Generation.

While I am unsure if the six-piece collection of $18 Stained Glosses is giant sand worm-approved (virtual fist bump through the monitor if you got that reference), I do see a connection to dunes, desert plains, mirages and otherworldly vacation destinations in the colors.

They have the pigmented punch of an OCC Lip Tar coupled with a glossy finish. Wear them atop your favorite lip products, or alone.

The shades in Dune Generation include…

Dune: a champagne gold shimmer
Off World: a pearlescent lilac shimmer
Hedonist: a neon pastel pink
Aurora: a pink-toned coral
Concubine: a warm plummy neutral
Nomad: a shimmery gold-laced maroon

I’m wearing pinkish coral Aurora in these pics here, and I’m in love! It’s so summery and fun.

Stay tuned for pics of the rest of the six-piece Dune Generation collection over the coming days. 🙂 It’s available now online at sephora.com and occmakeup.com (and coming to Sephora stores June 6).

The 6 Days of OCC series features a different Stained Gloss every day

OCC’s Creamy, Intense Cosmetic Colour Pencils Just Might Inspire Hue

January 24th, 2014 by Karen 17 Comments

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Colour Pencils — The new Cosmetic Colour Pencil line by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics

I feel like I’ve been battling with liner all winter long, like this is Westeros and they’re the White Walkers north of the Wall, but it’s mostly just that my skin has been drier than the Atacama, and it’s getting sooo old.

I haven’t been able to wear the long-wearing gel liners I was wearing and loving last spring and summer (they’re too drying), and the only pencils my lash and water lines are tolerating have been the MAC Eye Kohls…

Until now.

These soft, creamy Cosmetic Colour Pencils by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics actually remind me a lot of my beloved MAC Kohls. They glide along my lash lines like gold medal figure skaters across fresh ice.

Ah…

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Colour Pencils from the left: Anime, Grandma, Hoochie, Pennyroyal, Pool Boy and Sybil — From the left: Anime, Grandma, Hoochie, Pennyroyal, Pool Boy and Sybil

These pigmented pretties, some of which are approved for use on lips and body, while the others are for lips, body and eyes, come in 12 shades, all of them matte. The triple threats (eyes, lips and body) are clear Anti-Feathered, peachy brown Pennyroyal, blackened midnight brown Sybil, true black Tarred, true white Feathered and aquatic blue Pool Boy.

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Colour Pencils from the left: Anti-Feathered, Black Dahlia, Feathered, NSFW, Tarred and Trick — From the left: Anti-Feathered, Black Dahlia, Feathered, NSFW, Tarred and Trick

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Colour Pencils Swatches of the shades you can wear on your lips, eyes and body (left to right): Anti-feathered, Pennyroyal, Sybil, Tarred, Feathered and Pool Boy — Swatches of the shades you can wear on your lips, eyes and body (left to right): Anti-feathered, Pennyroyal, Sybil, Tarred, Feathered and Pool Boy

Warm beige Trick, vibrant neon pink Anime, true red NSFW, blackened red Dahlia, coral Grandma and vibrant magenta Hoochie are the ones that just like lips and body…

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Colour Pencils Swatches of shades you can wear on lips and body (left to right): Trick, Anime, NSFW, Black Dahlia, Grandma and Hoochie — Swatches of shades you can wear on lips and body (left to right): Trick, Anime, NSFW, Black Dahlia, Grandma and Hoochie

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The New Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Plastic Passion Spring 2014 Collection, and an Important Announcement

January 23rd, 2014 by Karen 30 Comments

Wearing OCC Pool Boy Lip Tar, one of six new shades from the spring 2014 Plastic Passion collection

It is with a heavy heart that I must share some sad news…

The OCC Plastic Passion Spring 2014 collection

I learned today, moments after swatching the Plastic Passion spring 2014 collection by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics, that I am not nearly cool enough to pull off bright blue matte lips.

And worse still, I probably never will be. 🙁

I introduce exhibit A — a picture of me smiling while wearing Pool Boy, one of six new Lip Tar shades in the release.

I look like a demented clown plotting ways to season and eat a small child for lunch, LOL! I feel like a citizen of the Capitol in Panem…

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Sneak Peek! New Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Colour Pencils Are Coming Soon

January 10th, 2014 by Karen 23 Comments

Just a quick peek at the new Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Colour Pencils ($16 each) coming next month to Sephora stores and occmakeup.com. I plan to review them next week.

Are you down with OCC? (Yeah, you know me!) 🙂