Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar Stained Gloss: New Wave

(Sarah Hyland wearing OCC Lip Tar Nylon - Nylon Magazine)

Queen of pigmentation has joined my vanity at last. Every review I have read praised of their amazing long lasting pigmentation but also found lots of cons (staining teeth??? or difficulty fixing or reapplying after initial application). I am all about long lasting and bright pigmentation so... I still had to try it out myself.

It has not been very long I've noticed OCC section newly presented from Sephora. Amazingly various color selection - I thought! Plus 100% Vegan / Cruelty-Free sign is something that draws more attention these days. I picked out the New Wave Stained Gloss and Anime Matte at Sephora to see the color on my skin tone. I have more white (than yellowy) Asian skin tone and I actually liked both of them on my face. New Wave is more red/slightly fuchsia color with glossy effect. Anime is the perfect barbie pink that's more neon color. As you can tell what I look for in lipsticks and other makeup products, I am focused on more creamy or glossy texture. For instance, I love the pigmentation of Benefit Tints - but they always sit too dry on my lips to the extent I get the tingly sensation. So I ended up purchasing New Wave Stained Gloss only for now.

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Hello, this is Jane back with a new post for introductory studio portrait photography. I got to know photography from high school where they offered a class using manual film camera and a photo lab for black&white photography. Camera have been on my shoulder hanging ever since. I take photos for fun and guess it's like writing a diary, recording everyday. I find myself taking at least one photo daily. It became a unconscious habit almost haha! I'm sure many of you agree.

Anyway, I had a fun project with my awesome friend Erin. We both very much participated for this from, outfit, make-up, concept and ect. I go to an art school in Toronto and have excess to the very basic documentation studio where you would document your work. Therefore there's no fancy lighting or backdrop, sad… not being in photo major.. Erin and I prepared big white plastic table cloth for the backdrop and white thick styrofoam for reflector use at dollar store! They sure do have everything!

This was totally an experiment and attempt to exercise editing and learn about lighting as we are new to studio setting. We had 2 basic lighting available in the studio, tried different angle and softness of the light to see what worked better.  3 reserved hrs passed by really fast. End of the day, we learned different aspect in studio sets and what other issues were to be considered for next time. It's always good to try things if you are not familiar with it. Which we did and was useful.

Thank you for reading, and here are 2 best shot of Erin!

Photo credit: Jane and Erin

Photo credit: Jane and Erin