Author: nightmareb4

Macy’s Beauty Box January 2022 Subscription Box Review

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Cost: $15

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month you will get a bag, a $5 off coupon (that used to it) with a purchase amount which I hate (SUCH A DOWNGRADE), 5 deluxe samples and 1 bonus sample. Why not just say 6? I don’t get it. Lately we have been getting between 6 and 8 items per month you never really know how many things you are going to get.

All the brands will be brands you can find in Macy’s which is cool since they sell Mac and a lot of other brands that are never to rarely seen in subscription boxes.

New Year all skincare box that’s pretty standard though. I just love that even though Macy’s does do alot of repeats they also do alot of new different things also.

We also got a bag but its plasticky and a bit tacky.

Youth Haus 24k Gold Glow Eye Patches

Full Size: 1 pair

Full Size Cost: $7

These are very comfortable. They feel really nice I like them I don’t think I would spend $7 on them but I enjoyed using them.

Ahava Mineral Hand Cream

Full Size: 100 ml

Full Size Cost: $24

Sample Size: 40 ml

Value: $9.60

I like this hand cream but I have a super weird relationship with it I swear every tube I get has a different fragrance and some are so floral that I hate them like this one and some are super oceany which I love. The cream itself is super great but the inconsistent scent is weird to me.

Clarins Total Eye Lift

Full Size: 15 ml

Full Size Cost: $89

Sample Size: 3 ml

Value: $17.80

I’ve used this before it is not my favorite eye cream it doesn’t really do much for me. So I will be passing it along. I haven’t ever seen any effects from it so I don’t care to use it when I can try new products.

Estee Lauder Beautiful Magnolia Perfume

Full Size: 100 ml

Full Size Cost: $128

Sample Size: 1.5 ml

Value: $1.92

Florals are not my thing so I will pass this along to my mom.

Elemis Pro Collagen Cleansing Balm

Full Size: 20 g

Full Size Cost: $14

I love to try new cleansing balms. This also smells really nice. I like the citrusy herbal scent that it has.

Barbor Hydra Plus Ampoules

Full Size: 7 x 2 ml (14 ml)

Full Size Cost: $29.95

See this is super cool I haven’t ever seen anything like this in a subscription and it isn’t something I feel like alot of people would buy to try. This is just like a hylaronic acid serum in little one time use capsules but its super cool I am excited to try it. I am not loving my current Hylaronic acid serum so I may pause and use this up first for the next week.

Total Value: $80.27

Skincare: 4

Makeup: 0

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 1

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 3

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 2

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Ipsy January 2022 Subscription Box Review

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Ipsy Bag

Cost: $12 monthly, $132 annual

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month Ipsy sends out a cute makeup bag of samples and full size items. You can review your bag for points that you can trade in for reward items. The rewards change often and the range between 300 points and 1000 points. You can get around 95 points every month.

If you want to subscribe you can subscribe HERE and skip the waitlist. That is my referral link so I do get points to spend but I’m not an affiliate I don’t make any money or anything it’s just the same link any subscriber would get.

You can choose one item in your bag every month which I really like. I will say the quality of the actual bag every month isn’t as consistent or as good as they have been in years past.

Well this month really sucked bad for me with Ipsy.

The pastel bag is super cute but really cheap feeling.

Elaina Badro Electroplated Blending Brush

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $20

Well this brush can’t be purchased. I have never heard of this brand but nothing they have nor the quality of this brush seems like it is par with the prices they are charging. It is cute and soft and I will use it but it isn’t $20.

Araceli Tequila Highlighter in Blanco

Full Size:

Full Size Cost: $24

Sample Size: 1.8 g

Value: $

I have no idea the value because I have no idea the size of the full size. Also I was excited for this love the concept of tequila and the the packaging is cute. But woah so unimpressive on I have so many beautiful highlighters I won’t be keeping this. Swatched Below.

Shades By Shan Bronzer in Walnut

Full Size:

Full Size Cost: $15

Sample Size: 3 g

Value: $

This is another one with no way to find out the full size cost and now I also think something a little sketchy is going on because these both feel a bit like not realy brands more like very indie at their infancy of creation and upon looking at one of the instagrams they were in a give away together and like hmmm little strange that these too tiny indie brands know each other and some how both show up in an ipsy bag together. Also this bronzer is orange as hell.

Both so bleh

Honey Jarret Lip Sleeping Mask in Lemon Honey

Full Size: 12 g

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 3 g

Value: $3

This was my choice for the month I love lemon and honey and lip masks and this smells so good. the only thing I am happy about in the bag really.

Tarte Shape Tape Ultra Creamy Concealer in 29N Light Medium

Full Size: 10 ml

Full Size Cost: $29

Sample Size: 0.5 ml

Value: $1.45

Couldn’t even give a full ml huh. I just don’t care for shape tape or concealer in general. I have rated shape tape and Tarte low in the past so it isn’t great that they keep sending them to me.

Really just a shitty month for me.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $24.45

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 3

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 1

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 3

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What’s in My Trash? 2021 Year End Wrap Up

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So my goal was 400 products and $3,500 in value and succeed with 450 and $3,930.84!!

Final Results

Compared to 2020

I did better in every category which is amazing. That is really what I wanted. I feel like so much stuff comes into my life and it feels like I am never using enough to get ahead let alone catch up. I know more then 394 new things have come into my life. I really want to focusing on reducing category totals overall so that will be part of this years goals.

Final Totals By Category:

Things that stand out to me:

Well I decluttered exactly double as much as I decluttered last year for whatever that information is worth.

Dear god I need to spend less on candles.

Skincare is so like my most consistent category and all prices and percentages are so close every year, I don’t know what that says about me either.

Also I really love a bougie lip balm and I need to cool it with that. I justify it because I actually finish them and really enjoy it the whole time but I have enough I have 42 lip balms/scrubs/lip masks etc and that is insane. I would need to use up 3 to 4 a month to use them up in a year and I use up like 1 a month. I have nearly a 4 yr supply that is crazy person status.

And Now for Some Pie Charts

Skincare still about a third that is apparently just where I sit which is fine with me. Lip and Perfume are tied for last place last year they were second to last and last place respectively. Declutter moved up to second place and it is nice to have four categories that broke double digits.

Most value out of my Skincare, Home Scents, and Perfume use. Last year makeup had made it into the top 3 but I got the same value out of it so that’s good. I wish it was more though.

I don’t really have any interesting insights other then I need to stop buying candles for awhile.

So 2022 Goals, I really really want to focus on maintaing and reducing my collection overall. I am really maxing out space and it is not great for me. I plan on doing a declutter of my makeup (slowly) over the next twoish months so that will move alot out. But I will be keeping track of the category totals of my collection month to month. To see how I am doing and be more conscious of what I am bringing in.

Also I want to stretch myself to $4000 goal this year. I don’t think I am going to make an exact monthly item goal I want to be using about 100 items a quarter or the same 400 items a year.

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