Category: Ipsy

Ipsy October 2019 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 one beauty junkie to another.

You can now customize your bag and pick out one sample per month that will get to be in your bag which is a pretty nice change even though it can with a price increase.

This was the first month we I got to try out customization. I just went on when I got the email and chose the sample I wanted. I really like that because it guarantees you will be at least sorta happy with something in your bag.

This month Ipsy did a Betty Boop Collection. The bag is super cute but the products all seemed pretty meh.

Betty Boop x Ipsy Drawn to You Eyeliner

Full Size: ?

Full Size Cost: $3.99

Sample Size: ?

Value: $3.99

You can only get this if you buy the whole collection this is not great it comes out really smooth and black but it is is so liquidy and bleeds really terribly. I have potential plans to use this to make the dark/shadowy base you use under liquid latex for wounds so that I don’t waste a good eyeliner. But I doubt this will last long in my life if I don’t end up using it for that.

Beau Gachis Concealer Brush

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $11.95

This brush feels pretty cheap the bristles aren’t cut super even and feel really really plastic like.

It Cosmetics CC Cream in Medium

Full Size: 32 ml

Full Size Cost: $39

Sample Size: 4 ml

Value: $4.88

I hate this product it doesn’t work from my skin at all I find it to look really really heavy and sit on top of my skin in a really unflattering way. This is just not a good pick for me. Though I know it is really popular.

Private Doctor Define Minus Serum

Full Size: 40 ml

Full Size Cost: $49

Sample Size: 7 ml

Value: $8.58

This was my customization choice, I’m never going to pass up an expensive serum. I don’t know how this works yes but I should get about a week or two out of it and it is my next serum to try when I finish up my current one (that I hate its a random niacinamide one) tonight. This is supposed to help reduce lines and sagging.

Aphrodite Olive Oil Deep Cleansing Face Mask

Full Size: 75 ml

Full Size Cost: $10.99

Sample Size: 15 ml

Value: $2.20

This is supposed to draw out impurities and hydrate. I am leery about putting olive oil on my face but I’ll give it a go when my face feels like it needs a heavy does of nourishment.

This was not a great month for me at all. But you win some you lose some I don’t really love anything in this months bag and the only one that I am interested in trying is the serum I picked out. This month had a shockingly low value as well after the change and the promise of a higher value I am pretty displeased. I don’t feel like I got my moneys worth.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $31.60

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 2

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 2

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 3

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Ipsy September 2019 Subscription Box Review

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Ipsy Bag

Cost: $10 monthly, $110 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 one beauty junkie to another.

Though that is changing now so I’ll talk more about that later and next month.

The bag this month is so so cute I love the constellations on it and the fake quartz zipper pull and that it is a nice canvas. This will be the first bag in a while that I am keeping.

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask

Full Size: 80 ml

Full Size Cost: $45

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $5.63

I love this sleeping mask but it is so expensive. It really does leave my skin looking glowy and and hydrated and soft when I use it.

L.O.C.K. COLOR Unicorn Glow Hydrating Primer

Full Size: 30 g

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 10 g

Value: $4

This is supposed to be a collagen infused primer that makes your skin look plumper and I would say it did do that but it is nothing particularly spectacular.

111 Skin Space Defence Bright Eye Lift Gel

Full Size: 15 ml

Full Size Cost: $190

Sample Size: 7.5 ml

Value: $95

I fucking choked when I saw the price of this. For that price it better do some magic. I tried it before looking at pricey and didn’t feel like it was all that special but um maybe it gets better with time. Because for that pricey it better do magic for my eyes and cook me dinner too.

Ofra x Madison Miller Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick in Oh My Ry Ry

Full Size: 8 g

Full Size Cost: $20

Sample Size: 6 g

Value: $15

I feel like every Ofra Liquid Lipstick I have is in this same mauve color. The formula on these is pretty light and mousse so they aren’t too uncomfortable to wear.

The Beauty Crop Eyeshadow in Seren

Full Size: 3 g

Full Size Cost: $?

Sample Size: 3 g

Value: $?

So they don’t seem to sell single eyeshadows anymore so I don’t know how much this is but it is full size. This is a pretty metallic plum color. Very smooth and creamy.

So i got a full size eyeshadow and a crazy expensive eye cream that is almost worth what i spend on the this whole subscription each year so that is a win.

So starting next month the Ipsy bag is going up to $12 a month, $132 a year. The bag will now be worth $50+ a month (which it almost always was anyway…) and you will get to customize one item each month starting with the October bag so I will see how that goes next month and talk more about it then.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $119.63

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 3

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 1

Deluxe Sample: 2

Sample: 2

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

Ipsy August 2019 Subscription Box Review

nightmareb4
Ipsy Bag

Cost: $10 monthly, $110 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 one beauty junkie to another.

This is such an ugly cheap feeling bag this month. Sometimes the bags are cute but lately we’ve gotten so not good ones.

Sol de Janeiro Coco Cabana Cream

Full Size: 25 ml

Full Size Cost: $10

Sample Size: 25 ml

Value: $10

There’s alot to say about this one so I am breaking into three parts; product, price, and confusingness.

The scent of this lotion is amazing it is like a warm sweet tropical yummy vanilla coconut and I want to smell it all day for the rest of my life. I unfortunately hate the lotion so much it leaves me feeling really really sticky my gf loves it and doesn’t have that problem so she’ll use this and the 2 others I just gave her and I’ll get to smell it on her lol. I wanted to buy the perfume but more on that in the confusingness section.

This size can be purchased for $10 I know that’s bonkers but I will count it as a full size because it can be purchased.

So this was sold on Sephora and seems to have been pulled and when you go on the Sol de Janeiro website it is all sold out everything from this scent is listed but sold out. I don’t know what that means I don’t know if it is being discontinued or reformulated or what but it is a mystery and a sad one. It also means that excess stock was cheaply sold to Ipsy to give to us which I don’t like.

SL Miss Glam Angles Eye E61 Brush

Full Size: 6 brushes

Full Size Cost: $39

Sample Size: 1 brush

Value: $6.50

This is estimated off another glitter brush set that is super similar. but in silver. SL Miss Glam brushes are really cute and reallly soft and really OVERPRICED. Their website is also awful to use it is baby pink on white so terrible unreadable and the sorting is impossible to use. just ugh. This brush is super cute tho it is a translucent handle with realy pretty emerald green glitter and green gems and green dyed bristles super pretty super soft.

Inc.Redible Jelly Shot Lip Quencher in Ex Revenge

Full Size: 4.4 g

Full Size Cost: $10

Sample Size: 1.02 g

Value: $2.32

I have never had one of these and it is so cute and fun with the little flower in it. This is just a clear balm seems moisturizing and has not scent or taste.

Suva Beauty Eyeshadow in Turmeric

Full Size: 4 g

Full Size Cost: $11

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $4.13

So this shade isn’t for sale on their website. But I have been wanting to try Suva Beauty specifically their eyeliners but this eyeshadow feels like such nice quality it is really smooth and pigmented there. It blends well it isn’t chunky I really like it even if the shade wouldn’t be my first choice. Swatched Below.

Adesse New York All Day Lip Creme in Beverly Blvd.

Full Size: 3.2 g

Full Size Cost: $24

Sample Size: 3.2 g

Value: $24

This is described as a pink with a cool plum undertone and sure That sounds good lol. This is more creamy, glossy and slippery then I tend to like my lipsticks but it is a pretty color despite how cheap and dollar store like the packaging feels. Swatched Below.

This was an ok bag for me I love getting brushes I will definitely use the lip balm and really happy to have something from Suva even if it isn’t my color preference.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $46.95

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 2

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 2

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 2

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