Category: Medusa’s Makeup

Medusa’s Makeup September 2017 Subscription Box Review

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Medusa’s Makeup

Cost: $15.95 monthly

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month Medusa’s Makeup sends 3-5 full size products, with a value of $40 from their line.  I have been subscribing since their inaugural bag. They have changed things up a bit from 3-5 products to 3-4 products each month.

Medusa’s Make up is a vegan and cruelty free company and made in the USA.

They usually send out their newest products and always full size.

Cute very berry themed back to school box.

Glitter in Key Lime Pie

Full Size: 3 g

Full Size Cost: $8

Sample Size: 3 g

Value: $8

This is not a compelling enough color for me to keep so I will be passing this along. I am not a huge glitter fan tends to bother my contacts.

Totally Baked Eyeshadow in Awesome

Full Size: 2 g

Full Size Cost: $9

Sample Size: 2 g

Value: $9

This is a very bold pink shade. Unfortunately this is not nearly as pigmented as any of the other shadows I have tried from Medusa’s so that is a little weird to me. It is very soft and definitely buildable so it really isn’t a problem just sorta weird. Swatched Below.

Lip Paint in Bang

Full Size: 1.5 g

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $12

Finally one of the lip paints in a color I will wear this is a gorgeous pinky berry shade I love it. These do not come off for anything it is really awesome. I am so thrilled. Swatched Below.

Star Bright Luminous Creme Hilighter

Full Size: 1.5 g

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $12

Does it bug anyone else the way they chose to spell this? No? Just me then, ok, This is supposed to be a cream highlight for the face but it never really dries down or sinks into the skin like other cream highlights I have it stays wet and creamy. Which is cool for photos and looks great for like ten minutes and then it melts into a mess. This is a really cool product though and I am glad then sent something kinda different it also looks really really pretty on the lips as a gloss (moisturizing and not sticky at all) or topping matte lipsticks. Swatched Below.

Total: $41

This was a really good month. They sent out a pretty cohesive look and a nice interesting. The cream highlight and lipstick pair super well together and I do appreciate a good berry lip + berry toned eye look so this is a great box for me. First month in a long time that I am happy and not a little meh about this box.

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Medusa’s Makeup August 2017 Subscription Box Review

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Medusa’s Makeup

Cost: $15.95 monthly

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month Medusa’s Makeup sends 3-5 full size products, with a value of $40 from their line.  I have been subscribing since their inaugural bag. They have changed things up a bit from 3-5 products to 3-4 products each month.

Medusa’s Make up is a vegan and cruelty free company and made in the USA.

They usually send out their newest products and always full size.

Thought I canceled this….Apparently not? Odd but this surprise package actually ended up being really up my alley.

False Lashes – Heavy

Full Size: 1 pair and Glue

Full Size Cost: $9

Sample Size: 1 pair and Glue

Value: $9

This is a repeat product they sent this back in October 2016 one of the first reviews I ever wrote for this blog. I will probably gift these I still have my original pair that I have never touched.

Metal AF Lipgloss in Cherry Pie

Full Size: 6 ml

Full Size Cost: $11

Sample Size: 6 ml

Value: $11

This I am in fucking love with it really is Metal AS Fuck. It is also not a lip gloss this is a matte metallic liquid lipstick. I want every shade. I really does not budge and it does need to be layer but I love it. All the shades are named after rock songs too so I really love it and it is so pretty! Cherry Pie is a really deep brick, blood red. Swatched Below.

Eye Dust in Ultra Violence

Full Size: 1.5 g

Full Size Cost: $8

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $8

Any one else love the A Clockwork Orange reference? Just me? This is another pretty shade it is a silvery purplely white ish shade of loose shimmer pigment. Swatched below.

Totally Baked Eyeshadow in Whatever

Full Size: 2 g

Full Size Cost: $9

Sample Size: 2 g

Value: $9

This is a very pretty silver grey. It is soft considering it is a baked shadow but it also has a ton of fallout. Swatched Below.

Whatever, Ultra Violence, Cherry Pie.

The two eyeshadows are both extremely shimmer and opaque they are very nice not at all patchy.

The lipgloss is a little patchy but definitely pigmented in real life you can see a bit of metallicness to the color but on camera it is to subtle to show.

Total Value: $37

I was actually really pleased with this box that I didn’t expect to get. While I think it is sucky that they repeated a product for most people you would need a new pair by now. But the Metal AF gloss I never would have thought to try and now I am in love. That really made the whole box for me.

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Medusa’s Makeup July 2017 Subscription Box Review

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Medusa’s Makeup

Cost: $15.95 monthly

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month Medusa’s Makeup sends 3-5 full size products, with a value of $40 from their line.  I have been subscribing since their inaugural bag. They have changed things up a bit from 3-5 products to 3-4 products each month.

Medusa’s Make up is a vegan and cruelty free company and made in the USA.

They usually send out their newest products and always full size.

Every month I have been more and more disappointed with this subscription and this should be the last month I attempted to cancel so let’s see if it worked.

The mailer was so cute this month I had to show it off.

Lip Paint in Cowgirl

Full Size: 1.5 g

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $12

This is the only thing In the bag that I am keeping this month. Everything else is being gifted to new homes. This is a weird color very early 2000s foundation lips. But I have nothing like it so I am keeping it. Swatched Below.

Brow Wow Wow

Full Size: 2 g

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 2 g

Value: $12

The pop art packaging is cool but I have no interest is filling in my eyebrows let alone filling them in with powder so this has been passed along to my mom. With the brush but we will get to that later on. The brow side is definitely an eyebrow powder it is stiffer and more of a buildable formula. The highlight on the other hand is super powdery and pick up in chucks and is fairly glittery/metallic for an eyebrow highlight and after swatching I am  99% sure it is the exact same as one of their new baked eye shadows Bitchin’ that we received in May. It isn’t a good brow highlight they would have been better off with a matte highlight or just not even including one. Swatched Below

Glitter in Mystique

Full Size: 2

Full Size Cost: $8

Sample Size: 2

Value: $8

This is a gorgeous light blue mermaidy glitter I am not going to swatch it so that I can leave the seal on and give it away I just never use loose glitters I am just not into it. They do have very pretty soft glitters if that is your  thing you should really check them out.

Angle Eyeliner Brush

Full Size: 4 brushes

Full Size Cost: $18

Sample Size: 1 brush

Value: $4.50

The Medusa’s Makeup brushes really are not that great quality they break they don’t blend or pick up product well I have 1 dollar brushes from Shop Miss A and Amazon that are so much better for so much cheaper. Also the card claims that this is an $8 brush. First of all you can only buy this is a set of 4 for $18 dollars so that is $4.5 by my calculation and second of all this is not worth $8. This brush actually was soft and dense as you would want in an angled liner brush but I gifted this to my mom to go with the eyebrow powder I gave her.

They also included a bonus Beach Bag this month it is about 18in x 16 in so not exactly beach bag size but it is super cute and probably the nicest most useful thing in the bag for me.

Total Value: $36.50

Definitely not the $45 value they claim. The “beach bag” was a cute touch and probably my favorite thing in the bag. I unfortunately didn’t love anything in this month’s bag so this month was a total waste of money for me and with that I will officially be canceling.

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