Category: Subscription Boxes

Glamour Ghouls Beauty Bag November 2017

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Glamour Ghouls Beauty Bag

Cost: $10 monthly + $3 shipping

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: A beauty bag for all of us strange and unusual beauty lovers out there. Those of us who like things a little darker and creepier then the average beauty lover. I am a huge horror lover still wear all black all day every day. I would rather go to a metal show then a club any day of the week. I personally think my aesthetic is goth my little pony so this was a subscription right up my alley.

I have review one of the normal Glamour Ghoul Boxes before you can check that one out HERE. Just like that box you have to sign up for this box every month and if you miss the preorder you miss that month but you always can try again next month. They will feature all Indie Brands

This was the inaugural beauty bag for Glamour Ghouls so I was really excited I got this one in November and am signed up for the December one as well. And then I will decide if this is something I wish to continue in the future. (I am not getting the January Bag).

As is par for the course when dealing with small indie brands there are often delays and what not this box did come very late to the end of November but still came before the month was up (more then I can say for my November reviews) so I consider that a success for them on their first box.

So I saw some other posts and a variety of bags were sent out lots of cute plaids and ghosties and I of course got spiders, I HATE spiders, just my luck. Everyone did receive the same products though. I also really appreciate the little card with details on the companies so you can find them because that is hard with indie brands sometimes.

Chirality Polish in The Night Runner (mini size)

Full Size: 5 ml

Full Size Cost: $5

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $5

I never paint my nails as you can tell by the hack job in this swatch but omg is this just gorgeous it makes me want to get my nails done it is so pretty and holographic and just mesmerizing to look at.  It is a greeny brown base with multicolored holographic glitter in it. I am keeping this because I just have to maybe I’ll get my nails done.

Rebel Rouge Labs Lip Balm in Blue Raspberry

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $2.50

 

This is not currently for sale but according to the Instagram account this is valued at $2.50 which is really inexpensive for an indie chapstick and a ton of product. I hate to beat up on an small brand but I do have to be honest this is not my favorite. I do not like pot style chapsticks and my tin arrive all beat up and dented. This does smell just like blue raspberry though. I just don’t know how much use I will get out of it. It is very slick on the lips and kinda messy.

Spoiled Lips Liquid Lipstick in Poker Face

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $11

 

I have a few of these all received in connection with Glamour Ghouls actually one in the Batty Box and 2 that came with they collaboration eyeshadow palette which I loved. Unfortunately I don’t love the formula. It is hard to work with it is patch and dries extremely quickly and while it does stay on forever you can see how dry it is so it doesn’t always look the best. I will keep them because they are such fun colors but it is more of a special look for a picture type of lipstick for me then something I would be comfortable wearing out and about being so dry. This is a very poop brown type of color. Swatched Below.

Dirty Glam Cosmetics

Full Size:

Full Size Cost: $

Sample Size:

Value: $

As is often the story with Indie Brands people have lives and the owner is currently on vacation so I I don’t have any information on this product I will update it next week when the site it live again. This is a gorgeous gold loose shadow mush thinner and sheerer then a Medusa’s Makeup pigment but still very nice and holiday appropriate I may actually wear it this Saturday to a Christmas Party I will update with that picture too if I do. I tend to wing my makeup with how I am feeling that day. Swatched Below.

Total: $18.50 without the eyeshadow

So the value is there you are getting probably double your money which is great and what I expect out of a subscription of this type. For first impressions I am unfortunately meh about this box but I truly love the concept so will probably keep picking up bags here and there even if it is not a regular monthly thing I do.

 

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Ipsy November 2017 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 100 points and 1000 points. You can get up to 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.

Well here is another very very late review. But here it is all the same. There is going to be a day by day opening of an advent calendar on my Instagram soon so stay tuned for that.

SL Miss Glam B36 Tapered Highlight Brush

Full Size: Set of 5

Full Size Cost: $69.99

Sample Size: 1 brush

Value: $14

So you can’t buy these brushes individually so I found a tapered highlight in on of the sets and based it off that. It seems like a really nice quality brush but I am not a huge fan of the rhinestones on the ferrel.

Skyn Iceland Berry Lip Fix

Full Size: 12 ml

Full Size Cost: $14

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $5.83

I have been on a real fancy lip balm kick so this is really cool. It is a nice berry scent but I’m eh about the texture it is almost like smoothly gritty. I know that doesn’t make any sense but that is the best way I can describe it.

Lime Crime Diamond Crusher in Lit

Full Size: ?

Full Size Cost: $8

Sample Size: ?

Value: $8

There is no size listed but this mini is for sale so I am going with that price. This is the  most sparkely omg thing ever. I just wanted to paint myself in it. It is supposed to be a lip topped but is definitely opaque enough to wear on its own. Swatched Below.

Tini Beauty Barfly Highlighter in Candlelit

Full Size: 0.12 oz

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 0.12 oz

Value: $12

This is a really pretty cream highlighter it is very buildable but such a pretty soft but in your face cream. Is shows up as more of a pinky pearl then a real candlelit color though. Swatched Below.

Colourpop Pressed Shadow in Paper Tiger

Full Size: 1.5 g

Full Size Cost: $4

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $4

I was really hoping for the other shade that was sent out this mustardy yellow color is just not my thing. The formula is very smooth and pigmented so I would definitely see myself trying more in the future. Swatched Below.

Lip topper, highlight, eyeshadow

I was pleasantly surprised with this months bag probably the best one all year. Good Job Ipsy!

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $43.83

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 3

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 4

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 1

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Macy’s Beauty Box November 2017 Subscription Box Review

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Macy’s Beauty Box

Cost: $15

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: So Macy’s has hopped on the subscription box bandwagon and this is their first box. Every month you will get a bag, a $5 off coupon, 5 deluxe samples and 1 bonus sample. Why not just say 6? I don’t get it.

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

The cool thing about the coupon is that it is good in stores and online (beauty ships free at Macy’s) also Macy’s does have sales and $5 dollar products so if you are strategic you can score a free product every month. Depending on your state you may still have to pay tax but that is still basically free.

Well Macy’s is getting better this is more what I would have expected from their first box so it is feeling a little to late for me I will probably cancel after I see what they pull out for Christmas. This month they gave us $10 dollars off which was awesome because I was able to score and Origins gift set for free during the Black Friday sale and some Shiseido Facial Cottons with last months $5 off that I have been dying to try. So I was pretty thrilled with that.

Lancôme Cils Booster XL Super Enhancing Mascara Base

Full Size: 5.6 ml

Full Size Cost: $25.50

Sample Size: 2.07 ml

Value: $9.43

Oh gee another mascara primer these are just sitting in my collection getting no use. I should really try these one day but I just don’t see the point. I already like my lashes plenty and often forget to even put mascara on so I just don’t see myself using this extra step ever.

Beauty Blender Blotterazzi Pro

Full Size: 1 blotter and Case

Full Size Cost: $20

Sample Size: 1 blotter

Value: $10

I am approximating this at $10 because half the function of this is having the case. Now the point of this is to be a reusable blotting paper that you take on the go to blot oil. I have the non pro version that I got in Sephora Play! from before I even started this blog. I use this in a different way and actually love it so am very happy to have another. I soak it in setting spray and tap it all over my face anywhere I feel like I have makeup that looks cakey or powdery or isn’t blending well together and feel like it helps everything sink in and blend better. I  know I could do that with a regular beauty blender but I feel like this blotter does it quicker and gives a smoother look because it is over a wider area. So Yay for something I will truly get alot of use out of.

Tarte Tartist Lip Paint in Bestie

Full Size: 6 ml

Full Size Cost: $20

Sample Size: 1 ml

Value: $3.33

Holy shit how many of these are we going to get. This is a very brown color that I am eh about there was a swatch no idea where it went but there was one.

Mac Prep + Prime Natural Radiance Base in Radiant Yellow

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $42

Sample Size: 6 ml

Value: $5.04

This is VERY yellow I don’t know how this is going to work on me, but Always nice to get a Mac product.

Benefit They’re Real Mascara in Black

Full Size: 8.5 g

Full Size Cost: $24

Sample Size: 3 g

Value: $16.94

I am so super allergic to this mascara is makes my eyes so itchy and red and irritated and just I can’t. But I will find it a good home.

Chanel Gabrielle Perfume

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $105

Sample Size: 1.5 ml

Value: $3.15

This is ultra feminine smelling not really my style.

This subscription is getting better but it is all stuff I have or isn’t my style I don’t know if the value is there for me personally the best part is the coupon and that isn’t worth $15 a month to me.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $47.89

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 4

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 1

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 2

Sample: 4

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