What is it: Every month you will get a bag, a $5 off coupon (sometimes $10), 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 since 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 also Macy’s does have sales and $5 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 it is still basically free.
I was really excited about these items until I tried them and then I was a bit disappointed, alot of them just weren’t really my style.
Couldn’t spring for 0.1 more g? Any way I love this mascara and this is the perfect tiny size for a week long vacation. Thrilled to have this because this is a pricey mascara. This makes my lashes really full and bold. The only down side is it is hard to get off and a bit heavy on the lashes.
This is described as a soft beige but really it is a ballerina pink. Much to pink for my tastes but I really like this formula so I want to find a way to make this work. This lasts a long time while staying pretty comfortable while wearing.
This is a bit of a weird choice the My Clarins line is meant more for teens and those starting in skincare not so much the demographic of the Macy’s bag. That aside I hated this it took alot to spread over the face there is probably only one more use in here. and it was a do nothing product it didn’t reel calming or hydrating or anything like that. I will throw this on tonight just to call it done and not have to put it away.
Kiehl’s products never work for my skin no matter how much I want them too. This cream smells really nice and bright. Water creams often gel up and sit sticky on top of my skin so I don’t have high hopes for this.
This is supposed to be like instant botox and instantly fill in lines and tighten skin. It is a pretty cool product and it does seem to work a bit. I doubt this would be worth the trouble or price for every day but for special occasions it makes sense. This is like a direct opposite age group product to the My Clarins.
#macysbeauty Compact Mirror
This is really heavy and quite nice quality. It has 3 mirrored surfaces all with different magnification. I don’t kow what people pay for compacts but Macy’s has some ranging fomr like $30 to $100 dollars which is mind blowing I couldn’t imagine. This is the kinda thing that will get fingerprints all over it instantly. Which would drive me nuts.
This bag was a bit all over the place in the curation and a lot just didn’t work out for me personally but it was still a great value with some really interesting and new product choices. Even when the items don’t work for me they are still interesting choices.
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 came with a price increase.
I am so not into the leopard print this month at all. But on to the products which I am also not that into this month. You win some you lose some.
Best thing in the box for me I like Delectable creams they are super rich and moisturizing. This one has a light citrus scent and I will use this up quickly I think I have set it beside my computer.
This is much too dark for me and quite heavy feeling for a BB cream style foundation. I think I might try mixing this with some much too light foundations I have and seeing how that turns out for me.
I love the tiny little bottle I just wish they have given 5 ml instead of a weird 4.3 ml so odd. Cannabis and CBD in skincare is like the big new hot trend so I really wanted to try this since I have tried so few products. This is a very oily oil it was a bit much for my skin it did feel soothing on but it cause a bit of congestion in certain parts of my skin. I am going to have to be really careful using this just on irritated spots and not on my whole face. Or I may use it on my hands when I get little allergy patches I see being quite good for that and this is reasonably priced enough that it can be used for that purpose.
I don’t know the full size amount of this but I pretty sure this is not full size. This is a very creamy feeling blush but very light in color and I am not a blush person. Swatched Below.
This can only be bought through Ipsy. This has a good ton ad builds well which is good because this is a bit light for me as a bronzer. The tone of this has that bit of a grey cool tone that makes it good for contouring with which I like. Swatched Below.
I wasn’t happy last month and again not that happy this month. I hope Ipsy refinds their footing after this change soon. Because this low value is not really what I signed up for.
The month of spooky is over and now it is full on Christmas season there is already Christmas music and movies playing.
Skincare (9)
Medusa’s Makeup After Glow Facial Serum I loved this so so
much and will probably have to repurchase. It is expensive for such a small
amount but it did last me a very long time. I only need about three drops for
my whole face. This is a grapefruit oil serum/moisturizer and it made my face
look and feel so glowy and soft and it smelled so amazing I just really loved
it and am missing it already but I have a few thing in reserve that I need to
give a shot before I repurchase this.
Repurchase: Yes
Body Prescriptions Micellar
Foaming Cleanser I didn’t really like this cleanser it didn’t remove makeup and
I found it pretty drying and stripping on my skin. My girlfriend on the other
hand loved it and said it made her skin clearer so you know differing opinions.
Repurchase: No
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Facial Cleansing Oil in Totally Rad I
love the cleansing oils from FCS they even remove eye makeup with out stinging
or making a film on my contacts. They don’t emulsify at all which is the only
down side but they really work perfectly all the same.
Repurchase: Absolutely
Wander Beauty Baggage Claim Gold Eye Masks these are the only eye
masks I have ever use that actually work they hydrate and take away dark
circles lines and puffiness they stay on really well so I can wear them while
doing my eyeshadow and use them to make a crisp line as well as catch fall out
these are great.
Repurchase: Yes
Double Dare OMG! 2 in 1 Detox Bubbling Microfiber Mask this was a
two-step mask first is one of those bubbling sheet masks that is supposed to
cleanse your skin and remove your makeup and exfoliate. I don’t know how it
could do all those things I would not trust this to remove my makeup but my
skin did feel clean and soft after it. The second step is a hydrating mask that
I didn’t really like it was sticky and thick and didn’t seem to absorb well.
Repurchase: No, I do have another one.
Valjean Labs Restore Facial Serum I didn’t like this I don’t feel
like it did anything for my skin and it was sticky.
Repurchase: No
Clinique Dramatically
Different Hydrating Jelly this is a water gel moisturizer I don’t love it but
I’ll use it when I have it which is
fairly often. It is very light and watery.
Repurchase: No
7th Heaven Green Tea
Peel-Off Face Mask this did nothing the only good thing about it was that it
didn’t hurt when I peeled it off.
Repurchase: No
Smartly Unscented Facial Cleansing Wipes these were pretty drying and not very effective.
Repurchase: No
Random (3)
Fortune Cookie Soap OCD Hand
Sanitizer in Third Times a Charm this was super old it had lost its scent I had
been using it so long. I love their hand sanitizers I find them less drying
then other had sanitizers.
Repurchase: Yes
Secret Deodorant Ph Balance
in Shower Fresh. I liked this a lot I forgot that I liked this line of
deodorants I would repurchase.
Repurchase: Yes
Koh Gen Do Pure Cotton Pads these are super super soft which I really enjoyed but I don’t like cotton pads that have unfinished edges because I feel like they get fluff everywhere and I don’t like that. These are pretty big though so I cut them in half to get double the amount of use out of them.
Repurchase: No
Home Scents (2)
Bath and Body Works Summer
Suntan Candle this is my all time favorite candle they make I smells like
summer and suntan lotion and reminds me of the beach and I just love everything
about it. This pretty glittery rainbow jar they did for pride month was really
awesome too.
Repurchase: Yes
Bath and Body Works Vampire Blood Candle I really wanted to love this the jar is pretty the wax is this gorgeous bloody red color when it was melted. But there was no scent throw on this at all. I also lost the jar it grew legs and walked away.
Repurchase: No
Lip (2)
Fortune Cookie Soap Company
Shine Bright Sheer Shimmer Lip Balm this was so good it tasted good and smelled
good kinda fruity. It felt so nice and moisturizering and smooth on I loved it
so much sad to see it go.
Repurchase: If this formula
comes back yes
Platinum Endontics Lip Balm this is like a random giveaway item
you get for free from a million different types of places this one happens to
come from the dentist and it is an oddly nice lip balm it is really smooth and
coating so it feels like and protecting on my lips and is a nice vanilla
flavor.
Repurchase: No because it isn’t for sale but I will use them when I get them.
Makeup (4)
Bare Minerals Whipped Velvet Long Wear Eyecolor in Gilded Beige I
didn’t really like this as a liquid eyeshadow it was boring and not super
impactful. I used it up as a highlighter it was pretty but not over the top.
I’m glad I got some use out of it but I didn’t really like it.
Repurchase: No
Medusa’s Makeup Witch Lash in
Electric Blue I love this mascara so so much the witch lash mascara is in my
top 5 mascaras and their blue mascaras are really pigmented and show up so
well. I also like how long and feathery
it makes my lashes look.
Repurchase: Yes
Urban Decay All Nighter
Setting Spray this is my favorite setting spray it really works and it isn’t
sticky, doesn’t smell weird and sprays out really nice and even.
Repurchase: Yes
Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara this is a really great mascara it really is as great as all the reviews it makes my lashes look really bold and full. I don’t like how hard it is to get off but It is a great mascara.
Repurchase: Yes
Lotion (3)
Bath and Body Works Bourbon Strawberry & Vanilla Body Lotion
This smelled nice really sweet and that fake strawberry scent but really no
bourbon scent. The body lotions are fine but nothing special.
Repurchase: No
Fortune Cookie Soap Wendy Bird Aloe Me Whipped Cream I love all
the scents from the Second Star to the Right Collection the aloe me whipped
creams are really nice they aren’t as sticky as aloe but lighter than a regular
whipped cream lotion.
Repurchase: Yes
Ahava Dead Sea Water Mineral Hand Cream I loved this it smells like the ocean which is so calming and lovely to me. It was also really creamy and hydrating.
Repurchase: No
Bodycare (4)
Lush Secret Arts Jelly Bomb
this was so fun and cool. It was a bath bomb that fizzes and changes the water
color but in the bath bomb was like seaweed jelly that made the water extra
soft and really made my skin feel so amazing this was ten times better than any
other bath bomb at that. There was like no scent from this but it turned my
water perfectly black and I love not being able to see through the water at all
so that was great. It totally stained my tub though which was not so great
because the last thing I want to do after a bath is wash my tub but still
really enjoyed this.
Repurchase: Maybe, I don’t
take a lot of baths and this is $8 for one bath
Bath and Body Works Shower Gel in Waikiki Beach Coconut I loved
the coconut scent of this it was great.
Repurchase: Yes
Cauldron Bath Bomb I don’t know where this came from. It turned my
water a really fun green color and it was super fun wathing it all bubble out
of the cauldron. I didn’t love the scent though but it was nice.
Repurchase: No, I don’t know what it is or where to get it.
Bath and Body Works Rainbow Body Oil in Marshmallow Magic I loved the Marshmallow Magic scent and would love for BBW to bring it back but this oil was a miss for it had way to much alcohol in it and would sting my skin after shaving. It was pretty and smelled nice though.
Repurchase: No
Perfume (1)
Cosmos by Zoella I only have 1 left from this four scent set I bought and I can’t wait to be done with that one. I didn’t like any of these perfumes they all smell really cheap and don’t last long. I got sucked in my cute bottles and my punishment to myself is that I need to use them up completely.
Repurchase: NO
Haircare (3)
Fortune Cookie Soap Company
Greased Lightnin’ Hemp Seed Leave-In Conditioner this I didn’t like it was messy it would like
leak out of the bottom of the sprayer while I tried to use it. It was kinda
thin and sticky because I think the heavier good part of the conditioner was
leaking out and the scent was off-putting to me too musky. This was a fail. I
am very picky with leave ins they have to be perfect or I hate them.
Repurchase: No
Moroccanoil Color Depositing Mask in Hibiscus I said this before
this is just a really expensive packet of hair dye and there is better hair dye
for cheaper.
Repurchase: No
Pantene Intense Rescue Shot Ampoule this made my hair feel so so soft I really liked this mask. I hated the packaging though I wish it came out of a bigger hole because once this really slippery mask was in my hands it was really hard to keep squeezing the tube without it falling out of my hands. There is also something so nice about those old school hair brand scents like Pantene.
Repurchase: Yes
Declutter (2)
Elf Mineral Infused Mascara this was so natural it felt and looked like nothing was on my lashes at all and that is not a look I go for. I don’t have time in my life for crappy mascara.
Vitamasques Face Food Strawberry Yoghurt Mask this has strawberry in it and since that time I had a bad reaction to strawberries in skincare I am too afraid to use strawberry products I can’t patch test first so I will add this to the declutter bin for someone else to try.
I am coming into the season where I will be adding so much stuff into my collection over they next 3 months so I really need to put using product up into high gear now this was a slower month after using alot in September so I really need to be at double this for November. Bit disappointed in myself this month.
