Tag: Makeup

February 2017 Ipsy Subscription 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 in any way just one beauty junkie to another.

So this month we got a denim and orange bag. Not really my taste and it s a very fake cheap denim feel but I appreciate the attempts at being unique, and Ipsy branching out with the bag styles and materials.

This month I even got a bonus product I got 6 items instead of the usual 5, I love when that happens it usually only happens like once or twice a year and usually only with sheet masks

Absolute New York Nano Liner in Black

Full Size: 1 ml

Full Size Cost: $8.49

Sample Size: 1 ml

Value: $8.49

I really like this liner. It is a very fine tip liner. It doesn’t dry down completely matte it still has a little gloss to it but is water resistant and doesn’t crumble or bleed on me. Swatched below.

Luna by Luna Cosmetics Highlighter in Calypso

Full Size: 3 g

Full Size Cost: $23

Sample Size: 3 g

Value: $23

This is very pretty but damn this is expensive for not a lot of product this $23 for 3 g or $7.67 a gram compare that to say a Becca highlighter that will run you $38 for 8 g or $4.75 a gram this highlighter is a little under double that cost that is ridiculous. That being said it is gorgeous I could see this also doubling as an amazing eyeshadow. This is a nice cool toned almost taupe shimmer highlight. There is some glitter in it but much less them most of the other highlighters I own. It catches the light really well. Swatched Below.

NYX Butter Lipstick in BLS24 Ripe Berry

Full Size: 4.5 g

Full Size Cost: $5.99

Sample Size: 4.5 g

Value: $5.99

This is picking up very pink on camera but it is a very red berry tone in person.  People love NYX butter lipsticks. I prefer their matte lipsticks because I prefer mattes in general but these are a lovely formula and I probably will keep this. I find the deeper shades of these to leave a little stain on the lips so there is something left behind when they wear off but the stain isn’t always even so that can be good or bad depending on how it wears that day.

Swatches with Flash:

Like look at that highlight! (Still $23 fucking dollars I would never but hey for the $10 I spent on the bag great deal)

Swatches without Flash:

SOO AE Purifying Black Charcoal Mask

Full Size: 1 Mask

Full Size Cost: $2.5

Sample Size: 1 Mask

Value: $2.5

Hey charcoal one of my favorite skincare items! Always happy for some more sheet masks though I have a giant stockpile to work through. I use sheet masks more in the summer because I hate being cold and they always feel too cold on my face in the winter.

SOO AE Nature Green Tea Sheet Mask

Full Size: 1 Mask

Full Size Cost: $1.24

Sample Size: 1 Mask

Value: $1.24

I don’t actually like green tea masks but again who is really gona complain about a sheet mask. Especially when it is sort of a bonus.

Luxie Brush 514 Blush

Full Size: Yes

Value: $18

I love Luxie Brushes but not enough to actually spend money on them. Thanks to Ipsy though I am slowly growing a pretty decent collection of Luxie brushes. They are so super soft with synthetic bristles. The only thing is with their face brushes I feel like they are not quite densely packed enough or maybe the bristles are two long I don’t know but they always feel just a tad to flimsy and light on my face when I am using them.

I am much happier with this months bag then lasts months bag. I feel like the products actually go together. Also I got ALL FULL SIZE products you really can’t beat that.  I will actually use all of the products. I always think Ipsy is worth it even when you get a dud month because usually the bags are really good. They do get better the more you review but the old reviewing system was definitely better and let you express how you felt in more detail with the longer survey about each product.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $59.22

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 3

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 6

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 0

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Medusa’s Makeup January 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 from their line.  This is the third month that this subscription is around and I have been subscribing since the beginning.  Every month the products arrive in a different colored bubble mailer.

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

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

So here’s all I got in the January Box. Sorry this post is so late. I was not impressed with this months box. It was very lackluster and boring for me. Again we have an Eye Dust, a Glitter, and a Lip gloss. They really need to switch things up and add some of their more unique products or I may cancel soon.

Glitter in Star Struck

Full Size: 2 g

Full Size Cost: $7

Sample Size: 3 g

Value: $7

The glitters are still mislisted on the website as being 2 g when in reality full size is 3 g. This is a white glitter with a violet iridescence but I don’t see the violet I only see a pure white glitter. It is actually less glittery then the rest of the glitters I have received this is almost a glitter eyeshadow but not quite.  Swatched at the end.

Eye Dust in Purple Rain

Full Size: 1.5 g

Full Size Cost: $7

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $7

I do like their eye dusts the pigment sticks together well so they are less messy then other pigments I have tried. This is a pretty purple deep purple with out being dark. Swatched at end.

Lip Gloss in Space Kitten

Full Size: 6 ml

Full Size Cost: $9

Sample Size: 6 ml

Value: $9

Their lip glosses are very sticky and fairly sheer. They look bright in the tube but do not go on that way. I hate lip gloss so this will get passed on.

Swatches with Flash:

Swatches no Flash:

Maracuja Oil

Full Size: 10 ml

Full Size Cost: $9

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $9

This is a tiny little bottle for a full full size $9 item. I have this and the Tarte one now and still no idea what to do with them.

Total Value: $32

Was not impressed with this box at all it was boring and the value was really low. I have been using the mascara I received in the my last box and I have been loving that. I may repurchase that in the future when I use it up. This month did not wow me at all I do not feel like the value was there at all.

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January 2017 Beauteque BB Bag Subscription Review and Coupon Code

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Beauteque BB Bag

Cost: $24 monthly

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: A Korean beauty subscription service that sends beauty and skin care items monthly.  Along with English instructions for products that do not have them.  Each month you get a makeup bag and they promise all full size products.  The claim the value is triple the cost of the box and that you will receive at least six products.  They also have a sheet mask subscription called Mask Maven that sends only sheet masks every month.

Sadly this is my last month of Beauteque BB Bag. It was a Christmas git and while I enjoyed it it is not worth the money for me personally.

Also I am so sorry for the way late post, and the other way late posts you’re going to see in the near future. I’ve had a very crazy busy past month and a half with school and life and I just haven’t had the time that I want to dedicate to this but hopefully things are calming down enough that I can get all caught up.

Enough rambling onto the bag.

So Beauteque provides a nice detailed information card, that also lists the price of each item. And as usual sizes and prices are all over hte place compared to the guide.

They also included a code for 10% and the code is BBREFER10.

This month’s theme was Beauty Resolutions

So I hate the bag it is a plastic vinyl like cheap pool toy material.

Deoproce Cleanbello Collagen Essential Moisture Cream

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $16.99

Sample Size: 50 ml

Value: $16.99

This has a heavy old school grandma floral lotion smell to it. It is so strong that I don’t know if I can bring myself to use this. It is a very thick moisturizing lotion.

Mohani Perfect Damage Care Perfume Body Wash

Full Size: 5 oz

Full Size Cost: $11.99

Sample Size: 4.23 oz

Value: $10.14

I think it is so weird that they sent a body wash and shampoo and not a conditioner. But whatever. Its also weird that this is 4.23 oz and the website lists full site as 5 oz. So strange but they also make a ton of spelling errors so who knows whats right. This smells very clean and fresh is the only way I can describe it.

Mohani Perfect Damage Care Perfume Shampoo

Full Size: 5 oz

Full Size Cost: $11.99

Sample Size: 4.05 oz

Value: $9.71

Next up on the weird sizing is the shampoo which is even smaller then the body wash but same size bottle. I don’t fucking understand. This smells the same as the body wash.

Tonymoly Pocket Bunny Moist Mist

Full Size: 60 ml

Full Size Cost: $9.48

Sample Size: 60 ml

Value: $9.48

This has a light fruity scent. And just look at his little bunny face so cute!!!!! On the negative side this sprays very uneven and in bigger droplets so I would not spray this on your face if you have makeup on like you can with other facial mists. This is great for me for like my night moisture I find mists don’t sit so heavy and clog up my oily skin like a cream would.

Scinic It’s a Tint in RD02

Full Size: yes

Full Size Cost: $4.99

Sample Size: yes

Value: $4.99

I really like this it might be my favorite thing in the box. It is a nice twist up lip crayon in red one of my favorite lip colors to wear. It is creme finish but it does stick around ok I really like it.

Beauteque Eyebrow Shaping Scissors

Full Size: yes

Full Size Cost: $5

Sample Size: yes

Value: $5

This kinda scares me and I don’t scare easily. I wax my own eyebrows so it takes a bit to actually make me nervous but I feel like I would cut chunks in my eyebrows trying to use this. Anyone out there use a product like this does it work for you? I could not find this on the website so I went with their listed value of $5.

Total Value: $56.31

This was an ok box certainly didn’t wow me into renewing my subscription but almost all the products will get used or at least tried.

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