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.

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So we have a pale pink and lace cheap feeling bag this month but definitely some full size products.

But really exciting looking products.

Naked Cosmetics Lip Scrub in Vanilla Cream

Full Size: 6.5 g

Full Size Cost: $4.99

Sample Size: 6.5 g

Value: $4.99

So this doesn’t smell or taste like anything….. but it has a nice consistency so that’s great. It is scrubby and oily with out being to oily or scrubby. I think this is full size I can’t really find the size online.

Marc Anthony Grow Long Leave In Conditioner

Full Size: 250 ml

Full Size Cost: $5.99

Sample Size: 50 ml

Value: $1.20

This is a very full tube. I love Marc Anthony haircare stuff and have been seeing this around so I’m so excited to have gotten it. It has caffeine and ginseng which I don’t know if I have ever seen in a hair thing before. I have never used a leave in so this is great. These samples are never high value but I get a ton of use out of them and they are some of my favorite samples.

Luxie 249 Brush

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $24

 

So this brush doesn’t exist on their site something that has happened with IpsyxLuxie before so I linked to the nose contouring brush which is the only comparable double ended brush that they have. This is an odd eyeshadow brush dense but flimsy blending brush that I would only use as a clean blending brush and then like a really big kinda fluffy packing brush that I feel like would be hard to use. I’m still thrilled to get a Luxie brush I’m just mystified by the use of this one.

Mellow Precision Pen Eyeliner

Full Size: 1.8 g

Full Size Cost: $14

Sample Size: 1.8 g

Value: $14

So positive this doesn’t smudge. Negatives it isn’t smooth or super black you have to build it up and I don’t love these marker style of liquid liners the packaging is pretty though. When I swatched it I tried to show that you can make a thick and thin line but I did have to build it up to make it a solid black color. Swatched Below.

Ofra Liquid Lipstick in Unzipped

Full Size: 6 g

Full Size Cost: $20

Sample Size: 6 g

Value: $20

This is a pretty shade but I think my spoiled in shipping there is like oil leaking out of it Idk. Its weird I emailed Ipsy but they haven’t gotten back to me yet so I will update you next month on what their solution is. Swatched Below.

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I can’t believe I got so many full sized product this month I am really please with the brush and the conditioner. The lipstick would be great if it wasn’t mysteriously leaking.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 2

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 4

Deluxe Sample:

Sample: 1

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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.

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Hey so something a little different I decided to to a year end review. Mostly to see what kind of value I am really getting out of my subscription. I have been feeling a bit over Ipsy. I am excited to get it every month but that is more the excitement of getting a package.

Let’s start with the hard facts and then some more subjective evaluations. Always have to nerd out first.

Here is the total value of each month and the amount of products.

Month	Value	Product
January	$30.26	5
February	$59.22	6
March	$43.65	5
April	$38.07	5
May	$66.79	5
June	$43.18	6
July	$40.26	6
August	$52.71	6
September	$39.20	6
October	$57.12	5
November	$43.83	5
December	$53.43	6

Total: $567.72

Products: 66

As you can see I got 6 items half the time and 5 half the time.

So I paid $1.67 per item I received from Ipsy not so so bad there were definitely plenty I would not have paid that much for and some I would have been thrilled to pay that little.

The average value works out to be $47.31. Not to shabby for a ten dollar bag.

Top 5 Favorite Items:

1. November – Skyn Iceland Berry Lip Fix – $5.83
2. September – Luxie 207 Brush – $12
3. March – Beau Gauche Tapered Blending Brush – $12
4. May – Luxie 660 Brush – $23
5. October – Blacq Mask – $7.25

So that is Top 5, $60.08. My top five definitely make me feel like I got actual value out of the bag.

So that about sums it up. Really short post for a change.

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