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 the same link any subscriber would get.
You can choose one item in your bag every month which I really like. I will say the quality of the actual bag every month isn’t as consistent or as good as they have been in years past.
Wow I really hate the bag this month its freaking crooked! I would have hated it anyway it isn’t my style but the crookedness is just a whole other level.
I have seen this brand advertised a bunch but this is my first experience with it. I don’t like this scent at all it is very strong and heavy and manly. But also scent space personal is supposed to be the lightest of the scents so I couldn’t imagine the stronger levels.
This is super pretty and my choice for the month because I have another one of these blushes and I just love them. The are so pretty and super pigmented.
This is the tiniest eye cream ever I am probably going to chuck it into my travel stuff because it is so itty bitty. I am pretty blase about First Aid Beauty it just doesn’t excite me.
Wow February really flew by this year unfortunately more items came into my life then left I used up 23 things and added 24 things to my hoard. Same with all the other things in my life that I collect and track but that is sorta to be expected. My birthday is at the end of January and that always leads to some post birthday things coming into my life as well as I just had a really tough month and had quite a few treat yourself moments and retail therapy. It is what it is.
Skincare (4)
Saturday Skin Waterfall Glacier Water Cream I really really liked this it was super hydrating and thick but in a nice way I would use it as like a night cream/sleeping mask but I really liked it.
Repurchase: Maybe
Barbor Hydra Plus Ampoules I just don’t get the point of packaging things like this. It is so excessive and I can’t see how it helps the product in any way. One ampoule is more then I need, having to crack open a glass vial and then having sharp edges just feels like not the best idea. This was also a really thin liquid and I just didn’t vibe with this.
Repurchase: No
Perricone High Potency Growth Factor Firming & Lifting Serum this was weirdly gritty but I do feel like it did a slight lifting and firming.
Repurchase: No its like obscenely expensive
Beekman 1802 Dewy Eyed Illuminating Eye Serum I kinda hated this it was not super illuminating it was not super hydrating I really just did not care for this eye cream at all.
Repurchase: No
Random (2)
Degree Dry Protection in Shower Clean this was fine I don’t love it as much as my normal Ultra clear ones. I have another one or two of these to use up because I bought them all on a couponing sale deal so it is what it is.
Repurchase: No
Grande Cosmetics Grande Lash Serum this really does grow my lashes longer and thicker I love it.
Repurchase: Yes
Home Scents (4)
Bath and Body Works Sugared Lemon Zest Candle very much liked this I love lemon and sweet scents. The scent throw was alright.
Repurchase: Maybe
Trader Joe’s Scented Candle in Fresh Currant I liked this it had a good scent throw and burn time for how little it was. And I really like Currants. I would totally buy this again if it comes back next year.
Repurchase: Yes
Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Peppermint Sugar Cookie this was fine it wasn’t super strong but it wasn’t terrible.
Repurchase: No
Forever Green 44 Sandalwood & Patchouli Candle this was a really good candle and a nice comforting scent and it burned for a really long time.
Repurchase: Yes
Lip (2)
FCS Lip Shine in Watermelon Cake this was basically a lip gloss in a pot very nineties glosses are not really my thing but this one wasn’t awful. It wasn’t sticky it felt nice on almost like a gloss balm and I could wear it kinda thick at bed time like a lip mask it tasted great which was a big drive to want to use it.
Repurchase: No
Lloyd’s of La Luna Lip Balm in Maia Tamarin I did not like this as all it was really grainy after awhile and had no taste or smell of raspberry like it was supposed to.
Repurchase: No
Makeup (2)
Hourglass Caution Extreme Lash Mascara I do love this mascara but I didn’t like it in a mini the brush was way to big and the handle way to small and it was so hard to use like that.
Repurchase: Not a mini
Wet n Wild Megaliner in 871A Black this was meh I don’t think I like this dip style of liner as much as I used to this was just an ok liner nothing super special but also totally gets the job done well for a cheap price.
Repurchase: No
Lotion (1)
Tokyomilk Bon Bon Shea Butter Lotion in Kabuki I really didn’t like this it was way to think to be actually moisturizing it was more like a perfume cream then doing anything to hydrate. I got it for free but I don’t think I would ever spend this much on a cream
Repurchase: No
Bodycare (3)
Tree Hut Shave Oil in Coconut Lime I always use this shave oil I love shave oils I have never really found another one to even try but I would. This is my second favorite the three scents.
Repurchase: Yes
Charmed Aroma Charcoal Bath Bomb these are fun I love getting the jewelry in side even though it is cheesy and too expensive. The bath bomb itself is good it lasts a long time smells good feels nice on the skin but holy shit did this make a disaster of tub it left a grey ring and the flower petals got stuck everywhere.
Repurchase: Maybe
FCS Body Wash in I’ll Never Let Go this was nothing special I used it but the scent was hardly there.
Repurchase: No
Perfume (3)
Juicy Couture Hollywood Royal Perfume this perfume is a whole lot of nothing in terms of scents or thoughts I just have had it forever and wanted to just use it up.
Repurchase: No
Bath and Body Works Fragrance Mist in Champagne Apple & Honey this took me a surprisingly long time to use up for how little it is. I focused on this as my only fragrance for like 2 weeks and I would have to apply it like twice a day. But I used it up it was whatever. I never use body sprays as perfume I usually use them as room sprays but I love apples and honey and just wanted to try it out.
Repurchase: No
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Perfume Oil in Eat Me this was a little rough to get through even though I loved it. I love sweet scents I really do but this was so heavily vanilla cupcake scented that it almost would turn sickening on the skin if not used in tiny doses because it was so heavy and sweet. So I could only use like a dot of this at a time. I think I would prefer this scent in a lotion or a bodywash something that will fade a lot quicker and not have the time to sit and turn.
Repurchase: No
Haircare (1)
Marc Anthony Nourishing Argan Oil Conditioner this was pretty good it made my hair feel softer not necessarily less dry but softer.
Repurchase: Maybe
Declutter (1)
Dr. Botanicals Cocoa & Coconut Superfood Reviving Hydrating Mask this is super thick and sticky and it is supposed to be left on all night and I just can’t with it. I also didn’t find it to be really hydrating.
Well I got my monthly goal plus what I missed last month and then some so that is really good.
What is it: Every month you will get a bag, a $5 off coupon (that used to it) with a purchase amount which I hate (SUCH A DOWNGRADE), 5 deluxe samples and 1 bonus sample. Why not just say 6? I don’t get it. Lately we have been getting between 6 and 8 items per month you never really know how many things you are going to get.
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 seen in subscription boxes.
I love that they focused on black owned brands this month and products you would normally never see in a box unless you specifically sought them out.
I don’t really use micellar waters but this is a pretty cool thing to get if you are some one who uses them because this is huge and will last a while. The vibes of this look like a juice you would drink and that makes me want to use it.
This sounds super interesting it is supposed to be for all skin types with marine extracts and stem cells and such for skin repair. It is also super freaking blue like omg.
They really could have given us a bigger size of this it is a body lotion but this is barely enough for one leg like what. I love coconut scented things but melon scented this not so much so this is gona be a gamble for me.
First I was like wow this is cool you never get stuff like this that is appropriate for curly hair and then I saw the size and price of the full size and not even giving us an ounce or two of this is kinda ridiculous.
This is an awesome product I would love to be able to try it but with the rose water I can’t but I will pass this on and it will be used up and loved quickly. this is the perfect kinda of exfoliating but gentle toner.
At first I was really excited about this box but after going through the prices this feels like a slap in the face and kind of condescending Macy’s always has such a great value and mostly full sizes but why could they not bring that same energy to this box?
