Tag: Subscription Box

Ipsy April 2017 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 I don’t make any money or anything it’s just one beauty junkie to another.

So for the huge gap in posts lately and the now massive amount of post spamming you are about to get. I got all my boxes really early this month but I’ve had alot of shit going on and just gotten to overwhelmed and could work up the energy to give these post the attention they deserved.

Anyway, this month’s theme was side show and I think they nailed the bag absolutely perfectly. It is so fucking adorable.

Its a cute little almost foam like material clutch. But I love how it is a little carnival ticket.

And here is the all 5 of my products together.

touch in SOL No Poreblem! Primer

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $11.53

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $1.92

I do love a good primer but this is just an alright primer. It feels awesome on the skin it is really smooth doesn’t smell bad or weird or anything and has that nice silicone slip to it. It did make my make up last longer but it did not fill in my pores or make my face a smoother better canvas for foundation so in that regard it wasn’t a great primer. It did make my skin feel hydrated though so if you are into that this could be nice. Also because I was being lazy I used it as an eye shadow primer don’t do that it made my eyeshadow blend weird and not last as long. So don’t be lazy on this one.

Hanalei Aloe Soothing Gel

Full Size: 30 g

Full Size Cost: $30

Sample Size: 10 g

Value: $10

I can’t believe how expensive this thing is. I also kinda don’t get what it is supposed to be for it kinda sells itself as fancy aloe vera gel like I could buy at the drug store by the huge tub. It smells really strong of aloe I’ll probably just use this as lotion or something.

Color Pop Crème Gel Pencil in Show Me

Full Size: 0.2 g

Full Size Cost: $5

Sample Size: 0.2 g

Value: $5

I love the formula on the Colorpop liners they last on me all day even if its hot or I rub my eyes. I was not excited about this color at first but after pairing it with some purple eyeshadow I feel like the copper really popped and looked cool. Swatched below.

Ciaté London Bamboo Bronzer in Palm Island

Full Size: 0.35 oz

Full Size Cost: $28

Sample Size: 0.077 oz

Value: $6.16

First off adorable packaging I love the bow with the little stars I am keeping it purely for hte packaging terrible I know. This is the darkest bronzer in this line and it barely shows up on my skin and is not super pigmented either. So this is a total fail for me I don’t even this I can make this work in the dead of winter, I’m gona have to try it as a setting powder and see how that works. Swatched below.

Naked Cosmetics Heavy Metal in #HE-04

Full Size: 1.5 g

Full Size Cost: $14.99

Sample Size: 1.5  g

Value: $14.99

This is a gorgeous pigment much prettier in person then it appears on camera. It is eye and lip safe so that is pretty cool too. It is a really intense new shiny penny type of copper color. Swatched below.

Anyone else seeing a serious copper theme from Ipsy this month or was it just me?

Despite having 2 full size products it was a really low value this month. I am please though because I love the Colorpop liner and everything will get used some how even if I don’t love the rest of the items.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $38.07

Skincare: 1

Makeup: 4

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 2

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 3

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Medusa’s Makeup March 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, with a value of $40 from their line.  I have been subscribing from their first month.  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 always full size.

Last month really sucked in my opinion this month was definitely better. I may not cancel my subscription now.

Lipstick in Lydia

Full Size: 3.5 g

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 3.5 g

Value: $12

This month we got another one of the lipsticks this time in the shade Lydia. Which is a very interesting lilac shade. I like the uniqueness. They have really nice lipstick formulas they are moisturizing and opaque and not sticky but they are not particularly long wearing. Swatched below.

Eye Dust in Wasabe

Full Size: 1.5 g

Full Size Cost: $7

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $7

This eye dust is a pretty shimmery green very mermaid vibe both in the eye dust and the lipstick though I do not know that I would wear them together. They do make very nice loose pigments I just am not into loose pigments so they don’t get a lot of use but I still enjoy having them in my collection.

Stick It! Eye Primer

Full Size: 2 g

Full Size Cost: $8

Sample Size: 2 g

Value: $8

This eye primer is weird. it is super oily and it changed the color of the eye dust when used underneath. You will see that in the swatches below. I just don’t know how I feel about this primer the oily texture never felt like it set to me and it is just weird.

Lip Paint in Get Lucky

Full Size: 1.5 g

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $12

We got a taste of one of Medusa’s newest products their liquid lipsticks. Liquid lipsticks are my favorite I love a lip product that can stay on through life. This is not the color I would have chose But I will see if I can make it work. I have not tried this yet but on my arm swatch it took almost 3 days of scrubbing to get it off so I have high hopes of this being super long lasting.

Here are the swatches the lipstick, the eye dust with out the primer, the eye dust with the primer, the lip paint. As you can see the primer really changes the way the eye dust looks. With out the primer Wasabe is a bright opaque green with subtle shimmer. With the primer Wasabe is much more shimmery but a light green almost sea foam green tone. I like it better with out the primer. I do not want a primer changing my eye shadow color that much for a regular look.

Total Value: $39

So we have a higher value this month and a total of 4 products this time around. I like that they gave out a new product. They now have pressed shadows so I am really really hoping we get one of those in April.

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Sephora Play! March 2017 Subscription Box Review

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Sephora Play!

Cost: $10.00 monthly + tax

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month our favorite money sucking store Sephora sends out a curated box of higher end samples to try out.  Every month you receive 5 samples and a perfume sample.  The boxes are customized with a few different variations being sent out each month.

There is a small survey that Sephora has you take that helps Sephora curate a box to your needs. There is also a card included in the box for a complimentary mini makeover (which are complimentary any way so I don’t really get that) and 50 extra points if you purchase something in store.

Not my favorite box ever everything was kinda the same in my box I got one of the crappier variations in my opinion.

Verb Ghost Oil

Full Size: 2 oz

Full Size Cost: $14

Sample Size: 0.57 oz

Value: $3.99

I actually already own this and I love it so I don’t mind getting a duplicate. This really is a weightless shiny hair oil it does not weigh down my hair. I used it in Florida and it really helped combat frizzy from the humidity. Look how cute that little ghost is, I love him.

Josie Maran Surreal Skin Argan Finishing Balm in Etheric

Full Size: 0.5 oz

Full Size Cost: $32.96

Sample Size: 0.1 oz

Value: $6.60

This is functions as both a primer or a finishing balm. I don’t really know how well this would work over foundation but I think It would be really pretty all over when you aren’t wearing foundation but want some glow. It has a shimmer almost duochromatic sheen to it that really is very ethereal.

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion

Full Size: 10 ml

Full Size Cost: $20

Sample Size: 2 ml

Value: $4

Who hasn’t tried this? This is like the OG eyeshadow primer that every one has used. Yes this is what I use every day but come on Sephora step it up give us a sample of a new and different eyeshadow primer that we don’t all have samples of from Ulta already. Any way it’s a good eye shadow primer there are others I feel like they all kinda do the same thing.

Benefit Watt’s Up Highlighter

Full Size: 0.33 oz

Full Size Cost: $30

Sample Size: 0.08 oz

Value: $7.27

I was not expecting to like this but boy is it pretty. And this is the largest Benefit sample I have ever gotten normally they are super tiny. This is a very pretty champagne cream highlight very glowy a little glitter but very easy to blend out. Swatched below.

Glamglow Glowstarter in Nude Glow

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $49

Sample Size: 7 ml

Value: $6.86

So this was odd. Very hydrating, not sure why it has shades because there is no color this I could see really being an oil slick on my face so I don’t really know how I plan on wearing this yet, It is super glowy though.

Left is the Glowstarter and right is the Watt’s Up.

Atelier Cologne Clementine California

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $75

Sample Size: ~1.5 ml

Value: $3.75

I love this this is an amazing brand of perfume they are mostly unisex and are so amazing smelling so fresh and real. Their citrus scents like this on are my favorites. This is a nice bright orange scent.

Not my favorite box, overly dewy is not a look I ever do but I will use this box to try and branch out and try something out of my normal comfort zone. I am not impressed at all with the eye shadow primer I really look to these boxes to be new and different. I feel like a lot of the other box variations were better than mine, my box felt very one note a got three nude/translucent glowy face products that is very one note to me. Definitely one of the worst boxes I have received from them. I am still happy with the value for what I pay and most I not all the products will get used up so I do not feel like it was a waste just not exciting.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $32.47

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 4

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 1

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 6

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