Ipsy September 2013 Review
If you’re new to Ipsy, it’s a monthly beauty and makeup subscription. Each month they send you 5 beauty samples based on your profile along with a makeup bag! I’ve been very impressed with Ipsy the last few months. Every bag I’ve received has included full size products along with deluxe size samples!
The Box: Glam Bag by Ipsy
The Cost: $10 a month (free shipping)
The Products: Full size and samples of makeup and beauty products.
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Each package comes with a card showing all the partners they worked with that month, and the exclusive discounts you can get on those brands at Ipsy.com. Looking at all the beauty brands for September, I think I lucked out on the items I got this month!
NYX Eye Shadow in Morocco – FULL SIZE Value $4.50
Butter London Mini Nail Polish in LA MOSS – Value $7.50
I love Butter London polish, and this red wine shade is perfect for fall! Plus, I just love nail polish minis!
Starlooks Kohl Eye Pencil in Obsidian – FULL SIZE! Value $12
Elizabeth Mott It’s So Big Volumizing Mascara – 4 ml Value $8
I have way too many eye liners right now, so even though I like the Starlooks brand, I’ll probably end up gifting this eye liner so someone can actually use it this year!
Cailyn Tinted Lip Balm in Big Apple – FULL SIZE! Value $19
I’ve sampled Cailyn eye liners before and I really like the brand, so I was thrilled to see this tinted lip balm in my glam bag! I normally shy away from bright red lipsticks, but since this is a buildable tinted lip balm, I think I can make it work!
Verdict: I paid $10 for this box and received over $50 worth of make up products. I’m so happy with my Ipsy glam bag this month! I also love that I got 3 full size items, 2 deluxe size items, and all of the products are makeup! What did you get in your Ipsy bag this month?
Written by Liz Cadman
I was really disappointed, I received a terrible pinky/taupe chalk looking lipstick, the eyeliner, a charcoal eyeshadow, under eye gels and mascara, well I have way enough mascara and eyeliner. It would’ve been nice to receive the lipgloss (which was a much better color) than the awful lipstick and the nail lacquer. You really can’t go wrong with nail polish. I finally decided to cancel since I found (for just $2.00 more) another subscription that caters better to my profile and I have been able to use everything from that box.
I got
~ NYX in “Beauty Queen” which are browns…love
~ the mascara…love
~ Jesses Girl black liquid liner…not sure yet
~Cailyn full size lip balm…love
~ a “J. Cats” full size lipstick in honey crisp …adore!
I got everything you did except the Butter London (I got paper face masks). I have been working my way up to red lipstick and wore the Cailyn stuff today and really liked it!
My bag came in yesterday. I got the Poppy color in the eye shadow. Meh, it’s ok, but would rather get the other colors mentioned. I do like the color of he Pop crayon, Rose Romance, and will be using that. Black eye liner pencil that I won’t use (I use liquid.) I can’t wait to try these eye gel pads. I think the best part of this box, is the too cute blue bag!
We got completely identical bags except I got a different eye shadow. I LOVE the nail polish, it was the only thing I was really excited for. I love Ipsy but I’ve been really iffy the past couple bags. The actual bag is definitely my favorite part.
http://fromonejourneytothenext.blogspot.com/2013/09/ipsy-september-2013-classic-beauty.html
GRRRRR – please for the love of God, no more shampoo, black eyeliners or mascara, Ipsy!
Sooooo bummed that – AS ALWAYS – I didn’t get Cailyn. I love that brand and I’ve been dying to try that lipgloss. I didn’t get Butter nail polish either. My bag had shampoo and conditioner, sparkly white eyeshadow (sigh), black eyeliner (for the 9 millionth time) and mascara (for the 9 millionth time).
It’s still an awesome bag considering it was only $10, though. I’ll give them that.
Meh…I just received my bag today. For the first time, I’m honestly disappointed. Ipsy has sent me eyeliner AND mascara in every bag since I subscribed (like 7 months) – and the thing is, I don’t wear eye makeup, and my profile reflects that. All I do have in my profile is lip stick, lip gloss nail polish, yet this month I received Eyeliner, Mascara, Eyeshadow, a nude colored lipstick, and 3 face masks. If it weren’t for the awesome little bags, I would cancel. I’m not sure what else to do to fix what they send me – I even retook the quiz…Man I would have loved that nail polish and lip balm.
I’m so annoyed I didn’t get the Butter London, because I keep getting eyeliner every month. And every time it is black. If it was different neat and experimental colors, I wouldn’t mind so much. But I love my black liquid liner and don’t care for black eyeliners sent to me month after month. I got the shampoo/conditioner bottles, bright white NYX shadow, the liner, and mascara.
I also love my liquid eye liner and going to get the black eye pencil. I have tons of pencils too. (That and lip balms.)
You got lucky with a Butter London! I haven’t got mine yet, but I’m pretty happy with what I see in my glam room. Looks like a good month.
No Butter mini for me. 🙁
This was my first month and I am disappointed. I will be receiving the John Frieda Shampoo and Conditioner which count as 2 items. I won’t use either and it took up an additional spot of another brand I would have loved to try. these were the only two items I was not interested in at all and I got stuck with them. My other variation item was the Starlooks Eye Pencil. I will stick out for a few months and hope it gets better, but not off on a good start.
Me too! Very disappointed now that I know some people got a lip balm and butter nail polish! I can’t even use this small shampoo/conditioner set as I have dyed my hair vivid colors and can only use Pravana shampoo if I want to keep my color for any amount of time. Will wait and see if next month’s is better. I love the mascara and eyeliner, and I definitely got my money’s worth, but I sure hate that I would up with the John Frieda products knowing what the alternatives were!
I got lip pop crayon that I already got in something else and a highlighter pencil instead of the nail polish and lip tint. This was my first bag. I had to wait 5 weeks or so seemed like forever
I got the nyx eye shadow in this awesome shimmery white as well as 3 face masks instead of the nail polish! PLUS i got an em cosmetics life palette sample. did you not get that in yours???
Seeing everyone else’s wait times is helpful. I have been sitting on the wait list for 5 weeks now. 🙁 It only took me four hours with Birhbox (plus like 8 days before my first box shipped). Even with Goodie, it was only like a 2-3 week wait.
I can’t wait to start getting Ipsy though! The bags looks much better than my last two BB.
I received an eyebrow pencil rather than the Butter London, may have to go buy some. My NYX eye shadow is called Velvet Suede, it’s very pretty. By the way I love your site and check it out several times a day, thanks.
I don’t have my bag yet, but I am NOT getting Butter London, which I have to admit makes me mad since I didn’t get the Urban Decay last month! I did go to Ulta today to get my 2 Butter London’s for $10 each.
I was debating if I was going to cancel or keep ipsy. This month helped me decide to keep it.
http://50thingsbeforeiturn50.com/2013/09/14/my-september-ipsy-glam-bag/
Still waiting and I love that bag!
I got the eyeliner and mascara too. As well as a pop lip crayon in romantic rose, a chella ivory lace highlighter crayon, some light NYX shadow and a sample of life palette makeup. First bag! Very happy – counting down the days to next month!!
Ipsy is going to be my next subscription box, based on your reviews.
PS – I love your site!!!
Thanks Julie! 🙂
Eek! I want this but I’m on the waitlist. 🙁
Anyone know how long you usually sit there?
I was for about 30 days.
I waited about a month too. September will be my first box/bag.
I was on the waitlist for about 6 weeks. It took about 9 weeks from the time I signed until the time I received my first bag.
I also received eyeliner and mascara. I cannot have enough black eyeliner (especially with fall and winter coming up). The eyeshadow that I received was a yellow (golden poppy) and broken. They are sending a replacement. The email ststed that they cannot guarantee what color I would receive, so I’m hoping for a different color. I also received the eye firming pads (2 pkgs) and the Pop crayon in Romantic Rose. The Pop crayon is way too light for me. The polish looks like a great color for Fall. I wished I received a bottle. Even though there were items I couldn’t use, the eyeliner was worth the $10 that I spent for the bag (so everything else is a bonus).
This is only my second bag and so far I’m impressed. Thanks for sharing all your reviews!!