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Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
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I have the bronzer and the perfume if anyone is interested in swaping for dry shampoo, sea salt spray or anything nerdy. I have posted these items on the swap site or you can reply to me here.
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Jennifer Gonzalez
I’m so disappointed with Ipsy! I will trade with anyone for the tarte bronzer & the bombshell lipstick. I will give you my whole bag lol I got the tweezers, Aurora nail polish in the color alarm fire it’s kinda coral, cool way beachy salt spray, lulu lip balm in raspberry lemonade, & the jelly pong pong 2 in 1 eyeliner & shadow in a copper/brownish color. If anyone’s interested please email me. [email protected] thanks
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Sarah
This is my first ipsy bag and I am pretty excited about what I am getting – Teez lipstick, Jersey Shore lip conditioner, City Color HD powder, OFRA eyeshadow and Eva NYC dry shampoo.
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Emmy
I’m only recieving ONE item that I may like… Third ipsy bag…. Third bag of crap I can’t use. CANCELING.
Bleh. Birchbox is better because all brands are name brand. I just traded and went to birchbox and past several bags have been brands like Laura gellar, claudaile, etc. They also give you 10 off every month to spend at their store and that’s hoe I bought porefessional for free. I used up 3 months worth of 10 dollars off for reviews. U basically get bag free monthly since it’s 10 and they give u 10 of u review samples. I had ipsy for almost a yr and had three good bags. Everything else was too young for me or something o could buy at drugstore. I’m 27. They never looked at my beauty quiz and I kept getting junk when they had samples I would have loved to get and went with profile. Glad I switched over, especially reading this list. Tarte is only thing that looks like a good sample .
Hi I am looking for the tarte bronzer if anyone has theirs to trade. I have almost my entire July bag for trade as well as other stuff. Thanks
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Alex
I’m up for trading a bronzer and perfume!
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syed
hey, if u still want the bronzer let me know, i don’t have much need for it but love lipstick and eyeliners!
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Cassie
This bag looks like my worst one yet (and last month’s is the 2nd worst). I got the lip balm (I’ll try it, but I’m not excited about it), the jelly pong pong liner (I like their glow getter, but I have so many liners and I rarely wear them), the red nail polish (meh), the tweezers (I just said the other day that I have around 8-10 pairs of tweezers, but I know ipsy doesn’t know that), and the sea salt spray (I have the most perfect straight hair that is too smooth to hold a curl, and sea salt sprays, along with any hair products, just make my hair look dirty)
Maybe next month will be better.
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Alex
Is there a specific product you want? I would love the sea salt spray!
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April
Bellapierre and Nicka K… Ick. Both brands are mostly made in China and the quality is terrible. Ipsy, PLEASE stop giving us crap that’s made in China!!!
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Kathy
This will be my first bag. I’m getting the bronzer, the soapless cleanser, OFRA Bliss eyeshadow, Bombshell lip balm, and the tinted mineral face sunscreen lotion. I think it sounds pretty good, and like they actually went by my profile. I might be interested in trading the bronzer though, since I have fair skin, freckles, and red hair..not really a bronzer girl!
I have for trade the purlisse face serum, the aurora nail polish, the be a bomeshell lip stuff and the jelly pong pong. I am looking for the tarte bronzer. Willing to trade generously.
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Jodi
I’d LOVE to trade you for your Tarte!!!
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Kathy
I am going to read about it and see if it will actually work for me, but I’ll let you know if I want to trade!
Ellen
I am pretty happy w my bag: really wanted the translucent powder, got it. I wanted eye shadow, got that. Getting the teez lipstick which looks nice and the lip conditioner coconut / vanilla. Don’t need the balm but probably good to have. The only real loser is the salt spray. Doesn’t work on my already wavy / frizzy hair. Gonna swap! I really wanted the blue eye liner.
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Becky
Sounds like I got the same bag as you! I loved everything except the salt spray as well.
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Kathy
I just got the sneak peek of my very first Ipsy bag and overall I am satisfied. I am getting the gel soapless cleanser, Teeez lipstick, City Color HD powder, the ofra eyeshadow and Jorel perfume. I would have loved to have gotten the eyeshadow brush and Tarte bronzer if anyone wants to trade!
I am not very pleased with my ipsy bag. I was hoping to receive the tarte bronzer or nude sticks but instead I received the jelly pong pong, aurora nail polish, purlisse face serum, perfume, and be a bomeshell. The only thing i evw. Remotely like us the perfume.I am looking to trade for the tarte , will trade generously. Also would like nude sticks, Cleansing wipes or hair stuff. Hit me up if interested. Thanks
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Desiree
Question for everyone who has been disappointed in their Ipsy bags…what would you like to see or have in a make-up bag?
This will be my 3rd Ipsy and I honestly love trying new products. I love bronzer (thanks to BoxyCharm) I love getting eyeliners whether it’s blue or black. Nail polish is great (except I found out that the nude doesn’t look good on my pale skin) skincare products are always a win. I have only ever been disappointed with the brightly colored purple, hot pink or dark red lippies that are horrible looking for my skin. It saves me from remorse buying products from a drugstore and hating them.
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sun
I like ipsy so much! At first I got bags I couldn’t use more than 1-2 things, but I was happy with those 1-2 items and kept reviewing until my bags got better. I give everything a shot (except for most hair stuff, perfume I just smell from the bottle, and false eyelashes. I can barely tolerate the weight of mascara). So I pass those things on. I look great in reds, hot pinks and other bright colors, but the peachy shades make me look awful. I try them anyway just to make sure. Even if the color doesn’t work, I can tell if I like the product, but I love it when I get colors and products that make me feel like a million bucks! I loved most of what I got the last few months and hope August is as amazing! I use all the cute bags too or give them away. They are a great perk!
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sun
Just adding here that I would love it if the bag had only make up or make up and skin care but not hair products. My hair gets weighed down easily; so most hair products won’t work for me. I’d also prefer not to get perfume. I did get scented lotion I loved though, and this month I got the perfume that smells okay. So I say let them surprise me! 🙂
Rachel
I like trying new products as well, and it’s one of the major draws of sub boxes for me. I think my issue with ipsy has been that (in my case) they’ve not followed my beauty quiz at all. For both this month and last month, my box has been made up mostly of products that I’ve said I *dont* want, while I actually really like a lot of the other products available. It may have been worth re-doing my quiz, but coupled with my preference for higher quality brands and more focus on skincare, I ended up just canceling. There’s a sub box out there for everyone, and for me, it wasn’t worth keeping this one in the hopes it would improve when there are others that just suit me better and that I’m already happy with!
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Rachel
I just cancelled my ipsy subscription a few days ago (after I’d already been billed), and after seeing my Early Access, I’m glad I did! Looks like I’m getting the Nicka-K Eyeshadow Quad, Teeez lipstick, City Color HD Powder, Eva NYC Dry Shampoo, and a Pur-Lisse product of some kind (can’t tell what it is–maybe bright?). I rarely wear lipstick, never wear eyeshadow, and don’t need powder or dry shampoo. Depending on what the Pur-Lisse product is, I’ll try it, but everything else will be going up for swap or to a women’s shelter.
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Kareen
If you are willing I would love to get the makeup bag. Please let me know
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Jodi
The purlese is a soy milk cleanser and makeup remover…it is amazing!
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Vanessa
You can see what’s in your Ipsy bag today if you sign in and share on FB. You can delete it right after u share if u want. I’m getting the tweezers! Yay
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Reena
This is my 3rd ipsy bag…been decent thus far
This months goodies:
1) Tarte bronze (wanted this!–i think its .11oz and fullsize is.32oz)
2) Be A Bombshell Lip Balm (hoping for the Ruby colour instead of French Kiss)
3) Nicka K New York Eyeshadow quad (probably give this away)
4) Eau Thermale Avène Cleaner (always love trying new cleansers and Avene is known to be great for all skin types)
5)Coolway Beachy Salt Spray (will try it..my hair is naturaly wavy so maybe it will make it look more “neat”?
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Faye
I got Jersey Shore Lip Balm – I’ll try it
Nicka K Eyeshadow Quad- I’ll try that too
Crown Brush Tweezers-Can’t hurt to have an extra pair
Jor-el Parker Classico Perfume – going on swap site
Tarte Amazonian clay waterproof bronzer- going on swap site I’ll never use it
So I’d say it’s an ok bag for me. Not great but hopefully I can trade for the things I want instead of the last 2.
Hi I will trade u for the tarte if yr interested. Thanks
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QuaniaB
im excited!!!! im getting:
the cleanser/makeup remover
eyetiny swizzle stick
be a bombshell lip balm
jor’el parker
tarte bronzer!!!
i may buy the makeup brush tho!
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@allcapsERINN
LOL I looked at the first pic and had a surreal moment where I thought the bikini top was one of the spoilers for a second.
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Michelle S
I’m canceling right after I write this…Ipsy has been good since I’ve signed up again but this month is terrible….everything I can’t use while all the good stuff goes to other people. I’m giving the entire bag to my sister to take to a woman’s shelter near her, along with other items i’ll never get to.
Here’s my bag, all opposite of my profile.
Dry shampoo
red gel polish
purlisse serum
red lip balm
2 in1 shadow liner
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Kareen
If you still have the makeup bag I am interested in getting it please let me know
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Adeline
I’m getting …
ESSIE nail polish which I’m excited about
Be a bombshell lippie 🙁
Coolway salt spray
Nicka K New York quad eye shadow 🙁
Vasanti exfoliating cleanser, which I already have 2 of. It works very well so I’m OK with it.
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Jessica
Hey quick question. I see alot of people don’t like to get Be a Bombshell products. I’ve never heard or used this brand. What is bad about it? Ingredients? Staying power?
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sun
I’m not crazy about Be A Bombshell either. Aside from the awful mascara, I have gotten several of their products that just don’t seem like quality make up. I also don’t like Hikari. I did get one thing from Hikari that is gorgeous-a lipstick in Cabernet. It is so so pretty, but everything else seems poor quality, and everything I’ve gotten is made in China with some ingredients I don’t like wearing on my skin all day (at least on my mouth) which makes me sad about the pretty lipstick. I am not a make up snob, but these brands just haven’t made me want to try anything else of theirs.
Rena
Last year Ipsy sent out BaB mascara and people complained that it had a rancid smell. Mine was ok, but not a great formula. It took about 3 coats for it to look like I was wearing mascara and I have dark brown hair. It’s also the fact that people join subs hoping to try new brands and Ipsy seems to send their stuff in every bag.
Jessica
I’m getting the Tarte Bronzer which every one else seemed to want but I wasn’t terribly interested in. Hopefully I’ll discover a new favorite. The Jersey Shore lip balm. I hate both the scent of coconut and vanilla so that’s double kryptonite for me. Eyetini eyeliner in Blue Hawaiian, I have gotten a blue eyeliner every month for the last three months. I can draw all the fake tattoos I want at this point. The Jor’el perfume. I hate getting perfumes because so many of them trigger migraines for me. And the final product I’ll get is the Belle Pierre Lip stick. I hope it’s a good shade for me. ALOT of my bag this month will go to a women’s shelter.
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Shana in OR
I am getting your bag too! I can’t use the eyeliner or the Tarte from allergies, but sounds at least like the Tarte will swap nicely. Have to wait on the perfume, rarely wear it and have a ton from all these boxes. Thrilled with the Belle Pierre lipstick, hoping for a good color on that. I hate my allergy, but enjoy finding new products I can use. So glad I did not get Be a Bombshell for my lipstick….
Hi Shauna, I am also from OR ! I am looking to trade for the tarte bronzer, I am on the trading site or e mail me at srmcat28@yahoo if u would like to trade, I have almost my whole ipsy and lots of other stuff. Thanks !
Robin S.
I am getting the same bag. Not too bad.
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Elizabeth Estep
I get perfume headaches aswell but I got the Jo’rel perfume and love it. Hopefully you’ll have the same luck.
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Laura
You are getting three of the things I wanted – Tarte bronzer, Belle Pierre Lip stick and the perfume – I should do your exact profile.
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AmyM
I already have that brush but would love another one. If not that then the tweezers or tinted lip balm. I’m generally happy with at least half of what’s in my IPSY bags, so I’m not too worried.
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Jamie
I’m getting the Lip Conditioner, Eyeshadow Quad, Teeez Lipstick, HD Powder and Dry Shampoo. This will be the first bag I think I’ll like since February(?)
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Jamie
The Teeez Lipstick is in the color Killing Me Softley (light red). It’s not even on the list of colors on their website. New? Discontinued?
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Rena
I cleared my quiz so that tools is the only thing selected and I’m getting the tweezers. Also getting perfume, teez, perlisse and the jelly ping pong thing.
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