Ipsy Review – January 2016

February 2016……..Ipsy bag was quite a disappoint to me..I got 4items an a brush…….it seems whoever is packing the bag is ripping me off…..saw on Facebook everything…very very very upset……thinking of ending my subscription been a year or two…an items are getting less an Les……

For those of you who are happy with their subscriptions, what does your profile look like? What did you select as your must have makeup? What were your skin concerns?

Our bags are identical, except I received Open Your Eyes Eye Contour Lifting Fluid instead of the 4 in 1 eye serum. I love everything in the bag except the lotion, because I can’t get past the smell! :/ This bag still rocks, though! 🙂

Hated Ipsy. My first bag was alright and it’s nice to see some people items other than eye makeup. They didn’t listen to my style profile at all. The theme seemed to overtake everything else. When I contacted customer service they pretty much said oh well hope the next one is better. I canceled after that. They also push way to much for advertisement from their subscribers.

Pretty much everything is post this on Facebook Instagram, twitter. It got annoying fast

I received the lip balm, eye shadow trio, smudger brush, Hey Honey eye lift serum and the purple eyeliner. This was my first bag and I thought it was cute. Although, I had hoped the bag would be a little sturdier – with a metal zipper instead of plastic.

Absolutely disliked the scent of the lotion. I thought it was because I wasn’t feeling well and at the time all smells got to me. But nope, tried it again when I was better and still didn’t like it. It’s gone. Loved everything else I received.

I received an OFRA universal brow pencil which really isn’t a “universal” color. I think it’s a little too dark for me but it’s okay. I got the same eyeliner in the bronze color, an eyeshadow from J Cat that I do really like, skyn wipes which were okay I guess, and Jelly Pong mascara that I had an awful reaction to 🙁

Ok now I feel guilty…I received this exact bag except I somehow was slipped two samples of the eye cream. So my bag has a $120 value 🙂

I loved my first Ipsy bag! I wish I had received the purple liner and the Hikari shadow. I got the bronze liner, the body cream and eye serum which have been mentioned, a City Colors eyeshadow trio, and an eyeshadow brush from Coastal Scents which had a 25% off coupon for their site.

I got that lotion too and I hated it! About 10 minutes after I put it on I thought, “what the heck smells like flea medicine?!?!? Ewwww the lotion!” Lol

Maybe you guys have received these or tried them in the past?:
Peek – Natural Stain Eyebrow Powder Expresso
Hey Honey – Eye contour fluid

I also got the plum colored Mr. Write eyeliner, Hanalei lip scrub, and the Binkle eyeshadow in Tangerine.

I’m wearing the bronze eyeliner today and I really like it. It’s not a shade I would have picked myself so I’m glad it was in my bag.

I couldn’t be more happier. First totally awesome Ipsy bag to date for me! I received the Purlise, The Balm Eye Liner, Jelly Pong Pong mascara & Marsk mineral eye shadow. I think all of my items were full size. Not sure though because I gave my mother the lip scrub (I have Philosophy so I didn’t need any more) so I didn’t get the size before I gave it to her. So figure $69 with Purlise, Pong mascara & the Balm liner. $22.50 for the Marsk mineral eye shadow & don’t know about the sugar scrub. But wholly moley! That’s $91.50 in things plus the sugar scrub. Hot damn!!!

This will be my first Ipsy, it arrives on Saturday, I am very excited!

I got a crazy high value bag, too! AND I got the one thing that I really wanted: the Jelly Pong Pong Fairy Lashes mascara. I have Problem Lashes (but only on my right eye – weird) and this is the ONLY mascara that doesn’t flake or smudge off. Believe me, I’ve tried just about everything.

JPP mascara = $22
Pur-lisse Blue Lotus eye cream = $30
The Balm eye liner = $17
City Color eyeshadow trio = $6
Lasting Smiles lip balm = $4
Total = $79!! Holy moly!

My bag matched yours this month. I liked everything I received. However like you I’m on the fence about the body cream. I keep smelling it hoping it will grow on me because I do like the formula and it’s a good sample size.

My Mr. Write Now eyeliner, despite being wrapped in plastic, was all dried out and crumbly. Anyone else have this problem?

I was skeptical of that Hikari cream eyeshadow “Mink” – in the jar, it seems like just another blah metallic brown, which is so overdone in sub boxes. But it’s actually a subdued bronze-pink, as shown in the swatch in Liz’s post. Very weird, but REALLY wearable. Plus, I wore it with a primer and it stayed all day, no creasing or disappearing, which is a miracle for cream shadow. Worth the whole box right there.

Loved my bag! I received the Ofrah eyebrow pencil and it’s one of my favorite things. I didn’t think I would like it but I love it. The make up wipe I will save for travel, and I loved my eyeshadow duo. Haven’t tried the eyeliner yet but I agree with the previous comment, my bags keep getting better and better!

My bag this month was very disappointing. I got the eyeliner in bronze, which is fine. But, the eyebrow pencil is awful. I also got the City Color Cosmetics Eyeshadow Trio and the tre’StiQue Lip Crayon – both of which I’ve received before (the lip crayon only three months ago, in the same shade, the other about 6 months ago!) and an Aveeno moisturizer. Seriously? Aveeno? Seriously thinking about cancelling – I update my profile and review products (I gave the lip crayon a terrible review, yet still got a duplicate!) Ugh….

I got the bronze eyeliner, which is great. And also an Ofra eyebrow pencil (not great), the city colors eye shadow trio and I can’t remember the other two items. I’ve gotten a few of these cruddy Ofra eyebrow pencils before and the eyeshadow was crumbling right away. They are both throw aways for me. I finally cancelled Ipsy.

I enjoy the eyeliner so that makes this month okay for me. I would have loved getting the Purlisse eye serum

I got the same eye serum and eyeliner along with a mascara, a lip balm, and an eyeshadow trio. Mine also ended up being around $80 in value, and I’m extremely happy.

I got the same eyeliner color. I love theBalm! This eyeliner is so much better than the Be A Bombshell mechanical eyeliner I received in my November Ipsy bag. It goes on 100 times easier for one thing!
I also got:
City Color Cosmetics Eyeshadow Trio–wasn’t impressive on its own but I got good results by using a bit of the IPKN primer I got from my January Birchbox on my eyelids first and then putting the shadow over it.
Hanalei Lip Scrub–really liked this, glad to have it.
Skyn Iceland Cleansing Wipes–Not super exciting but these will definitely get used.
Crown Brush Brow Duo Brush–I wasn’t excited for this because I don’t use brow products, but I had a Pixi by Petra brow powder I never opened from my September Ipsy bag so I gave this brush and the powder a try and what do ya know? the results were pretty nice. I may have to rethink the lack of brow products in my make up routine!

Bag twins!

Nice bag !! I’ve got : Eyeliner in bronze (17$), the island wipes (7$), the body cream (8.30$), the crown brow brush (3.28$) and the City Color Cosmetics Eyeshadow Trio in Falling Leaves (5.99$). Total bag : 40$ without the value of the bag ! which is really good for a 10$ bag ! + I love everything in it !
Ipsy usually has higher value than Birchbox but the point system from birchbox is so awesome that I keep going with this 2 subscriptions !!