Ipsy Review – April 2016

I finally cancelled my Ipsy after the February box. It just doesn’t feel like they look at your preferences at ALL. I’d gotten makeup brushes in so many bags, and I didnt check makeup boxes on my profile because I don’t want them.

I just got sick of Ipsy. I’ve already got Birchbox and they seem to cater to me more. Plus the customer service is AMAZING, and I build up points to spend really quickly.

Boxycharm I also love because they send out bigger products.

And ALLURE. Allure has to be my fav right now because they send the fanciest stuff in deluxe or full-size and they have so many extra boxes that they randomly send out as a surprise. I randomly got a SK-II mask and essence a couple months ago! That’s over $100 worth of product right there!

I loved everything I have gotten so far for months now except the tart lip color in my April glam bag…..they didn’t look at the color of my skin……very disappointing

I have been disappointed by my Ipsy bag for the past few months. If they don’t step it up in May then I will cancel. Mind you, the price is great and the bag is nice, but I would rather receive fewer items that I will actually use instead of five items that I do not use much of. BIrchbox, Glossy, and How to be a Redhead are kicking butts and I use to feel that Ipsy set the precedence.

Tarte lip crayon,
Crown brush,
Skin & Co. Truffle Serum,
blush and contour duo,
starlooks blk eyeliner
.This was my first month and I love everything. I was super surprised to get so many things I loved and would use! Thanks ipsy!

<3 Tarte lip, Crown brush, Ren day cream, Trust Fund Beauty Highlighter, Pur-lisse sheet masks – used points for Nude serum as an add-on. Great haul.

I think the fun thing about these subscriptions is trying different things, including things that take you out of your comfort zone. It is a grab bag, you never know what you are going to get, I say enjoy it. If you really need a particular item, in a particular color, then your money is best spent going to purchase that item. If you are excited to try whatever you get, or gift it to someone else, this is fun to do! I have loved my ipsy bags, if I can’t use something, I pass it on. With what I do use, I certainly get more than my money’s worth. Love it!!!

really have not enjoyed the last few bags, glossybox is so much better that i am seriously considering canceling ipsy. also, does anyone who subscribes to ipsy have ENOUGH makeup bags? i don’t need or want any more. i emailed them to suggest they offer a sub w/o the bag, more items. they ignored this.

I guess I’m not hard to please, a lipstick and a brush is enough to make it a good bag for me. But after every review I feel like they’ve been getting better and better, this month being the best so far. Check it out: Buxom liquid lipstick, Ren Day Cream, Lab Blending brush, Purlisse sheetmasks? AND a Nudestix cheek and lip pencil!!!! So happy.

I was very happy with my bag this month. (No mascara and no hair products are always a reason for me to celebrate!) Here’s what was in my Ipsy this month:
City Color Highlight Trio compact (cute!) $8.95
Luxie Tapered Highlighter brush #522 $24.00
REN Evercalm Global Protection Day Cream 1.02 oz tube $27.00
Tarte “Wonder” (poppy) LipSurgence lip cream 0.56 oz stick (half of full size) $12.00
Skin & Co. Truffle Serum 0.17 oz. tube $12.50
Total value of my bag was $84.45, I like all the products (‘cept the Tarte is a little too bold a color for me, like Liz also said, but I’m thrilled with my bag!

I cancelled ipsy because I was getting too many tools and brushes, which I can’t use due to allergies. I emailed ipsy (many times and with multiple follow-ups) and they gave me some guidelines that others may find useful. 1. You can’t deselect items. Even if you don’t check a category you may still get that item. Like with the brushes. They stated their goal is to get you to try items you might not try otherwise. To me this was unacceptable.
2. The fewer categories you check the better your chances of receiving items in those categories. So if you really want eyeshadows; only check eyeshadow, not eyeshadow , lipstick, and liner.
3. The products you review on the ipsy site have an impact on what you receive. This may actually work against you. For example, if the first 2x you recieved red lipstick you liked them and reflected that in your review, surprise you have increased your chance of receiving another red/bold lipstick.
I tried their suggestions and found I recieved more items I liked. But I had to give poor scores to products I liked but did not want more of; which made me feel bad and made the reviews not as useful to others.
I agree with others ipsy needs to expand thier brand selection.

I canceled after getting this bag. I’ve received one too many nail polishes I won’t use. I need to use up some products anyway. In the meantime, I hope to get off the wait list for Sephora.

Hi Liz,
I had received a broken eyeshadow once, and even though I took a whole month to let them know, they were very understanding of it, and sent me a replacement immediately! You could email their customer service. Hope this helps!

Hi Ladies,

Does anyone feel that Ipsy favors more (sends the best items) to the people who have a lot of followers via social media accounts, bloggers, review products, etc….?
I had Ipsy about a year or so ago, and I always felt like I got the short end of the stick, I would always see pictures of other people’s bag and they always received the best products, my bag always seemed to lack. They got the whole pie I got the leftovers, lol.
I would review the products, but I’m not on any social media platform, and I wondered if that always hurt my chances of getting a really cool bag, anyone else feel the same?

I want to get another low cost monthly makeup subscription again, and I’m waiting on Sephora play – so I am debating about resubscribing to Ipsy, but I’m unsure. Thank you for any feedback!

If you receive a damaged item from Ipsy, just email their customer service and they’ll make it right. They are very easy to work with 🙂

I got the tarte, brush and same nail polish and my sister tried it. I thought it looked more purple online, but I love that it’s more of a slate color. The color looks great on.

I love my items this month (bag itself not so much).
*Tarte lip crayon $12
*Trust Fund highlighter $20
*Luxie Brush $24
*Ren mositurizer $27
*Briggeo overnight hair treatment 0.33 oz sample $4.62 calculated based on full size 2 oz selling for $28
$87.62 value is absolutely amazing for a $10 bag and I like everything in it a lot. i know subscriptions like this can be the luck of the draw but this is my 4th bag and they get better each month. I have not tweaked my profile – fingers crossed that they keep this up!

I thought the bag was ugly, and the minty smell and tingle of the tarte was awful. Loved the Trust Fund highlighter and the Purlisse sheet masks. Will gift the Starlooks black eyeliner, because I have plenty, and the Crown Brush blush brush, because I already have three blush brushes, and I think the Luxie blush brush ipsy gave me before is better. Not a bad month (80% of my items were full size), but not outstanding. Tarte seems way overhyped to me.

Love my Ipsy bag!!!
I got Morrocan hair oil, Jor’el Parker mud mask, l.a.b. Blending brush, Ofra shadow (so pretty!!) and the Tarte Lipsurgence. And it all matched perfectly with my bag haha oranges and teals >.<

I was way happier with my 2nd month. A good tip to point out. I thought I only had 4 items and I was good. For some reason I didn’t throw the shipping envelope out yet….THANK GOODNESS. I happened to log into my ipsy and pull up the glam bag to try and learn more about the products an it showed I received a brush. I thought um…..there was not a brush in my bag (last month it was in the cosmetic bag) so I grabbed the envelope and squeezed it…and the brush WAS IN THE ENVELOPE at the bottom, not the cosmetic bag. I received…
Crown blush brush
Tarte Lipsurgence in wonder
Starlooks cream eyeshadow in rose gold (hmmmm…and couldn’t find online anywhere, in strange package because I’ve never seen one like it. Will open soon, it looks similar to a mini lip gloss packaging or liquid eyeliner…not eyeshadow….vey interesting to me)
Ren skincare global protection day cream
Moroccan oil- hair

Best thing about ipsy are the brushes. I got the Luxie highlighter brush and its a nice soft brush. The only other item I liked was the skinn eyeliner, really brightens my eyes.
I also received the Nth degree and tarte; my hair is already shiny on its own so don’t need that and the tarte crayon I’ve had full sizes of before and they were not my faves. In addition also received a nomad shadow which is sitll in its package.

Hoping to swap those 3 for something I will use instead.

For next month I hope they include a lip tarteist, they are so good and I love minis since they easily fit in my small bags.

Yes how many black eyeliners can one person use,unless it’s a different color I don’t need anymore .Although I always pretty much enjoy my ipsy bag

I am glad that some people liked the Tarte crayon. It’s a horrible color on me altogether. I have changed my profile to the opposite that I am…perhaps I’ll get some items that I’ll keep for once. I am wondering if the problem is with their questionnaire, or I just don’t know how I am supposed to describe myself. I’ll give them one more try, and if it’s bad agsin, I’m out.

i received the same brush .. the tarte lipstick… nth degree hair serum… trust fund that glo tho… and the ren daily calming cream…. i thought the tarte was going to be more of a pink tint when i looked up the color of it but i am still totally happy other than that… i really like ipsy and every month when i look through the stuff there is maybe one thing that i would change …i couldn’t be happier with it!!!

Compared to my POPSUGAR box I’m not mad 10 bucks I will continue. Although I don’t get it I scroll down to see what else was given out and I’m like that’s more me than this. I hv taken the quiz over & over. The things I get I hv not been happy or wowed but I’m hoping it will get better. But after getting my popsugar box all is forgiven.

Just wondering how much do people use as the RV for the bags by themselves?