Ipsy Review – May 2018

I’m sorry but my bag was absolute crap this month. There was nothing I liked and the sample sizes were WAY too small!! The brown eyeliner with one use was the worst item of all. This month I feel like I didn’t get my moneys worth so I canceled and I’m going with another box instead.

Blah. Nice bag, but the contents: distinctly indifferent. I got the brown shadow and brush –which I count as one item–the eye pencil, the olive oil scrub and a tube of hydrating mask. Nothing exciting (nor even playful), like lashes, or a lip or cheek olor. Pretty underwhelming for a first box, especially with the scope of products they test every month.

I think I would fall down to the floor in shock if they legit sent me amazing lashes like that!!!!

I wondered who were the lucky few who got them. Lol

I received a smushed brown gel eyeliner pencil (don’t recall the name at the moment) normally I would email ipsy about the damaged item, but I’ve emailed them in the past and they are good with replacement of items. I’m not sure if they’ll replace the damaged item, oh well I guess I can use the eyeliner brush from Boxycharm to scrap out the glob of eyeliner to try.

I took this month’s bag on vacation to hold my cosmetics and it works great – it seems a little more roomy and durable than the average IPSY bag. I also received the Huda lip liner this month and took it – I love it! It’s very smooth/creamy and has a great color for me. I haven’t tried the other products from this month yet (veneffect microexfoliant, trestique blur stick, Mott shadow in the teal, some C gel masks) but overall I thought it was a nice variety with a few types of things I hadn’t received yet from IPSY.

This is what was in my bag, at first I wasn’t too happy but now that I received it, I am okay with my bag but it is definitely not one of my favorites! The lip balm is actually not bad, it’s super thick & hydrating. I am tired of brown eye shadows, this plus like my third one. I love the brush. I like Trestique alot and was happy to try out the blur stick. And I actually am super happy with the eye serum, it works great! It is very hydrating and is non oily! But the sample size is super tiny. The smallest sample I have ever received from them! I did look it up and a full size bottle is $98. But here is what was in my bag this month:
*Dr. Lipp- Lip Balm
*Nomad Eye Shadow- Brown (Super small)
*SLMISSGLAM- Eye Shadow Brush
*Trestique- Mini Matte Blur Stick
*Akar Cosmetics- Eye Serum (Super small bottle)

So sad. Got the POP eyes shadow in the color Goldy and NYX in beigy color London. Anybody want to swap? Would love the teal shadow and a pinky lippie instead.

I got the concealer colored NYX , 111 rose gold skin mask which I tried and was not a fan of , Tarte powder, Deco Miami polish in blue really pretty and nipple ointment. So not my best bag but still better than Cult Crushes this month.

I’ve noticed that people they know to be reviewers get bags with more luxury brands, and better products.
I was very unhappy with the orange toned NYX lippie, awful on my skin tone and not a color that’s attractive to me, period.
The rest of my bag was pretty good this month. Really liked the mermaid teal eyeshadow (I was sick of all the brown/bronze/gold eyeshadows, too. I like natural looking makeup but I already have sooo many shades of brown/gold already), setting powder (thanks for the heads-up about the flashback issue for photos, etc), the adesse blue nail polish (which is fine with me as I have many, many pale/sheer pinks or “French manicure” pinks), and the TonyMoly painting mask which I have yet to try.
While I wasn’t a big fan of the bag itself this month, I can see the appeal. It’ll be donated, along with extra products, or products not right for my skin/skin tone to a local D.V. shelter.

I received;

– ADESSE NEW YORK Nail polish in Oh, Cabana boy. Now I don’t now why I received this color (blueish) I will never use it. Great that it’s full size though. Another issue I had that it wasn’t closed properly and everything in the bag smelt like fingernail polish. It didn’t leak but I think it started to dry up.

– NOMAD COSMETICS in Cohíba. This is useful to me

– FIRST AID BEAUTY Ultra Repair Hydrating Serum. Happy about

– APHRODITE Olive Oil Face Scrub. Happy about

– M.A.D. SKINCARE Delicate Skin Cleansing Gel. Happy about.

Skin care heavy item, which I am happy with.

for the 2ns month in a row when i get my pin mailer its tapped shut with packing take wth its like someone is peeking in my bag too see what i got them tape it shut. its soo annoying last month one of my items was missing but thankfully ipsy replaced it but nothing was missing this month thank goodness. hopefully next month no tape, and sadly i get my mail to a po box

Got a giant hole in my bag along seam…

Products: 2 freckle sheet masks, the FAB serum, adesse pink polish, a lord and berry lip pencil, and air repair hydrating most which I’ll toss in my purse for summer. Not a bad bag, not a great bag.

Is it just me or has anybody else noticed that the bags themselves the last couple of months have been really cheap quality vinyl and not the nice bags that we’ve gotten in the past? I’ve stayed with Ipsy since the very beginning, just because of the cute bags. I used to also get the Allure box, Glossybox and Boxycharm, but eventually cancelled those and stayed with Ipsy because of the bag. If this trend continues, I will probably cancel and switch back to Boxycharm. Their value is much better for the price.

My bag was Ok. I got the hideous nude Nyx lip cream (I’m super pale so it looks terrible on me) , the teal eyeshadow (looks pretty but haven’t tried it yet), the Tarte powder, a scalp mask and the rose gold sheet mask. Has anyone tried that sheet mask yet? How was it?

I got the Tarte powder like lots of you, the gold POP shadow-which frankly had no pigmentation on the lid and I already threw it away, and the big item was a $25 Sheet Mask!!!! Going to try it tonight.

I found my bag to be quite decent this month. I got the SLMISSGLAM sponge. I have so many I really didn’t need another, but I can live with it. I also got the Tarte finishing powder. I love Tarte products so I was happy with it. I also received the Nomad eyeshadow which was fine by me since I seem to be one of the only ones who absolutely loves neutral colors since it is really all I use. I received the M.A.D. cleansing gel. I love cleansers!!! and I have never tried this brand before so I am quite happy with it and I received a green tinted moisturizer. I have redness on my cheeks so I’m hoping this works like it is supposed to and tones the redness down. I haven’t used it yet.

Did y’all know you can email ipsy and opt out of getting certain products? I opted out of getting highlighters (bc of pores, textures and other skin issues) and cleansers (bc I’m lazy and mainly use wipes lol) and it was so easy! They said I couldn’t opt out of specific colors like I couldn’t say no gold highlighters, I could only say no highlighters at all. I was able to opt out of 2 whole categories just like that. I wish I could have said no hair products but that was too wide of a spread.

Omg I wanted those lashes so bad! Of course I didn’t get them 😭😭😭 but I got ok items except for the NYX lippie in Cairo, that thing was terrible! I gave it to my kid for play makeup! I got the tiny sponge (which if used dry for concealer isn’t so bad) the Tarte powder (I don’t do pics so it’s ok for me) the pow or pop eyeshadow in mermaid teal (it’s got a duochrome kind of shift to it, kind of a blue/green/gold. I love it!) and a face spray that has zero directions and I’ve got no clue what to do with lol. The shadow is def 100% my favorite item, the powder & sponge are ok, the spray is an idk and the lippie is trash. I tinkered with my profile a bit to try and fix it & reviewed the products too. Hope for better luck in June!

I hope I get lashes in a future bag. I’ve been with them over a year and a half, now. Time for some lashes! Lol

I wanted the lashes so bad. I’m jealous

I usually like my ipsy products but this mo mth was HORRIBLE!

The nyx chalky nude lippie 😣…any ideas for an alternate use?…maybe to tone down some darker winter colors by mixing? Maybe as an eyeshadow? (Is that safe) maybe as concealor???

Tony moly mask was TINY and very perfume-y
Nail polish …mehh
Tarte finishing powder…other than branding i dont think its different from any other powder..more mehh
And a tiny tiny face scrub gel..mehh mehhh mehhh

Cancelled when they stopped letting us chose one item…miss those days. Ive only gotten 2 bags since and they have both been TOTAL disappointment. $20 down… calling it quits for good and saving my $$ for bigger boxes (FFF, Marg. E)

I feel like I’ve been really lucky with Ipsy up until this bag. Usually I like/love most or all of what I receive, but this month was just…the complete opposite of what my profile suggests I want. Hoping it improves next time around 🙂

Does anyone get two bags per month?? I’ve been toying with the idea…

I received the TONYMOLY Painting Therapy Pack too and I was very happy about it because I had never tried any of their products before. The best thing in my bag is the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Monte Carlo.

Very disappointed in my bag. The NYX lippie is a nude color, and the sponge seemed to be a bit on the small side. I also ended up with three masks, 2 pomegranate and one Acai berry.