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Ipsy Reveals Are Up for the December 2020 Glam Bag Ultimate!

Ipsy Glam Bag, Plus, + Ultimate January 2020 Glam Bag Reveals!

ByLiz CadmanDec 4, 2019 | 146 comments

We have the glam bag design reveals for the January 2020 Ipsy Glam Bag, Glam Bag Plus, and Glam Bag Ultimate! (Thanks for the heads up, LunaLee and Heather!)

Here is the bag design for each subscription:

Ipsy Glam Bag

Ipsy Glam Bag Plus

Ipsy Glam Bag Ultimate

What do you think of the glam bag designs?

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Ipsy Glam Bag Ultimate is a monthly makeup and beauty subscription box - each month includes 8 full-sized & 4 deluxe samples, in addition to a beauty bag! (Shipping is free to the US, and an additional $4.95 to Canada).

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Liz Cadman

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146 comments

Tammy

I got my first Glam Plus after being a loyal customer of theirs for years. I deeply regret it so in fact I totally unsubbed from them. The ITTSE palette came so deeply scratch it was literally gauged and pitted across the mirror. Totally looked like someone ran a brillo pan across it and that Evolue serum was friggin EMPTY! There’s ZERO excuse for this garbage. Idk wth is going on with this company anymore but now the gifts I had intended my BF for Christmas are in the TRASH! I sent them 2 emails with several attached photos of this stuff, contacted their FB + even TWEETED them but damn if they care! I guess they got their money so you know, no big whoop.

Rach

This is the same experience that I’ve had with them. Their reps don’t seem to care and they have no interest in correcting the issues. When I’ve had issues with broken/missing products, they made zero attempts to send out the same item, if they even sent anything!

Unfortunately, this seems to be VERY common with sub boxes. I’ve been with Boxycharm for nearly 5 years. For some odd reason, they refuse to hire actual customer service reps. They can certainly afford it. IF and it’s a huge if, their reps respond, they send you a generic scripted answer that has nothing to do with your issue. I had no issues with Boxy until everything started to go downhill (when they announced Luxe). I’ve had many issues since then.

In November alone, I had two issues with the base box. They notified me that my choice item was “missing”. It still hasn’t arrived to me (it has been shipped). I emailed them 4-5 times and was basically told that I’d get it when it shows up. I had an issue in October, so I was able to select a 2nd item for November. I chose the DOC lipstick. The email they sent me stated twice that the color would match my beauty profile. They sent me bright red. I emailed them asking why I didn’t receive pink. I attached the email that I was sent and circled the sections that stated that the lip color would be customized. The rep that responded was extremely rude. She told me that they’re busy and it takes them 5 months to customize items. I was also told that Boxy likes to send us colors “outside of our comfort zone”, so that we’re forced to try different things. Ultimately, they did nothing, despite what their email stated.

I’m over the bad customer service from companies and the subpar items that are being sent out, especially after great items are advertised.

gloriachitwood@gmail [email protected]

I need to find a costomer service to cancel my membership i dont have Facebook or messenger but i need to cancel these things i am overdrawn at bank for $125.00 that I don need to happen my bank has asked me to stop unnecessary draft
And i cant get to speak to customer service i get a dam ad for car insurance health care,ect how do i cancel this being with drawn and no more products this is frustrating

Aidan

What is even the point of a beauty quiz if they try to make you go outside your comfort zone?! That’s ridiculous. To me it just sounds like an excuse because they never look at the quizzes, even when they keep saying they will. I definitely don’t want any of the complexion products they’re planning. Will they make us go outside of our comfort zones with those too? I don’t feel like black face would be appropriate….

Tammy

I am right there with you Rach! If they don’t change business practices and start making customers the PRIORITY, along with making “things right” when they go very wrong, watch how fast they won’t have any customers left.

Danielle

I had surprisingly good service with Ipsy. When my box got stolen they sent me a new one. I complained about Avon and got a free item. My responses from Boxycharm made no sense though

Laura

Hey hey! Spoilers for the glam bag 2020 are up on the Ipsy site!!

Rach

Where are you seeing the spoilers at? I’ve checked the app, FB and Instagram. I don’t see anything.

RedHandNation

Maybe my standards are just low but I did really like my December Ultimate. I can’t wait for January, the card I got said there will be more customization and better known brands!

amyr

No your standards are not low at all! Mine arrived destroyed but Ipsy is sending me a new one. I think the bag was fine too!

I am really looking forward to January’s GBU! That bag is gorgeous and I love Rose Gold!

Sherri

Ipsy also said this on there cards and emails to me when they came out with the Ultimate and the price of the regular bag increased., maybe they will, but i honestly just think it is a way to keep you subscribed to there Glam bags.

Cassie

I get Ipsy Plus, and I was actually pleased this month. I think the bag is cute, and the only thing I won’t use is the Evolue Super Oil.

Sherri

I get the regular glam bag and i was actully pretty impressed! Everything matched my profile and i actually will be recieving a red lipstick!💄🙆 I have been with Ipsy for two and a half years now and this is the first red lipstick that i have gotten! It has been marked on my profile that red and brown is what i wear, but never had recieved either shade until this month! Yay Me!😂

Ktbear21

Anyone else checking daily for actual spoilers? Lol

Susan Fontana

I am. I have skipped the last two months. I would like to know if January is also going to be another skip month before I leave for Christmas break. Hopefully no colabs and a good box for the new year.

Danielle

I am not happy with Ipsy ultimate at all.. these boxes have been crap for the $50. I’m waiting to see if I’ll cancel based on their next spoilers

Drminniecooper

Ipsy posted two mystery bags tonight; a neutral makeup and a skincare glambag for $14. They look like the same bags from earlier this year.

fetchingmommy

They are the same bags from earlier this year. They supposedly brought them back for the holidays.

Drminniecooper

I missed the skincare bag the first time around, so was happy to see it again. Do they do this every year?

Joan

I love the regular bag for January and canceling plus. Every month I have received a black liquid eyeliner I haven’t used since my twenties have emailed them I would like to try products I do want. I even asked for help to how can we together make my bag better. My responds back today was sorry you are getting the same products but we go by your reviews, I didn’t know giving one star reviews and asking to quit putting them in my bag was better than my 5 star reviews for mascara and skin products ( sarcasm) I already opted out of lipsticks and highlighters which I kept getting except this month finally. Canceling plus going back to the regular bag better anyways.

Susan

I hear you on this. I continually get things I have marked as rarely, give 1 star to and have requested not to get. When plus first started I got a great variety of new things. The last 6 months has been what I wrote above. I’ve paused 4 out of the last 6 boxes and the last three I have received had nothing I would use for they were marked as no interest. At the moment they are on pause until I see spoilers but unfortunately I believe that means I miss my window for a choice option

Makeup86

If you’re already opted out of two categories, and one of them is a lesser price category (lipsticks) I don’t think you should be too surprised that you keep getting eyeliners. I know you said black eyeliners, but I have to believe that a big majority of eyeliners sold are black.

Briceida

Alert ipsy they sent me an incomplete order and they kept my money careful. Cancel my ipsy suscription

Sherri

If you didnt recieve everything you was supposed to, you can email Ipsy care or send them a direct message through Twitter. Ipsy should send you your missing items, i had to email them about recieving a wrong product here recently and they are sending me the correct item plus letting me keep the wrong product. Any time you have a issue with a damaged, missing or wrong item, you need to let Ipsycare know, so they can take care of any issue you are having regarding your purchases or Ipsy Glam bags. Hope this helps you and please reply back to me if you have any questions on contacting Ipsy.😄

Briceida

I am tired of writing ipsy care to you and have not sent the refund or the product. I thought that ipsy was a serious company, I hope it doesn’t happen to you. thanks

Tyresa thomas

I’m having trouble getting in touch with ipsy I was missing two items in the November bag and can’t get in touch with them.

Rach

Ipsy doesn’t make it right with everyone. It depends on the CS rep that you get. My first Plus box was in June. It was the Sunday Riley box. I was so excited. My box was supposed to have Sunday Riley cream, Suva Beauty liner, Trestique, Girlactik and the Tetris Palette.

Long story short, my box never left the warehouse. They sent me an “accommodation box”. By the time they sent it, they claimed items were out of stock (they’re still selling them in the June mystery box). They sent me 2 items from the $10 bag, the Trestique lip color, the Girlactik lip balm and a broken Tetris Palette. They also refunded me, but honestly, I just wanted the awesome products that I was supposed to get. They refused to work with me. They never did send a replacement for the palette or send the missing items. “To make up for it” (their words), they sent me a “gift to make me happy”. It was another cheap lipgloss from the $10 bag. It matched the one that they sent in my Plus box. 🙄

That was my first experience with Ipsy. I never mentioned canceling, yet the rep told me that he would walk me through the steps to cancel. 😡

Sherri

If anybody got the Girlatick lip pencils, i would like to trade a product, possibly a eyebrow product, for one or both pencils! Please reply back to me!😄

María José Escobar

I got the 3 bags this month as a christmas present for myself and I’m actually very happy. I don’t like to buy skincare at full price so I enjoy getting it in my ipsy. Makeup wise I have discovered some of my favorite items in my box. Boxycharm Is killing the game lately but I find myself using ipsy items the most.
I’m not sure wich box I Will keep for next month i don’t really get tempted by the bags alone I have to see products. But I Will keep at least one for sure.

Lori

I really like these, but add me to the small list of people who don’t want bags. Maybe every other month or every quarter? But mine are just piling up and not getting used. I’ll have to follow some of the creative suggestions on here for dealing with them.

amyr

I think your idea is spot on.

I would love to have a larger Glam Bag every other month or quarter and get products that actually match my profile and are from better brands.

Sugarshay

I love these bags! I use them to organize my odds and ends in my bathroom like Bobby pins, black ponytail ties, etc. I use them as gift bags too. My sisters, friends, aunts, and cousins love my gifts because they are usually filled with makeup. I have very dark skin and the makeup colors don’t compliment my skin tone a lot of times. Most of the ladies in my life have much lighter skin than I do so I fill those cute little bags with makeup. My sister commented that she doesn’t need to subscribe because she gets it all from me.

Anyway, I really like Ipsy even though I gift half of their products. It seems like they try to give you products based off the questionnaire they give when you enroll. My complexion and my desire to wear makeup that looks like I’m not wearing any makes a me a little difficult to curate for. I accept that I won’t be wowed with every product but I make sure that everything is used.

There are tons of things you can do with those bags and if you can’t find anything there are plenty of places that will accept them.

Lily

I posted this way down the line of rants/ telling people to donate things which SOME shelters ( my local one included) do not take for any reason, and general comments:

Rachel Zoe BOS and at least one other has featured a hard acrylic type box crossbody or clutch purse without a lining. RZ’s happens to be a smoky white marble ( I think there was also a dark smoke option).

The acrylic purse RATTLES when anything is placed inside because there’s no lining. You likely do have some bags like this, whether rattan or other material which are small.

I bought a white marbled cosmetic case just like the one they are showing for the Regular Glam bag to put inside my RZ rattling bag.
This is a chance to either use yours for a lining that matches or coordinates with that bag or to maybe trade with someone who did buy the RZ Box Of Style that season and has the rattling box purse they’d like to quieten down. This type of liner bag is great.

The one I bought likely is a little larger than the free Ipsy bags, but still, anything was better than the acrylic thing sounding like I had a pack of crayons inside. ( One lipstick CAN make that much noise at a quiet public event).

TXAggieinNC

I love the flat style Ultimate bag for travel! Now if only the contents are as useful as the bag:)

Tanya

I guess I’m alone. I hate that they brought the bags back. I end up trying to use them until the clutter gets to be too much and I throw them away. I was glad when I returned and they didn’t have them, so I wouldn’t be wasting them. And, even if I DID like or want them, this style would certainly not be my choice.

Cassie

Have you ever thought about donating them to a women’s shelter with products you won’t use? Or you could gift them.

Valeriaaa

Why would she just go do something nice for someone with less when she can come here are gripe and moan about a cosmetics bag?

Marion

Ohhhhhh nooooo I just got an email survey asking about what influencers & celebs I associate with beauty/would like to see a beauty line from.

More collabs are coming. 😱

Jamey

Ooooh no :(( could you tell them in the survey we dont want collabs?!?! Yikes. It’s just an easy way for ipsy shell companies to make money with cheap produced products and slap someone’s face and name on there.

I would love to know how much money ipsy pays them for this gig.

amy

😱🤦‍♂️😱

Please no more colabs

Dia

lol I think that email might have a targeted audience. I don’t think they would ask me, a 44 year old woman, my opinion on influencers. The only influencer i’ve heard of is that daughter of the lady from Full House who was admitted to college via a bribe 😂😂

pinkhoo

I’m the same age as you and there’s a YouTuber over 50 that I follow and she does kind of influence me, but not entirely, because she does age appropriate stuff, and I haven’t grown up yet. I trust her reviews but I have only bought the sunscreen she recommended once. I followed an eyeshadow tutorial for hooded eyes and that was great, too. But mostly I watch a few people and then just do what I want anyway.

I want makeup from makeup companies that have done it long enough to know what they’re doing, make it in a country with human rights (or at least supervise the factories), and where it’s not just some unknown lab slapping a name on a product. I’ve enjoyed Ipsy for years, but I’m put off by gossipy, drama-fueled influencers.

I don’t want grandma makeup, but I don’t want influencer brands. I think I’ll keep passing on Ipsy since they can’t leave that alone.

Marion

I’m 35, so I’m not exactly the targeted audience, either!

Alice

If I get that email my answer will be NONE!

Monica

Ughhhh I hope nottttt

Danielle

NO!!! Lol. I mean if it was actually someone relevant I wouldn’t mind but I doubt it

Cassie

I actually love this bag! I like the marble look so I think this is adorable. I am a Plus subscriber; I do not get Ultimate. I just haven’t been impressed with the Ultimate unboxings I’ve seen on YouTube. I’ve even been a little disappointed in quite a few of the products I’ve received in the Plus. I will probably unsubscribe in a couple of months if it doesn’t get better.

Yolanda

Finally cute bags!!!!!!

Amarie

Shocked at all these lengthy emotionally triggered comments over a simple bag reveal. Geez Louise.

Alice

The comments are the best part of the site!

Jamey

Agree with you Alice!!! The show/party always goes down in the comments!!! Hahahaha

Debbie

Faux marble bags? Ipsy continues to indicate that their curator is on crack.

SquirrelyGirl

Not really a fan of marble, so these will be gifted.

Shari

You guys would love my local goodwill they sell packs of 20 Ipsy bags for 5.99.

Alice

That’s a great price!

Alice R

I love that he’s using them! Mine uses all the plastic jars from Temptation Cat Treats for his ‘what-nots’.

Marion

I really only like the plus one, but I probably won’t be getting plus next month. Oh well. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Luna

I’m mostly just feeling the small glam bag bag, but I’m debating whether to re-sub or just wait until it’s sold as a mystery bag. Hmmmm… (ponder face)

Jamie

Mystery bags aren’t personalized and cost more. You should resub now if you’re going to do one or the other for sure.

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