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We have spoilers for the January 2020 Ipsy Glam Bag Plus! (Thanks for the heads up, Heather and LunaLee!)
Here are some of the products they are sending this month. Not all subscribers will receive all items:
FLESH Ripe Flesh Glisten Drops in Aura $28
FLESH Ripe Flesh Glisten Drops in Whisper $28
FLESH Ripe Flesh Glisten Drops in Candleglow $28
GOLDFADEN MD DOCTOR'S SCRUB $38
HUDA BEAUTY OBSESSIONS PALETTE in WARM BROWN $27
HUDA BEAUTY OBSESSIONS PALETTE in Ruby $27
KNOURS. Skin Meditation Gel Cream $36
NATURE'S CARTEL Lip Stick in 90's Nostalgia $15
PURLISSE Blue Lotus 4~in~1 Eye Adore Serum $58
Here is the bag design for each subscription:
Ipsy Glam Bag
Ipsy Glam Bag Plus
Ipsy Glam Bag Ultimate
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Ipsy plus has really been down graded, esp since ultimate came out.
Ultimate gets a Tarte lipstick & Huda ESP? 😱 wth?
Didn’t think I’d say it so soon.. think it’s time for me to go back to Boxy
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Obsessed
This is how we are going to start off the new year!? Ugh I think I might pass on this and just get my ultimate bag. Or just try again in February with all three. The bags are the only thing I really want lol
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Fleur
Im super excited for the eyeshadows! Its awesome to get a quality product with great pigmentation and and blendability.
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Mary
I was really looking forward to January, but since I started getting a monthly box from Sew Sampler (yes, we do have other interests LOL) and loved it, this box has to go. I really enjoyed Ipsy Glam Bag Plus, but have more beauty products than I can ever use now. So, sadly I have to let this go, even thought I think it’s the best beauty box out there.
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Yessy
I feel like I am the only one who is really excited for this box. The past few have been such meh and I never gotten a Huda palette nor used this brand before. I like hearing brands that I never heard of. I’m excited and can’t wait for this box.
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Shari
I actually enjoy just the small Ipsy sample bag the most. Some of my go to products, I have first tried through that subscription. Ipsy just does not wow me when it comes to the higher tier bags. I like the eyeshadow Pallet, but I have about 15 shadow pallets. I will be quite elderly before I could ever use all them.
Eyeshadow Pallets are lovely but how many can you actually Pan, it takes me 3 years to pan 3 colors (Depending on formula). I rotate them out buy season.
I think it is a form of OCD but I feel I must completely finish my pallets and not waste them (Silly I know).
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doodlebug6
*palette* as other is made out of wood! #onlytryingtohelp #dontshootthemessenger
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Alice
The eyeshadows do expire. I discard them after twelve months no matter what. I’m OCD, too, so I understand. I have to steel myself to toss. However, it’s important to use fresh cosmetics especially for eye health. I discard mascara after two months. Mascara has the shortest usable time.
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Makeup86
That’s too soon to toss a pressed powder eyeshadow unless it shows a sign of change or maybe is some granola brand without a good preservative. Be OCD about the environment and stop wasting things you’ve bought for arbitrary reasons. Best by dates on food are not expiration dates, either. Please, don’t buy things if you’re just going to add to landfills with them. If you have real OCD then there is no shame in seeing a therapist about compulsively throwing useable things away. Living with diagnosed OCD is a hardship, but you don’t have to do it alone.
Liquid mascara and eyeliner should not be kept longer than recommended. That is flatly unsafe.
Lauren
Ipsy choice is up if anyone is looking.
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Debbie Allan
I need to stop delivery of the boxed IPSY. I can’t use all the products. I enjoy the products but I can’t possibly use all the products. Please stop anymore shipments ASAP!
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Your Friends @MSA
Hi Debbie, please click here and you will find out how to stop your subscription. If you need any further assistance, we recommend reaching out to Ipsy Customer Support.
Jenn
Just skipped January after seeing my choice items. Not wasting the money since it’s been mostly a mix of items from choices that I receive. I’ve never skipped before. I have a feeling this may be the end of Ipsy for me. I’m just not impressed anymore.
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Tara
The thing I’m most sad about missing if I cancel is the ultimate bag! I need to repeat to myself I don’t need another makeup bag I don’t need another makeup bag…. lol
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Juliet
I don’t even see the spoilers for ultimate…and choice day is tomorrow lol WTH
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AndiEllie
Choice day is here! 12/19 @7:20 am pacific time…they just dropped BC I’ve been checking for 2 hours…
I chose the Juice Serum for + and a Korean pore mask for OG glam bag…
Hope this helps!
Mamas3loves
Oh yes I know I have been checking every day I hope it’s exciting or I am going to pause my account I am excited about plus though this month both of my accounts were very disappointing I was super sad
Letticia
I received my Ipsy GBP opened and most of the items missing. I emailed Ipsy Care and they are sending me out a brand new order. I have never had any problems with customer service in the past and today is just the same.
I’m loving the spoilers for the January GBP. I hope I get the Ruby Huda palette. I recived the Mauve Obsessions palette a few months ago, and I love it.
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amyr
CS took a long time to answer me but the rep who wrote me told me that they were extremely busy. They helped me out a lot.
I already have had the warm browns palette so I hope I get the Ruby one. It looks amazing.
I like all of this fine.
After January I am pausing my subs until April.
I bought 3 annual subs and that is all I need.
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C C
I hope they dont accidentally send me the warm brown one again as I dont wsnt a duplicate of that. I passed that one along cause it’s to dark for me and I didnt like it. The other one appeals to me so I hope I get it.
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am2cents
That happened to me on my first Ultimate order. I was missing TWO of my full-size items and I wrote in and they said: “am I sure?”. Meanwhile, it was my first time I had something like that has happened. They made me feel like I was robbing them because the rep said I was messaging them too much. Mind you, most of my messages I was asking why I was getting things I am opted out or not based on my skin tone. Or when I received something broke (I included images) or the wrong item or an item I already received. When the rep said that, I went off my handle and then another rep reviewed all my messaged and apologized. I get that I was complaining on certain things but, don’t promise something and then do the exact opposite.
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Dianne
I have both of the palettes. So it would be a waste of my money to get next months. I’ve been getting beauty subscriptions for so long I’ve had almost everything. I had to cancel 4 month’s ago because I had most of the products in the spoilers every month.
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Jennifer
So disappointed with both of my December Ipsys(plus&ultimate)! The customer service is a joke. How do they expect to keep current subscribers happy when you receive half empty products! 3 of mine came half or less full. 2 of those were add ons that i paid extra for. I have paused for now and if this isn’t taken care of bye bye Ipsy!
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Letticia
What you need to understand is Ipsy is not responsible for how full the packaging is. Manufacturers package products by weight and not volume. They also use packaging that the product’s information will fit on. You may receive a product that it 3 grams of product in a 5 gram bottle, hence the appearance of it being half full. Most packaging is mass produced in just a handful of size increments.
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Mamas3loves
You are absolutely correct I got ahold of them because I also thought the same thing especially after seeing why everybody else said and they said that they go through vigorous checks and they weigh or measure every single one of those and there is a correct amount of product in there
Emma
Depends on the item. Some items are packed by volume. Grams/Ounces are weight; milliliters/fluid ounces are volume. Generally, liquids will be by volume, solids by weights. Not sure about the in betweens– I’ve got a hair smoothing “lotion” that’s got a gel-like consistency and it’s measured by volume, but my sunday riley cream is measured by weight.
Victoria
Did you measure the contents of the products? Frequently the containers can hold more product than the promised amount (i.e. 1 oz worth of product in a container that can hold 2oz).
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Jennifer
As a mater of a fact I did take the time to measure all 3 and yes they were at least half full. This was not lost in shipping either, this is nothing more than a manufacturing defect. I like to think that these company’s would have some integrity when packaging. If I was to go to the store and purchase and received half empty there would be zero question of a replacement. All I want is to get what I paid for, no more no less.
Jackie
Exactly, it says how much product you are getting. The size of the container is irrelevant.
LisaFalana
Meh. Both of those Huda palettes are too warm for me. I just can’t bring myself to put reds on my eyes.
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Tammy g.
I just wish ipsy would get better name products…same old stuff…
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Mary
The lipstick is the only thing that I would want out of these spoilers, so I will probably skip and hope it is available as an add-on. I like Huda, but I don’t like the colors of those 2 palettes. The Knours Skin Meditation has good ingredients and would be interesting to me if I were younger and still had bouts of acne. The Flesh glisten drops have propylparaben listed as an ingredient despite their website saying in their FAQ that they don’t put parabens in their products. And I am not a member of the Purlisse fan club. Their products I have tried (all from Ipsy) are ok, but nothing exciting to me.
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LB
Thanks for mentioning the Knours. I just scrolled past it because I have oily skin and a backlog of moisturizers. But even though I’m not young I still struggle with hormonal acne. I’m excited to try it now! Hopefully it’s one of the selections.
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Patsy
Is this the first time the Purlisse Eye Cream has been available? I have some of their other products and really like them. Just wondering if it’s been offered before and might be included as an add-on. I’m really not interested in the other Plus spoilers and should cancel my subscription. I’m overwhelmed with skin care products right now and you can only use so many at a time. Thanks.
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GMForever
I hope there will be more spoilers coming for this month. There is nothing that wow me so far, but I’m usually pleased with the Plus bag, not like Ultimate.
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A
I really like the bag but I think I’ll skip this month. I’ll wait until I see what the choice options are.
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Ricki
Would not be upset with any of these!
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Oz
Definitely going to skip this month. I have too many Huda palettes from past boxes and enough Purlisse to bathe in it. I hope others love it. I might get the GBU for the bag, but I am on product overload.
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Dot
That’s good PURLISSE cream blue lotus , but I’m not gonna reprise my sub for that If I really wanted it I’d go on mercari and by it cheap . No sadly GBP is not wowing me for many months now :/
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Rach
These are the best products that I’ve seen in a long time. The last box that I received was in September, yet I see repeat items. 😕 I have two of the items shown in this set of spoilers. I’d like to have the Huda Ruby palette and I wouldn’t mind the Flesh highlighter in Aura or the medium color. What’s the deal with trends from the 90s coming back, when it comes to beauty? That lipstick looks dreadful. I hope that Ipsy does a live video showing the rest of the products, along with add-ons. If this box doesn’t improve, I’ll likely sign up for Boxy Premium.
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Elyse V
Oh wow! I think this is the first bag I won’t skip since May or June (one snuck through by accident in August but I did intend to skip that one.) I love HUDA shadows for the most part and don’t have any issues with them at all. I find the colors to apply true to pan even on my tan skin and her shimmers are amazing! I also like the lip color, it’s giving me red earth vibes and serious 90’s flashbacks to high school!
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ALICIA BACCHUS
Same here, I just want the palette, I was actually going to buy one as a gift for someone so I’m loving the fact that I get 5 products for less than the price of one palette
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Jenn
When this first started, I was like YAY! Huda palettes! And now I’m like Meh.. huda palettes…
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Paola
I would have been YaY too . But I just bought All of them on Black Friday for $11 each 😏😂.
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Aidan
I did the same! I’m still waiting for 1/2 of them though.
enid
Thank you for the spoilers! I’m skipping again.
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