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Ipsy Reveals Are Up for the January 2020 Glam Bag Plus!

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ByMSAJan 2, 2020 | 145 comments

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January 2020 Ipsy Glam Bag Plus reveals are up! 

Here is what I will be getting in one of my Ipsy subscriptions:

Which products are you getting from Ipsy Glam Bag Plus this month?

And here are all the products Ipsy is sending in Glam Bag Plus this month (Each Glam Bag Plus Box includes 5 of these):

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145 comments

Jaye

I’m getting the Huda palette in Warm Brown – the only one I don’t want. I have gray and silver hair so I was hoping for Amethyst or even Ruby! Anyone want to trade? (Pretty please). I’m also getting the hanalei lip repair, golfadden scrub, complex culture brush, and the always dreaded liquid eyeliner. Aside from the eyeliner and palette color, I will stay optimistic about the rest. I’m new to this, so any advice on how or where to trade would be appreciated! Thanks!!

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Coleen Cho

I totally don’t understand what I got…today I received my ‘Glam Bag Plus’ and I feel like it was the regular glam bag. Nothing listed above was in my bag???
Ofra Lip gloss
Balm Eye shadow single
Vital Vita 12 trial size cleanser
First Aid Beauty Coconut Water sample size
Kensie Free Spirit sample
and some keychain???

Confused!

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Chelsea

Did you go to your account and see what you were getting? It’ll show u on the second of each month.

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Dawn Taylor

I couldn’t agree more! Ive been a very loyal Ipsy member for over 5 years, and have upgraded each time, but Glam Bag Ultimate has been the BIGGEST RIPOFF EVER! I’m overly tired of getting cheap items like highlighters, bronzers, brushes and sheet masks that I could just croak. Cancelling GBU this month! Too many chances have been given.

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Lorraine

I really like my bag! Yea there is a couple things I could take or leave but otherwise I’m satisfied I got:

Huff Beauty amethyst *my choice
Purlisse eye serum
Hanalei lip treatment
Natures Cartel in 90s nostalgia
Space Case highlighter set

I also added on the
Farah face brush
Too faced primer
Pur pressed foundation
Morphe concealer

And I traded in points for Huda beauty palette: topaz
Ofra x Madison Miller highlighter

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Stephanie

How did you traded an item in points?!

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Oja

Box twins! I picked the Purlisse, though I probably would have chosen the Amethyst palette if it had been an option for me. I am thrilled with this box!

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Chelsea

Super excited for this box. I picked the juice beauty anti wrinkle serum. Also getting the mask set, eyeliner🙄, amethyst pallet (wish I was getting Ruby), and knours gel cream. I love the skin care from ipsy. The Dr.brandt microderm exfoliating face scrub I got a few months ago was literally magic.

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J L

Box twins! I picked the knours. I feel pretty satisfied with my box. I also bought some add-ons: two Beauty Chef serums and two Flesh items (both are brands I’ve been wanting to try).

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Rachel Allan

I get a bunch of boxes also but I don’t have enough hair stuff if anyone wants to sell hair stuff that would make me happy. Don’t need dry shampoo. I have a bunch of stuff I don’t use like blush or mascara cause I buy Dior Addict I think is the name so …..good to hear from y’all sisters !!!!!

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Erica

Yep me to I dont even use liquid eyeliner I keep telling them that and yet another one

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LJ

My entire GBP was all items marked rarely on my profile – every single one of them. I emailed customer service to let them know that while I understand the bag is unlikely to be a 100% match to my profile, 0% was disappoiting.

The response was, we can’t guarantee you won’t receive products marked as rarely. We don’t offer swaps or exchanges. Don’t be disappointed. Try the products anyway (i.e., liquid black eyeliner) and you might be surprised you love them! Wow! I mean wow! I didn’t email saying I don’t like the color of lipstick they sent me. I said my bag is entirely products from categories I personally don’t use. For 2020, I’m taking a harder look at my discretionary spending and Ipsy’s customer service just made it much easier to cancel.

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Makeup86

How many categories do you have marked as rarely? There’s five items coming in your box. Do you hate that many categories? If you don’t like a third or half the categories of beauty products that exist it seems an awful gamble to get beauty boxes at all. They don’t make them custom. Of all the set varieties there was this time your preferences were maybe not even possible. I see other people complain the same way, but then they don’t like very much, so what can be done? Maybe don’t subscribe or if all you want is skincare, etc, find a box that’s targeted.

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Patti

What about my problem then? Every month, in both my glam bag and my plus, I get red lipstick, highlighter and blush. I HATE RED LIPSTICK!
I don’t use any blush or highlighter! I’ve switched up my profile like ISPY suggested to do…….5 times so far! When I review those items I say I don’t like them…don’t send them! Then I look at all the other items that were available for the month and it’s HUH? Why didn’t I get that…or this…or those?
It seems like IPSY doesn’t go by your profile or your reviews! Sometimes they send items that I really love….but for the last 5 or 6 months it’s been terrible!

MB

I was about to cancel ipsy, but I saw purlisse eye adore and actually signed up for GBP.
My bag actually is pretty decent for once, but I’ll only use the eye adore serum and the Purlisse cleanser sample that i added on – and the 3 keychains I added. the rest I’ll sell or trade.
I’m getting:
Purlisse Eye Adore
Goldfadden Doctor’s scrub
Billion Dollar Brows beat sellers kit
Ahava essential moisturizer
Sugar cosmetics black eyeliner pen

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Makeup86

The scrub is pretty nice, imo.

When I get an exfoliant I can’t use on my face then I use it on my elbows.

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Alice

I use them on my feet!

Joan

Can we still buy add ons if we pause the bags, just wondering? I was thinking of doing the same so I can get what I want.

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Tiina

No, you can only buy if you are a member and actively sunscribing.

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Lori

No. There’d be nothing to “add” the items to if you’re not getting a bag…

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Joan

Thank You that’s what I thought. Will there are always the flash sales.

Marion

Aw man! Back when those Space Case highlighters first appeared in glam bags, I wanted to try 1E soooooo badly, but I couldn’t swap for it! So I ended up buying one on eBay.

Now the product has been recycled in both Ultimate & Plus, & nobody seems to want it!

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Deb

You hit the jackpot – me, not so much – I am getting brown lipstick, face masks, space case highlighter, black eyeliner and the Purlisse. The only decent product is the Purlisse and I already have it. How did you get so lucky ? Lol.

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Lisa

I’m thrilled with my bag this month. I was going to cancel after this one, but I’m questioning that. I need to remember that I am on overload and I don’t wear a lot of makeup, so time to take a break and use what I have. Anywho, I got:

Huda amethyst (my choice)
Knours gel cream (excited to try, I debated between this and the Huda)
Juicy Beauty stem cellular serum (excited to try)
Sugar Cosmetics eyeliner (this will go to my daughter)
Duft & Doft mask set (love masks)

I will use 4/5 but the 5th item will get used by my daughter. I though that this was a great bag!

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Amanda

Bag twins! I’m excited for this month, too. I also keep telling myself I need to freeze my box for a few months, I am on product overload, but happy I kept it this month. Love that it is heavy on skincare.

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Courtney

Bag twins! Love my bag this month!

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Tammy

We ARE TWINS!!!!!😉

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tammy g.

do ya’ll notice we are getting the same products almost every month…by just having one bag, you can buy every thing else…I guess i’m on overload..need to find me a new box..

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Svetlana7e

“I guess i’m on overload..need to find me a new box.” – I love your solution for being overload LOL

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Te Be

I keep getting eyeliners and highlighters. I skipped and then re-subscribed last minute. I should have stayed skipped. The products are like products from TJ Maxx or Marshalls. I’m pretty annoyed right now. I was so excited when I signed up for Ipsy Plus and now I’m just bummed.

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Pink5

You can opt out of up to 2 classes of products.
I opted out of primers (don’t use) and eyeliners (sick of getting liquid), but I was drowning in highlighters so I swapped eyeliners for highlighter.
I’m getting another liquid eyeliner in black, but at least it’s not a highlighter.

Kenley

These are my 4 GBP. This month was a complete letdown. I did not get the Huda Amethyst palette I wanted. I also got 10 regular bags and 3 GBU this month, which were all letdowns as well. I spent $405 this month and I feel like I didn’t get a single thing that I’m super excited about. I keep getting eyeliners and sheet masks even though I’m opted out of both. I think it’s time to take a break from Ipsy!

Bag 1:
Juice Beauty Serum
Space Case Highlighters
Knours Gel Cream
Purlisse Eye Serum
Sugar Cosmetics Eyeliner

Bag 2:
Nature’s Cartel 90’s Nostalgia Lipstick
Duft and Doft Sheet Masks
Juice Beauty Serum
Hanalei Lip Treatment
Sugar Cosmetics Eyeliner

Bag 3:
Wander Beauty Eyeshadow Palette
Hanalei Lip Treatment
Flesh Glisten Drops in Aura
Purlisse Eye Serum
Sugar Cosmetics Eyeliner

Bag 4:
Same as bag 2

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Iggy'sRock

You have a lot of sugar eyeliner! Is this all under one account?

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Marion

You can only get 1 of each type of bag on an account. So if she’s getting 10 regular bags, she has at least 10 accounts.

Kenley

4 accounts

Monica

I have the Huda Amethyst coming in my January box, if you’d like to trade something for it!

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Kenley

Yes, I definitely would Monica! What are you interested in?

Bonnie

How do you possibly get excited with so many of the same box? What could you be looking forward to getting? You are bound to get a ton of repeats…unless you’re just doing all these boxes to resell items online and make $$$? Why not just buy the Huda palette you want if you’re going to spend this much? It’s $27 at Sephora.

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Kenley

I save a lot of product to give as gifts throughout the year and I give a lot of product to my daughters. Although, I think its time to downsize a bit.

Monica

Box 3 is the only one I would be interested in. You got the liquid eyeliner in all boxes. I’m guessing they are overstocked. Ugh!

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Kenley

Box 1 and 3 are okay. The other 2 are definitely not worth the price tag in my opinion.

amyr

Sheet masks and felt tip eyeliners must be ultra cheap to produce! That is all Ipsy puts in bags 98% of the time. I am so over them. All my boxes are awful. I am sick of giving them my money for junk that is not on my profile and that I will never use.

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Kenley

I am too! It’s time to say goodbye! Ipsy used to be my favorite sub, but I feel like they just don’t listen to my reviews and profile anymore.

Ashley

All I can say is WOW

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Lori

I would be really disappointed, too. Sorry 🙁

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AC

omg I hope you’re joking

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Denise Mills

I didn’t choose an eyeshadow palette because all were too dark for me, but I’m getting one anyway. I chose the Knors. And I’m getting an eyeliner of course though I opted out of eyeliners. The add ons didn’t wow me much. It’s fine I guess. I have friends to pass stuff on to.

Kenley

I wish I were 🤦🏼‍♀️

Maria

Me too. Out of curiosity, with all of these bags, how much of the products do you actually use? I have Plus and Ultimate subscriptions (that I alternate monthly) and sometimes I feel overwhelmed with just those!

Tiffany Adair

Thats a lot of boxes!

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Kenley

Yes, I have a problem lol! I receive 39 boxes every month.

Ashley C

Has anyone not got their December GBP yet? I emailed them Monday and haven’t heard back yet. My tracking hasn’t moved since 12/12

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Kellie LeBouef

I’m disappointed as well. Ipsy glam bag plus has went down hill. I just emailed them. I didnt get my huda palette that I chose. I got the wanders palette which I already recieved a few months back in another boo boo. I’m recieving liquid eye liner in all my bags and I opted out of eyeliners. I also, recieved the space case hilighters which I recieved two of them in previous bags. Im also recieving three different lipsticks in all my bags, but all the same color. There is no more variety and looking at the other items you could have gotten. I would have been happy with any of the others. I’ve been with ipsy for 8 years. It may be time to cancel. I’m sure alot of people feel the same way.

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Lori

I got:

–Nature’s Cartel Lipstick in Gin and Platonic (looks okay, hope it leans less orange/brown than the pic)

–Huda Amethyst Pallette (my choice)

–Knours Gel Cream (happy to try)

–Purlisse Blue Lotus Eye Cream (love this brand, happy to try)

–Sugar Black Eyeliner (meh. Was also in my Ultimate bag, grrr)

My bags used to be much better, but now it’s a consistent 3/5 items I like. Been meaning to cut back on my subs anyway.

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Pink5

Box twin!
I also chose the Amethyst palette.
I only added a couple of things this time.

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Lori

Same here. 2 things exactly (PUR foundation, Bella Argent Berry lipstick) just to round out my GBP. Enjoy 🙂

Ckay

I skipped bc a few reasons, but I buy to much stuff , this is really an addiction:/ 🙂 but but the main reason was I didn’t get to pick out what I wanted also they still owe me something that was damaged. I have been loving what I get but why does it take so long to mail out a replacement.. someone tell me if that Pur powder is good for oily acne skin . I would appreciate it that is what I wanted 🙂

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DJ

I skipped for the same reasons! When they told me I couldn’t pick when getting up bright and early I knew I was about to unsub. I have enough products anyway. >.>

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Monica

@Ashley I would willing to trade for anything skincare related, the flesh glisten drops, or any of the lip products from this month!

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Bonnie

A few months ago, my Ofra highlight was damaged. They mailed me out another one pretty quickly. It too was shattered when I opened it. I gave up.

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Bett

Mixed bag for me:

*Juice serum (my pick)
*Sheet masks (fine)
*Hanalei lip treatment (wish it had tint, but I’ll use it for sure)
*Nature’s Cartel in 90s Nostalgia (actually excited for this one. That 90s ‘brown-mauve’ is one of my favorites, especially fall through winter)
*Sugar eyeliner in I’ll be Black – (ANOTHER black eyeliner… C’mon guys.)

So nothing high-end besides my pick but it’s all stuff I’ll use except the black eyeliner. Can’t really complain.

Add-ons:
111 skin (gift for my mom, who loves this stuff), Araceli Eye-liner in Coffee (please get the hint that I like brown eyeliner, not black!), and Beauty for Real lip balm in Debbie (can always use a nice tinted balm, but mostly added for the horse/donkey rescue theme!)

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Pink5

I’m kind of amused that the 111Skin was on the add-on list.
I got one last month, and it is nice. It smells citrusy, hope that’s okay.

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Kenley

4 GBP and not a single Huda palette. I was really hoping for Amethyst.

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Ashley

Why not just buy it outright for a lot less money????

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Nicole

Well that sucks! They’ve certainly included it in plenty of months. I might have an unswatched Huda coral palette if you’d like to swap for one. I say might because I know I have it and have never used it but can’t remember if I swatched it.

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Kenley

I already have the Coral palette that I purchased as an add-on a couple months ago. I was hoping the Amethyst palette would be an add-on.

Lori

WOW.

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Stefany Alvarez

I was afraid about missing great stuff besides the ones I get to chose from, but im not mad I skipped this month for my Glam Bag Plus, keeping in mind that the only item I may got excited about was the Stem Cellular Serum, and even then, I shouldn’t be paying my money to be excited for only one item out of 5, and most of the Ipsy items that come along with the chosen one in the past months don’t even work with my complexion, skin type or are repetitive on every box. Is not the point of the subscription. At the end of the they I accumulate products that I end giving away to my sisters.

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A.M.

For those concerned about the size of the Hanalei lip treatment, the version included in the GBP bag is full-sized, whereas the one included in the regular GB is sample sized.
I adore this product l, have purchased & gifted it multiple times and wish it had been included in my GBP!!

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Christina

It’s a great product! I have become hooked on it and am glad I got it in my bag. I’ve also purchased it as add ons

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Bett

Very glad to hear that! I wasn’t super excited to see a plain clear balm, but if it does the job, I’m in 🙂

Nicole

Finally! After 2 years Ipsy finally gave me a 5/5 on products! The amazing thing about that are there are so many products in the line up that I’ve already gotten or didn’t want. I received:

Huda Amethyst
Jules & Smith glosses
Purlisse eye serum
Ahava Moisturizer
Sheet Masks in the pink packaging (I forget the brand)

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Heidi

Bag twins! I am not thrilled with the colors of the glosses but I am happy with the rest of this.

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Alice

Box twins!

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Rach

I’m getting these same items, only my Huda palette is in Amethyst. I was really hoping for the glistening drops or the highlighter balm, but I added the highlighter balm as an add on.

I had a pulmonary embolism twice and a DVT over the summer, so I can’t use birth control anymore. The lack of estrogen has wreaked havoc on my skin and at 34, I now get bouts of cystic acne. I’m excited about the Knours product. I’m hoping that it can help my skin.

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