So Susan Color Curate is a monthly makeup subscription service that sends four full-sized beauty items in a makeup bag for $20.95 a month. All products are 100% cruelty-free, vegan, and paraben-free!
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What's Inside The Bag
Eco-Chic Makeup Bag - Retail Value $12
This cityscape bag is so colorful and cute! These canvas bags are the perfect size for all your touch-up needs, and the shiny interior lining is easy to wipe clean. They are also great to store Legos in!
Jelly Pong Pong Cosmetics - Dream Palette in "Midnight Ride" - Retail Value $20
This month's eyeshadow palette features four soft hues that blend seamlessly into one another like a dream, hence the name! They're made for each other to help you blend up the most perfect smoky eye. I usually do a cool-toned smoky eye, but this palette set me up perfectly for a brown-toned look, and I love it.
Trifle Cosmetics - Soft Swirl - Retail Value $48
Overnight masks are powerhouses for those of us with dehydrated skin. AHAs gently exfoliate and refine pores while avocado butters soften the skin and give it a nice juicy appearance in the morning. I like the way my skin looked and felt after wearing this overnight, and I noticed how easily my makeup went on after my first use. This isn't a treatment I'd use every night, but I will probably use it once a week for that plumping effect.
Jelly Pong Pong Cosmetics - Lip Patine in "Trinity"- Retail Value $22
Metallic formulas can be a little tricky to wear on lips that aren't perfectly smooth. I do a decent job of hydrating my lips, but they're definitely not in tip-top shape since summer has ended, and alone, this formula seems to accentuate any deep lines or cracks. When I add a balm to the mix, it looks much better, but it also takes away a little bit of the pigment. This red shade is gorgeous for the holidays, providing a nice metallic sheen that can be played up by applying gloss to top it off.
So Susan Cosmetics - Color Trip in "Lovestruck" - Retail Value $18
Whoa, check out that sparkle! I thought it was mostly red sparkle at first sight, but there was a fair amount of red-orange shimmer, which makes it a little more manageable. I appreciate a pop of color in a pot, and this was great for an all-over-the-lid, bold eye look. I used glitter glue and pressed the pigment on with my finger, then I blended out the edges with a dense eyeshadow brush, and I barely had any sparkle fallout.
BONUS ITEM : Peony Cosmetics - Chameleon Powder Pigment in "You Are Mine" - Retail Value $18
All of Peony's Chameleon powders are lovely. They are soft and blend seamlessly. This color is a rusty brown that has a green duochrome shift, and I am in love. It becomes more intricate and mesmerizing as you pack the color on. This item is intended to be a bonus product this month, but honestly, it steals the show!
Swatched Above: Jelly Pong Pong Dream Palette (vertical), Peony Cosmetics Chameleon Powder, So Susan Color Trip, Jelly Pong Pong Lip Pantine, Trifle Cosmetics Soft Swirl mask
Verdict
December's So Susan Color Curate has some gorgeous color and neat skincare that I am really excited about. This month's delivery was very eyeshadow-heavy, but I'd never complain about that! The November bag's retail value comes to $138; you're getting five full-sized products and a bag for $20.95, a great deal.
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Value - Was This Box Worth It?
The Cost: $20.95
Value Breakdown: This subscription costs $20.95, meaning you are paying about $4.19 for each of the 5 items in this box (including the bag).
To Wrap Up
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