November 2013 Ipsy Review

For the past three month I have been hopelessly glued to my phone for the first couple of weeks. I have actually had some issues with putting it down long enough to focus on my online classes. The sneak peeks drove me crazy this month and I was just counting down the days until that shiny pink bubble wrap package was stuffed into my mailbox. It's kind of ridiculous. When my glam room updated I was crazy excited. I don't by any means have the most valuable bag this month but I do have things that I feel like I could get a lot of use out of.

For those of you who don't know ipsy is a beauty subscription service that sends you 4-5 deluxe sample to full size items a month for the monthly price of $10. Shipping is free if you live in the US and if you live in Canada you pay a $5 shipping fee every month as well. There is also a annual subscription for $110 which means you essentially get one month free. I have been an ipsy subscriber for 3 months this month and I am enjoying it very much. If you want to subscribe to ipsy feel free to use my refferal link: http://www.ipsy.com/r/13bs . So anyway lets get into this bag...

 This months theme is called "Glam it Up" This month a 6th full size bonus item from Michelle Phan's makeup line was added to the bag which I thought was pretty darn great.

The Bag:

This month the bag was definitely not something I would have picked out myself. To be honest I hated it at first but when I actually say how it looked in person it kind of grew on me. I think it was the hot pink zipper that I wasn't initially attracted to.

 Pillow Plush Cushiony Lip Balm: 

This was the bonus full size Em product that I received. I was more hoping for the waterliner but I am very excited to be receiving this. The value of this product is $15 and it is a full size product. The color I received was Creamsicle, the texture feels a lot like a heavy lip gloss at first but once it soaks into your lips it feels really nice. I was worried about the color making my already stained teeth look yellow but I think it actually looks really nice.


Be a Bombshell Lip Crayon:

 

 This is another full size item. Everyone received this in one of two colors. I got mine in the shade "Hot Damn" but the other one was "Shameless" The one I got looks really red in the package but looks more like a dark pink when applied. I think this shade will be great for the holidays.

Nailtini Straight Up Color Nail Lacquer:

This product has been featured a past ipsy bags but in a different color. It is a full size valued at $13. I was given the color "champagne" and the other one was "caviar cocktail". I haven't tried this yet but I am looking forward to it.

Pixi Beauty Bronzer:

This was one of the sample size products given out this month. Everyone was given this bronzer that is a little less than half the amount of a full size. It was given in two colors this month. The full size is $18 for the product plus a kabuki brush. I valued this at about $7 because it about half the amount of product and we did not receive a brush. I got the color "Subtly Suntouched" and the other one was "summertime". I tried to swatch it on my hand but I couldn't get a good picture. I tried it on my face it it looks really great on my pale skin. I am actually really excited to use this and maybe even get the full size.

Starlooks Gem Eye Pencil:











I found it to be extremely exciting that we were getting such an array of products this month, eyeliner has always been a favorite product of mine so I was really excited to see this in a sneak peek. This is a full size product retailing at $14. It was sent out in the colors amethyst and topaz. I got Topaz. It looks really blue in person. I think this color would be really fun for a night out or on a date if you use it a little more subtly.I have a feeling I will use this one more than the black starlooks pencil from September.

TRESemme Tres Two Extra Hold Hairspray:

This was a travel size item, I wasn't really all that excited to see this only because I have a couple of these already (the picture on the right shows my other two bottles with this one). I actually really like this hairspray. It's second to my pantine pro-v extra hold one for thick hair. It does hold my hair very well. I'm not at all disappointed to be getting this but I'm not sure when I will get around to using this particular bottle. I suppose I can't really complain about getting it though because it means ipsy was spot on with products I like.

So that is all of the products in my bag this month As a whole I thought it was very well rounded, I got a hair product, two lip products, a face product, an eye product, and a nail product. I am very happy with what I got to try this month and I hope ipsy continues to send bags like this one in the future. My total bag value for this month is $65.75 so it's quite a step up from last month and I am very happy with everything.

xoxo
Courtney