Ipsy Subscription Review – January 2016

Ipsy is a subscription that costs $10 a month and sends out four or five deluxe sample size beauty items. Because of the price point it invites comparisons with Birchbox. Ipsy is more make up based, and has a “waitlist.” You can skip this wait if you pimp out your social media. I just emailed and asked to be put on the list and it was done very quickly.

Today you can skip the line btw!

 

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Purple bag ensures that you will know when anyone else in your building is also getting Ipsy… will you dare strike up a conversation with them? Will you then have a new buddy to swap with? No, you will probably just hold your envelope and sort of smile at them.

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This is month is all about the eyes!

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Make Up Bag: Every month you get a make up bag which is great for those who have the room to save them or use them to hold gifts. If you REALLY want to get wild then hide your loved ones keys in a pile of these make up bags right before they need to leave for work…

I am pretty sure all us writers could put on glasses and do a pic to rival this print!

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Skone – Smudger Brush: Usually when you smudge something it is a bad thing. Like “whoops you have a smudge of BBQ sauce on the side of your gob, them me get it for you!” For eyes, it can lead too a sultry look that compels waiters to ALWAYS give you extra bread!

How awesome would it be if make up tasted like BBQ sauce?!? 

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The Balm – Mr. Write (Now) Eyeliner (Scott): This is a plumb eyeliner and I have yet to open it because I have a ton of eye liners. I still actually like to get them in subscriptions which makes me weird in the box world. I am weird in the real world as well, so it doesn’t really bother me much.

Ugh, I’ve dates a few Scott’s and they were/are pretty lame. So they are under the Mr. Write (Never)

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Pixi by Petra – Mesmerizing Mineral Duo (Lavender Bloom): Oddly these purples are no where near the color of lavender. I believe that it is because of the Goat Syndicate (One of the many gangs that run subscriptions in a vast network behind the scenes) HAVE to have lavender in subscriptions. It is a MUST and you cannot run from it no matter how hard you try!

I love that the colors, but would have named it Wine Couch Spill. It fits my lifestyle a lot better! 

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Pur-lisse – Blue Lotus Eye Serum: I have been sent this before but I believe I have it away. I will have to see what in the world I did with it. Anyway, I probably should use more things on my eyes since stress is starting to show on my face. Sigh, why can’t it just show on my ugly feet?

When I use this I will demand everyone call me “Bright Eyes.”

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Hanalei – Sugar Lip Scrub: Just in time for the kissing season known in my home as Frequently Kissed February this lip scrub will help my little bird lips fight the cruel San Diego winter and be soft as a kitties belly!

I won’t lie, I want to eat this. I just might.

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Verdict: This month is a winner because all the products are interesting and they kept with the theme while at the same time throwing in a great lip scrub for me to try out. The value in this bag really shines through this month and I wonder how they do it…

 

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Disclosure: There is an Ipsy referral link at the start of this post that if used to sign up will give me points.

  10 comments for “Ipsy Subscription Review – January 2016

  1. January 19, 2016 at 12:03 pm

    I think the Hanalei uses Maui sugar. I’d nom that!

    • January 19, 2016 at 3:25 pm

      Did you hear pnut that they are stopping the production of sugar on maui?? booo…. we are all very sad.

      • January 19, 2016 at 3:49 pm

        I know 🙁 I have an empty plastic jar of Maui Sugar used for my Pnut people’s play kitchen. I remember seeing the sugar cane burning when we paid to get up early to board a van to [burn our retinas] see the romantic sunrise on high on a mountain [which name that I cannot cut and paste for some reason because I do not want to misspell it] in the freezing wind that would rival Chicago weather then bike down [well I was warm in the van betting with the driver on who was next].

  2. January 19, 2016 at 12:55 pm

    That is a pretty good bag! I almost ALMOST resubbed, but I know I shouldn’t have even gotten Birchbox. I like Ipsy samples better, but I like everything else about Birchbox–website, shop, customer service, lack of whoooring out your social media.

    • January 19, 2016 at 10:34 pm

      I sorta hate that they make you perp walk all your social media and sundry…

  3. Heat7918
    January 19, 2016 at 12:56 pm

    I got 4 of those same products! The one different one is that instead of the Pur~lisse eye serum, I got a makeup primer, I think.

    The lavender shadow not being lavender annoys me – I like pretty purples. 🙂 And I had so much trouble getting the plastic off the eyeliner that as I was yanking on it, the cap fell off, the eyeliner broke into 3 pieces and 1 of them fell in the toilet! Sheesh.

    • January 19, 2016 at 3:03 pm

      That eyeliner obviously did not have the makes to become part of your eyeliner army … Broke down literally in fear even falling in the toilet 😉

    • January 19, 2016 at 10:36 pm

      You seriously make me giggle.. Agreed awful lazy naming and I’m sad but can empathize with broken eyeliner do to crap packaging

  4. January 19, 2016 at 3:26 pm

    Some one asked me on instagram about a good long lasting lip stain that was natural…. inspired by you..I said wine….. 🙂 We need a line of skincare infused with wine I think and maybe a makeup line

    • January 19, 2016 at 10:37 pm

      Ha! After work I have this joker wine grin… Very sexy I assure everyone! I think wine and spirits cosmetics will be a best seller!!!

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