Ipsy
is a $10 monthly service that sends out 5 skincare, hair care and occasionally
the odd fragrance sample to subscribers. Usually items are sample sized but
occasionally they send out full sized
items as well. Sometimes it’s pretty hit or miss for me though; I saw the
contents of my October Ipsy bag and all I could think was “Don’t threaten me.”
- Naked Cosmetics Loose Pigment in Heavy Metal HE-03 – $14.99
- Murad Essental C-Cleanser – $5.78
- Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in Carbon Black – $13.20
- Beau Gâchis Eyebrow Brush – $9.95
- MAC Little Lip Glass in Love Child – $14.00
I’ve come to enjoy and almost prefer loose pigments to pressed
powders. I find I have more control with loose pigments if it’s a neutral
shade. Naked Cosmetics pigments are very pigmented and finely milled, easy to
work with. In fact, this is the brand that made me acquiesces and start
tolerating loose pigments. Heavy Metal HE-03 though...
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Gold can be a neutral enough shade on my skin tone but this was
so bold that I am just going to have to develop some makeup skills. I usually
escape the house with one shadow on, when I wear makeup, but this shade is
going to force me to learn how to blend eyeshadows and learn color theory. I
may try to repurpose it as a nail polish.
It’s a sad day when a cleanser is one of my favorite items in an
subscription bag. Really it’s a testament to how lack luster the rest of the
month was. So far as cleansers go though, this one is pretty great. It has
vitamin C and smells like some combination of lemon, orange and kumquat. The
packaging is clear so I’m wondering if the permeable light will effect the
vitamin C in the formula. It’s a gel cleanser that, amazingly, actually feels
like it cleans. There are (biodegradable) micro beads mixed in but only
sparingly so those don’t contribute to the clean feeling I am left with after
washing. Not only am I left feeling clean, an amazing feat for a gel cleanser,
but my face doesn’t feel stripped of all moisture afterwards! I’ve only been
using this in the shower so I have maybe a quarter of the container remaining
but oh my god, I’m trying to fight the urge to buy more.
I’ve received this eyeliner twice in the past and I could not
give this little guy away fast enough. So the one thing it has going for it is
how incredibly black it is. I’m out of pros at this point. The felt tip is too
stiff so I have zero control when using it. The tip is far too wide so my
hooded eyes are always engulfed in liner. It bleeds into the fine lines on my
lids. It’s a liquid liner (not my go-to eyeliner type). It’s advertised as waterproof but that’s a
damn lie. This liner is just not something I need in my life so I gave it to a
coworker who loves both Eyeko and liquid liner.
I was so excited to get this brush. It’s the only one of its type
in my collection. I haven’t actually used it yet; I don’t fill in my brows and
I haven’t owned a gel liner in years. At least now I have an excuse to buy gel
liner. After my kid commandeered my $1 ELF brush I had been avoiding purchasing
a liner brush knowing I would eventually receive one.
This brush has a nice long handle for easy control, small
bristled that are soft yet stiff, and zero scratchiness. The bristles are small
and thin enough that it allows me to be precise (I tried this with dark
eyeshadow as liner and I tried brushing the end of an eyeliner pencil to apply
product). I may start filling my brows (no, really I won’t). I desperately want
to buy a gel liner but I have so many pencil liners I don’t think I can justify
the purchase.
The moment you realize you are hostage to your bad makeup and
subscription boxes because you don’t want to be wasteful...
I love this gloss. I mean, I really love this gloss. The shade is
perfect for my skin tone giving me a slightly frosty, definitely glassy
mildly-pink but totally natural look. It’s great for a no-makeup makeup look; I
look out together without actually looking like I tried. I only wish it wasn’t
MAC. I learned in high school that MAC lip glasses are just terribly sticky and
maddening. That color though! It’s definitely worth the trade off in this case.
The total value of my bag was $57.92, the highest I’ve had in a
very long time. Like every other Ipsy
month, I started off hating the bag only to come around after a month or so. It
could very well be the result of me forcing myself to like something I am
paying money for but I will not deny my love for the Murad face wash, a brush
of any sort or my new MAC lip glass. The value was there for me in the October
bag just with the gloss alone. Add in the value of the brush and cleanser and
there you go, October was a worth $29.73 to me. While the shadow is valuable,
it isn’t worth anything to me personally because I most likely will not find
any use for it unless I try to diy nail polish.
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