Ipsy October 2014

Hey everyone!

In today's blog I am bringing to you my very first Ipsy bag ever! I was on the Ipsy waitlist for almost 2 months. I was actually working on a blog so I was using gmail and I saw an e-mail from Ipsy. I clicked on it and they were offering to get off the waitlist by just liking a Youtube channel, liking Ipsy on Facebook, and allowing Ipsy to post my monthly bags. I jumped on that offer quicker than you could say I jumped on that offer. I was super excited to finally be off the wait list and start receiving my Ipsy because this is the original beauty subscription service that I wanted out of all of them. I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed with my first Ipsy bag.

Ipsy:

-a beauty subscription service for $10.00 a month
-includes many different makeup products (i.e. lotions, facial scrubs, lip products, primers, anything you could think of makeup and body related)
-offers a quiz to better personalize bags to your taste
-offers mostly sample sizes of products
-the products come in a bag and each month you get a different bag
-are usually theme based

Bag Overview:

This month's Ipsy bag theme is Beauty Candy. It's a cute idea because it's Halloween month and instead of getting candy you get beauty candy. I like it. I think the theme is simple, but cute. I would think of something more traditional for Halloween month like the colors of orange and black. I would expect Fall colored makeup. They did more of a neutral take on Halloween by going with the idea of candy. Candy is the best part of Halloween!

The bag itself is a teal color which is a bit confusing because it doesn't seem to really follow their Halloween candy theme. On the Ipsy website the bag looks like a bluish-teal color, but in person the bag looks more green-aqua color. The zipper part says IPSY on it. The bag opens at the top, but on the side. This bag has a square pattern all over on it. I like the color and the texture of the bag. The bag has a kind of weird sweet smell to it. I'm not sure if they tried to spray it and it didn't work or if the bag is giving off all the scents at the same time from the products inside like the hand cream. It's trying to smell sweet/good, but comes off smelling like sweet plastic.

When you open the bright pink bubbled envelope the first thing I saw was the little card that comes with it. I pulled it out first to look at it. On the front there are pictures of four different Youtube/Ipsy beauty gurus posing in different ways. The card is a bright pink and appears fun. They chose four girls that look very similar and are all enjoying beauty candy in some way. On the back of the card it tells you how to share Ipsy and Beauty Candy to enter a chance to win a free years subscription. That would be super cool to win that.

Then I pulled out my funky aqua bag. When I unzip it I see all of my beauty candy inside!

My Ipsy October 2014 Bag Products:
STARLOOKS lipgloss in Guilty Pleasure
Figs and Rouge Nourishing and Soothing Hand Cream in Rose Berry
Skone Tattooed Waterproof Eyeliner [I'm assuming in black]
Indie Lee Brightening Cleanser [face wash]
Albertini Warm Love Pumpkin Exfoliating Mask

I got a fairly neutral bag. Who ever put this bag together definitely played it a bit safe, especially with the olor of the lipgloss which is pink. The reason why I am not super excited about my first Ipsy bag is because I really wanted the Smashbox primer. I knew I wasn't going to be lucky enough to get it, but it was still disappointing. I am disappointed with the fact that on my quiz I didn't mark I wanted lotion, but I got hand cream. That item was definitely not on my beauty quiz. Then I got two face products. One is a mask and one is a cleanser. I just feel like it was too much facial products. Although, I will admit that it is kind of cute that they put together a mask and cleanser together because that flows logically together. I am super excited about trying the lipgloss and the waterproof eyeliner. I am excited about 2 out of the 5 products that I received.

The one thing I am super thankful for is that they had a few options for mascaras this month and I got no mascaras. WOO HOO! My eyes are super sensitive and I have to wear waterproof eyeliner. I don't think any of the mascaras are waterproof so I'm glad I didn't get any. Ipsy gets an A++ for not sending me non-waterproof mascara =-D

October 2014 Pros:

-I got a lipgloss
-I got a waterproof eyeliner
-I am glad I didn't get a mascara because they don't seem to be waterproof
-the theme of the bag is cute, the bag itself is cute

October 2014 Cons:

- I feel like I got too many face products (2)
-I did not selection lotion on my beauty quiz, but I got a hand lotion
-the lipgloss was in pink color so they went the safe route instead of a Fall color
-I am really sad I did not get the Smashbox primer

Overall, I feel neutral about this bag. I don't love it and I don't necessarily hate it. I am leaning towards disappointed though. I am only excited about 2 out of the 5 products. I think the theme of the bag is a super cute idea, but I'm not sure it was executed well. I'm not sure what to think about it, but I can let it go. I really hope my next bag is better.

Sincerely,
Marina