Ipsy December 2014

Hi Everyone!

 

 

 

In today's blog I am bringing to you the Ipsy December 2014 bag! I cheat and I look at My Glam Room as soon as they go live and you get Ipsy points for doing it so I can't really help myself, lol. I get to see what I am looking forward to and I get points. When I open the big bright pink envelope I pull out the Ipsy card, a Bumble and Bumble hair product that is attached to a card with information about the product, and a small black and pink bag. When I unzipped the bag I was super excited to see a NYX lip butter product because I have wanted to try those for a while and a Tarte mascara which I have wanted to try Tarte products for a while. I got a total of five products in my bag and I am only really excited about two of them. The other ones I'm either neutral or not excited.

Ipsy Bag Overview

This month Ipsy has the theme of Thinking of You. It is cute and simple. When I first reached into the envelope I pulled out the Bumble and Bumble blow dry product which I am not very excited about, then the Ipsy card.

The Ipsy card on one side says, "You are a talented being," and on the other side it says, "Our thoughts are filled with you this month. Thank you for a 2014 filled with beauty, laughter, and inspiration. You've given us so many reasons to smile, and we look forward to an awesome 2015. XOXO, Ipsy."

The Bumble and Bumble on the front where the product is attached reads, "Bumble and Bumble, Prepare to be Blown Away," then has the product attached, and then says, "Straight Blow Dry for coarse, curly, or frizzy hair." On the back of the card it advertises the Bumble and Bumble hair salons.

That brings us to this month's Ipsy bag. I am not sure what to think about this month's bag. In some ways I think it's cute and in other ways I'm like, "what the heck where they thinking?" This bag does not remind me of December or their theme Thinking of you. The bag is on the smaller side than I have received previously which I am okay with, but the color is throwing me off. A black bag for the month of December and the them of Thinking of You does not seem to fit well. I would love to have gotten Christmas colored bag of red and/or green. That would have been cute. I am not a fan of the bag this month. In the bag itself I did not get very many products that I am super excited about which is also disappointing. I am super excited about the NYX Butter Lip Balm and the Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara except I didn't see anything about it being waterproof which I need to have for my watery eyes otherwise the mascara gets inside of them which makes them water even more and creates a huge mess. I was excited about trying a Tarte product, but I don't think I am going to be raving about this specific one. I have gotten so many brushes lately that I am just not that excited about them. I guess I could always use another eye shadow brush. At first I thought I got nail polish which I was actually kind of excited about, but then I figured out that the packaging of he product looks like a nail polish bottle. The bottle calls it an eye polish. I am not exactly sure what eye polish is, but I am willing to try it. It looks like loose mineral eye shadow. If that is the case I might not be able to use it.

I have been with Ipsy since October 2014 and so far I feel like I keep getting misses. Ipsy keeps sending me products that I did not mark on my beauty quiz as I want and it seems like they only send the big brand names to Youtube celebrities who have large followings as kind of false advertising. It is super disappointed. My first bag from Ipsy which was the October 2014 bag is the one that I was most excited about and I was looking forward to 4 out of the 5 products. With my November 2014 bag I was excited about 3 out of 5 products. And now in my December 2014 bag I am only excited about 2 products and the Tarte mascara one I can't even rave about because it is more than likely not waterproof. My experience with Ipsy started out good, but as you can see has over the last few months rapidly declined to not so good... after the January 2015 bag I am seriously considering dropping Ipsy.

Ipsy December 2014 Products in My Bag:

-Bumble and Bumble Straight Blow Dry hair product
-NYX Butter Lip Balm in BLB02 Ladyfingers
-Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes Mascara in black color
-CAILYN Just Mineral Eye Polish in #5 Orchid
-Crown Brush in C476 Crease/Shadow Brush

Pros of December 2014 Bag:

-I am super excited about the NYX Butter Lip Balm and a lot of NYX products smell super good so I cannot wait to smell the Ladyfingers
-I am excited about trying a Tarte product even though I can't use it because it is not waterproof, but I can finally say I tried Tarte
-I love the CAILYN mineral eye polish color

Cons of December 2014 Bag:

-the bag is black which doesn't remind me of Christmas or the theme of Thinking of You
-I did not mark on my beauty quiz that I wanted any hair products and in the last two bags I have gotten a hair product after reviewing that I don't want hair products
-I am not excited about the eye shadow brush, but I will find a use for it
-this month has a lot of products I don't like or can't use so that is super disappointing

Sincerely,
Marina