Maybelline Fit Me Bronzer in Golden Tan

Hey everyone!

In today's blog I am going to be reviewing the Maybelline Fit Me Bronzer in Golden Tan. If you have been reading my blogs for a while you will know how obsessed I was with my MAC bronzer, but the cat knocked it over, and I lost a lot of product. I have not re-bought the bronzer because I think it went up in price quite a bit. I remember I paid at least $23 for it not including tax. Once again I wanted to find a bronzer that I could find cheaper and could use more on a daily basis. I think I bought this at the same time I bought the L'Oreal foundation at the Ulta.

Rating:

Price: 10/10
Packaging: 10/10
Amount of product: 10/10
Longevity: 10/10
Pigment: 8/10
Application: 10/10
Different skin types: 8/10
Realistic: 8/10
Overall rating: 7/10
Would I repurchase: 9/10
Total rating: 90/100=90%= A

My personal rating: 9/10=90%=A

Comments:
I am pretty sure I bought this bronzer at my local Ulta store when I picked up the L'Oreal Infallible foundation. I don't remember exactly how much I spent on this product, but according to the official Ulta website they are $5.99 and that sounds about right. I think the packaging is cute. It is rectangle with a see through cover, one side has the pan with the bronzer product and the other side comes with a little brush. I think that you get a decent amount of product for the price. The side with the pan with product is a little bit bigger than the brush that it comes with. I have not had any problems with longevity with this product. I usually put it over waterproof foundation and I have not had any problems with it disappearing or moving on me. This is another Maybelline product [reminder: Maybelline eyebrow pencils] where you have to work at getting the product on. It took me two or three times before the pigment really showed up. I have light skin so for the product to take a lot to show up on me can't be very pigmented. It does get the job done and it is a way cheaper alternative to the MAC bronzer I love. But the pigment is buildable if you work at it. I have not had any problems with the application of this product. The only thing is that I do have to apply this product a few times to get the result I want, but it has not caked up on me yet. I would recommend this product for people with oily or normal skin type, people with dry skin can use it, but just be careful because it is on the dry side. Putting too many dry products on dry skin can dry out the skin even more or show things that you probably don't want to be seen like lines. I think this product gives off a realistic bronzed look. I had a bad experience with the E.L.F. bronzer where it had so much shimmer in it that my face looked dirty. I think I went too dark on the shade, but E.L.F. went overboard on the shimmer. I still have that bronzer. This Maybelline Bronzer gives off a more natural somewhat orange glow. I think it looks good. Overall, for the price and amount of product makes it worth it and the fact that I can either use it to lightly dust or build up the pigment some. Honestly, I will probably look into trying other bronzers to see what I can find, but for an everyday or wearing it once in a while I'm okay with. For special occasions I would probably use a different bronzer. I would repurchase this product, especially if I couldn't find another bronzer that is similar in price.

Sincerely,
Marina

Maybelline Expert Wear Eyebrow Pencil in Blonde

Hey everyone!

In today's blog I am going to be reviewing the Maybelline Expert Wear Eyebrow Pencil in Blonde. I finally broke down and bought an eyebrow pencil to try because I have really light eyebrows and I thought coloring them in would give my face more definition and might make my makeup stand out more around the eyes. It looks like I don't have eyebrows and I can't wear dark eyebrows because I think it looks weird, like they don't belong. I am not very good at coloring in my eyebrows and I'm too afraid to cut them because I have never done it before. I just wanted some eyebrow definition. I'm not sure how I feel about the color of this product.

Rating:

Price: 10/10
Packaging: 8/10
Amount of product: 10/10
Longevity: 9/10
Realistic: 7/10
Pigment: 9/10
Application: 8/10
Blendability: 7/10
Overall rating: 7/10
Would I repurchase: 7/10
Total rating: 82/100=82%=B

My personal rating: 7/10=70%=C

Comments:
I think I bought this at my local Walgreens. I don't remember exactly how much I paid, but I do remember that I got it as part of a deal I think where if I bought mascara I could buy a product same or lesser in value for half price or free. The most I spent is about $2.00 or 2.50 for two eyebrow pencils because the package included 2. Walgreens website says that the package of 2 is $4.29. That's not a bad price. The packaging is red on the outside and includes 2 pencils. I'm not a fan of the plastic cap that goes on the end and I ended up losing one of the caps. I also am not a fan of shaving this pencil because I think it sharpens too thin and then it makes it more difficult for me to use. I like the pencil to be a bit on the thicker side when working with eyebrows. You get two pencils in one packaging for $4.29 which I think is pretty good. You can definitely use this product daily without running out too quickly. Even though this product is not technically advertised as waterproof or long wearing, if I had known they had those options I would have jumped on the waterproof instead, but this product does appear to have some longevity to it. Once you pencil in the eyebrows and you don't touch it in any way, I think this product lasts with even with sweating. They lasted quite a bit of time on me which no makeup does that is not specifically waterproof so I'm happy with it. I'm really weird when it comes to penciling in eyebrows. It is probably my fault, but I feel like the color either doesn't really go on or goes on darker than I want it to. There seems to be no happy medium. I also feel like the color is not an accurate representation of what I would think of blonde eyebrows... but that could just be me being picky. I feel like the color really stands out, but not necessarily in a good way... You can tell I totally penciled in my eyebrows. I would prefer a more natural look personally. It does the job for a good price though. Initially it gives off very little pigment, but the more you work with it the darker the pigment shows up. It's kind of an all or nothing type of pencil, but you can definitely build up on the pigment. I think the application of this product is on the difficult side. Once the pencil starts then it is easier to work with. It does not go on smoothly, but this eyebrow pencil on the Walgreens website says that it is long wearing/waterproof. Even though it is, you can definitely take your time applying this product without having to rush in fear of it drying quickly. The blendability of this product is not very easy. Once you can get the product on the eyebrow it is difficult to work with too in terms of trying to blend it. You can try to blend it, but I probably would not recommend doing that. Once the product is on it is pretty much on until you wipe it off. The product does wipe off easily with a little bit of pressure applied. Overall, you get what you pay for. This product is on the cheaper side and it is difficult to work with at times, but for the price and a quick brow outline it does the job. I would repurchase this product, but honestly, I would probably look at other options before coming back to this one. If I couldn't find a similar priced product that might be a bit better or easier to work with, then I would definitely come back to this product, especially for daily or regular use. For special occasions I would definitely look for a better product.

Sincerely,
Marina

L'Oreal Infallible Make-up Foundation in #603 Classic Ivory

Hi everyone!

In today's blog I am going to be reviewing the L'Oreal Infallible Makeup Foundation in #603 Classic Ivory. I was at Ulta one day and I wanted to buy a good cheaper alternative to my MAC Studio Fix foundation that I could wear more on a daily basis. I only wear the MAC Studio Fix for special occasions when I need makeup that I know works on me the way that I need it to. I didn't have a drugstore foundation that I could wear more regularly. I decided to try the L'Oreal Infallible makeup foundation because I think it was the cheapest foundation at my local Ulta location which is why I decided to try it. When I first brought it home and tried it on, I freaked out. I pumped a little bit on my hand and it came out super wet/oily. I thought I had misread the label that it was supposed to be long wearing. I was really sad and disappointed. I decided to put it on my face to try it anyway and that is when I realized that it comes out wet, but after a few minutes dries out quite a bit. That was a very exciting surprise for me! After applying this foundation and waiting a few minutes I looked at my hand and saw that it was dry so I ran my finger over it and sure enough, it was set!

Rating:

Price: 9/10
Packaging: 7/10
Amount of product: 10/10
Longevity: 8/10
Coverage: 10/10
For different skin types: 9/10
Application: 10/10
Fights the 5 signs of makeup meltdown: 6/10
Smoothing pigments resist fading/rub off: 6/10
Oil absorbing mattifiers stop shine: 7/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Would I repurchase: 9/10
Total rating: 99/120=82.5%=B

My personal rating: 8.5/10=85%=B

Comments:
I bought this L'Oreal Infallible makeup foundation at my local Ulta store. I remember the foundation being about $10.97 so some where between $10.00 and $11.00. I think that is a better price than the MAC foundations, especially the Studio Fix ones, but I still feel like for daily this foundation is a bit at the top of what I would prefer to pay personally. But honestly even at Walgreens or Walmart foundations are between $7.00 and $11.00 so I guess that's not too bad for price. At first I was okay with the packaging of this product, there was nothing particularly wrong with it, but after sitting for a few months without me using it daily, the pump that came with the foundation is clogged. I am assuming since the foundation dries that the foundation dried up inside of the pump. Only my husband knows how to open it so any time I want to use it I have to ask him to open the top for me so I can wear it which is really obnoxious. Even though I like the pump idea for foundations, with ones that go from wet to dry, should probably not use one. I've had my MAC foundations for a few years and they still work because they don't use the pump. When I first got this product I would have given the packaging a very high rating because it is cute, I like the idea of the pump being there, and it doesn't leak product which is always a good thing, but since the pump won't pump out the product it is very disappointing. The top is not easy to take off. I was just pumping it and moving it around and a giant dry ball of foundation came out and now the pump works again. YAY! The bottle reads that you get 1 fluid ounces, but it looks like a decent amount of product. I have used it quite a few times and I still have more in there. I think most foundations come with about 1 fluid ounces of product. This product claims 18 hours on the packaging for duration, but I can honestly say I don't think I have ever worn this foundation for 18 straight hours. One of the reasons I bought this product was because it said 18 hours. I do not believe that it actually lasts 18 hours on my skin. It does last for a few hours before it seems to start breaking down on me a little bit. I would say this foundation lasts at least 6-8 before starting to break down on me depending on how intensely I'm sweating. I personally tend to look for foundations that are more full coverage because I feel that I have redness on my face that I need to cover up. The official L'Oreal Paris USA website says that this product is medium coverage and I would agree with that. I do feel this covers somewhat, at least enough to conceal my redness, but I would actually prefer more coverage. I think that oily, normal, and dry skin types can all wear this product, but oily skin type may take a bit longer to dry and dry skin type may show some lines and imperfections because it is not full coverage. From far away it looks smooth, but up close I feel like it shows and settles into lines. The application of this product is smooth for the most part, once you pump the product out you will want to apply it fairly quickly because it does start drying after about 30 seconds, but can take up to a minute or more to fully dry. The times depend on my combination of dry and oily skin type. It may take a bit longer on oilier skin. I don't necessarily agree that this product fights the 5 signs of makeup meltdown because I have had this product meltdown on me before where in parts it started failing on me, especially around the nose area. I also disagree that this product resists rub off especially. Even though this foundation dries, it doesn't dry 100% and with a lot of sweat it breaks down and I was able to get rub off on the tissue paper I used. I would say this product is about 90-95% rub off free. The less you sweat, the more it stays on. The more you sweat, the less it stays on. I feel like this product does an okay job of stopping shine, but I do feel like with time the oils do start breaking down the foundation and oily spots do come through, especially where the makeup is starting to break down. Overall I think this a fair priced foundation for more then special occasion use. It does the job that I need it to for a few hours. This is my go to foundation for when I need to look nice, but not completely rely on it to get me through special occasions. I would definitely repurchase this product.

Sincerely,
Marina

NYX Roll On Shimmer in RES09 Purple/Violet

Hello everyone!

In today's blog I am going to be reviewing the NYX Roll on Shimmer in RES09 Purple/Violet. I am not entirely sure what I was thinking when I bought this. I don't usually wear glitter or too glittery things. I might have been thinking it would be fun for a birthday or something. In any case, I did buy it. I think the color is absolutely gorgeous and the glitter makes it a lot of fun. According to NYX you can use this product on eyes, face, and body. The product is not promoted for hair, but if you have light hair you could probably get away with putting it in your hair. My light hair shows the purple color along with the tons of glitter. If you want glitter in your hair you could try using it that way too!  I'm pretty sure I bought this at Ulta a few years back. I just thought of something, I wonder if you use special kind of eye lid glue or body glue if it would help the pigment stay and last longer. It might.

Rating:

Price: 10/10
Packaging: 10/10
Amount of product: 10/10
Longevity: 5/10
Pigment: 7/10
On eyes: 9/10
On face: 7/10
On body: 7/10
Product claim, "you control intensity of pigment': 6/10
Overall rating: 7.5/10
Would I repurchase: 10/10
Total rating: 88.5/110= 80.45%=80.5%=B

My personal rating: 9/10=90%=A

Comments: I don't remember how much I bought this product for at my local Ulta beauty supply store. I know I kept the receipt, but I forgot where I put it for safe keeping. I'm sure I will find it one day. The official NYX website says $4.00 and Ulta official website says $3.99. I don't think that's too bad of a price. I like the product packaging because I cannot imagine what a mess a container of glitter would be. I like the fact that it is in a tube packaging with a rolling ball that disperses the product. The only way the packaging would be an issue is if you are trying to apply it more precisely and the rolling ball does not allow for precise application, but you could always use a brush for that purpose. You get 1.5 grams of product which is a decent amount. You can definitely good decent use out of it. The longevity of this product in terms of pigment is non-existent. The only reason why I even gave this product a 5/10 on longevity is because once the litter gets on your skin, hair, eyes, the glitter part definitely stays on. Maybe if you use a really good primer or something underneath it, I was thinking maybe some kind of eye glue and rolling this over it, then the pigment might stay longer, but otherwise don't expect the purple/violet color to last very long. The pigment of this product goes like this, when you first roll it on, the intensity of the pigment is there and it is beautiful, but as it sits there, it starts fading out. If you just put this product on and don't do anything, then the pigment lasts, but if you put this on and plan on being active in any way, then the pigment fades out into just looking like you put glitter on. The product is very glittery. Yes this product has very good pigment, but if you don't put something under it then the pigment fades, but the glitter stays. I would recommend this product for the eyes, but I would highly recommend using a brush, especially if you want to apply this product precisely. The roller ball will not give accuracy. It is good for putting all over the lid, but probably could use a brush to kind of make it look more together. On the face and body I would recommend it, but unless you plan to stand or sit some where the whole time, don't expect it to last very long. It is perfect for applying a purple tinted glitter. People may not be able to tell that it is purple necessarily, but they will see that you put glitter on. In certain lighting they might be able to tell the pigment is purple/violet. I would even recommend putting it in your hair even though it doesn't specify that on the website. I put it in my hair and initially I could tell it was a purple streak in my light hair, but after a few minutes it faded into looking like I just put glitter in my hair which is still fun! After putting in your hair you might try spraying it with some hair spray to kind of help the pigment adhere or they might have special glue for hair that you could use. This is meant to be a fun product, not necessarily one that you would take seriously. I do agree that you will want to carry this product with you wherever you go just to touch it up if the pigment fades or just to touch it up in general. The official NYX Cosmetics website says something along the lines of that you can control the intensity of the pigment, but I heavily disagree. Initially when you apply this product, yes, it does have quite a bit of pigment and you can build the pigment up to your desired intensity, but that doesn't mean it is going to last. Yes you can control intensity of pigment, but no because once again unless you use something with it or under it the chances of it staying pigmented is not very high. I threw that point out there multiple times! Overall, if you want a fun/cute little product to add some glitter to your eyes, face, or body, then I think that this is the product to use. It does the job, it's not badly prices, and I do like the packaging with the roller ball. I would definitely repurchase this product for the glitter/purple glitter aspect of it. It would be fun to wear out for a night. I don't plan to use this product a lot, but on special fun occasions I definitely would!

Sincerely,
Marina

L'Oreal 24Hr Infallible Eye Shadow in #890 Bronzed Taupe

Hi everyone!

I am so sorry that this is about a year or year and a half late! In today's blog I am going to be reviewing the L'Oreal 24Hr Infallible Eye Shadow in #890 Bronzed Taupe. I bought this because I wanted to try the L'Oreal version of the Maybelline Color Tattoo eyeshadows to see what the difference was besides the prices. I think the formulas are a little bit different. The L'oreal ones were very fine pressed pigment which gives more pigment while the Maybelline ones seemed to be more creamier ones which were supposed to last longer. Unlike the Maybelline ones, the L'Oreal ones were not compared to the MAC Paint Pots.

**I wrote this down below quite a bit, but I just wanted to make sure that everyone was aware. I tried this product on with and without primer. I noticed that even though the pigment is strong for with and without, I did notice that this product does change color a bit depending on whether you are wearing it alone or over eye lid primer! I want to make sure that is known about this product. I don't know if it's just on me or if it is because I used an E.L.F. mineral primer or what, but just wanted to give a heads up. The color of the product without eye primer appears to be more coppery/tan/brown. The color of the product with E.L.F. mineral eye primer appears to have changed more to a dark brown/purple. Without eye lid primer appears more shiny/glittery while with eye lid primer appears more matte with glitter.

Rating:

Price: 9/10
Packaging: 9/10
Amount of Product: 10/10
Longevity: 9/10
Pigment on fingers: 10/10
Pigment on eye lids without primer: 9/10
Pigment on eye lids with primer: 9/10
Application: 10/10
Blendability: 10/10
On normal/oily/dry lids: 9/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Would I repurchase: 9/10
Total rating: 111/120= 92.5%= A

My personal rating: 9.5/10=95%= A

Comments: I think I bought this product at my local Walmart I want to say between $6.00 and $9.00 because my local Walmart priced the product depending on color. Now they appear to have gone down in price to between $6.00 and $7.00. I think for a 'drugstore' product that price is on the higher end for a single eye shadow. I like the Maybelline packaging better because they use glass, L'Oreal packaging uses plastic. They have a little plastic round thing in the packaging to help hold the pigment in. You get 3.5 grams of product which I think is decent even for the price. You can definitely get a lot of uses out of it, depending on how pigmented you want to wear it. The longevity of the product increases with really good eye primer. I just used the E.L.F. Mineral eye primer for a quick comparison, but I think this product longevity depends on the quality of eye lid primer, the better the eye lid primer the longer this product will last, the lower quality of eye lid primer the less likely the pigment will last. I noticed that once this product is on the eye lid it will last until you wash it off, but the pigment fades quickly, but the faded color still stays, if that makes sense. I hope so. The pigment when I swipe it on my finger is excellent. With two circular motions around the pan the pigment really shows on the finger. On my right eye I just put the L'Oreal eye shadow on with nothing underneath and on my left eye I put the E.L.F. mineral eye primer with the L'Oreal eye shadow product over it. The one huge difference I can tell is the color difference when looking at the two is that the right eye with no eye primer looks more tan/brown color and the left eye with the eye primer it looks more dark brown/purplish. Both sides are very shimmery. I think the pigment of the eye shadow without primer is very good. It is highly pigmented. I think the pigment of the eye shadow with the primer is very good. Both sides to me seem fairly pigmented. Something I did notice about this product is that the color of the product does vary depending on whether you are wearing it alone or with a primer which is why I did not give the pigment the full 10 points. Most of the time the actual pigment color does not change, but for some reason with this product it appears to. The application of this product is super smooth! I don't think you have to rush applying this product because even though it does dry onto the skin a little bit. Once you apply the product it will be difficult to get it off unless you use a makeup remover cloth, but it doesn't appear to dry on the brush for application. It's not a product you have to work quickly with that dries quickly. Although, a bit of a heads up that once you apply it to a location getting it off might be a bit tricky, but I think a makeup remover cloth should be no problem. I think that this product is easily blendable. The product is super smooth and might actually be too blendable. I think this product would be very good on normal and dry eye lids because of how smooth the product is it should glide over dry areas. I would be a bit careful and I would recommend using a good eye primer underneath for those with oily eye lids like mine because the initial pigment will slide off easily. Unless you are going for the faded, I may or may not be wearing eye shadow look, then a really good primer is your best bet! The overall rating I gave it an 8/10 because the color difference between with primer and without primer is pretty huge and because initially when you put this product on, it is super pigmented, but seems to fade out over time, at least on me... The product appears there, but less pigmented so looks more faded out. It looks like I put two different products on each lid. One good thing about that is then it's like you have two eye shadows in one. I didn't find anything too offensive about this product so I would more than likely repurchase this product and try out some other colors.

Sincerely,
Marina

Ipsy January 2015

Hi Everyone!

I'm sorry that this blog is about 7 months late. This blog is going to be talking about the beauty subscription service called Ipsy where you receive a few products mostly in small trial sizes for about $10.00 a month. I'm not sure if they have done any changes to it because after I received this January 2015 Ipsy bag I was kind of fed up and I was not very happy with the bag so I decided to unsubscribe from this service. I used to get super excited about receiving these, but then I realized that I require specialty products that are waterproof or a variety therein. I was receiving a lot of products that were normal makeup products and not ones that were tailored to what I was personally looking for. I also felt like Ipsy was not taking into consideration my beauty quiz or my reviews of products because I did not specify I wanted hair, face, or lotions, but I kept receiving at least one if not more of those products in my bag.

IPSY is...

-a beauty subscription service that costs $10.00 a month
-you receive about 4-5 products
-the products are usually travel or trial size
-there are usually a variety of products (for example hair, face, eyeshadow, lip liners, lipsticks, concealers, etc.)
-they offer a quiz that you take when you sign up that they are supposed to use as a guideline to create the bag tailored to your preferences and tastes
-you can review the products which is also supposed to help customize your bag
-you can earn Ipsy points for reviewing products, allowing Ipsy to post what you received in your bag on facebook, etc to get certain amount of points and once you reach a certain amount of points you can use those points to get an extra beauty product in your bag

Ipsy January 2015 Bag Overview:

When the bag first arrives it is in a very cute bright pink bubble envelope. When you open the envelope inside there is usually an insert card that announces the theme for that month. The January 2015 Ipsy theme was Fresh Start. On one side of the card there is a picture of four girls doing fun things with the words, "fresh start by Ipsy," in the middle of them. On the other side it says, "Let's Get Fresh," at the top of the card. Then there are two boxes on the card that are separated by a design into two squares. The first square reads, "Fresh Start. Noun. 'fresh 'start. A kickoff so clean the possibilities are endless. Get ready for a fantastic and flawless 2015." The second square underneath just talks about tagging Ipsy with hashtags for a chance to win an Ipsy subscription for a year.

The bag this month for me was quite disappointing. The bag itself I did not find to be cute. One side is dark blue, the other side is white, and the zipper is a peach color with the Ipsy name on the handle part where you grab it to unzip. I do like the zipper color and how they do that. I'm not sure if it's because I've had this bag for about 7 months or not, but it doesn't smell strongly like plastic which I really like.

I received a lot of products I did not mark on my quiz and I reviewed similar products from other bags as items I would not be interested in receiving. I received two lotions, a mineral eye shadow, an eye liner that is not waterproof, and a lip balm which is okay. I received a shimmer lotion which I did not mark on my beauty quiz that I wanted to receive any kind of lotion. I was really disappointed when I found that in my bag. I am going to try it to see if I actually like it or not since I did receive it in my bag and I don't want to waste it. I also received a facial moisturizer which I did not mark I wanted on the beauty quiz and when I reviewed similar products from past bags I said that I was not interested in receiving these types of products. The bag itself was disappointing and then to receive two products I did not request in the same bag really irked me. I know that the following disappointments are not entirely Ipsy's fault so I am not going to blame Ipsy for them, but I am disappointed because I received an eye liner that is not waterproof/semi-permanent so I can't really use it. Even if I do try the product and like the color, I would not be able to use this product on a daily basis because when it comes to eye liners and mascaras, I need them to be waterproof because otherwise the product leaks into my eyes to make them sting and water creating a huge mess. It will be fun to try, but not a product that I can actually use. I received a mineral eye shadow which I am disappointed with because I have never had good experiences with mineral products in the past. I tried the EyesLipsFace mineral eye primer and it did not work for me. I am weary about mineral products. I absolutely love the color of the eyeshadow and am excited to try it out on me, but I don't think it will turn out well because mineral eyeshadows and super oily eye lids usually do not make a good combination. I might be able to use this product over the MAC paint pot which might be doable. I am hoping or otherwise it will be another product that I will not be able to use. I received a lip balm which I am okay with and will probably use. I love lip products and will use it.

I received a lot of products in this bag that I won't or cannot use. It really was super disappointing for me. I cannot even describe how bad it was except to use the words really disappointing.

My Ipsy January 2015 Bag Products:

-Manna sheer glo shimmer lotion
-Hikari eye liner in Storm
-Malin + Goetz mojito lip balm
-Pacifica mineral coconut eye shadow in Treasure
-Eco beauty good day. day moisturizer

Ipsy Pros:

-it was only $10.00
-I received 5 products
-I absolutely love the colors I received and am excited to see what they look like on me
-I have wanted to try Pacifica eye shadows and now I get a chance to
-I am excited about trying the lip balm

Ipsy Cons:

-this month's bag for me was pretty bad
-I received two lotions (one was a shimmer glo lotion and the other was a face moisturizer) I did not request to receive these products on the beauty quiz nor the product reviews from previous bags
-I cannot use an eye liner that is not waterproof because it causes eye problems for me
-I am weary about using mineral eye shadows on my super oily eye lids

Overall, I would say that over the past 4 months of receiving Ipsy bags, this was definitely the worst bag I had received. I did not expect for it to be this bad and I had to cancel my subscription. Ipsy claims that with each bag they are supposed to be creating it to somewhat customize the bag to the person, but I felt like each month Ipsy slowly going away from giving me a semi-customized bag based on my wants. The first month which I believe was October 2014 was a good bag probably because I was super excited about receiving my very first beauty subscription bag and because it was from Ipsy. The second month was okay. The third month was okay. The forth bag, this bag, left me asking, "what happened?" I don't think that is supposed to happen. I know that Ipsy can't really help that I need specialty items, but giving me products that I didn't request and/or reviewed not to receive, is pretty bad. I do give Ipsy credit about the color choices that they sent me and I am happy to try the lip balm.

Don't quote me on this because I don't know for 100% certainty, but my 100% personal opinion is that it felt like Ipsy was playing favorites and giving high end products to people who were known either through blogs or Youtube channels. They seemed to always get the product I wanted to try.

Right now I don't see myself going back to Ipsy. I do miss Lip Factory. I don't think they are in business anymore, but they were an awesome beauty subscription service. I may go back to having a Lip Monthly subscription.

Sincerely,
Marina

Update 08/17/2015

Hi!

I am so sorry for being gone for so long. I had a lot of personal things going on in my life from November through April. Then I just needed to relax a little bit from all the craziness that happened. I did not expect to be gone and definitely not for this long. Wow. It has been about 7 months.

I would like to send out my sincerest apologies for the Ipsy and Lip Monthly videos. I was planning to make actual videos of me talking about Ipsy and Lip Monthly, but I ran out of time and I didn't want to keep everyone waiting. I made quick videos showing the products I got with pictures. 

Please don't quote me on this, but I think I got a January 2015 Ipsy bag that I still need to blog about. I will have to go back over my blogs and see where I left off. I was really disappointed with the Ipsy January 2015 bag and the products that I received because even though I kept saying on the Ipsy Quiz that I did not want face or hair products, I kept receiving at least one lotion or face product or hair product, etc. I also noticed that I would never get high end products in my bag like for example Smashbox. I remember I really wanted to try a Smashbox product, but it didn't come in my bag =-( I also have specific type of products that sometimes are included, but often times not like long-lasting, waterproof, semi permanent, etc. That's not just an Ipsy problem, but a makeup subscription con. Plus we were not sure about our finances for 2015. I ended up cancelling my Ipsy subscription.

The last few months I have been trying to find Lip Factory Inc because that was by far my favorite beauty subscription "box" because I loved a lot of the products I received, they had a lot of products that were lip products and a few that were non lip, but were full size. It was really nice. I can't find them. I think I found their website, but every time I try to log in or look at their site it sends me to a page for godaddy.com saying that the domain name expired 07/20/2015. I am really sad about it. If anyone has any info on Lip Factory Inc, please let me know if they are still around or not. Thanks!

Then sometime in June my laptop computer broke. I was doing laundry and had it on the floor which is always a smart idea. Well, I stepped on it and broke the screen. I have the computer hooked up to a screen so I can still use it, but it is such a pain in the butt.

I know that I promised that I would review the makeup products I received from
a few months of Lip Monthly, Ipsy, and Lip Factory so I still plan to do that for you.

Hopefully I will be able to deliver on the promise of the January 2015 Ipsy bag and the products I received from the beauty subscription services. I am not going to promise when I will be able to do the blogs on hem, but I can promise that I will get those blogs up at some point in time.

Thank you everyone so much for all of your patience! I hope you all had a wonderful Summer =-D

Sincerely,
Marina