IPSY March 2014

IPSY

I received my IPSY bag in the mail today. Keep reading to see what I got!

Price: $10.00 (free shipping)

Ships out: Every month.

Extras: Each month the products featured in the bag have special subscriber discounts. Points system that is accrued for each review you post on the IPSY site from the products that you received in each month's bag. These points as well as referral points can be redeemed for extra products in future month's bags. 

First Look!

 This month's theme is "Destination Beauty"

This month's bag was designed by Klari Reis, a local San Francisco artist. This is the start of a new series of artists that will be designing the monthly IPSY bags. This bag isn't my style, but I like that IPSY is supporting local artists. 

 0.05 oz. Bare Minerals Marvelous Moxie lipstick sample in 'Get Ready' I really liked the color of this lipstick, but it didn't last throughout the day. 

FULL SIZE! Chella liquid lipstick in 'Indigo' So far I have been sent two different Chella products and I have been impressed with both of them. This is a brand that I will need to check out more. Hopefully IPSY will continue their tradition of sending out multiple products from the same brand. 

FULL SIZE! Be a Bombshell eyeshadow quad in 'Bora Bora' - includes the colors starlet, bora bora, rock bottom and risky business. 

 2 packs of two patches Klorane smoothing and relaxing patches

If you would like to sign up for your own subscription please consider using my referral link, here.

Birchbox November 2013

Price: $10.00 (includes shipping)

Ships out: Every month

Extras: Point system that based on the reviews of the products you review and the referrals that can be used in the Birchbox Shop. I have found that some items are exclusively sold in the Birchbox Shop so the points can add up to a nice discount.

First Look!

This month's theme is 'More Good'

Included in this bag was a little booklet with different gift ideas that can be purchased from the Birchbox shop.

1 fl. oz. Tocca hand cream in "Cleopatra" (Grapefruit and cucumber) I was hoping that I would receive this sample in my box after watching the preview video.

FULL SIZE Chella highlighter pencil in "Ivory Lace" I received this product in my June 2013 IPSY bag. I liked the product, but I haven't even used it enough to need to sharpen it! I ended up giving this to my sister. 

FULL SIZE Color Club nail polish in "Top Shelf"

0.39 oz. Chuao Chocolatier choco pod  in "Honeycomb" yummy.

20 g. Vasanti 'Brighten Up!' Enzymatic Face Rejuvenator

Birchbox referral code Please use my Birchbox referral code if you would like to sign up for a monthly subscription yourself. 

IPSY June 2013

I received my June IPSY bag in the mail and I am so happy with this month's bag!

Price: $10.00/month

Ships out: Every month

June's theme is "On the Wild Side"

First Look!

This month's bag is leopard with a lime green zipper. This bag is a little different from the bags that I have received in the past because the zipper is on the front of the bag instead of the top. I really love this bag! I don't usually go for animal print (all I can think of when I see animal prints is the Jersey Shore. I'm trying to expand my wardrobe and incorporate more animal prints into my life, but finding animal prints can be hard to not look cheap. 

FULL SIZE NYX 'Rouge Cream Blush' in "Bronze Goddess"

Value: $6.00

Chella 'Highlighter Pencil' in "Ivory Lace" I used this to line my waterline. The stick was so creamy and easy to apply. 

Full Sized Value: $18.00

FULL SIZE Starlooks Lip Pencil in "Bare"Starlooks has their own monthly beauty box that ships out with various Starlooks products. I tried this lip pencil and I really liked it. I applied it in the morning before work and I saw still seeing evidence of the lip pencil on my lips at the end of the work day. 

Value: $12.00

FULL SIZE Cailyn 'Linefix' Gel Eyeliner in "Iron" with Built in Brush I have heard some really good reviews of this eyeliner. It claims to be waterproof and last all day.  I used this eyeliner and believe the hype. I have a hard time finding eyeliner that stays on my lids all day without smudging.  This product and MAC's Fluid line gel liner seem to work the best for me. The smudging is minimal throughout the day and most of the product seems to stay put. The built in brush is crap though.  I tried to use it to line my eyes and ended up quitting halfway through my first eye.  The brush is basically just a short lip brush. 

Value: $21.00

Close up of "Iron". It's a deep grey color. This is a color that I currently do not have in my cosmetics stash, so I was happy to get this color. 

Swatches of the colors I received. 

TOP: NYX "Bronze Goddess"

TOP MIDDLE: Starlooks "Bare"

BOTTOM MIDDLE: Chella "Ivory Lace"

BOTTOM: Cailyn "Iron"

JCat 'Sparking Cream Palette' in "Volta"This was interesting. I currently do not own anything like this and I really don't think that I would ever use this outside of Halloween. I might eventually find a use for this, but it's nice to be able to try this type of product out. 

Value: $4.49

Swatches (Top to Bottom):

Gold

Emerald Green

Yellow/Green

Multicolored and Black

Silver

One thing I noticed about this bag, was that most of the products all had Cruelty Free Symbols on them.  The only product that did not have a Cruelty Free symbol or say that it was Cruelty Free on the website was the Chella highlighter. I think that it was really cool of IPSY to not only have an animal theme this month, but also have animal safe products within the theme. Great job IPSY!

I love this bag! I think it might be my favorite IPSY bag that I have received so far.