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I mentioned yesterday morning that I didn’t think my April 2014 ipsy My Glam bag had shipped yet. Turns out it had because it appeared in my mailbox yesterday. I looked back in my e-mail and sure enough, I received tracking on it on the 10th.
If you aren’t familiar, ipsy is $10/month and sends its members a beautiful Glam Bag with 4-6 deluxe samples and full-sized beauty products.
ipsy ships via DHL Global Mail and took only 6 days to arrive this month. That is super fast for them and I wish it were like this every month!
The April 2014 ipsy My Glam Bag theme was “Beauty Rocks”. There were 16 different items that could have arrived in your ipsy bag this month and each subscriber received five of them I believe. The April Bags included the following products will help your lovely look become a hit!:
~Cailyn Tinted Lip Balm (Apple Pink) ($19): Yay! I love this! It’s such a cool design (it’s got a brush in the top part) and while it’s just easier to use your finger, I still like it. I do need to mix this with a bit of clear gloss though to make it go on nicer.
~Urban Decay 24/7 Velvet Glide-On Eye Pencil (Travel Size) ($15): I feel like I have gotten this somewhere before? I will be passing this on to a friend who will enjoy it since I don’t really do eyeliner. At least not very often.
~Demeter Jasime Perfume Roll On ($10): This seems bigger than the previous Demeter roll-ons I have received. Maybe it’s just the new packaging that makes it look larger? Either way, I am in love with this scent. It’s perfect for Spring and reminds me of being outside.
~dr. brandt microdermabrasion ($9.75): LOVE this! If I could just get a tube of this every month I would be all set and would never have to buy a full sized one. So far I am doing okay ;). I think I got this one before, and B’s gotten it once before! I really do think it works and since the odds of me getting a professional face treatment are slim, I’ll stick with this.
~Elizabeth Mott pop! Goes the Shadow (Champagne) ($12): This color is totally perfect for me, but I have so much shadow (not ipsy’s fault though) that I may end up trading or gifting this to a friend.
~The Bag ($2): Love the shape of this one. It’s bigger than the normal ones and the pattern is like nothing they have ever done.
Bonus Item
~Tokyomilk Dark Lip Elixir 36 (Salted Caramel) & 42 (La Vie En Rose) ($7/each): This was the bonus gift this month for referral points / review points. I was under the impression that you just got one of the lip elixirs when you redeemed your points and I was happy with that. And maybe just one of them was suppose to be included. I don’t know, but when two of them appeared in the ipsy mailer I felt like I won the lottery. And one of them is Salted Caramel? Stop it. It really does smell like salted caramel. It’s fabulous. I now want to try every scent. And I probably will. These are huge tins and I am thrilled!
All totaled I came up with a value of $67.75 for the April 2014 ipsy MyGlam Bag! And that doesn’t even include the two bonus items which would add an additional $14 to that total. I thought this month’s ipsy was fabulous and I think this was $10 well spent! I may not love everything in the bag, but I will find a home for it all and for $10? Come on, that’s insanity!!!
Did you get this month’s ipsy bag? What variations did you get? And what’d you think? If you are interested in subscribing or interested in learning more, click here. Does anyone know what the waiting list is like these days? Any tips on skipping it?
I basically got the same as you – instead of the perfume I got the St. Tropez tanning cream. Totally jealous of the lip tins, especially salted caramel!
Seriously I was so excited!
In your opinion, do you like ipsy or Birchbox better? I currently get Birchbox but haven’t been as excited with my samples lately as I have been in the past and was thinking about switching it up, but can’t decide.
In general, I like birch box better because I feel like they send a wider variety of products and I love their point system. However, month to month that can change depending on what I get in the boxes!
I do agree but also disagree. I had both subscriptions, and I felt Ipsy followed my “quiz” results better. In fact when I told Birchbox to stop sending me a specific type of item, I received the same item twice in the following months. And with Ipsy being the same price, even if I am a little disappointed with the specific products, you get this awesome bag every month. I use them for everything! and with Birch box you just get a box.. that most end up throwing away..
I feel like Ipsy was on the ball this month and we all got them about the same time which is awesome. I too love the bag this month. It is such a great size.
This month was great! And I cannot believe how quickly everything came!
So jealous of those lip tins! I just noticed they were one of the points items, but I’m still 400+ points away from redeeming 🙁
I’m excited about that dr. brandts though, I got it too! I love a good scrub
It takes a LONG time to redeem points from just doing reviews. I hope they revamp the point system.
I finally have enough points to get the extra item.. I was holding out on getting the tin, but now since you got two I might try it!
Yeah, it only shows one on the site, but who knows?
This is great! I loved that particular UD eye pencil, but I can’t recall whether they actually sell the travel sized ones…
Thanks for the review!
I don’t know if they sell it, but it’s for sure smaller than full sized.
I got mine today too – sad I didn’t get the Cailyn — I got an eyeshadow brush instead. And a lip pencil instead of the perfume – which I’m actually excited about – I needed a lip pencil! And its in a nice nuetral type of color – the only one I had was in red.
I wanted the Cailyn a while ago when they sent it and I didn’t get it, so I was thrilled I got it this time!
I am so jealous of the lip balm! Although I am pretty stoked that I got Big Sexy Hair volume spray. I really do like the Birchbox and Ipsy. I don’t think I could choose between the two.
It would be hard to pick. I have thought about dropping ispy and then I get a fabulous bag and think so way!
The Cailyn Lip Balm is $19 so the bag is worth a little more now!
I got the bright pink one and it seems to dry my lips out. It could just be me though.
I wonder where I got the $12? I must have made that up. LOL! A lot of people say it’s drying. I put lip balm under it.
Love reading your updates daily. Finally took the plunge and got ipsy via your link! I’ve been subscribing to Birchbox since last year and still love it. However, since Sparaj shut down, I decided to replace it with another box to fill the void. Was it just me, or were you really bummed about them closing down too? I loved their boxes. 🙁 Hopefully, this will work out better and since Ipsy is much cheaper than Sparaj was, I may use it as an excuse to pick up another box. Gotta love subscription box logic! 😉
I never tried Sparaj, but I know a lot of people were bummed!
I love Ipsy! Some months I have bag envy but there is always at least one product in each bag that I fall in love with. I really wanted the Cailyn lip tint in Apple (I have the darker red one and think it’s lovely). The Elizabeth Mott eyeshadow is a pretty color but it goes on a bit chalky for me. I also got the Urban Decay eyeliner – I have several and really do like them, so having a back up is great. I also got the Mary Kay lipgloss but it’s just not a good color for me, although I have a friend who will love it. 🙂
I know, for $10 it’s an insane deal!
The UD eyeliner was the only item that I got the same as yours! My other items were Cover FX face primer, Kiss false lashes, a Mary Kay jelly lip gloss, and a City Color mousse eyeshadow. Although I’m content with most of my items, I’m definitely jelous of your perfume and your Dr Brant exfoliator!! I’m considering going in and tweaking my profile but I’m nervous to do so because I’ve been enjoying most of my glam bags lately and I’m worried that if I change it I might get a bunch of things I won’t like!
I never change my profile. I fear the same as you. Sometimes I get bags that are SO not me and some are spot on. I fear if I change it they will all be so not me!
Do you know if the cailyn lip balm is full size? Mine has a super tiny amount but the packaging is huge, so I’m thinking it’s a sample size…
I couldn’t figure that out. I have never seen a full sized one in real life to compare it to. I actually tried to hold it up to the screen (so stupid) to compare. LOL!!!
I thought this bag was so cute, although I did have to laugh when my seven year old asked what was on it…as in has never seen a record before, LOL! I kinda wanted that lip gloss because I thought the packaging was cute and clever. I got the lip pencil instead, but it’s a very wearable color for me so I think I’ll get a lot of use out of it. I got the same shadow and eye liner plus a nice eye shadow brush so I’m really happy.
OMG that is so funny.
I think Ipsy is great this month! What on earth is a ‘lip elixir’ though? Is it like a balm? I am loving my glam bag too! Its even better fit for me than Birchbox usually is! http://wp.me/p4lGPl-9O. I got the Urban Decay Eyeliner, a lip pencil, the microdermabrasion sample, the eye shadow, and a new eye shadow brush from Coastal Scents!
I got several of the same items, but you at least got the nicer lip balm color! I got Acid Pink! totally not for me! Check out my review here: http://whattheschneck.blogspot.com/2014/04/ipsy-beauty-rocks-april-2014-glam-bag.html
Oh that one is bright!
This would be my first one but I haven’t received it. Does it always take this long?
When did you order? Is your first bag April or May?
I was so so on Aprils Ipsy for me. I got the dr brandt, the same eyeshadow, the black eyeliner, sexy hair root pump (fave product) and the mary kay jelly lip gloss.
I probably would have been pretty so so on that as well.