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ipsy
Cost: $10/month
Ships To: United States and Canada including overseas military installations via DHL.
So much mail today! And one of the packages that was waiting for me in my mailbox (I had mail on both my porch and in the mailbox) was my June 2014 ipsy Glam Bag!
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. Their bags always have an incredible value (well over the $10 cost) and I am always amazed at how they do it.
Ipsy ships via DHL Global Mail and took five days to arrive. I consider anything less than a week for ipsy to arrive to be pretty good, so five days was great.
The June 2014 ipsy theme was “Pretty in Paradise” and includes products that are excellent for an extravagant getaway or a quintessential kit for a quick trip for some peace and quiet. The June 2014 ipsy had 16 product variations and I believe each subscriber got five products this month, however, I am not totally sure how many bag variations there were. Regardless, here is what my ipsy bag included:
~Be A Bombshell Lash Out Mascara ($15): So I had read a few reviews about smell of this mascara and I thought gosh, how bad can this really be? Well, I can confirm that it totally stinks. Like paint thinner or something. Some people said that it has bothered their eyes (from the smell I am guessing?), but I am not about to try it on my eyes to find out if it bugs me. Be a Bombshell has indicated that it’s safe on their Facebook page, but I am just going to play it safe on this one and toss it. And maybe e-mail ipsy to see what they say about it.
~Marc Anthony Dream Waves Beach Spray ($3.25): This smells great and gave me some good texture and volume. If I didn’t already have a million sea salt sprays to use up, I would probably try to trade for another one of these.
~NYX Butter Gloss (Eclair) ($5): Totally love. I got a different shade of this in my April Lip Factory box and really liked that one as well. The price point is great and the gloss isn’t sticky at all.
~Jesse’s Girl Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner ($6.99): If I could specify that I would never wanted eyeliner in a subscription box I would probably do that. I will end up trading this or giving it to a friend.
~OLEHENRIKSEN truth to go wipes ($9): I was super excited to get these in my ipsy this month. I for sure would have been sad if I didn’t get these. I love them and I will for sure be picking up more of these.
~The Bag (Rebecca Minkoff) ($3): Probably one of my favorite ipsy bags to date. It was designed by Rebecca Minkoff and I love the colors, the pattern, everything!
~Bonus Items: I spent some of my ipsy points this month on a few lip items they had available. The lipstick is for my SIL and the glosses are mine! You can earn ipsy points for referring friends, reviewing products, etc. Sometimes products go fast, so you have to remember to check fairly often to see if they put new options up!
All totaled I came up with a value of $42.24 for the June 2014 ipsy Glam Bag. That includes the mascara, but doesn’t include any of the bonus items. Even with the mascara issue I really liked this month! It probably would have been my favorite ipsy ever if I could (well would) have used the mascara!
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.
