Ipsy November-Glam It Up!

As you can tell, this month's theme is Glam It Up and I must say, I am super excited about this month's bag!

We saw a lot of really great sneak peaks as to what we might be getting and also found out that EVERYONE would be getting a full size product from em (Michelle Phan's newly launched line), so yea, there was a lot of excitement leading up to this bag :)

Glam It Up card with the back stating to check out ipsy.com for offers from this months brands. Also, Ipsy is doing something really cool where you can enter for a chance to win a years worth of bags for yourself or a friend by taking a snazzy photo of your November Ipsy bag and share it on Instagram or Facebook with #ipsy. Seriously, get to sharing!!

em card from Michelle Phan with a little note from her on the back and a 30% off code. Her line looks fabulous btw. 

This month's bag is shiny and gold with a texture to it. Kind of has an 80's vibe to it. 

Six products this time!

* Be a Bombshell Cosmetics Lip Crayon in Hot Damn

* Starlooks Eye Pencil in Amythyst

* Nailtini nail lacquer in Caviar Cocktail

* HSI Professional Argan Oil 5ml

* Pixi Beauty Bronzer Subtly Suntouched

* em Lash Gallery Lengthening Mascara in Brown

I was really surprised and happy with  this month's bag- it is definitetly the best bag I've received from Ipsy since July!

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Ipsy October

October's Ipsy theme is the Art of Beauty

I definitely think this bag is WAY better than the last few we've gotten. The other side is blank so that you may put your own artwork on it.

 

However, I'm not excited with these contents at all. This is probably the third pack of the La Fresh wipes I've received between Ipsy and Birchbox.
* LA Fresh Oil Free Face Cleansing Wipes
* ZOYA Neve
* Big Sexy Volumizing Gel
* Wet 'N Wild Eye Palette in Desert Festival
* Coastal Scents Shadow Brush

Here is a pic Ipsy had sent showing all of the products you could have gotten in October. It's small & hard to read (I copied it off of my phone), but you get the idea of the different combinations that are possible.

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Ipsy is also doing a points system for reviews similar to Birchbox. I started to type out Ipsy's reward system, but I actually think I might do a seperate post to compare the two subscription companies reward programs as there are a few differences.

M.I.A.

So, I have definitely been missing in action these past few days from beauty blogging... And I feel horrible about it!
I just found an Ipsy post from September that I had drafted and never published!

Lots have been going on around the home lately, even though I painted almost an entire floor of my house this summer, I am now finishing up on painting a bedroom. And since I haven't been working much at all lately, my youngest has finished her last days at daycare and is now home with me full time, so not much free time to myself!!

But, I have purchased some "new to me" products-- Benefit Gimme Brow, an Eco Tools brush set, Boscia Cleansing Oil, Tarte Smooth Operator Micronized Clay Finishing Powder, and the Tarte Thoughtful Treasures Best Seller Set from Sephora. Thoughts to come soon...

Ipsy September

I am sooooo late on this--- this is the second month in a row I've almost forgotten about posting on the contents of my Ipsy bag.

 

Anywho, September's theme was Classic Beauty and just by looking through my Ipsy Room, it seems like there were 14 different products you could have received in the September bag. There was a cute little card that had the classic beauty woman on one side, and this month's brands with their discounts listed on the other. And the bag this month was a mid-blue with a classic black pattern. Definitely a step up from last month's teeny bopper bag!

Here's what the contents of my bag looked like:

 

*Starlooks Obsidian Kohl Eye Pencil (everyone got this shade)

*Nyx Single Eye Shadow in shade Cryptonite

*Elizabeth Mott It's So Big Volumizing Mascara

*J.Catt Beauty Fantabulous Lipstick in shade HoneyCrisp (everyone got this shade)

*Freeman Beauty set of 3 Paper Facial Masks

 

I've had the time to try out a few of the products-- I was excited to get a kohl pencil, as I do not own one & thought they were supposed to be used for lining the waterline, but this was from Starlooks was a bust! The pencil does have a nice, dark color, but I can barely get it to transfer to my eyelid without multiple attempts, much less my waterline. The J.Catt lipstick is rather strange too. And, from what I've read, I'm not the only one who thinks so. The Honeycrisp shade that everyone received is supposed to be a nude color- it is, but it's so nude that it almost blends in completely with my skin. The biggest downfall though, is the lack of moisture it provides. Not long after applying this, my lips had just enough cracking in them to draw attention (in a bad way!).

 

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