What: Ipsy Glam Bag contains 5 deluxe samples and full sized beauty products (mostly makeup) in an exclusive makeup bag.
When: Glam Bags ship monthly on the 10th
Cost: $10/month (free shipping within the US)
Fun Extra: You can review your products each month to earn ipsyPoints which can be redeemed for bonus items.
Is it just me or was this past Valentine's Day a bigger deal than usual? Stores began carrying red and pink candy the day after New Years and my inbox was flooded with Love Day sales and promos. Call me the VDay grinch, but by the time February 14th rolled around I couldn't wait for it to be over. My husband and I were never big on celebrating the day so it was just another day for us (we had pizza for dinner). When this month's "Much Love" glam bag arrived, I half expected to find pink hearts and frilly lace (I don't pay attention to the makeup bag reveals so I had no idea what to expect). To my relief, it was a simple denim bag.
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Yesss! A bag I won't mind keeping around the house. |
But I guess it's what's in it that counts, so here goes...
Winky Lux Diamond Complexion Powder in Medium (small pan, ~$6) - It's face powder. With DIAMONDS. Okay so I really don't know if it's real or just mica, but the description says there are finely-crushed diamonds in this pressed powder that illuminate skin and blur imperfections. It didn't do much in the way of blurring my blemishes, but I do like the texture - smooth and velvety. Swatch below:
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Winky Lux Diamond Complexion Powder in Medium |
Elizabeth Mott Whatup Beaches Matte Bronzer - It seems like I'm forever on the hunt for the perfect bronzer that's not so light that it won't show up but not too orange-y, either. This brand is based here in Hawaii so I was hoping with a name like Whatup Beaches it'd be a shade that actually shows up on slightly tanned skin, as is the case with many women in the islands. But nope. The forearm swatch below is 5 swipes, and I'm not even that tanned.
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Elizabeth Mott Whatup Beaches Matte Bronzer |
Trust Fund Beauty Nail Polish in I Give Good Tweet ($15) - First of all, that name. Trust Fund has the best nail polish names - slightly naughty but entirely funny. Secondly, this color. This periwinkle blue is probably my favorite color in the whole world. And that goes for anything: clothes, pens, wallets, paper, you name it. If it's this color I'll probably want it. And that's why I currently have about 8 nail polish bottles of this shade. I just can't bring myself to give them away. This is no different. Tweet, you're going straight in my nail polish stash right now.
Verdict: This month's Ipsy was almost as good as January's bag. I'm not a fan of the hand cream scent and a little sad about how subtle the bronzer is, though I'll still at least use the bronzer. But I'm in love with the shade of nail polish I received which kind of overshadows this month's shortcomings. Time to go make my nails all pretty!
Click here to sign up for Ipsy for just $10 per month. That's cheaper than the cost of going to a movie. And with that extra night in, you can spend it trying out all your glam bag goodies. Win-win. :)
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