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Review: Ipsy 2014-01
Jan. 18th, 2014 11:14 pmThe Ipsy community, such as it is, can be so weird. The past two months I've seen people complaining about always getting red lipsticks and purple eyeshadows, and how they want different products and different brands... and then this month, they come out with something quite different and everyone complains that they signed up for makeup, and how could Ipsy do this to them.
People are the worst.
Anyway. From the selection it showed on the website, I figured I'd be okay with this bag - I was getting the two relevant makeup products, two hair and skin products that were likely usable and one random thing. I did find I was a little disappointed in the product sizes when I got it - as you'll see in the pictures, the samples are almost all tiny. It's probably for the best in the sense that I don't usually use things up, but it definitely felt less exciting than the previous bags for that reason.
The bag itself is okay. It smells and feels like a 90s waterproof jacket, but I don't really mind since it makes it feel like a more functional bag: I'm pretty sure I could get it wet or get products on it and still clean it and use it, unlike the cloth bags. It's pretty much a small toiletries bag. Amusingly, because so many people online are complaining bitterly about it ("I had to throw it out, it smelled so bad" type stuff), I actually like it more. It's just a plastic smell, after all, not something gross like perfume.
Here's what I got this month:
( On to the specifics )
Summary:
- Date received: 2014-01-13
- Cost: $14.95 + conversion
- Value: $43
The tinyness of the sample sizes made the value lower in this, except that we all know makeup prices are goofy anyway (eg, that tiny tinted lip balm being $20... what), so the other bags were just overvalued. It did feel like less of a bag because of the little samples, but four of the five products are useable, so it's actually better that previous bags from that standpoint.
I don't know. I think this was possibly a bit more Birchbox in style (T can confirm or deny), which isn't really what I wanted from Ipsy, but I don't feel particularly put out that they sometimes do a bag like this as well... I just also don't feel all that excited about it. I did get one truly tragic product, so at least that makes for a fun review.
And the tiny samples meant I could try my makeshift light box! I'll learn to use this camera yet.
If you're inspired to sign up and would like to use my referrer link (it gets me some points that can be redeemed for extra products), you can click through to Ipsy here: http://www.ipsy.com/r/1tpj
People are the worst.
Anyway. From the selection it showed on the website, I figured I'd be okay with this bag - I was getting the two relevant makeup products, two hair and skin products that were likely usable and one random thing. I did find I was a little disappointed in the product sizes when I got it - as you'll see in the pictures, the samples are almost all tiny. It's probably for the best in the sense that I don't usually use things up, but it definitely felt less exciting than the previous bags for that reason.
The bag itself is okay. It smells and feels like a 90s waterproof jacket, but I don't really mind since it makes it feel like a more functional bag: I'm pretty sure I could get it wet or get products on it and still clean it and use it, unlike the cloth bags. It's pretty much a small toiletries bag. Amusingly, because so many people online are complaining bitterly about it ("I had to throw it out, it smelled so bad" type stuff), I actually like it more. It's just a plastic smell, after all, not something gross like perfume.
Here's what I got this month:
( On to the specifics )
Summary:
- Date received: 2014-01-13
- Cost: $14.95 + conversion
- Value: $43
The tinyness of the sample sizes made the value lower in this, except that we all know makeup prices are goofy anyway (eg, that tiny tinted lip balm being $20... what), so the other bags were just overvalued. It did feel like less of a bag because of the little samples, but four of the five products are useable, so it's actually better that previous bags from that standpoint.
I don't know. I think this was possibly a bit more Birchbox in style (T can confirm or deny), which isn't really what I wanted from Ipsy, but I don't feel particularly put out that they sometimes do a bag like this as well... I just also don't feel all that excited about it. I did get one truly tragic product, so at least that makes for a fun review.
And the tiny samples meant I could try my makeshift light box! I'll learn to use this camera yet.
If you're inspired to sign up and would like to use my referrer link (it gets me some points that can be redeemed for extra products), you can click through to Ipsy here: http://www.ipsy.com/r/1tpj
