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Review: Ipsy 2014-02
Feb. 16th, 2014 03:02 amMan, this month's bag looked awful coming out of the pouch. Thumbs up for the products filling the bag, but geez. I took some pictures, although perhaps M's "it looks like a scrotum" is all you need to know what the gut reaction to taking this one out was. As it happens, one of the products was in the mailer as well, because they really didn't fit!
I think it was a combo issue of a slightly smaller bag and a number of products with additional paper packaging. The blush is also pretty large, as you'll see. The packed bag definitely made a mess of their normal insert, which looks even creepier than it would have normally because of the creasing:
Thanks, Ipsy, I'll have nightmares about those lips for weeks.
For the bag itself, once I had everything out of it and flattened it a little, it's kinda cute. The curved top looks okay, although the bag corners act a little weird. T's recent post tells me that they are squared corners, and they work a little better when the bag's a bit filled, but not over stuffed. Oh, and the liner is a not terrible pink print, which is actually pretty cute combined with the plain front.
I'll learn how much depth of field I have sooner or later...
I'm going to pretend the odd shaping of the bag was thematic, since half the products are also in oddly shaped packaging.
( This post is really long, buyer beware )
Summary:
Date received: 2014-02-10
Cost: $14.95 + conversion
Value: $41
This bag was fun! All things I was willing and able to try, and more than one that fits a niche I'd been looking to fill.
I think it was a combo issue of a slightly smaller bag and a number of products with additional paper packaging. The blush is also pretty large, as you'll see. The packed bag definitely made a mess of their normal insert, which looks even creepier than it would have normally because of the creasing:
Thanks, Ipsy, I'll have nightmares about those lips for weeks.
For the bag itself, once I had everything out of it and flattened it a little, it's kinda cute. The curved top looks okay, although the bag corners act a little weird. T's recent post tells me that they are squared corners, and they work a little better when the bag's a bit filled, but not over stuffed. Oh, and the liner is a not terrible pink print, which is actually pretty cute combined with the plain front.
I'll learn how much depth of field I have sooner or later...
I'm going to pretend the odd shaping of the bag was thematic, since half the products are also in oddly shaped packaging.
( This post is really long, buyer beware )
Summary:
Date received: 2014-02-10
Cost: $14.95 + conversion
Value: $41
This bag was fun! All things I was willing and able to try, and more than one that fits a niche I'd been looking to fill.
