Ipsy: Is it worth your $10 per month??

Hello Lovelies! I'm back again! I know it's been a little while since I posted because I wanted my next post to be about my new influenster VoxBox. Incidentally, I had to have them send me a new box, so I am waiting on that. Once it arrives, I will definitely be posting about that campaign and product. 

Anywhoo! I wanted to post really quickly about my Ipsy subscription. So in the beginning of the year, I subscribed to Ipsy's subscription service where for $10/month, you get a cute makeup bag, and about 5 sample products! Now you do end up with at least 1 full size or deluxe sample product. The products range from high end to drug store and they are usually things you probably wanted to try, but didn't want to splurge on! You will also find things that you may not have thought to buy, but now you have this sample that you love, so your thinking of adding it to your regimen or collection. The products are all things beauty such as makeup, skin care items, all the way to nail polish!

How Does It Work: So you can choose to buy your subscription for the whole month, or you can pay monthly and discontinue when you feel like it. Then you take a quiz to give Ipsy an idea of your style, who you are, and your preferences. You are billed on the first of the month and your package arrives close to the middle of the month. Once your package arrives, you can do reviews on the products you received. This gives Ipsy another snapshot of what you like and prefer versus what you dont, thus, further personalizing the bag you receive monthly. You can earn points for your reviews and for the people who sign up under you, giving you deals on different products. Pretty cool, huh?

So far, I like it and have no complaints! I mean, it's only $10 and chances are high you will receive at least a few items that you will love. Maybe I can start doing reviews on the bags I receive, that will  give you a better idea of what you are getting yourself into. I loved my January bag and unfortunately, I haven't done much with my February bag😕. Only because I had a lot going on and just didn't get to it! I'll be sure to let you in on my March bag though and lend you some insight into why you should subscribe to this service! 

If you want to try it anyways, you can do so here https://www.ipsy.com/new?refer=wop8v Otherwise, stay posted for my #MarchGlamBag! Peace

 

Colour Pop Review: Wow to Meh......

Hello again! So as promised....I am letting you know about my experience with Colour Pop Cosmetics! There has been so much hype about these products and for the most part, it's well deserved. If you have been on any type of social media, you have heard of Colour Pop. If you haven't....get out from under that rock!!!! So here it goes, my honest review. I purchased these products on my own and I am not being paid for this review.

So lets begin with the ordering. I ordered 6 products, 4 ultra matte lipsticks and 2 super shock shadows, along with a e-gift card for my niece. I placed my order on January 13th and I paid via Paypal. Now Colour Pop does state that the order takes 3-5 business days to process, however, it does not state that if you pay with Paypal, your processing will be considerably longer. The funds cleared my account in about 2 days.....it took Colour Pop about 2 weeks from the payment posting to my account before they began processing my order. The gift card I ordered for my niece was emailed to hard way after her birthday which really made me upset. Then it took about another 1.5 weeks before I received my order. I was not happy with this process at all. My suggestion....do not order by Paypal if you are not willing to wait a month for your products to arrive!

 

Once the products arrived, I was impressed with the packaging as well as the colors of the products I order. In the ultra matte liquid lipsticks I got: LAX, KAPOW, BEEPER, and BEDAZZLE. The super shock shadows I ordered were Weenie, and Tea Party. Let me just say....the pigmentation and color pay off of these products are amazing! You can't beat the price and in my opinion, which makes the quality you get a steal! Unfortunately, I only have a cell phone camera so I was not able to get you good swatch pics. I will update the blog later when I get some good pics. In a peace offering, I do have a decent picture of me in the Bedazzle ultra matte liquid lipstick....this color is by far my fave!!!!

 

 

 

Now, this isn't a review unless I give you the low down! As I stated before, the pigment is amazing on both the lippies and eye shadows. However, these matte lipsticks can be very uncomfortable to wear. They can be very drying and get a big crumbly in the middle. To combat this, I put my old trusty Vaseline or a lip balm on prior to applying the lipstick, this helps a ton!!! These lipsticks stay on for hours and you will get a bit of transfer, but nothing serious enough that your lipstick will come off. Please note...if this stuff gets on your skin and dries...it ain't coming off! So please be careful. The shadows are also great and are best applied with your finger. Weenie is the best rose gold I have seen and it looks beautiful on any skin tone! Tea Party is too light for me and it has chunky glitter, which I hate. It comes off ashy on me so I will either give it away, or find another use for it. All in all, these products are great. You can't beat the price so if something doesn't work for you, didn't lose a bank roll!

 

That's all I have on this one ladies....stay tuned for my review on my February Ipsy bag!

Peace!