Ipsy is a monthly beauty subscription – get five makeup, beauty, skincare, and haircare items in a cute bag for $10 a month! It’s the most popular subscription box and a great way to sample new colors and beauty brands.
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The theme for June is Volume Up.
This polka dot bag is so stinking cute this month!
This is one of my favorite ipsy bags – maybe because it’s canvas? I love swiss dots, too.
Everything in my June bag. There are many bag variations every month for ipsy – log in to your account to check out how-to videos and tips for your products. They’ve also started emailing out product information and tips from their influencers!
The Balm Blush in Instain Pin Stripe Long Wearing Powder Staining Blush ($3.89)
So I guess wearing this totally fall color in summer is how I’m supposed to “Volume Up”! I’m not a big fan of the samples from the Balm – they come extremely frequently and they’re super tiny.
Kokie Nail Polish ($6)
This 3-free formula is bold and vibrant, a really pretty marine blue that’s great for summer.
Dr. Lili Fan Probiotic Recovery Cream ($26) OMG you guys, that value calculation is for real. The full size is 50 mL for $60. This is a fantastic sample!
It’s also a nice thick probiotic infused anti-aging moisturizer. It’s advertised as: No Parabens No Sodium Lauryl Sulfate No Petrolatum/Mineral Oil/Paraffin No Glycols No Phthalates and the formula itself has moisture-rich ingredients like aloe and shea and cocoa butter.
Vasanti Cosmetics Power Oils Lip Gloss in Super Mom ($8.79)
I really like this gloss and this is a great color – and such a good size for a sample!
PUR Mini Fully Charged Magnetic Mascara ($11)
Here’s the description for this one:
this anti-aging mascara that has a “magnetic” polymer matrix that wraps a positively charged elastic veil around each lash to instantly lift, separate and define each lash for long-lasting performance.
Sounds hokey but I liked the effect and didn’t have clumps or smudges.
This was a WOW bag for me! I liked or loved everything in the bag and there were quite a few product discoveries for me to test out. At a retail value of $56, I wasn’t disappointed with almost 6x the cost, either!
I admit, this was my second ipsy bag this month. I thought I’d test out shipping time etc with new accounts. Last month I received the second bag nearly a week after the one on my primary account (but last month had that terrible DHL delay). This month it came a day earlier. Here’s the bag for my main account. Also loving it, plus it has the Cake Beauty lotion that I requested! I’m happy with both bags. I like the Trust Fund Beauty polish loads more than the blue one, but I’m also ultra-happy about that probiotic anti-aging cream! This bag had a value of about $41.
The Balm Blush in Balm Springs ($3.89)
Delectable by Cake Beauty Coconut & Cream Triple Moisture Body Lotion ($2.92)
Trust Fund Beauty Nail Polish in “What’s A Budget” ($15)
Doucce Maxlash Volumizer Mascara (~$10)
Vasanti Cosmetics Power Oils Lip Gloss in Super Mom ($8.79)
What did you get in your Ipsy this month?
Comments
Thank you for the reviews! I got the Balm Springs blush and it is really pretty but leans too orange on me. I love the gloss!
Jealous of that anti-aging cream! I’m usually one of the few who LIKES The Balm, but this blush was a total miss for me.
The mascara (I got the Docce but the Pur looks/sounds neat!) is tough to work with. The brush/wand is sooo HUGE I keep sticking myself with it in and around my eye. It’s great other than that…ha.
I LOVE that blue nail polish. I ended up getting the orange one!
Hmm I should really look in my bag. I pulled it out of the envelope and glanced but didn’t analyze it yet.
The first bag looks so wort it! Thanks for the reviews!