January 2013 Ipsy Bag

In January I got my first Ipsy Glam Bag.  Ipsy is an online beauty community, and they offer a super fun subscription service.  For $10 a month (free shipping if you live in the US) you get a cute pink package mailed to you every month with a makeup bag and 4-5 deluxe sample sized or full sized beauty products, usually worth $40-$100!  They also give you a coupon code for each of the brands they feature that month, which is super awesome.  I love how you can see what all of their past glam bags have contained before you decide to join.  I would have been happy with any of them, so I decided to start my subscription.  I have looked into lots of other beauty subscriptions and to me, none of them looked nearly as awesome as Ipsy.  So, without further ado, onto the January Glam Bag!

I was sooooo happy with the contents of this month's bag!  Some people were sad there wasn't really any makeup in it, but I actually thought this bag was brilliant and I hope there are more like this one.  I use all of these products often.  The only bad thing about this bag was that it contained hairspray, which meant it had to be sent by BARGE instead of in an airplane and it took forever to get to me here in Hawaii.  Many people got theirs two weeks or so before I got mine.  But that isn't something that can really be avoided.

I liked the bag this month.  It is a good sized bag and has an adorable star print on the inside.  It's also a shiny canvasy type fabric that seems like it will be easy to clean.

The first item in the bag is a 2.5 oz deluxe sample of Pacifica Tuscan Blood Orange Body Butter.  This stuff smells like Jamba Juice!  It's seriously so good.  However, I didn't really find it any more moisturizing than any other lotion I've used.  I'm not a big lotion person, so a small size like this is great for me, and it's under 3 oz so I can bring it with me when I travel back to the dry mainland. :)

The next item is a Soho Eyeliner Brush.  I guess you'd call this a full size product.  Ipsy sent out three different brushes this month: an eyeliner brush, a concealer brush, and a crease brush.  I actually wanted one of the other two brushes besides the eyeliner brush.  But when I got this brush I decided to try it out and I actually like it a lot.  It's opened me up to using eyeshadow as eyeliner which works really well for me when I want a softer look. 

Another item we got was a 1.5 oz deluxe sample of Big Sexy Hair Spray & Play volumizing hairspray.  This is the item I am least excited about in this bag.  When I tried it out, I saw a little bit of added volume, but really it's hardly noticeable.  It also makes my hair a little crunchier than I like.  Basically, it's a decent enough product, but I wouldn't go spending money on it.  I will definitely use all of this sample though.

Next we have a full size .5 fl oz bottle of Nailtini polish in the color Frappe.  Ipsy sent out two colors this month, this lovely pale pink/peach nude and a color called Bloody Mary which is a bright red.  I was hoping for Frappe as I am not really into red and I was very happy to find it in my bag!  I normally wear brighter colors on my nails, but this color looks very classy and it will also be great for french manicures.  In the picture above I have like 4-5 coats of it on.  It is rather sheer.  But it stays really well, I didn't start getting chips until after a whole week of wearing it.  I am very excited about this product and am glad I got it.

The last item in my bag is a 5mL deluxe sample of Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil.  I've been using this on my face every night and it seems to be helping my skin a little bit.  It kind of sounds wrong to put oil on your face, but it doesn't make you greasy at all.  In fact, I can't be sure it was because of this product, but I felt a big zit coming in on my forehead one day.  I put this product all over my face including my forehead that night and by the next day it was gone.  Hurray!  I'm trying to decide if I will buy some more argan oil when this one runs out.  I've heard you can get some non-name brand kinds for cheaper, so maybe I will try some of those.

So that's January's Ipsy bag!  I was so pleased with what I got in it and I am excited to see what I get for the rest of the year.  If this looks like something you're interested in, just go to ipsy.com and sign up.  I hear they have a waitlist right now though so be prepared for that.  If you sign up, let me know!  I'd love to talk with you about it and compare the stuff we get. :)