Ipsy Glam Bag~ Super Stars!

Guess what came in today?!?!?!  Well, I guess the title gave it away, but oh well >_>'  I received the tracking email yesterday so I presumed that it would be coming shortly, since things are a little off since Ipsy is really growing right now.  This month's bag is much better than last month's :)  I know that from reading, many people aren't happy about getting stuff that isn't makeup, but I love it because Ipsy is a beauty subscription deal..... Not a makeup deal.  I just recently chopped off 13 in of hair to get some blonde out so I can get ready to donate it, and having things that have hair care in it?  Perfect!  Onwards to the pictures!

 So, as you can see, the bag was pretty boring from the outside, but after peeking inside, I found the cutest lining!!!  I love the stars, so this month's actual bag was also better than the last.  As you can see from left to right, we have Pacifica Body Butter, Nailtini fingernail polish, Josie Maran 100% Argan Oil, Big Sexy Hair Spray & Play and in the front is a London Soho New York crease brush!

I had said in an earlier post, I love lotion and body butter and anything that leaves my skin nice and soft.  I have never tried the Pacifica brand, but I must admit that as always, Ipsy has sent me something new that I might become attached to.  The Tuscan blood orange scent is fantastic and I like how it feels when I put it on.  Absorbs quickly and it feels really good around the cuticles.
Retail price?~ $18.00
This already pays for my months subscription!

I have always liked the Big Sexy Hair  brand.  Being a person who changes hair styles A LOT, I tend to jump product to product, but this brand had always had some place in my hair care system.  I have issues with hair spray.  Being heave handed, I tend to put too much in and then it just looks like I sorted out brown straw and stuck it on my head.  This little thing is perfect for my purse and it's light enough that I get the hold and volume yet not the clumping.  And if I do get it clumped, it's not painful to sort it out with my comb.  This is not going to become a must have for my short hair!

When November (I think it was November hehe) rolled around, we received a glitter polish by Nailtini. Being the lazy person that I am, I don't usually swing towards glitter because it's a pain in the tush to get it off.....  Because of the color I got, I was willing to give this brand another shot.  I'm OK with this polish.  The color is called frappe and when I first saw it, I died a little on the inside.  I LOVE bright colors and any neutral color I have bought never worked out for me.  Nevertheless, I have put it on and have mixed opinions.  I adore the staying power of Nailtini and I like the colors that they have online as well, but I'm not so hot on this one.  What you see in the pic is 3 coats, and you can still see the whites of my nails.  Unless I do a french manicure (Which I never really do....) I don't want to see this.  I want it to be opaque.  It's a nice spring color.  That's probably the only time I'll wear it after this week at work.

I always get confused when I find a bottle with an eyedropper lol! This is Josie Maran 100% pure Argan Oil.  I'm honestly not sure what to think. I hate putting this stuff in my hair, but on the bottle's box it has this fantastic thing that tells you all the ways that you can use it!  I have adult onset acne, so that's what I tried to help with this.  No results yet, so we'll just keep on trucking.  I might just make myself a bath melt and put this in it to make a relaxing bath time!

Lastly, is the London Soho New York crease brush.  I admit, the shape of the handle is actually what caught my attention first.  It has these three little indents for better holding purposes, I guess.  This is the first time I have gotten a brush with Ipsy and I'm quite pleased.  I like the bristles and the packaging is awesome.  It even has a brush cleaning tip on the back and 4 makeup looks on the inside pamphlet!  I'm quite impressed :)

This a look I made and used this brush to help blend.  And sorry for the eyebrows XD  I was running late for an appointment hehe.  That is all that I have for today!  Visit Ipsy HERE to check it out and see what other people are saying!  Ta!

A Little late Ipsy~ Haute Holiday

So, I received my bag a lot earlier than I expected, and finally had a chance to come around and make a post about it!  For those who do not know, Ipsy is a fantastic thing to sign up for :)  Formerly known as MyGlam, Ipsy sends out fantastic larger sample sizes and full size makeup and beauty products and a wonderful bag for only $10 a month!  As a makeup lover, I am always looking for ways to find a better price, and something like this, I can not only test products before I buy them, but I get to see a whole vast array of colors I would have never thought to pick out for myself.  To check it out, click HERE.

And onto the December Glam Bag!

I was happy about the bag, as always, and I was already pumped up about seeing Urban Decay and NYX in the sneak peaks, but in all honesty, this wasn't my favorite bag I have received.  The first product that I was excited to try was the Mai Couture Highlight Powder, but ended up slightly disappointed in the end.  This is with the flash which is how most people would see where I work. 

As you can see, it was too dark to use as a highlight powder for my skin, as I am pale lol!  In the end, I just use it as a bronzer so no total loss there.

The next thing is the Be a Bombshell Lipgloss and the Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencil!  After a previous bag, I had fallen in love with the Be a Bombshell brand, so I was happy to get another product by them!  I don't normally buy a bright red anything, but after trying this gloss, I'm quite happy with how the color looked on me!  The only problem I had was that it was a bit sticky.... I'm just used to chapstick and lipstick that the stickiness of a gloss feels very unfamiliar. It had a little tingle, which I suppose is a lip plumping agent that I didn't read about.  

Do I really need to say how much I LOVE the UD eyeliner?  I had been given a set of these pencils for Christmas last year and they are my favorite eyeliners ever!  It's a good thing I got the black too because I was running out lol!  UD is expensive, too much for me to buy two products at once, so getting this (in a full size too!) just made the whole bag.

This picture is also with the flash.

Now for the NYX loose eyeshadow and the Mirabella Primer for the face and eyes.  I love the NYX products, and had never tried the Mirabella brand before.  First, for the primer.  I did not like it, at all.  I guess that I have been spoiled with Smashbox and UD primer that I just can't seem to adjust to any other primer.  It felt oily to me and didn't seem to make much of a difference as a good primer.  Not my top product here.  I didn't even find it worth while to get a pic of it in action.... If there was any action to see.  Anyways, there is a reason I don't have a swatch for the NYX eyeshadow as well~  I HATE the packaging of these loose eyeshadows.  It's a little bottle and the only thing I can think when I see it is "How the heck and I supposed to get this on my brush without making a mess?"  

Guess what?  I made a mess........  And this was just me trying to get a swatch of the shadow... I love the color and I love NYX eyeshadows, but I just hate the packaging.... And before anyone tells me about how I can just compress it myself, I will state that I am very lazy and would rather have the packaging work without me having to put in effort to repackage the product for easier access.
All in all, if it wasn't for the UD and the Be a Bombshell, I would have been sorely disappointed in the bag this month, but this is the first time that I have ever had a bag that had anything I didn't like in it.  I still fully recommend looking into signing up for Ipsy and seeing what kind of things you can experiment with!

Been a while!

I totally had forgotten I actually had a blog O_O......  Well, now that I remembered I have this blog, I might as well put some use to it, no?  I have quite recently joined ipsy and influenster!  Now that I have some boxes, I  guess I should start doing reviews, huh?  After a few days, I'll start posting about the stuff I have received from influenster and show y'all some pictures :)  Once I get the December bag from ipsy, I'll share that with you as well!  For now, I shall just post this and go enjoy my stuff hahaha!