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Yesterday we looked at my Ipsy Snow Globe bag for December, and today let’s look at Sephora Play’s Glam Straight bag. For the holiday and to fit with the Glam Straight concept, the drawstring bag is a pale peach satin with art deco style font and design. What’s inside you ask? Here are the travel …
I had great expectations for the December Ipsy bag. With the exception of maybe the last month, I had a good year of Ipsy bags and goodies. I thought December would be la pièce de la résistance of Ipsy bags for 2017. I do love the festive bling-y silver faux leather makeup bag (the silver …
The Ipsy and Sephora Play bags have similarly self-focused themes for November. Interesting coincidence. As I wrote last week, Sephora Play was kind of a disappointment for me this month. The Marc Jacobs Velvet Noir Mascara didn’t suit me: I didn’t like the fluffy brush for my downturned eyes and the formula kind of made …
The September Play! by Sephora Bag was a good one, and October 2017 even better. Sephora had broken a string of meh monthly bags. November 2017, IMHO, brings me back to another meh bag. Though there are a couple of things I like and I’m glad I got to try, they’re nothing to shout from …
I think I hit the jackpot this month from both of my $10 subscription bags: Ipsy and Sephora Play. Although I didn’t get any makeup brushes this month, the travel size and full size products I received were top notch IMO. Surprisingly, I got the same product in both bags lol. Let’s take a look. …
This month sure went by fast. Both Ipsy and Sephora Play for September arrived in my mailbox on Friday. Both contained things I like as well as, sadly, one near miss. Let’s take a look. Ipsy Like. A. Boss. This month’s Like. A. Boss. themed bag from Ipsy comes in an embossed black plastic makeup …
Ipsy is changing things up. This month, instead of the raspberry pink metallic mailing envelope that I’ve been getting for three years, I received a gold metallic mailing envelope. Pretty and eye-catching. Inside the mailer, I found this month’s heavy plastic that almost feels like fabric makeup bag: ombre shades of lavender through raspberry pink …
I got my Sephora Play bag this month, August, on the early side (whereas Ipsy is decidedly late). But when I took it out of the box, I was a little surprised that the name on the bag for this month is Makeup Geek, even though the theme is The Innovators. Since there’s a well …
I like Macy’s, and I hope they’ll be able to stay in business as a brick and mortar store as well as an online business. What can I say, I still like to browse in a store and see the actual merchandise in person. I was surprised when I discovered that Macy’s puts together a …
This month, my two subbie bags arrived almost simultaneously. I’m always comparing the two, and this month is no different. Let’s see if either one has the edge. Ipsy Over Easy The makeup bag this month features a white and yellow plastic makeup bag adorned with Gudetama, the cartoon egg that I believe is a …
Just after receiving my Ipsy bag for June, Sephora Play arrived. The Sephora theme is ‘Summer Starters”, and their white cotton bag has cute beachgoers frolicking in the water. Here’s what I got this month: Ouai Rose Hair & Body Oil: I know that Ouai is a prestige brand that I probably would buy for myself, …
I definitely view the passage of time by Ipsy bags. Yesterday, I received my “Volume Up” glam bag for June 2017. Fitting with the theme, the contents of my bag are primarily makeup! How could I disagree with that? The bag is cute. It’s a waxed cottony fabric in beige with lighter beige polka dots …
I keep thinking that two inexpensive beauty subscription bags seems excessive, but both Ipsy and Sephora Play are making it tough for me to cancel one of them. I received the Sephora Play “The Rising Stars” bag for May 2017 about a week ago. I had been getting tired of the white cotton drawstring bags …
I think that Ipsy definitely continues to have the edge in the competition of inexpensive makeup subscriptions. I got another winner on Saturday from Ipsy: all makeup! Yay! The theme is Summer Friday. When I worked in advertising in New York, we had summer Fridays. At one agency, we got out on Friday at 1pm, at …