Ipsy October 2014 Unboxing

I finally got my ipsy bag on Friday, but since I had family up visiting I hadn't had a chance to type my blog post until now. (But I couldn't resist so I did go through it on Friday and started trying them out).

If you haven't heard of ipsy before, it is a monthly beauty subscription that costs $10.00. Every month you get 4-5 full and deluxe sample sized products with an ipsy exclusive makeup bag. There are many combinations of products for each moth, so what you see here is just one combination of the 25 different products they offered. Here is my referral if you would like to sign up to receive this bag.

Here's the signature pink bubble wrap package that the ipsy bag comes in each month!

This month the theme was Beauty Candy (probably to go with Halloween/Trick-or-Treating). The little makeup bag it comes in this month is a "square pillow top" bag in a darker blue-green color. The bag feels fairly sturdy, but it reminds me of swimming pool tiles lol.

The nail polish that I received this month was outside the bag in the pink package because it was larger (I assume).

The nail polish is a very very dark burgundy red. It's the Nicole by OPI's nail polish in the shade "Feeling Very Cherry". It is a FULL SIZED product; most of these polishes cost about $7.00. On my nails it almost looks like a warm red tinted black color, exactly how it looks in the bottle. I've used this brand of nail polish before and I enjoy their formula. It goes on easily and the brush is a great size for simple application! (The picture of my nail has 2 coats of polish.) 

(I wasn't able to link to this product, as I couldn't find the exact color on any website. Maybe it's from a collection that hasn't been released yet?)

After opening my bag the first two things I pulled out included a lipgloss and a mascara. The starlooks lipgloss is in the shade Guilty Pleasure and contains 0.3 oz of product. I looked all over for how many oz were in the full size, but couldn't find it everywhere. The full size costs $12 and I'm going to give this a value of about $3.00 (about 1/4 the full size?)

The mascara is the VolumEyes mascara by Model Co. This is the FULL SIZED mascara which actually retails for $20.00. I currently have a few mascaras already opened, so I didn't want to try this one out. Most of the comments from ipsters said that it was a good mascara, but not a fantastic one.

Here's a swatch of the Starlooks lipgloss. It's a very pretty nudish pink shade. (Sorry, the camera didn't want to focus at all while trying to take this picture, this was the best one I was able to take)

The last two items I received are the figs & rouge hand cream in the scent rose berry and the epice purifying exfoliant. This hand cream is FULL SIZED (20ml) and worth $6.59. The lotion is very silky and makes my hands feel moisturized without feeling greasy. It sinks in quickly and leaves a subtle scent behind. I'll get much more use out of this one than the last one I received from ipsy!

The epice purifying exfoliant is a FULL TRAVEL SIZED product. This 1oz size retails for $4.99 on their website. I did get a chance to use it (I was really curious despite having many half-used scrubs in my bathroom already). It was a really nice scrub that made my face really soft! The beads were subtle and not harsh at all on my skin.   

Overall I'm happy with my ipsy bag. I'm hoping for less hand creams and mascaras in the future, but I will enjoy these products anyway :) Not to mention the bag (which costs $10.00) ended up having a value of $41.58. (Which doesn't include a price for the little makeup bag it comes in)

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(I purchase this bag with my own money. The refferal code is offered to any and all customers to help with obtaining ipsy points)

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