Ipsy Glam Bag Plus December 2018 SPOILERS!

so i’ve been trying all the beauty subs the last few years.

boxycharm – did not like at all. i expected more with the rave reviews but all i got was gaudy palettes and i swear the same eyeliners (eyeko) over and over.

glossybox – i liked this one pretty well even though people said that the brands are cheaper. I didn’t like that they were not communicative about the taxes and extra fees for california so i dumped them.

sephora – i like their products and their monthly smaller bag was “ok” but wish they would get a more lux version like ipsy plus.

ipsy – was one of the 1st i tried along with birchbox and i got tired of the same products over and over and you are right they don’t really match your personal profile very well.

not i’m on Ipsy Plus – so far it’s ok and better than boxycharm at least but then i’ve only had one month so hard to gauge the value yet.

one thing i do say is I need:

regular make-up powder (they always give highlighters instead) so that is frustrating
cover – up sticks – rarely get these!
regular make-up – only get the small versions and not very often

so i wish they would give more of those items instead of too many highlighters, mascara, eyeko eyeliners (and this is for ALL the subs I’ve tried). Wish there was more variety and wish they would do different brands like Origins, lancome and some of the higher end. I know they can’t please everyone and it’s still fun to get the products but I think there is room out there for a company to still WOW us and be more personalized.

no more spoilers?

Any new spoilers for our Glam Bag Plus? Trying to decide if I’m pausing my sub for December and I’m hoping for more spoilers before I decide.

Not impressed with any of these spoilers. Looks like I will be skipping the December Ipsy Plus.

I received my November box today. I like the items more now that I have seen them. The lip gloss is a total loss for me as I don’t use them. I will either gift it or sell it. But the Ofra highlighter and the Tarte palette have magnetic closures and that’s neat and they are both well presented. The looks of the Tarte palette looks the nicest and smells the best. LOL. The brushes look cheap. I am intrigued by the Dr. Brandt eye gel.

I’m getting bum bum!! Im also getting a set of 3 eyeshadow brushes but I’m not getting the eyeshadow palette.

I want to cancel and they took this option away. I only see to skip the month, switch to regular Ipsy or adjust your billing to $12.50 a month for glam bag. I emailed them asking to cancel hopefully they respond. Not happy because cancelation should be easy to be done.

I subscribed to Ipsy in August hoping to get the glam bag plus. It’s mid November and still not even on the waitlist. If you’re hoping to get the glam bag plus, I’d wait until the plus becomes widely available and not sign up for the regular bag just yet. I’ll probably be cancelling next month like the rest of my friends.

Samples are just ok (I would rather use the $10 each month toward a full size product of my choice…or Netflix, lol).

I’m super annoyed with ipsyplus. I still can’t see my spoilers. Grrr. I totally missed the add ons because they couldn’t bill me on the 31st but did on the 1st and they said the page hasn’t updated yet but should within a “few days.” That was a few days ago! Now I just want them to email me what I’m getting. Everyday I look and everyday, nothing.

What about regular ipsy? Do they just not care about the regular people anymore? It’s the 11th…

In my opinion, we do NOT need a highlighter every month…. I have so many that I’ve barely used the ones I’ve had before they expired. I have gifted a few to friends and family and I’m currently adding items into a bin of mine that I use as gifts for Christmas, birthdays, and donations to charities but it just sucks that I may possibly be getting another highlighter (although I’ve marked that off) when instead I could be getting something else. I do love lipsticks though I can never have enough of those!

I just wish Ipsy actually thought about how long a highlighter lasts … I’ve had one for over a year that I used daily and it’s halfway gone. Almost 2 years with a highlighter. My skin tone hasn’t changed, I’m fair and I’m that way all year round so I get having different highlighters for different skin tones but skincare PLEASE!!! That is something people need more than another highlighter!

I like the variations of products,for $25 a month it’s a great value and inexpensive way to build your makeup collection and try new products/brands❤️

I’m 44yrs old & I haven’t bought make up in nearly 20yrs until I got the regular Ipsy in September. Every month I see these spoilers posted & then the day comes when I actually get to see what I’m getting in mine & it never matches what they selected for me…for once I am SINCERELY hoping that doesn’t change because getting either of these brands in a subscription box…let’s just say it might get opened with a hammer!
On another note: If you keep getting the same Ipsy (or other subscription boxes) samples over & over despite changing your selections, change the one that says “annual household income”…they have plenty of market research that proves to them someone who makes $100K+ per year isn’t gonna waste their money to get the full-size Eyeko eyeliner & someone who only makes $35k a year isn’t going to pop for the $145 Oribe shampoo. That is their business, to get you to buy the full-size version & preferably through them so they get a little portion of the profit too.

As neat as this spoiler is, I’m lowkey thinking about giving up ipsy altogether. I have the plus and I signed up at the first of this month for the regular bag to get it this month. And literally I’ve signed up at the end of the month for next months bag and been screwed because I get the bag for the month I signed up way late for and didn’t want. But this month because they did the add ons they sold out of everything and now I’m stuck getting the December bag because they certainly had no issues charging me this month and I worry they’re going to charge me next month as well. It makes me want to just cancel and stick with boxy/boxyluxe because I’m uber excited for everything coming there. And I was excited for ipsy plus but this put a really bad taste in my mouth. Not to mention this month I’m getting the dr. brandt which I got in boxy and it doesn’t work for me ( on top of that I don’t have eye creams marked but I do have highlighters marked so why didn’t I get that? ). Sorry for the rant, it’s just been really grating on me :/

Cruelty-free is very important to me. The idea that this company has been around so long and has not changed that is my main issue. Would love if Ipsy would offer the choice to let customers pick between companies based on if they test on animals or not.

Canceled- I tried it and the vegan cuts beauty box at the same time and liked the vegan cuts so much more. I’m so over companies that still test on animals.

It’s funny that people consider Estee Lauder and Lancome as older people makeup.

Those two companies combined (Lancome is owned by L’Oreal) own MAC, Bobbi Brown, It Cosmetics, Origins, Maybelline, Essie, YSL, Kiehl’s, Urban Decay, Garnier, NYX, Becca, Aveda, Clinique, La Mer, Smashbox and Too Faced among many other brands. They also own equity in a zillion more out there so you probably already buy their products, just with a different label slapped on it. 😂

I love both Lancome and Estee Lauder, but the lipstick colors are not for me, and after all the highlighter Ipsy keeps sending me, any more reflective makeup and I could stand in for a mirror.

I will wait for more spoilers, but December will probably be a pass.

My thing is why I’m still on the waiting list? 😭😢

The lip colors are just awful for me…. although I love both lancome and estee lauder. (Admittedly, I AM old).
I am going to wait to see if there are any more spoilers, but will probably skip this one. No point in collecting more items I can’t use.

So far, not real impressed with Ipsy plus. While the monetary value has been there, the practicality and usefulness has not. I am old enough to appreciate Lancome, how much highlighter can I possibly need?
Or use?

Boxy sending me hand lotion samples didn’t even phase me, but Ipsy sending me a blush instead of the eye pallette they teased to keep everyone from bailing… really grates. Sending me brushes to not put on the make up I didn’t recieve? Salt in the wound, Ipsy, salt in the wound. Ah, well. I have hope for January. And who knows, maybe they have something wonderful planned for December.

I am not impressed with Ipsy Glam Bag Plus. They keep giving me products that I don’t have marked on my beauty profile and stuff that I review low or complain about. I never get anything that pertains to me. They did the same thing to me with the regular bag. I really wish they would let us pick some items out. I may cancel if next months box if they can’t get it right.

A Reddit user emailed Ipsy and was told the Bum Bum Cream is the 4.3 OZ not the small one.

Can’t say those lipstick shades do anything for me (they’re pretty much identical both to each other and to MAC’s Lustering, which I now have two of thanks to Allure), but Estee Lauder and Lancome are both seriously impressive brands for a $25 box to include full sizes of. No, they are not trendy, but they are high-quality with serious luxury cachet.

I skipped this month because I need to scale back after splurging for the Neiman Marcus box.

This box does not excite me enough to buy it. I will buy January’s since there will be another deluxe bag in the box. I have really enjoyed the bag I got in November. At first I was underwhelmed but it quickly became on of my favorite cosmetic bags.

So far I am honesty loving the Glam Bag Plus!

It is difficult for the major international brands to be cruelty free because they would have to eliminate China completely since it is a requirement of Chinese law that makeup be tested on animals.

While I don’t support the Chinese policy since animal testing is no longer necessary to ensure safety of cosmetics, it seems as though all of the multinational large brands cannot claim to be cruelty free because they sell in China. Almost every large brand Mac, Chanel, Lancome, Estee, Maybelline distribute in China and therefore can’t get around this requirement.

One can boycott or write to express one’s disapproval but unfortunately so long as the Chinese have this requirement, the International brands will have to test on animals or forego the enormous Chinese market.