Ipsy Glam Bag Plus Review – May 2019

This box was NOT GOOD. Since its inception in October 2018 we have seen TONS of well known products in these Plus bags: Smashbox, It Cosmetics, Tarte, Buxom, Lancome, Estee Lauder, 111 Skin. This May box was my first. ONE name brand I recognized – the GlamGlow masks. But they are deep cleansing masks and not suitable for my skin so I cannot use those. In my 20’s I would have used them.
The entire box was lackluster. The Go To Face Hero oil has known irritants – Rose Gardenia and Orange Blossom. I emailed the company over a week ago for more ingredient information and, yeah, they never responded. I only went the extra step of emailing them because the first time I put it on the back of my hand I felt irritation within 2 minutes.
The 2 lip products are “lip crayons” and are supposed to be suitable to fill in your lips. I did so and my lips were as dry as the Sahara.
The palette’s glittery shades had tons of fallout and after one hour I had glitter all over my cheeks. Bad.
I will get the June box. I wish I knew who manufactures the Ipsy Tetris palette! I would not out an unknown company’s eyeshadows on my eyes. I hope to get a full size 111 Skin or Sunday Riley to make up for my 2 boxes’ prices.
For July I will go back to my previous plan – buy the $10 bag and do the add ons of $12 and $3 products

I skipped 2 or 3 months in a row and glad I got this one. I got every thing expect i got murad eye serum rather than the mascara which I am glad for. the only dud for me is the lip pencils, i was hopping for the glamglow bubble masks. i do enjoy that i can skip as much as i want easily. already looking forward to the next one! I also like the new format much better.

One of my favorite months for this box! Loved most everything – I thought the lip liners would be a big no but I love the darker hued one. I received the pallet (just ok), Murad, primer, lip liner pair and facial oil.

I was actually excited about my GBP being delivered today. Then I opened it,,,,,,,,,,,,and I got Februarys’ box. Right down to the insert. I emailed them, and am hopeful I’ll get a replacement.

I got the exact same box. Swapping everything except the mascara. Amii1024 on swap site.

I really liked this month’s bag, but I know a lot were rather meh about it. I got the lip pencils, primer, Nudestix, masks, and eyeshadow palette.

I feel like no one else got what I got! I got the palette (for me, Wander Beauty has just been meh all around), the lip pencils, and the primer. I also got a Purlisse/Kandee Johnson collab that’s an orange creamsicle scented body lotion and 3 Glamglow bubble sheet masks. Happy with both of those.

I’m happy about getting the palette because I always love a palette and would have had FOMO had I not gotten it, but I just haven’t fallen in love with Wander.

my first glam bag plus was ok…but please send me more skincare than mascara and eyeshadows..

I forgot to mention that I like the slideshow format 🙂

I have been loving Glam Bag Plus! This month I received Murad Eye Serum, Wanderess Eyeshadow Palette, Nudestix Tinted Blur Stick ( which matched me perfectly ), IL Makiage Icon Mascara and Glamglow Bubblesheet Mask.

I added the Yensa Primer, Ofra Liquid Lipstick and Oryza Eyeshadow.

I was wondering if anyone knows… I cancelled my regular Ipsy bag last night, completely spacing on the fact that I had just used points last week to get that 111Skin eye gel. I’m okay with missing out on the eye gel (and the Tetris bag… I guess), so I was wondering…. does anyone know if Ipsy will re-instate my points since they won’t be able to send to me the point reward? Thanks!

I got the exact same stuff in my box and the exact same opinions as you. I loved the primer, it was only standout. Oil is nice too but overall box was underwhelming. Eyeshadows are pretty but too glittery to be anything other than novelty.

Same box, but I received the Avene mask instead of the primer (but I purchased this as an add-on. I had a sample before and loved it). I’m just not sure I will get to the mask until fall or winter now that my skin isn’t as dry. I used the shadow palette today, and the shimmer didn’t fade or fall all over my face after 12 hours, but the blue color is a little washed out. This was my first GBP. It was okay, but I feel as though I’ve seen better past boxes. I still live ipsy though and will give them a few months to try it out.

I’m happy with my box. I think it’s my second-favorite GBP I’ve gotten. I got the two items I wanted most — the Wanderess palette & the TokyoMilk lip gloss. I think the Wanderess palette has a glitter overspray, which is not my favorite thing, but I like the colors. I was looking forward to the “seafoam” but I’m surprised because it turns out that the pink is the most unique & interesting color IMO — it has a duochrome effect to it. I love the scent of the TokyoMilk gloss (big surprise, lol!) but I get a slight cooling sensation just after I apply it. Does anyone know if that could be the castor oiI in it?

I also added the Face Hero oil to my nighttime routine right away, since I didn’t have that type of product yet (to me, it smells like vitamins & slightly nutty, not sweet).

The last 2 items I got were the Avene mask & Illamasqua lip pencils, which are up for swap since I don’t use those types of products.

I got the Murad retinol eye serum instead of the primer & I’m really happy I did. Nothing against the Yensa brand but I have an abundance of primers & I have been loving the Murad skincare line lately.

I like the new photo layout it’s much easier to swipe through than have to keep scrolling up & down

I wasn’t very excited when I saw what I would be getting, BUT once used, I found all of the items to be various descriptions of good to great. My most surprising item was the eye palette. I don’t like nor really gravitate towards sparkly-shiny shadows, but because I have a pretty dark tan (thank you Allure), the shadows looked really good on my old d=eyeballs. Surprise, surprise! I also got the Estee Lauder Lippie (a metallic orange) and used it sparingly and VOILA. WOW, I almost look human!

I love the primer and most of the pallet. The oil is great too. Mascara not bad. Dont love the lip duo colors very much. Well worth 25 bucks for the things i do love

I got the same box EXCEPT instead of the primer, I got the Tokyomilk gloss (which is actually really good, very thin and not sticky at all)
Since I got the lip liners and I never use lip liner, I’m GIVING THEM AWAY in my Ipsy Glam Bag Plus May 2019 unboxing video 🙂

My channel on YT is just my name, Sally Choi

Forgot to add, I did like the new picture format, I don’t like scrolling past 30 pictures. I appreciated the more condensed version.

Box twins! I resubbed this month just to get that face oil, I can’t wait to use it! I’m really only excited about the facial oil and the primer, everything else is a pass. My box also took forever to get here, it “shipped” May 9th, and I just got it today. But I also had an extra item in my box that I didn’t order. I paused my sub for June, wasn’t excited about those spoilers at all.

While this box didn’t “wow” me, i do feel i more than got my $25 value out of it. I do wonder how well they will be able to match our profiles if they start using pre-printed cards with predetermined box variations, but definitely still happy with Ipsy, and willing to see what comes next.

Thankfully, I am going to be receiving the Murad eye serum instead of the mascara, but everything else is identical. It’s not my favorite box, but I’ll use the eye serum, primer, and the lip liners. That’s still a great deal. It’s definitely not one of my favorite boxes, but the Add-Ons were good ones, which helps. I still think Ipsy Plus is a great box and a great deal, even on what I consider one of my least favorite boxes from them. They really seem to be honoring my choices on my profile. I think they are doing a fantastic job!

I Love Mine this month! Great bag! The more I customize, each month gets better and better! Only item I really have FOMO for is the Avene Moisturie Mask! Hopefully I can find one or trade with someone! Love the Oil, it smells so good!

This was by far THE WORST Ipsy Plus so far.. I usually don’t get upset when there are products I won’t use because usually there is at least one that makes up for the whole box, at least for me. Anyway, nothing on this box was usable for me.. I’ve had Ipsy plus since the first box in October, so one bad box isn’t such a deal breaker for me. It hopefully the boxes come back from this month.

Not a fan of the new slideshow format. At first, I thought it was screenshots until looking at the comments and seeing that there are actually swatches in the post.