Ipsy Glam Bag Ultimate November 2019 Choice Time!

The Murad site says “without hydroquinone” about the spot treatment

I skipped the second I saw the spoilers!!! I am so sorry!

It’s not too late to skip.

The Murad serum is a spot treatment for existing discolorations or scars. It is not used preventatively. I would suggest you look into how hydroquinone is meant to be used before you begin applying it because it is not recommended that it be used for more than a couple of months at a time and that is the active ingredient in the Murad serum.

The blue series from Murad is good for any type of skin imperfections. The first time I used it, for example, I had some acne scars that were completely gone in a month.

The Murad is what sold me. I wasn’t even signed up for Ultimate. I did sign up with tons of excitement when it first became available. But once the October spoilers were released I cancelled. I was incredibly disappointed with my Plus bag but I stayed subscribed until I could check out the spoilers for November. I definitely wasn’t impressed by any of them posted so far. Today when I logged on for Choice I felt even stronger about unsubscribing. I had already found the Ultimate spoilers MSA posted much more appealing but I didn’t think it was worth a $50 gamble after October’s disaster. But out of curiosity, after I selected my products for my regular and Plus bags I checked the choices for Ultimate and knew I had to risk it. I didn’t get the Murad when they had it in Plus (despite buying two to increase my chances) and I still really want it. I figured that alone costs over $50 so no matter what other crap they send me it’ll still be worth it. I was worried they wouldn’t let me choose since I waited until Choice opened to sign up but they did. In addition to pausing Plus I’m getting a free regular bag this month because of multiple issues with my subscriptions so that makes it easier to justify the price as well. I’m sure this next one will be better than October. Hopefully they learned from the tens of thousands complaints emailed to them and posted all over social media. In fact, it seems to me like they’re putting ALL their effort and best products in Ultimate and completely throwing Plus aside.

Yes, I saw someone on Reddit say that the VV palette “sold out”. You still could get it in your bag, though!

The Murad is $72 and I have been wanting to try it as I am older (56) so I am going to keep Ultimate for November. I didn’t receive my choice (The Farmacy Cleanser which I love) in my October bag and complained to Ipsy and they are going to send it to me. So for October I will get both the Farmacy and the Murad Cleanser which they accidentally sent – so even though the rest of the bag was Meh – I don’t feel like I was totally ripped off. The Betty Boop was crap, so I think subscribers views are clouded by how awful some of the products were, versus the fact that they do include premium brands like Murad and Farmacy.

Ipsy Plus and Ipsy for November look really good. I am super happy that Ipsy had IT Confidence in a Cream as a selection.

Ipsy Plus is still knocking it out of the park and I really believe that is part of the reason that subscribers are disappointed in Ultimate. Ipsy Plus is the perfect price point and the boxes have been spot on for me. I just think subscribers like myself expected to be wowed by Ultimate, and we have not, but the value is there in November for me with the Murad. So I will keep subscribed.

Customer service seems inconsistent. I complained several times and never got offered anything – even though I specifically opted out of brushes and they keep sending them to me. Glad others got better results but bummed they aren’t consistent.

I contacted Ipsy Care the day my actual box was revealed to me the 2nd. I had both the GBP & Ultimate (very disappointing) because I had 2/3 eyeshadow pallets & all I wanted was the 1 I didn’t have. They were supposed to send me a full sized Tarte Rainforest face wash & Lip gloss. What I got instead was a 1 ML MAAPILIM face cleanser & fluid deluxe sample gloss. I’m very unhappy I can’t simply get this fixed. I’m not a complainer. I spent $75 in boxes from Ipsy & did 5 full size add ons. I also have Boxy & Luxe. Think I’m going to switch to the new Boxy because I’m just always thrilled with them. There is never a fuss. I don’t have time to be complaining about these things let alone repeating follow ups. I have always enjoyed my GBP but ultimate was definitely a disappointment and I spent a lot of $$. I get excited to get my ME gifts monthly and also buy for my 2 daughters but only Boxy. That’s a lot of $$ to be disappointed.

If you accepted a lesser deal, they are not going to offer you a free box. Those of us who got free November boxes kept rejecting their pathetic offers of 600 points and sample sizes items.

They never even offered me points. Canceled and returned ultimate.

I was able to select something and think I am getting a GBU but Ipsy says my last bag will be this month I contacted the but they never answer.

I had better not be charged for a GBU.

Picking the VV was probably smart to avoid Wander, since you don’t like it. My first introduction to Wander was good. When Sephora first picked it up, I got a set of 3 things. One thing was so lackluster that I don’t even remember it. Another product was just ok. However, the sangria lip balm was a hit with me. I meant to get another one this summer, but never did. I just kept scraping out what was left in the old one, lol! Maybe Wander will just be a lippie brand for me.

JB is is more of a preventative measure to aging. so you wouldn’t notice/see the results like you would the murad product, which visually improves the look of damage that a preventative product may have kept at a minimum. so both types of products should be used for best results. along with daily sunscreen.

It is such a tiny sample I doubt you will be able to use it long enough to see results, unfortunately.

Same thing happened with mine. Didnt even receive the correct “choice product”. BUT, I was allowed to keep all of the incorrect product initially sent, was given 800 points AND today received a pkg from Ipsy witha Huda palette, Farmacy, facial serum, face masks, Ofra highlighter n blush palette, BB blush palette etc. Can’t say they didnt make it right

I received 8 out of 12 different ideas, than whay the reveal showed. I liked the orignal one much better than what they changed it to

That happened to me a few months ago with the regular glam bag. They have three million members, so mistakes are bound to happen once in a while. I box I mistakenly received was not too bad, with only the nail polish I didn’t like, so I just kept it and didn’t inform Ipsy.

That happened to me once with my GBP. Unfortunately they were out of stock of the wrong items so they gave me a partial refund which I was fine with because the items missing weren’t super exciting.

If they count $1-$3 as full sized again there will be plenty of angry people.

Those weren’t add ons, they were flash sale items. You cannot purchase add ons until the 2nd of every month

These are just flash sale items. Real add ons are not available until your bag reveal on the 2nd.

I have a Seraphine Ginger & Gold blush I got from a subscription box 1 or 2 years ago (maybe from Ipsy) and I really like it. I chose the Seraphine palette for my GBP.

Those are the options I had! It was a quick and easy skip for me.

Nix what I said above. I do get both ultimate and plus but for some reason I was not able to choose an item for ultimate, only plus. It might be because I skipped last month’s ultimate. I sent an email.

Definitely Glam Bag Plus options not Ultimate

Those are the Plus options (listed in a separate post)

I get both Ultimate and Plus. The options you listed showed up for me in Plus, not Ultimate. Do you get Plus instead of or in addition to Ultimate?

Your options are for the plus not the ultimate, I get the plus and the options you listed are what i had

Interesting because I feel the opposite about the VV palette. Mine was powdery and did stain my lids. I threw it away.

I locked my card because I was able to choose for 2 GBU and I do not want them unless they are free.

I choose the Murad on both.

How were you able to delete your credit card? I was trying to do that and couldn’t figure out how.

Where was it offered at no cost? Thanks!

Same here. I ordered two Plus subscriptions when the Murad was featured and didn’t get it in either one. So when I saw it was back as a choice for Ultimate I went ahead and joined Ultimate. I would love to get the Juice Beauty as well but I doubt I’ll get two serums in one month. I’m taking a risk by subscribing to Ultimate after October’s rather sad offerings, but if I purchased the Murad serum alone it would be over $50 so I’m not that worried about the rest. Although I also REALLY want the Oribe scalp treatment.

Ultimate choices and spoilers are so much better for me personally than the products being included in Plus. I’ve had terrible luck with personalization of my Plus bags for a while now anyway so I will probably skip November. I’m sure whatever I get in Ultimate will be plenty.

Same!