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I am LOVING these July 2020 bags!!! They’re adorable!!! I love the purple on the Plus and everything about the Ultimate!!! 😍😍😍
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Kim
What do you all use these bags for? I end up giving them all away!
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Nancy Olson
I gave one to my husband for his prescription drugs. I put all my extra products in them and store them under the sink in my bathroom. I have subscribed to many beauty boxes over several years so I have A LOT of products, lol! I use them for travel bags for not just makeup but anything else small I take. I store small items in them that I would otherwise lose. I use as gift bags. I put any products I don’t use that I think they may like in them and gift them. I put loose items that would otherwise roll around my purse into them and put them in my purse. I have 3 bags in the big central pocket of my current purse. It keeps me from searching fruitlessly through that big central pocket for things I need. Just keep the bags and I am sure you can find many uses!
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manna
I fill mine w/ basic care stuff and distribute to the homeless or give little gifts of lotion & lipbalm to my nieces.
Calamity
I use my Ultimate bags as lunch bags. My daughters love them.
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Lila Williams
Wow! they must have tiny lunches lunched unless you get the Ultimate. My GBP is hardly big enough for my comb and blusher.
Laura
Oh SHOOT! I might switch to the plus just for one month for the bag.
The regular one is cute too, but purple is my JAM
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Kayla
I get why some people don’t like these, but I think they’re cute! I did also just finish watching AHS 1984 though, so I’m kind of in a retro mood.
What I’d really love is the option at choice time to decide whether we want the bag or not. I don’t generally want ANY bags, just because I don’t need them. I donate them if I don’t have a use for them, but I’d rather not have it at all…it seems wasteful.
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Laura
Honestly, it’s why I wish BirchBox had done better for me. The boxes were so cute–and USEFUL
Only so many bags have been handy. And this is the first one I’ve found to be cute in a while.
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Dawna
If you are a beach person, these bags are great for collecting shells. I wish I had taken more with me.
I also use the ones I do like in my travel bag and in my purse.
Lila Williams
Agreed!
Ipsy canceled the bags, then a few months later re-iinstalled them. I get the feeling their customers are quite divided as to whether they want them or not. I can only think if they allowed a choice it would be too much work to check each of their 1 million subscribers’ orders to see if they want a bag or no. They probably decided it would cost less to give everyone a bag than to give them a choice.
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Pink5
I like the jet aircraft zipper pull, but that’s about it.
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Maggie
Maybe it is just me, but I am loving these bag designs to throw things in my carry-on but keep them together when I can fly again….will be the perfect size for a lip balm, headphones, tissues, a charger, and gum. The biggest one could fit a book and some cards,
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tammy
Remember would glam bag discontinued give us The bags which was weird because it’s called glam bag..
Happy they restarted it.
However I wish the bags were bigger.
I’m not unhappy with the products in my glam bags necessarily.
The true beef I have with them is each and every month and never get the email regarding the sneak preview so I could do add ons properly and each and every time I have to cuss them out yell at them bribe them sweet talk them to whatever I can just to get an add on.
Then what happens is each and every time, Dave in my opinion fabricate a story say they could not charge my account because a problem with my banking information.
I always call the bank and see if there was any attempted by glam bag whatsoever to make a charge each and every time they tell me Glam bag has never tried to make any attempt on my account.
I find that to be really shady.
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Lila Williams
I agree! Beneath the pretty glamourous surface they do have some shady practices.
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Nancy Olson
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Michelephant
These are hideous, maybe even worse than last month. Skipping this month again blah.
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Steph
Do people seriously skip just because they don’t like the bags? Lol! I get it for the different products, I don’t use the bags anyways because I buy my own makeup bags. I’m just confused with people saying they don’t like the bag and are skipping! Haha
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Lila Williams
Yeah, I know it’s odd but some people do seem to get Ipsy for the bags. Some even sell them on eBay. Which means people actually want to pay good money to buy them!
Lila Williams
Agreed! The product selection was lackluster as well. I skipped April, was disappointed in May and June. So I canceled Ipsy three days ago. Ipsy was great for the first eight months..
But the past two months every single item in my bag has been on my rarely list. So much for using the profile to give us products we want. I think they use it to give us products we don’t want so will pay $18 for the full size item as an add-on.
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Jeannie
I loved the May bags. I’m not usually crazy about most of them. I donate or give away quite a few. I am a 80’s child, but these aren’t doing it for me. I I’m sure I can find a home for them when they arrive. I might even skip if I don’t care for the spoilers.
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Andrea
Totally tacky looking for the second month. Skipping again.
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Lila Williams
I don’t blame you. I skipped April Each item in my bag was on my “rarely” list for May. Same for June. If Ipsy uses my beauty profile to pick products, they’re using it to pick the specific products that I do not want. Is this so I’ll spend $18 for a full size version of the ones I want when add ons come about? I don’t know. I’ts a mystery to me.
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Linda
Well, I am a 10 years old now, because I love this. There is always something for everyone. For example June was hideous for me, but some others liked it.
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Christina W
Omg I LOVE!!
As a child of the 80’s that grew up in Florida I NEED these. I don’t understand why everyone is saying they’re tween, weren’t you here in the 80’s? Lol. I’m almost 40 and I will absolutely be getting all 3 bags, I love them.
I could do without the words, but the level of adorable makes me not care. This is pure nostalgia baby!
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Steph
These are tacky in the best way! The ultimate is my favorite.
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Steph
I absolutely love these! They scream Miami summers in the 80’s which I love!! 🥰
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Tanya
Love these so much and getting all 3 as it’s my birthday month and born in the 80s 😍
We also get 8 add ons every month now! So exciting!
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Dawna
These are too cute!
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Morgan
The gbp bags are definitely getting smaller.
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Lila Williams
Yes they are, aren’t they? Glad you mentioned it because I thought I was imagining things.
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Heidi
Same with Ultimate, I guess. Does anyone know how big these bags are?
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Erin
I get regular and plus. The plus bag for May was smaller than the regular.
Heidi
I’ve never gotten a plus bag. How big do you think it is?
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Also Beth
They vary depending on style, but tend to be about the same size as the regular bags – sometimes a little bigger, sometimes a little smaller.
LJ
Wow! I mean wow. I did not see that coming. It’s not something I’d seek out from a style perspective, but I’ll give it to Ipsy in that it’s a statement. I do like the airplane pull and the new shape on the plus bag. I agree that if you zoom in on the pink regular bag you can see the turquoise zipper to where the material may be a bit translucent.
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Melissa
I love them but that’s probably because I’m an 80s/90s child. So they really play into that nostalgia for me. The actual words are not at all something from that time frame, but they nailed the colors and the font choice and the palm tree. That was on all kinds of stuff I saw as a kid.
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Redwoods301
Very the Malibu Barbie I got for Christmas in like 1987! They’re really cute!
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Emma
Hm. Here I thought I disliked June’s bags the most. Turns out I was wrong.
I think that what I dislike is that the graphic images feel kind of slapped on to me. Like, they designed the base bags, then thought they were too plain, then searched around for some matching clipart they could add on the cheap.
But, as always, it will come down to the products.
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Amy English
I will buy them from you.
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AmyM
These are CUTE! They remind of my favorite purse in 7th grade. Anyone else remember the mini “duffle bag” purses with the screen print designs? That’s what these remind me of.
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Ella
I’m LOVING the retro 80’s/90’s vibe of these bags! The colors are popping and perfect for summer.
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Joan
The bags are kinda cute, IDK it depends on the spoilers.
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Lori
Omg, LOVE these. Taking me back to my childhood with the 80’s retro design. So fun and nostalgic summer vibes.
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Lori W.
I’m an 80s child and I am LOVING these❣❣❣
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Yessy
Omg the glam plus bag is purple…. my favorite color and this is adorable. I am very excited for July spoilers and hope it’s a good one as well. 🙂
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