New Ipsy Subscription Upgrade – Ipsy Glam Bag X!

I actually liked Glambag Ultimate and am sad to see it go. I am not sure I want to get the Glambag X. I would be paying $5 more for X than Ultimate. Receiving 4 less products and only every three months. Plus, on the months we’re supposed to receive Glambag X, we won’t receive our regular glambag. So I don’t know.

This seems very makeup heavy by the looks of the pic, which I wouldn’t be into. I’m worried if I don’t sign up now though I might not be able to get a “spot” later on since it says it’s “limited quantities”.

I am giving it a shot for the first quarterly and then will decide from there…. at the first sign/hint of Kardashian wares I’m out.

Considering Khloe Kardashian is their new Brand Ambassador…. it’s going to be Kylie Skincare overload no doubt!

Does anyone know how much the refreshments will be. I am not interested in the wipes but lotions I like. New X bag can wait until I see what others are getting, but I never signed up for ultimate probably won’t for X. Maybe I’m just not that excited anymore.

So how many Kardashian or Jenner products will be in each bag? Celeb-curated products = Kardashian/Jenner to me. No thanks.

I’ve wanted to try Patrick Ta products and I like his aesthetic so I will give it a try. February is always a cold, depressing month here haha so hopefully it will be a nice treat. I hope they always announce who they are collaborating with. I want a box curated by a makeup artist, a tik tok star not so much

I’m not buying it, this seems like a super cash grab (even more than usual). There are several red flags for me.

1. 7-8 full size items for $55 Ultimate is 8 full size and 4 samples for $50. That’s one full size and 4 samples sizes less for $5 more! I know there is a range, but honestly how often do we get the higher number of items in subs? It’s always the bare minimum promised.

2. Celeb-curated. Yes, Patrick Ta is hot right now and has a line at Sephora. His products are all based around glow though. For me, who is super oily, none of his products have been tempting because I know they won’t wear well on my skin and even if they do, I’ll still feel self-conscious that I look oily, not glowy.

3. MOST IMPORTANT! “includes dibs on exclusive product drops you won’t find anywhere else.” I.E. Ipsy branded products. Remember how upset people were with Tetris, Betty Boop & Gigi Gorgeous? Now we get the privilege of them in a more expensive bag!

Customization for Plus so far has sucked for me. Every month it’s choose an eyeliner, mascara or lip gloss. I don’t wear any of them often enough to get one every month. Other choices are three of the same item in different colors, of a product that I have never rated highly. I don’t think they are taking our profiles into consideration at all. So now I’ll be stuck with a more expensive bag of things I wouldn’t willingly choose? I actually didn’t choose one month and let them pick the other three, I was fairly happy with the two choices, but they disappeared when I didn’t make any choices and I was sent other random things.

I’ll stick with my little regular Glam Bag. I realized that I like to buy my own full size items. After a few months of Boxycharm I have a bunch of stuff that doesn’t suit me, which feels wasteful. Looking forward to picking some stuff up off eBay and Mercari though lol.

Well, I’m in it for February at least, if for no other reason than I expect Ipsy to knock the first box out of the park. Also, I really like Patrick Ta’s products. After February…I’m on product overload and was already planning to cancel Ipsy in the new year, so it depends on how Ipsy would handle skips. If I could skip the months I would get the regular glam bag, then I’d probably keep my subscription for just for the GBX months, but I suspect Ipsy’s not going to let people do that.

Well, I signed up. We’ll see how the first one is and go from there. Hopefully the inaugural one is impressive to hook us in.

I have regular Ipsy, and my confirmation is that they will bill in February, if anyone is concerned it charges immediately.

We’ll see. I signed up for it. (I mean, I’ve been in the trenches with the Plus & Ultimate launches; how could I leave this amazing opportunity behind?)

I guess I picked the right month to re-sub to Ultimate; along with the notification that Ultimate was ending & the offer to sign up for Ipsy X, I was offered a 111Skin cream for signing up.

The email also had the first spoilers for the box — Patrick Ta Beauty Monochrome Blush OR Patrick Ta Beauty Brow shaping wax + brush.

Why did I think Ipsy was on the way out because Boxycharm is superior? It would have made more sense for Ipsy to absorb Birchbox! Idk, if I had to choose between Boxy and Ipsy, I’d choose Boxy because they’ve always had better products. Lately, I am sick of the games though. You only get decent stuff if you PURCHASE IT at popup sales…

I am going to pass until the pandemic is over. I don’t go out as much and I can’t justify an upgrade until things are a bit more normal.

Changing ultimate was definitely due. I’ll probably give it a shot though, once I see some spoilers. It was a good idea to wait until February after the holidays to kick it off! I also think the celebrity thing is pointless, I could be wrong but I think ipsy kind of sells itself or through word of mouth…but what to I know lol

7-8 full size products for $55 as compared with 5 full size products for $25 with the Plus? I think this is an improvement upon the Ultimate; no one needs that much stuff every month, but value-wise, I’d rather get a Regular an a Plus for $37 than an X for $55.

Just FYI, if you skipped your November GBU like I did and signed up for this box this morning, Ipsy will charge you for the November GBU. When you sign up, it does not say they will bill you for this month’s box. I have emailed them to reverse the charge. Hopefully, they will. I did not want any of those products from the Nov GBU.

I’d like to see this as an option without needing to have a monthly plan also. I currently have glam bag plus but I’m quickly accumulating too many products and a quarterly bag with 7-8 items would probably be the perfect solution. It would be nice if Ipsy offered that. For now, I’m just going to stick with my glam bag plus and see what the first one of this new X looks like and maybe then I’ll decide to do it, but probably not.

I have gotten every single Ultimate box. This is REPLACING the Ultimate- they are CANCELLING ULTIMATE after December for those of us who got the email because we are Ultimate. I actually get all three tiers…..this is REPLACING Ultimate. So for $55 every three months INSTEAD of $50 every month and each box is valued at over $350. Ultimate subscribers got the email not sure how this is a bad thing! I’m going for it!

I have Plus so this means if I choose this, I will not receive my 5 items for $25 in Feb but will receive 7-8 items for $55?

So 2 or 3 more items for an additional $30?!

If this is the case I will need to see some amazing new spoilers and not the normal stuff. I’d expect Elemis or CT. If it’s the normal or old items then it’s better to just get 2 Plus boxes and get 10 items for less money!?!?

well, ipsy has started its boxycharm right off the new year…..

To me the “celebrity” aspect just raises a big flag because it feels likely that we’ll be seeing a lot of lower-quality celeb-branded products. This would be way more exciting to me if they were, say, working with celebrity MAKEUP ARTISTS or specific brands each quarter – even if they weren’t as well-known, we would know that the curation was there (rather than that same old same old “here, have a chalky color cosmetic in an unflattering shade” thing we usually see with their TikTok and YouTube collabs.

I signed up because why not but I didn’t stick with ultimate but it will be interesting to see the Patrick Ta picks.

I just googled Ipsy X and use the link.

When you go to upgrade it says

“ Active Glam Bag and Glam Bag Plus members are eligible to get Glam Bag X. Paused and Every Other Month members must become active, monthly members before signing up for Glam Bag X.
*Glam Bag X is available in the U.S., & U.S. Territories. U.S. shipping is free. Taxes will apply to all orders shipped within the U.S.”

It also says “ FYI: You won’t be charged until you’re confirmed to receive the next Glam Bag X”

https://www.ipsy.com/gbx-upgrade/landing

I have a few questions about this new bag?

– If I only want Bag X, can I sign up for regular or plus bag and just keep skipping them except month of bag x?
– “assortment of Glam Bag X exclusives and first-of-a-kind new product launches” – does it mean ipsy collaborations? If yes, then it is no good at all. It just “exclusive launches” does not give me good feels.
– Items that included in Bag X will they be part of add on too?