Ipsy Glam Bag Plus January 2021 Choice Time!

Just got my January Plus Bag and think the Kate Somerville goat milk moisturizer is old. It had a coupon to save 20% valid 11/1/19 – 11/1/20.

Just received my January Glam Bag Plus and Ipsy screwed it up. Instead of my choice item of the Source Adage C’i’aan perfume roller ball–which was confirmed by Ipsy as one of my choices–Ipsy gave me that YC Collection primer! The perfume roller ball was the one thing in my Plus that I was truly excited about this month. Just wrote to customer service; expecting to hear that they can’t do anything about it other than give me a few measly points based on what others’ experiences with Ipsy customer service have been lately. I’ve been on the fence about Ipsy for months now, and this might push me over. Argh.

Does anyone know when I should sign up to get the February bag?

I was extremely sad on how the website worked this month! I was unable to get on to make my choices! Furthermore, I have no idea of how to get in touch with customer service to rectify the issue. I am hoping that whatever I get this month is something I would like, if not…I may consider dropping Ipsy!

My box last month was bad. I mean really, really, bad. This month is not great as well.

Ipsy picks for me:
DOUCCE Freematic Limited Edition Smokey Pro Palette (I believe I have this same or almost the same palette from several years ago)
CALLYSSEE
Better Bean Clean Face Coffee Scrub (If it even has a faint hint of coffee I won’t use it)

My choices were not great. None of the great items above. Each of the 3 categories had lip products. None of the eye gels, or Kate Somerville, or Goldfaden.

My choices (and again, I did not have anything great to choose from):
Wander Beauty lip oil
Half Caked lip duo
Laura Geller hydrating foundation – the one product that is decent. I am not wearing foundation nowadays but at least this is a product I’m happy about.

I don’t like getting 2 months in a row of boxes I’m not happy about. I had skipped for 4 months, maybe that has something to do with it…

Ipsy chose the Cela body cream and the Item concealer for me. I love Cela and I am down for trying the new concealer. I picked the IGK hair balm, the curl cream and the Purlisse orange creamsicle body butter. I need to work through some of my skincare stash, I work at home and I go out way less so I don’t need that much new makeup.

I totally agree. My last bag before I paused was October 2020. In that bag I received the Thrive causemetics eye brightener in the shade Emma. I unpaused for January’s bag. Ipsy chose the exact same thing for me in Aurora which looks the exact same color to me. I have done everything I could to get Ipsy to change it and they wouldn’t budge. They said it’s a different shade so it doesn’t count. Honestly between my choices and what was already chose for me, my bag looks like a glam bag and not a glam plus bag. I honestly don’t even know why I didn’t cancel rather than unpause. I will give it one more month. Hopefully February will be more promising..

i was pretty annoyed to have that complex culture gloss as one of my choice items, then see it as a $3 addon.

Ipsy Picks:
FLORENCE BY MILLS Mind Glowing Peel Off Mask
WANDER BEAUTY Frame Your Face Micro Brow Pencil in Dark Brown
My Picks:
GOLDFADEN MD Mist RX Daily Nutrient Facial Mist
PURLISSE BEAUTY Blue Lotus Balancing Moisturizer
VITABRID C12 Daily-C Balancing Foam Cleanser

Sadly, I am allergic to lavender, which the Peel Off Mask lists as an ingredient. Otherwise, I’m kind of ambivalent about what I’m getting. Except for the mask, I can use what I’m getting but they don’t excite me.

My bag this month wasn’t the best, but i can’t complain getting things worth over $200 for just $25. The only thing i was happy about was an add-on of Kates goat milk. Also, ipsy forgot 2 out of 5 items in my bag, which was very dissapointing. Theur customer service is great as they always get back to me, but whoever is stocking these bags isn’t trained, or is just doesn’t care. If i would’ve thought of pausing for this month i would’ve.

I must have been too late to the pick to get anything other than brushes and lippies to chose from. Despite reviewing brow stuff as 1 star and don’t like it, they gave me a brow pencil as their choice, plus a peel off mask.
Getting:
Ipsy choice: Florence by Mills peel off mask and Wander Beauty brow pencil
My choice (not much choice here): Laboratories Filorga Optim-Eyes, Cover FX Shimmer Veil in Celestial, and Half Caked Double Feature Lip Duo.
Very disappointed. My last 2 boxes were great, but I’m not feeling this box at all.

I’m satisfied with January.
Ipsy picked two items I wouldn’t have chose but am willing to try:
Item beauty concealer
Let Me Skin – deep clearing clay foam

My choice: IGK leave in conditioner, Glow recipe lip pop, callyssee moisturizing cream (least excited for this as I don’t need another moisturizer but I had limited choice in the final category & it’s better than eyeliner!). I also added on the simple satch face masks (so comfy & good quality), and the raw sugar lip balm.

This was interesting: the “You just completed Ultra Personalization. What did you think? Let us know” survey link in the confirmation email?
Did the seemingly off or crazy selections and choices today drove the personalization of selections for Ultra next month?

I’m happy with what I got. The last choice is always filled with random stuff I would never choose, but the other stuff normally makes up for it.
Ipsy chose the Farsali Unicorn Serum (I owned a mini several years ago when it was popular and enjoyed it as a primer so not mad at this).
They also chose the nail polish duos which are perfect colors for February/ Valentine’s Day.
For my first item I chose the blue brush kit (was debating between the complex highlighters and the Laura Geller tinted moisturizer, but I’m trying to cut down in makeup for 2021).
Second item I chose the wander beauty lip oils, one of the few lip products that I go through easily.
Again last choice I always feel like it’s just a bunch of random stuff thrown in there, so decided to go with something different and get the roller ball perfume.

I added the SLmissglam blusher brush, and a sample of the Yensa foundation, because I really enjoyed and used up the primer that apparently goes with it.

Not really happy with any of the choices this month! Ipsy picked Ofra everglow and wander brow pencil.

I chose the …

Laura Geller tinted moisturizer (although I really wanted the goldfaden spray! Hard choice in that category!)

Purlisse blue louts moisturizer

Perfume roller-ball

I had the complex culture clear lip gloss as an option (and I love that brand) but I’m glad I didn’t pick it cause I added on both sample sizes anyway. Also the hola neon lip, umoa mascara, and seraphine primer.

The add-ons were better than the plus options this month!

I skipped Ipsy Plus for January so I could afford Ipsy X in February. I’m still getting just the Ipsy Glam Bag this month. Looks like a good month. Am also getting the Free Refreshments Starter products. So excited.

Happy New Year!

Okay selected the Kate Somerville moisturizer and the wander beauty brow pencil.
I selected:
Anastasia Mascara
Buttah Skin cleanser (wanted to try this)
Vitabrid C12 Cleanser

Add-ons:
Uoma beauty mascara
Goldfaden eye cream

The only thing not exciting is the brow pencil.

I haven’t had a plus bag since they came out with ultimate & like how they let you pick 3 items now.. I’m actually sad that ultimate ended and disappointed that I still haven’t received my last December ultimate box and that I missed out of points because I wasn’t able to review it.. I was told when I emailed about my late box in December that I wouldn’t miss out on review points because they give 4 months for reviews. I emailed again today checking up on my box that was shipped out December 10th and asked how am I supposed to review it when I do receive it because the option to review those items was removed & I was told that because they ended the ultimate that I’m not able to review my items because I should have reviewed it in December.. that was really disappointing especially since they just said 4 months last week but anyways..

I’m excited for my January box especially because its not makeup heavy!! since covid I find more use for skin/body/hair care items and mainly only focus on my brows & eyes for makeup since masks cover everything else
& I have to say my skin is so happy from all the amazing skincare items I’ve been getting from ipsy lately!

Jan. Plus

Ipsy picks:
Farsáli unicorn essence
Wander beauty micro brow pencil (received in an ultimate not long ago but still like it)

My picks:
Goldfaden MD- mist rx nutrient facial mist
Wander beauty- oasis lip oil
Purlisse Beauty- orange creamsicle body butter

Add on items:
Pure Brazilian- leave-in conditioner
Hola Neon- Kahlo high-gloss
Raw Sugar Living- pineapple lip balm
Complex Culture- time pressed lip balm
Complex Culture- lip gloss clear

Plenty of makeup items are listed in the images of all the products, but the comments indicate that few of us actually had makeup items listed as choices (my three categories of choices included one brush set, zero hair items, zero nail items, and 13 skincare items). So I’m guessing that ipsy was really low on the makeup inventory (low quantities of the makeup items pictured above).

Theory: Because of the pandemic, most of us are not in an office anymore and spend most of our day at home. When we go out, half our face is covered. We therefore use less makeup. So the reduced purchasing demand for makeup has led the brands to manufacture less. Earlier in the pandemic they could offload warehouse extras on outlets like ipsy, but now their inventory “well” is running dry. Demand for skincare has not dwindled (although we have less money to spend on it with reduced income – certainly the case for me). ipsy received fewer makeup items (quantitatively) than in previous months and so set most of them out of the choice categories and posted them as add-ons instead, to create a desire and make $12 or $18 instead of the $5 that offering the item as choice would bring in.

Just my theory for the strange phenomenon this month. I wonder how Boxycharm will be affected.

My box is very underwhelming. I didn’t get any of the items that I was looking forward to. They weren’t choices for me and they weren’t in the add ons. I was given the choice of THREE make up items (2 clear lip products and the ofra single eyeshadow). Everything else was skincare. My 3rd choice was a joke. Every item felt like it was a filler product.

I see that people received some great items. What happened to my box?! My profile is up to date and I love makeup. Instead, I’m receiving a box of skincare.

I like skincare products. This month was overwhelming on skincare. Makeup, where are you hiding? I usually like a 3/2 split on skincare to makeup ratio. The makeup choices were either lip gloss/cover fx. There were not many good makeup choices!!!

They picked: Florence by mills peel off mask(I do mask twice a week so this was great) and Ofra in Everglow.

My picks:
1. Goldfaden MD mist
2. Vitabrid C12 cleanser
3. Purlisee beauty moisturizer

So, the Choice process ensured that I didn’t get complete garbage, & I think my bag is probably worth the $25, but I am disappointed with what I got compared to all the products that are available this month.

Ipsy chose for me the brow kit (fine, whatever, as a filler item this is perfectly acceptable to me, especially since I haven’t received anything like it from Ipsy before) & the Huda Mauve Obsessions palette. Ipsy first sent the Mauve Obsessions almost 2 years ago, in March 2019, & as I’ve been subbed to Plus since its beginning, I have already been sent 2 Huda palettes from Ipsy, and since the product was first made available 2 years ago, I have already swapped for this palette & own it. Would’ve been ecstatic to receive some of the new stuff like the Kate Somerville or Pixi skincare instead of the same stuff they’ve been sending out for 2 years. 😭

Category 1 choices:
** High Beauty Cannabis eye gel
– Purlisse sheet masks
– IGK Mistress hair balm
– Complex Culture highlight duo
– Filorga Optim-eyes (repeat)
– Purlisse lotus moisturizer (repeat)

Category 2 Choices:
– Complex Culture lip balm
– Cover FX veil in Soleil
** Wander Beauty Lip oil
– Vitabrid Vitamin C serum

Category 3 Choices:
– Complex Culture lip gloss
– Source Adage perfume
** Callysee moisturizer
– Skyn Iceland lip fix

December wasn’t great for me but I’m SO excited about my January bag.

Ipsy Picks:
Farsali Unicorn Essence
Sugar Rush lip oil – I have a different shade of this already and really like it

My Picks:
IGK Mistress Hair Balm – I got a trial size of this awhile ago and I’m obsessed with it
Glow Recipe Lip Pop – I already have this and am almost done with it; it’s an awesome light bomb and wears really well under lipstick
Callyssee Whipped Moisturizing Cream – Don’t really know anything about this but I didn’t like the other choice options

Add-ons:
Naked Cosmetics Lip Scrub
Bliss Makeup Melt Wipes
Touch in Sol lipstick in Seoul Rose (bought with points)

I’m super excited for this month!
They choose the Florence by mills mind glowing peel off mask and the Belle en argent nail polish duo and I chose

-Laruce Beauty cheeck & Eyebrow brush set

-Vitabrid c12 vitamin c serum

-Callyssee whipped moisturizing cream ( i love the smell of coconut)

and had to add on The Ora facial microneedle roller system and the Huangjisoo mask duo

I skipped this month since I never received my Glam bag plus for December. I contacted cs and no help at all. Wait 15 biz days which I have. Tracking shows no update. DHL sucks. Anyone else not receive their bag for December?

This is the first month I’ve been so completely disappointed with my choices. They gave me the brow tool set which is okay I guess but I know they sell billion dollar brows at t.j Maxx, and the pixi oil. my choices though are the worst I’ve ever seen. I can tell that they are trying to load me up on skincare because I’ve marked that I liked it but I have absolutely no makeup options and just the lowest in the cheapest choices of lip oils or cleanser and I need or want none of that! I’m refusing to pick and hope that it changes.