Ipsy Announces 10 New Brands Coming to Glam Bag and Glam Bag Plus in June

Oh and everyone knows they upped the subscription to 13 right just read email

Love that these shady things are coming out I’ve been with ipsy for 3 years never paused last month due to bag and products just being crap honestly lol I paused I have enough stuff and these new products arent anything I want either I’m skipping again i guess might even cancel shame bc I really used to look forward to my ipsy bag and add ons but getting ridiculous with same ol stuff and now shady things that arent being addressed after PROMISES they weren’t purchasing dsl brands again now happening again no thanks I’ll find another bag if i have to

Im praying boxycharm does not turn into Ipsy. I hate that Ipsy bought out boxycharm. If it starts to look like 2 boxes of junk will cancel ipsy. I down graded when the ipsy ultimate came out. Ridiculous amounts of junk product. Thanks for the education on DLS and Alibaba!

So glad I cancelled before I was billed.
Goodbye ipsy and your dls alibaba brands ughh

For the first time since I started getting Ipsy 5 years ago, I am skipping, and will probably cancel. I am tired of received all of these no-name products that Ipsy is getting for pennies. You used to receive brands that you recognized in the bags. Now I am almost always disappointed with 2 or 3 items per bag. Just not worth it. I have enjoyed the last few Sephora boxes for $10 or $12 more than Ipsy. At least those are nice brands that I recognize, and I know I can buy them at Sephora if I really like them. I would rather get those when they are offered.

Wow! These comments are….interesting…to say the least! Anyway, this helped me to decide I’m definitely not going to get the glam bag now. Don’t need it anyway. I just was wondering the KAB Cosmetics have been brought up as one of these brands, I know one of the Real Housewives was the “face” of said brand. Kim Zolciak(?), so how does that work? I know they didn’t get into a lab and formulate the makeup themselves, but I did believe they had a hand in picking out colors, etc. Like other influencers have when they collab with a big brand. They either didn’t know themselves, knew and didn’t care, or are in on it, and helping with the whole scheme? With that being said, I have honestly heard good things about the brand. But I know some things can be made “up to par” to be OK, passing (so to speak). Just it’s a big ol’ hit or miss, and they aren’t held to the same standards as other brands and companies are. (Being in another country that is). TIA for any info, or insight!

Alibaba is essentially a wholesaler, and Wish would be like their “public store”. Or something like that. Alibaba is a place where [mostly] businesses buy wholesale goods. Look through Ebay – you’ll see a ton of stuff there that you can also find on Alibaba – but Alibaba sells in bulk.

oh, great …new products…can’t wait to try these products..

I have been skipping months. I like to shop flash sales for the occasional gem. If I cancel, I cannot shop.☹️

Ouch! All this b.s. with Ipsy, shady products, declining product quality etc., has created a most disgusting taste in my mouth. I foresee more money in my wallet in the near future! I am tapping out.

Hi MSAers- Alibaba is an wholesale ecommerce site that sells goods from China. It’s not regulated so you really don’t know the quality or ingredients you’re getting. Some vendors on here are great and provide quality stuff and others, well there’s been articles where the ingredients were not found to match what the label says. There’s also questionable business practices, unsanitary warehouses and forced labor practices. If you’re a business buying stuff on here, you’re looking for cheap so basically that’s what you’re getting. I would not advise looking on this site (which can get you anything you can think of) because you’ll see most of your stuff from sub boxes and it’s less than a dollar.

Grace & Stella is not DLS but they have never hidden that they buy wholesale, rebrand and sell their goods. There’s an article where they freely admit it and have never lied about this. I have found their face masks and eye masks on Alibaba for 3 cents a piece….let that sink in when they sell 10 for $21 or close to that.

DLS (Dirty Little Secrets) is a brand owned by Emanuele DeFalco. The reason why people hate this brand so much is because she lied to everyone and said her sister, who “went to chemist school” created these brands from scratch and this is her proprietary formula. Not to mention this is cheap makeup from unknown manufacturer sold for pennies. Everything from all her brands is bought from Alibaba for dirt cheap….like less than a dollar. Her moisturizer which she sells for $100 was found on Alibaba for $1.70 landed. People have found all her import records but she has yet to admit it even though she was caught. She has dozens of brands :Dirty Little Secret, Luna by Luna, Steve Laurant, Bang Beauty, Faccia Skin, Basic Beauty, Glow on 5th, Saint Luxe, KAB Cosmetics and possibly Sophia + Mabelle.

Since most people have found out about her scam of selling 25 cent eyeshadow quads and 5 cent lipsticks she has moved to using her friend as the frontwoman of her new brands to trick people into not thinking it’s not her. So, her latest brands Saint Luxe, Basic Beauty and Glow on 5th, shows her black friend Nicole as the owner and she used the black owned angle to get into Ipsy. Savvy people have found her import records that show all these 3 brands are under DLS and the websites and registration of these brands are registered to DeFalco only. I have written to Ipsy and they denied it and when I showed them proof of the import, registrations records, and connection to this woman they denied it again and said they’ll forward to management but never said they will stop buying these fake brands.

Some makeup/skincare from China is good, but a lot isn’t. No hate, it’s just that there’s more regulations from labs in the US, UK or Europe then from the largest online wholesaler that’s unregulated in China. If I could I would post several articles that discusses this.

After reading all of these comments it sounds like I’ll be cancelling soon! I was already on the fence after my first two X boxes included mostly things I’ll never use. I was waiting to give it another chance but I think I’ll be done after August.

GRACE AND STELLA is a bad filler brand?? Someone posted that above then another person replied that G&S isnt. Can we get an accurate response please? Thanks much, Carla

I’ve enjoyed using their stuff and thought they were clean and good???

Didn’t Ipsy make a solemn promise of no more DLS brands about this time last year? I guess that promise expired. Everyone needs to contact Ipsy and let them know we’re on to their shenanigans.

My first reaction to this post was…oh no, sounds like more questionable private label brands on the way. Ugh. I know some won’t be but I also think some will be–and I’ve had enough of wondering where they’re getting their stuff all the time. I don’t trust their sourcing. Kinda makes the light and fun experience of Ipsy not so light and fun any more. For me anyway.

Symbiosis London is a fake company whose addresses were found to go to Home Depot locations, I doubt they’ve cleaned up their practices,only hid it better. It might be time to completely cancel Ipsy, I’ve had many mazing products over the years and I have a lot that needs used still without filling drawers full of tiny crap products.

I unsubscribed from julys glam bag plus. And ive quit the regular glam bag. The regular glam bag features one or maybe 2 awesome sephora items and the rest of the bag is turning into filler. That essentially makes that one sample you wanted $13-14 after tax. And to know a glam bag plus is gonna suck before the interesting glam x release means 27 bucks down the toilet for uninteresting ipsy brands
TLDR Recap: i see it as Pay 27 bucks for ipsy brand and DLS to pay 55 bucks and tax for the chance of getting a few known brands and more mystery items.

The Tanais Lip Oils and the Bali Balm were choices for June at least for me. Maybe MSA is late with this post?

Is this for JULY? We already got our June bags. I didn’t see any of these in my bag.

The green tea toner looks nice, but I already have a huge bottle of a similar product from Tony Moly. Nothing else really interests me and I’m paused again this month anyway.

I am only getting one more bag because they offered it free next month if I didn’t cancel. I’m thinking I maybe should’ve just cancelled but glad to see some new brands

I got that LES eyeshadow quad this month. Didn’t care for it. Didn’t get any of the others

So excited about Bali Balm! I got one of these in Boxy and then bought 4 more in their sale because I loved them so much. Been working my way through all of them. I use them every single day! So excited to get my hands on some more. Definitely my ride-or-die lipbalm of choice.

And how many of these are DLS products/brands? 🙁

Is this for June or July???