November 2013 ipsy bag!

  

hi guys! guess what came in yesterday? my november IPSY BAG*! (theme: glam it up). ~Lin-chan ^.~

ranking the past eight months, from today's standpoint:

1. april 2. september 3. november 4. october

5. august           6. june           7. may           8. july

here's my impressions

1. em michelle phan pillow plush cushiony lip balm in sorbet (5g--full size, ret. $15) -- based upon the name, i thought that it would be a very soft lip balm in the pot, but it's actually very firm, similar to most of the pigmented lip pans from the day life palette. after a minute on the lips, it warms up to feel "pillow plush"-like. it feels really nice. colorwise, i'm not sure this is that much of a winner, if you're looking for something pigmented. but if you're want something rather sheer, this is pretty good.
• likelihood to repurchase: no, but maybe other colors. yes for other products
2. be a bombshell lip crayon in hot damn (2.5g--full size, ret. $14) -- the swatch doesn't really look as intimidating as the tube, but it comes out really close to the same as the cailyn lip balm from the september bag on my lips. it's not emollient at all, and tugs. if you look closely, you can see shimmer in the tube, but the shimmer doesn't translate noticeably. i'm going to hand this off to my mom like i did with the cailyn one.
• likelihood to repurchase: no, but will explore the brand
3. pixi beauty bronzer in subtly suntouched (3.2g--mini size, ret. $18 for 10.21g [$5.64]) -- this bronzer isn't really that dark, which is great for my fair skintone. it kinda reminds me of the blush in the em weekend brunch quadrant. i really like the packaging on this, the whole pot is rubberized. >.< i'm excited to try this out.
• likelihood to repurchase: maybe
4. nailtini nail polish in champagne (full size, ret. $13) -- this is a really pretty rose gold color. i was kinda looking around at getting a polish similar in color to this and yay, the search is over! i really like it!
• likelihood to repurchase: yes & explore the brand
5. starlooks gem eye pencil in topaz (2.4g--full size, ret. $14) -- like i said in september..i have plenty of eyeliners right now ~.~ but, in the pencil, it looks like a blue-toned silver. swatched, it's a gorgeous sky blue [..topaz] color. i likes it. like their obsidian pencil, it needs to warm up a bit and it'll just glide on.
• likelihood to repurchase: the no side of maybe
6. tresemme tres two extra hold hair spray (1.5oz--travel size, ret. $5.49 for 11.oz [$0.75]) -- oh, yay. yet another hair spray that i'll basically never use!
• likelihood to repurchase: no
7. gold snakeskin ipsy bag  -- i'm on the fence about this, while to some degree i like snakeskin texture, i'm not huge on gold.
• update: i think i'm going to pass this off to my grandmother, she has several metallic [and sequin] pieces of clothing, maybe she'll like this bag too? lol.
8. card with company info/discount codes
1. emcosmetics.com: 30% off any purchase, code: ipsy30 (exp. 11/30/13)
2. beabombshellcosmetics.com: 40% off any purchase & free coco delight lip gloss, code: ipsy40 (exp. 12/15/13)
3. pixibeauty.com: 25% off any purchase, code: bronzepixi (exp. 12/15/13)
4. tinibeauty.com: 50% off & free eyeliner with $25+ purchase, code: ipsy4glam (exp. 12/31/13)
5. starlooks.com: 50% off any purchase, code: ipsy (exp. 12/15/13)
6. bhcosmetics.com/ipsy: 20% off galaxy chic palette, code: ipsy20 (exp. 12/31/13)
7. glamglowmud.com: 30% off any purchase, code: ipsy (exp 12/13/13)
8. beautyonlinesupply.com: 30% off any kiss or iEnvy lashes, code: ipsy (exp. 12/15/13)
9. cailyncosmetics.com: 30% off any purchase, code: ipsy30 (exp. 12/15/13)

approximate product value: ~$62.39

 

sorbet, hot damn, topaz, subtly sunkissed

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