December Glam Bag

Today I received my IPSY December Glam Bag. I get so excited when I see the hot pink padded envelope in my mailbox!  This is a beauty product monthly subscription that I have signed up for.  It costs $10 a month and that includes shipping. Each month I receive a cute little makeup bag filled with surprises. This month the bag was a pretty metallic charcoal color with a hot pink lining. It is the perfect size for storing your makeup brushes in. Drum roll...and the contents are!


1. Mirabella Prime for face and eyes (retail price $29)
This is a full size product! It can be used as a primer for your entire face under foundation or can just be put on your eyes. It went on very smoothly and my skin felt just like velvet. My foundation looked really smooth too.

2.Be a bombshell lip gloss in hot mess (retail price $14)

This lip gloss is a trendy red color. I personally don't like the color on me. I have seen this color on models and it looks great. I guess I just can't pull off the color. The lip gloss quality itself is really good. I liked the way it went on and it stayed for awhile. I may go to their website and pick a different color. This was also a full size product.

 
3. NYX Eyeshadow in pearl (retail price $3)
This eyeshadow was a very pretty pink shimmery color. It was a loose powder eye shadow-which isn't always my favorite, but it went on well. It looked pretty as eyeshadow but I really liked it as a highlighter. This is a full size product and they offer 30 colors to choose from on their website, so at $3 a piece you can get a few.

4. Mai Couture Highlighter Papier in St. Barts (retail price $28)
This highlighter papier is sold at Neiman Marcus and is imported. So I guess its pretty fancy! I was excited to use it! I read online that Mai Couture's philosophy "is based on the simple premise makeup should enhance one's natural beauty without complicated steps".  Maybe I'm an idiot but I thought trying to tear this little sheet of paper out of this book without rubbing off the highlighter was kinda complicated.  I will most likely keep trying to use it, but I would definitely not spend $28 on it. But kudos to IPSY for sending me fancy stuff!

5.Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Eye Pencil in zero (retail price $19)
This eye pencil did exactly what it said. It glided-on... I was really impressed how smoothly it went on. It wasn't incredibly precise, but I just went back with an angled brush and cleaned it up. I liked the color a lot. It looked very rocker-ish!

Here is a look using all of the products. Yikes! That lip color is bad!
Its kind of Flo-ish (Progressive Insurance Lady)

My overall opinion this month is very satisfied! This is the 3rd month that I have been receiving this subscription and I would recommend it to everyone. It has great products and I think it is a pretty good value. I am impressed how many full size products that you get!

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