ipsy | October 2015

Yeeeeaaaahhh...so I forgot about this review.  The bag came in.  I opened it.  I thought it was nice.  And then I put it in the mythical box of things to review where it just...chilled.  So, before I can procrastinate another second...my October ipsy bag:

I got a pretty nice smelling hand cream by Ayres.  The cream its self wasn't anything to write home about, but I mean it was nice.  Did the job.  Now that I work in an office every day I see the need to always have a hand cream at my desk.  I finished this one in about a week and a half.

As for the Nourish Organic Pure Hydrating Argan Face Serum, I put it directly in my gifting pile.  Looks like a great little stocking stuffer.  I've tried this brand through ipsy before, but as I have said literally every time I get a skin care product: I have my skin routine.  It works for me.  I don't want to mess with it.

I was pretty excited about getting the tarte deluxe LipSurgence lip gloss in "Energy".  I am a huge fan of tarte blushes, and was excited to try this self-adjusting gloss.  As you can see from my swatch, it is a pretty neutral gloss. On me it is a rosy pink.  I'm glad I got this for novelty's sake but I don't think I would purchase the full size.

I don't have much to say about the eye liner.  It is kind of painful to apply--I prefer a gel formula.  Maybe one day subscription boxes will stop sending such generic items?

I was the most excited about theBalmCosmetics Mary-Lou Manizer.  this honey-hued highlighter really packs a punch both on my cheek bones and on my eyelids.  Seriously super impressed.  My only complaint is how small it is!  Really more the size of an eye shadow than a highlight.  I really have to work the brush over it to get an even application.

How cute is it?

So overall, I liked this bag.  But I liked it in the sense that I either loved an item, or I didn't.  My satisfaction between theBalm and tarte outweighs any "meh" feelings I have over other items.  The CAD is stinging me at $20 per bag, so I would love to see the CAD go up relative to the USD.  I like the gold bag and hope to use it over the holidays.

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