Ipsy - May 2014

Ipsy usually has pretty all-around decent customer satisfaction. Some people love it, some people hate it. This month is unique in that almost everyone hates this month's bag. It's especially interesting because the sneak peeks were promising and then... fail.

The theme, "Fresh Picks", is nice enough. Unfortunately, for some reason, they decided to do a skincare/haircare based bag. This didn't work for them in January... I'm not quite sure why they thought it would be better received now. Yes, sunscreen is a good idea - especially with the self-tan products they've sent out in the past. Other than that, though, this theme could have used a little more thinking through.

At least the bag's cute?

Here's what I got:

Pacifica Mineral Eye Shadow Duo, .07 oz, approx. value ???

Thoroughly mediocre. Decent colors; pigmentation is much better on the champagne color than on the purple. I will probably use the second color only. Weirdly, this isn't listed on Pacifica's website. I'm not sure why they'd send out a new product if subscribers can't repurchase it/buy for friends/etc.

Hang Ten Sunscreen, 1 fl. oz, approx. value $2.16

I mean, it's sunscreen. I'll use it. Meh.

Avene Thermal Spring Water, 1.76 oz, approx. value $3

...I have no idea what this product is supposed to do.

I even went to their website, and apparently, these are some applications for this product:

...I still have no idea why I would use this. Fortunately, someone is willing to swap me something I'll actually use for it. Hallelujah.

Nailtini Nail Lacquer in Frappe, .5 fl. oz, approx. value $13

I don't own a Nailtini polish, but I've heard good things. Unfortunately, I will never use this color. Ever. Hoping to swap this one for something more vibrant. This would be good for someone who doesn't have a lot of polish - a sheer pink/French mani color is great - but I have over 100 polishes, and if I wanted this color, I'd have acquired it by now.

Pur-lisse Pur-moist Moisturizer, .5 oz, approx. value $16

Having just calculated the value, I can only assume this moisturizer is made of unicorn jizz. I'm very happy with my drugstore moisturizer, though, so this is going into the swap pile.

Epic fail - there are exactly 1.5 products I'll use in this bag. A value of over $34 doesn't change that. The bag itself is super cute, though I wish it didn't have "ipsy" written all over it.

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I'd like to close by quoting my April Ipsy review last month: "This probably means next month will be worse than January's skincare/haircare bag, but honestly, it'll be worth it."

Sometimes I hate being right.