Ipsy June Bag Review!

Around my birthday in May I decided that I wanted to subscribe to Ipsy for a month just to see if I got lucky and found some new favorites, I ordered at the end of May so I ended up with the June Ipsy bag. I figured even if I ended up not wanting any of the items they sent I could add it to my next makeup giveaway. Today I am going to share with you what I thought about the bag I received, and want to note that this is not a paid or sponsored post, I paid for the month myself. So let's get to the review, is the Ipsy subscription Yay, Nay or Meh?

I personally think the subscription is Meh, It kind of seems that even if you fill out the surveys to your exact likes and dislikes you'll still end up with items you didn't want and that there isn't a large difference in the bags you receive versus what others receive. The subscription is $12 a month plus taxes so my total came out to just over $13 which isn't too bad. If you aren't familiar with Ipsy each month you'll receive a makeup bag along with five sample sized products that are "suited" to your likes/dislikes. 

The June bag included a cute marble makeup bag, which seems pretty sturdy and water proof. The five sample products I received were a Benefit Roller Lash Mascara, Glow for a cause "lip love flirt" lipbalm, LXMI "Nicotica Goddess Glow" hydrating illuminator, The Balm cosmetics eyeshadow in "Wall St." and a Hey Honey copper peel off mask. 

I do enjoy the roller lash mascara as it is a product I already use so I was happy to have another travel size of it since my other is a travel size as well and is close to being finished. I generally don't use a lot of blush/highlighter/illuminators so I am unsure if I will use the illuminator included. At least once a week I like using a mask or a peel so I look forward to using the one in this bag, it looks like it will be a neat one to use due to the color of the mask itself. I was a bit bummed to see a lip balm included as one of the five monthly items, it would be fine if it were an added freebie as a promotional thing for the company that would be great but it feels like an easy way not to include another makeup type product in the bag. Based off just the bag and the products I am not sure if I'd continue this subscription full time knowing some of the other subscriptions that are out there, however once in a while getting a bag just for fun isn't that bad and won't break the bank. 

As an added bonus though I received a Berry Burst fun sized palette for being a new subscriber which I was more excited to receive than the samples in my bag. The colors included in the palette look gorgeous and I can't wait to use it! If you end up continuing your subscription they send an email towards the end of the month where you can pick out one of your five items in your next bag. For the July bag I picked a Kat Von D eyeliner as my "choice" item. I wasn't originally sure if I wanted going to keep my subscription going another month, but they had a deal that I couldn't refuse. To try to keep subscribers the cancelation email gave me an option to give them a second chance and my next bag would "be on them". Perhaps it was just this month that I thought was Meh so I will give it one more month and see how I feel about July's bag. 

I will be using at least three of the items in this bag not including the palette and will be posting individual reviews of the items over on my Influenster account if you want to check that out. If you aren't familiar with Influenster it is a site where you can sign up to complete surveys which could qualify you to get free voxboxes with various goodies, no blog is needed in order to sign up. I've had a few friends sign up who aren't bloggers and they've received boxes. You can sign up Here.