October Ipsy bag review.

 

I had thought about skipping my subscription for the month of October, but when I saw a sneak peek at this months bag I decided to get it. I have a crazy amount of bags already so I probably shouldn't have, I just couldn't help it. The October bags are usually pretty cute and suit my likes more than the regular bags through out the year. Let's dive into what the bag looks like and what I received in my goodie bag this month. This months bag is black with vampire lips and a lime green lining inside of the bag. 

IT Cosmetics "confidence in a cleaner" & Pacifica highlighter/blush combo. Both of these were actually products that I cashed in my earned points for, so technically they didn't come in this months bag. I may keep the cleaner however the Pacifica I selected to use in one of my upcoming Beauty & The Book Giveaways. 

Tatcha "The Dewy skin cream" - I've seen a lot of people who really like this product because of the benefits they've seen while using it. I however am on the other side of it, only because I don't really like the scent of it so I won't be using this. 

Lottie London "Slay all day liquid lipstick in "Yass" - The name reminds me of the newest season of You for some reason. The color looks like a lovely shade, however I have too many shades that are similar to this one so this won't be used and instead put towards one of my giveaways.

Seraphone Botanicals "Camelina + Strobe luminizing primer" - For this month's "choose one product choice", there wasn't a ton that was catching my eye and this seems to be a brand that several of my followers enjoy so I selected this simply to use for giveaway purposes.

Sur.Medic Facial cream - I am looking forward to trying this one out, I have several other things I need to use up before using this, but I've heard great things about it. The tube is a pretty decent size and since you only need a little bit of it, I can see this lasting for quite some time. 

Blume cleaners - This is another one I am looking forward to using, but will have to use what I has left of my current cleanser first so I don't have a ton of half empty tubes. Does anyone else who gets subscription boxes run into that issue? 

For the price of $13 a month it isn't too bad, you get a makeup bag along with five different products you might have never heard of or tried which is nice. Some pros and cons;

Pros - 

• If you don't like something in your bag, you can always re-gift it.
• You can try out name brands you might not normally be able to afford.
• Many of the products may be travel/sample sized, however some of them last for quite some time. Items like lipstick can last months before you run out of it so it is a good deal money wise.
• Broken down it comes to $2.60 a product if you don't include the bag, or $2.16 if you count the bag.
• Each month you get to hand pick out one product that goes into your bag.
• You can earn points for reviewing products on their site, which you can cash in for freebies.
• Easy to cancel your subscription at anytime.

Cons -

• You might end up with a product you don't like/won't use.
• You end up with way too many bags if you subscribe for several months at a time.
• For me personally, I seem to get more skincare products than makeup and I would rather get a better ratio or more makeup than skincare. 

Do you subscribe to any subscription brands? If so which do you like, and are there any you hate?

* This is not a collaboration with Ipsy, I pay for my monthly bags myself, I just like sharing them with my readers.