Ipsy Glam Bag All Time Faves!

So I have been getting the Ipsy glam bag for 13 months (My November one hasn’t arrived yet!! Fingers crossed it is in my mailbox tonight!) and I have actually discovered and purchased a bunch of full size items from my glam bags.  I thought I would put together a list of my all time faves that Ipsy has so kindly introduced me to!

From my first bag in October 2014:

Indie Lee Brightening Cleanser

I loved this cleanser so much that I went and ordered it.  It smells amazing and is not too harsh on my combination skin.  You can find this Indie Lee Brightening Cleaners here.

In December I discovered this awesome hair product:

Bumble and Bumble All-Style blow dry

I am a fanatic about my hair and the products that I use.  I tried this Bumble and Bumble hair cream and fell in love and had to buy it to use all the time.  It smells amazing too!

Coastal Scents Liquid Liner

I had never heard of Coastal Scents before getting this liner in one of my bags.  I have one piece of makeup that I use daily and that is black liquid liner.  I have tried so many different brands and will have to say this one is at the top of my list of favorites.  It stays on all day long, doesn’t smudge or fade while wearing it.  I really recommend this!  You cannot go wrong for spending only $2.95 on this either and it comes in a few different colors.

Eva-NYC up all night volumizing spray

Another hair product that I purchased full size.  This smells amazing!! That is the main reason I purchased it hahah.  Yes it works nice too but the smell is what had me purchase it.  You can find this Eva-NYC Up All Night Spray here.  You can get it in a 1oz bottle or 8oz bottle which I love.  So you have the option of sampling it to see if you really like it or not!

Gel Effect Nail Lacquer

I had never heard of this brand before.  I wasn’t a huge fan of the color but wanted to try it to see how I liked the formula and it really did stay on long and was super shiny.  Gel Effect by Aurora comes in so many colors so I decided to buy a few.  I also just saw that they are running a 30% off sale right now on their site!!

Did you discover brands from Ipsy that you never knew existed before?? If so which ones are your new faves?

xoLauren

Ipsy Glam Bag Mascara update

So I got to try the Hello Lashes mascara by It Cosmetics this morning.  I made sure that my lashes were completely clean this time.  I am not sure I like it as much as I thought I would.  It seems to get rather clumpy on the lashes and does not separate them as much as I would like.  I took these picture to show an example of how they came out.  They do not look awful but not sure it is a product that I would go out and purchase now.  I feel in pictures they do not look as bad because they do add volume and length but up close they look messy.

sampling the It Cosmetics Mascara

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Sorry, kinda blurry-was on the train trying to take it with my iPhone

Have any of you ever tried this mascara? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

XOL