IPSY 🍦APRIL 2017 🍦

IPSY

APRIL 2017

 

April's bag couldn't beat the pretiness out of March's bag but it is unique in its own way. This month the bag is in a shape of a arcade ticket in bright orange, and comes with an info card and 5 products. 

 

1. Ciaté bamboo bronzer in the shade 'Palm Island'.

Sad to say that this bronzer is too light for my face, as you can see from the colour of my hand, it will probably look slightly darker than my current powder (urban decay naked skin powder foundation in light warm) but not dark enough for a bronzer. Hence im giving it away.

2. MICA beauty cosmetics highlight in shade #03.

I have received their angled brushes before and i love their brushes. But this highlight here is much too bright gold for me and i wouldnt use it as a highlighter nor as an eyeshadow. I will probably end up giving that away too.

 

3. Hanalei Aloe soothing gel.

Finally something useful, i have red acne prone skin especially on the forehead and around the nose area, aloe vera is known for its cooling effect especially on red-itchy areas. Hence this is a useful product that might help to soothe the redness.

4. Touch in SOL, no poreblem primer.

Truth be told i am scared of primers. As much as they promise to hold your makeup until eternity, some just does the opposite effect of clogging up your pores especially when not cleanse right. I find that silicon primers sometimes can cause extra greasiness to build up along the day, so i tend to look for gel primers nowadays.

5. Em cosmetics illustrative eyeliner.

This is one of the products from the creator Michelle Phan's revamped makeup line. Its great that she includes her products too in Ipsy so we get firsthand experience with them. This liner has a really smooth precise brush stroke that mimics an illustrative brush and i like that the tip is thin and allows the user control of drawing their catlines. Its a very pigmented black, however it is not waterproof. 

Overall, 3/5 of the items are great. I didnt like the highlight powder due to the shade, and also the bronzer because the shade is too light for me. The aloe gel is good for my redness and the primer is worth trying, i love the eyeliner because of the unique brush. Looking forward to May's bag!! 🎈