IPSY GLAM BAG 🍯 AUGUST 2018 🍯

IPSY GLAM BAG

🍯 AUGUST 2018 🍯

The August Ipsy bag is a bright orange honey bag with a cute little yellow tassel at the zipper. Ive got five products inside mostly leaning towards the warm shades as we are gearing on for the Fall season. And the motto of the month is, Confidence level: Selfie with no filter.

Hikari eyeshadow in Fierce

It has been awhile since I received any products from Hikari, I used to receive a lot of their lip products from another previous subscription bag. I think it’s a good move for Hikari to tone down on the all out products in subscription bags to give consumers some food for thought on the actual products. 

Fierce is a bold cranberry red with a satin finish. When swatched, the colour turns abit subdued and appears much more rustic with hints of burgundy in the red. A perfect shade for the creaseline and outer v, or a one shadow look swept across the entire lid. It has a consistency of smooth butter and can easily be blended in without leaving patchy marks, it is very pigmented so a light hand is recommended.

Pixi by Petra blush in Beach rose

I love tearing the plastic safety seal off because it makes me feel like im picking out a fresh product from the factory. Pixi by Petra is a brand well known for their mineral formula. This blusher is in the shade Beach rose and it perfectly named as it is a dusty nude rose shade which is pretty much universal and fits for most skin tone. Because it is on the nude side, the colour stands out more on the cheeks if you apply more layers on top for a longer lasting blush. 

Ciate glow to highlighter in Moondust

In singapore, the sephora stores here don’t stock the makeup section for Ciate, they only carry the nailpolishes. So its super exciting to receive their makeup products like their liquid lips and highlighter. Moondust is a glistening pearlescent pink, with specks of glitter. It is a creamy powder formula. Upon opening the packaging, i noticed that there is a slight dent in my highlighter pan but I’m not too bothered by it. 

This is honestly a really really pretty highlighter shade and it is also very creamy and pigmented. I depotted the pan from the plastic casing and placed it in my ofra magnetic palette, however i do have to stick a magnetic sticker since this pan isn’t magnet. 

Half Caked Lip fondant in Girl crush

This would be my second time receiving this lip fondant from Ipsy, previously i received the shade low key, this time round i got the shade Girl crush, which is a warm tone red. I love the brand image of the donuts and the sweet desserts, even the lip fondants smells like vanilla and cake. I like how this is a full size item and not a mini deluxe size. 

However, this liquid lipstick does dry matte so it does tend to make lips drier. So do prep your lips up with some moisturising balm before applying or add a gloss over to retain the moisture. 

Swatches:

Hey Honey Youth boosting honey & copper peel off mask

Yay for peel off masks!! I really love peel off masks because it gives me the satisfaction of peeling the remains off and watching as each impurities gets sucked out. This mask exfoliates and lifts away impurities and drama from the skin. It has a gel consistency with a shiny copper texture. It looks like i have chocolate spread out on my face when i wear this mask. After 10minutes of wearing the mask, i removed it by slowly peeling off the sides. The most satisfactory part i must say, would be the nose area as that is where my pores are the largest and cluttered. I don’t really see any visible youth boosting results, but i like it as a peel. 

Overall i actually really like this month’s bag because of the fact that it is mostly makeup products inside. I also enjoy the variety and array of different products like blusher, highlighter, lipstick, eyeshadow and skincare provided in the bag. It makes the bag feel complete when there are different types of product included, if only the rest of the bags have similar choices.