Ipsy December review

Ipsy is a monthly beauty subscription for $10 plus $4.95 shipping. Here is my Ipsy review.

You could probably use the zip as a key chain if you needed a new one.

This month is a cute, classy bag that nearly matches the bring pink bubble mailer. This month is about Inspiring Original [Women].

All the pretties.

I think this month was a really great month for me.
CAILYN Cosmetics
Just Mineral Eye Polish Full Size.$15. Interesting idea to include the applicator with the shadow. This shade is 005 Orchid, is lovely, pairs well with my GDE Fade to Fall and will also require a primer.

Coolway
Boost Repair Treatment Sample Size. $30/8 oz, $3.75 for sample. I've been putting off buying new shampoo/condition until I really need it, so this will help me get into January. ;)

Crown Brush
Infinity Shadow/Crease Duet Brush Full Size. C476, on sale for $6.99

NYX Cosmetics
Butter Lip Balm Full Size. $4. Every one received one of these in their bag. It's not fabulous, it's not awful. I'll use it.

tarte
deluxe lights, camera, lashes™ 4-in-1 mascara Sample size. Full size, $19, sample size 0.10 fl oz or $8.25. This was another item that most Ipsters were to receive.

Give ME all the pretties! ;)

I can estimate the total of this bag to be $38 and I'll use all of the items (even if I don't love them). It's kinda like Ipsy got the feeling I was about to dump the subscription in a couple months when it's time to renew and wanted to tempt me into staying with them. Well played. 

Take a picture of me!

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TopBox December Review

Fast shipping Batman! I received my shipping notice yesterday and my Topbox arrived today! Topbox is a Canadian beauty subscription box at $12 per month plus taxes for 4 (deluxe) samples. There are also options to upgrade to prive boxes or get the regular Topbox.

Here it is! Sorry for the quick pics. My newborn needs some love after her vaccines, and I want to get this up before Christmas duties arrive.

Kinetics nail polish, $12. This had leaked in transport. Luckily it was wrapped seperately, so nothing in the box was affected. It went straight in the trash. I couldn't open it and some of the polish was sticky. 

UPDATE: Topbox has offered to resent the polish free of charge.

Marsk Mineral Eyeshadow, $22.50 The eyeshadow is a very bright yellow. I don't have one in my collection yet.

Faith Gingerbread shower gel, $15.99. If Gingerbread smells like poop (seriously, I thought my toddler required a new diaper) they nailed it! I'll be trying to off-load this at Christmas. 

Eslor foil packets. I can't remember the cost on these (I've also gotten them in beauty box 5, and maybe topbox?). These are new. I tried the gel mask just now and because I thought the foil pack would only be good for one use, I piled it on. It didn't dry, so I don't suggest it ;) 

Total value: $50.00 plus foil packets.

After this box, I actually cancelled my subscription - but in name only. You can currently buy gift subscriptions, so in theory, I replaced my monthly subscription with a gift subscription. Mostly because there are things I like about Topbox, but this month was disappointing for me - even though the value was great at $50.00 plus.

Indulge Me December review

Indulge Me is a new Canadian subscription box. I joined for three months at $55. Currently you can join monthly for $20 or yearly for $220. I'm not sure what happened to the three month option.

This box was a huge improvement over last month. 

As promised the box was wrapped as "Pretty as a present".

What's inside:

A promo code for Trend Trunk. This made me a bit annoyed as I had to create an account and hand over my personal information to see the value on the card. My was for $5.00. I'm never going to use it. 

A set of 5 "Do It Yourself" gift packs. These are big enough for a gift card or some candies. 

A lovely smelling candle from Yankee Candles in Silver Birch. I used to buy other scents at my local Home Hardware.

L'Occitane Pivoine Flora hand cream. This smells amazing and unlike the Beauty Box 5 hand cream from November, feels really nice on.

Bizou Knit Scarf. The spoilers revealed pretty patterned scarfs.  I received a chunky knit in brown. It would have taken me 15+ hours to make this, but an experienced knitter 1-2? I like it.

The scarf is the actually same colour as my deck paint! 

As I said before much better box than last month. It didn't feel as ... dirty? rushed? suspicious? I consider it to have three items, a bonus and a promo code. I look forward to my last box, and I hope Indulge Me is able to figure out their brand soon. Looks like it will be nice.