My favorite day of the month: When my ipsy Glam Bag arrives!

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I simply believe in spreading the word about good companies and products.

Each month $10 is automatically deducted from my bank account. In exchange for that $10, I receive a super cute makeup bag full of awesome cosmetics! This fulfills my MUST BUY MAKEUP need, without spending much money at all. Each month there is a new bag designed especially for ipsy, and each bag comes with 4 or 5 full-size, high-end products.

When you sign up (and you should), they ask you to fill out a quick survey about your skin type, colors, favorite brands, etc.

There have been things in these bags I never would have tried on my own, but now I adore and use every day. Each one of the products in the bag is worth at least $10 all by itself. I haven't found another service that is as good a deal as this one. (Although, there are a lot of these out there. The monthly grab-bag is kind of a thing right now. You can even get one for your baby, which comes with their age-appropriate toys and products. Or one for food. Or one for your dog. Whatever you're into. Mine happens to be makeup, and ipsy seems to be the best deal out there for makeup.) 

I have somehow lost the picture from April's bag, which happens to have been my favorite, but I found a review someone else did... you can see it here. I got more actual makeup in April's bag, and it was my style (dramatic black eyeliner, fake lashes, bright pink lipstick, etc.) so that month was my favorite so far. 

May's bag was spring-inspired (below). The bag was green and cream canvas, and came with 5 things: 

1. Some weird spray water stuff for your face... still haven't figured out what that's for. (If one of you gets this for Christmas, just smile and say thank you.) 
2. Hang Ten sunscreen, which I use under my makeup every day I'm planning to leave the house.
3. eva-nyc Therapy Session Hair Mask, which I love. 
4. That Pacifica stuff is pretty great, I use it as my eyeshadow when I'm looking for something really light and natural, or as highlight and bronzer. 
5. My personal favorite from May was the Too Faced Chocolate Soleil bronzer. This stuff is amazing and I use it every single day. It's made with actual cocoa powder, doesn't make me break out, and lasts forever. Love it. 

May

June was even better. I kinda wish you could have heard me squeal when I opened it.

The bag is nylon, not my favorite look, but it's serving a great purpose holding all my lipstick in one place now. (A few more months and I'll be giving the bags away because I won't know what to do with them... how cute will that be? Little birthday gifts in cute makeup bags?) This is what I got in mine:

1. Be a... bombshell mascara, which is great. (Full-size, yay!)
2. Marc Anthony beach waves beach spray, which I liked more than I thought I would.
3. NYX butter gloss, by FAR my favorite product this month! I will be buying more of this.
4. The shimmer eyeliner is great, but I already have several of these, even one in this very color. I do love it, but will probably end up giving it away, because I don't have a need for more.
5. Skinn Olive and Enzyme Cleanser - this is one of those things I got because I included my oily skin in my profile.

June

My very favorite thing I got from ipsy was Cailyn high-pigment lip balm. I adore it so much I bought two more. Oh, after they send out the bags, they have sales on the products in them, so you can buy more if you liked it. And every time 5 people sign up for their own ipsy bags with my link, I get to choose a free product for my next bag... so if you do sign up, use my link, pretty please? :) 

Is it July yet????? I can't wait for my bright pink package to come to the door!