REVIEW: Ipsy July 2013

It's Ipsy time, ya'll! :) 

Confession: I honestly meant to cancel my second bag this month, but completely forgot about it. So, I have some extra products this month from the norm. 

Here's what I ended up with in each bag:

Bag 1:

Healthy Sexy Hair Soy Renewal Beach Spray

COOLA Mineral Sunscreen Rose Essence Tinted Moisturizer

POP Beauty Pouty Pop Crayon in Fuchsia Flirt

BH Cosmetics California Collection Eye Shadow Sampler

Benefit Benetint

Bag 2:

Healthy Sexy Hair Soy Renewal Beach Spray

COOLA Mineral Sunscreen Rose Essence Tinted Moisturizer

POP Beauty Pouty Pop Crayon in Fuchsia Flirt

BH Cosmetics California Collection Eye Shadow Sampler

Nailtini Nail Lacquer in Mai Tai

So, as you can see...quite a few dupes. Which is why I meant to cancel in the first place. 

But I did finally start a trade thread on Makeuptalk this month & I've had excellent success trading my dupes for items I really wanted. :) So fun!

Everything I received this month, minus the dupes! The bag this month was a transparent pink round bag & the theme was Beach Beauty. :)

This month's discounts. For once, nothing I really wanted to take advantage of. If Benefit had a discount, I would have been aaaaall over that. Still thinking about ordering from Demeter!

Healthy Sexy Hair Soy Renewal Beach Spray. 
I am still in search of my holy grail beach spray, so I'm excited to try this. I think because my hair is so long, it won't really hold waves. Might try braiding it and then spraying this in while it dries OR may use it just to boost my roots for volume!

Nailtini Nail Lacquer in Mai Tai. 
Very pretty color! It's a very bright medium coral. I would normally love this, but unfortunately I've tried the brand before & wasn't impressed. This is on my trade list!

COOLA Mineral Sunscreen Rose Essence Tinted Moisturizer. 
I was a little nervous about the rose scent of this, but honestly I can hardly even tell it's scented. It feels refreshing & moisturizing going on, but that feeling fades within an hour or two. I will continue to use this solely for the SPF. Gotta protect this face!

POP Beauty Pouty Pop Crayon in Fuchsia Flirt. 
This isn't really the color I think of when I think of Fuchsia...more of a hot pink. And actually, when applied it's not super bright! Definitely wearable. (see swatch at the bottom of this post!)

Benefit Benetint.
I didn't open this, because I'm sending it out in a trade but I have tried this sample before & liked it! If you can get it applied evenly, it adds a really nice subtle color to your cheeks and lips and lasts ALL day until you take it off.  I'm more of a powder blush fan myself, but if you want staying power this is the stuff to use!

BH Cosmetics California Collection Eye Shadow Sampler.
LOVE THESE COLORS. These are actually pretty much my favorite shadow colors. I wear gold/copper/brown for my daily look & purple is my favorite for weekends! The packaging is adorable and I love that I can stick this right in my purse for touch-ups. They're not quite as pigmented as I'd like, but I will still use them up! (See swatches below)

Swatches: POP Beauty Pouty Pop Crayon in Fuchsia Flirt, BH Cosmetics Eye Shadows in Hollywood, San Fransisco, & Malibu.