It's Ipsy time, friends!
This month's theme was "Sensationally Sunkissed." It came in a bright pink faux-leather pouch with scalloped edges, which you can see in the photo above, and my Ipsy bag contained the following:
I am someone who tans ridiculously easily even at the mere hint of sunshine, so I don't really have any use for this product, but... hey cool?
Definitely something I want to try. I don't know how much of a split ends problem I actually have since I've had a pixie cut on and off for the last couple of years and get my hair cut pretty much every month. It says "argan & hemp oil therapy," so even if it doesn't do anything split-ends-y to my hair, maybe it will still do some good anyway.
I always love a blue nail polish. I like this formula - it's not quite opaque in two coats, but it applies easily and dries quickly. We'll see how long it lasts (although, since I'm moving house, it's not necessarily a fair test of nail polish endurance to lift furniture and boxes). The translucence of the formula reminds me of jelly.
I admit, when I first saw this, I was disappointed because it's a very pale pink balm, which for me usually means that it will practically apply clear. The Pixi website tells me that this shade self-adjusts according to your pH level, which is pretty nifty, but for me... yeah, I only got a faint pinkish hue. Not much of a pH reaction there. *shrug* Oh well. It feels nice on my lips though. I would be interested in trying this in other shades that would hopefully lend some color.
It's funny, when I first looked at this, I didn't read the entire name on the package, and just assumed it was a BB cream sample and was like, "Oooh, bareMinerals is doing BB creams now?... Oh, but this shade is waaaay too pale for me," and then got disappointed. Ha! Luckily it's a cream shadow. It's smooth, pigmented, and stays on pretty well. In my swatch over there, the left side is how it looks freshly applied, and the right is after it's dried a bit. This will make a great base/primer.
So yeah, that's all for my July bag. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the stuff I got. I haven't been wearing makeup much since summer break started, but I'm glad to have some of these - the balm and the cream shadow especially are good makeup stash staples.
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