Overall Rating: 3.8 stars. Not bad, but not great either.
Best Product: Hands down, Jor'el Parker Femina perfume.
Worst Product: Starlooks lip gloss in "Cuddle".
Most Expensive Product: Hikari Cosmetics blush in "Tango".
Glam Bag Total Value: ~$42
Hey Honey's "Good Morning: Honey Silk Facial Serum" is a nice way to prep your skin for the day, if you can afford it. A full-size bottle of this goes for $41, although a little does go a long way. This product is great for brightening and smoothing your skin, and is a good base for makeup application. There are a lot of other products you could use for this purpose, but this is still a nice one. Since it uses honey as an ingredient, you cannot use it if you have a honey allergy. I give this product 3 stars, and my Ipsy sample was worth $11.58.
I've heard a lot about the Balm from my favorite beauty blogger, Vampy Varnish, so when I saw I would be getting a sample from their Nude Dude palette, I was pretty excited. I got the color "Fit", and the product did not disappoint! Even at sample size, the packaging was cute, and the shadow itself has great color payoff and consistency. It reminded me of my favorite Urban Decay eyeshadow, "Trick", so I swatched a few shadows side by side for comparison:
The full-sized palette goes for $36, so my single shadow was worth $3. 5 stars.
I have received Hikari products in previous glam bags. This blush is actually really great. The color, "Tango", is very complimentary to my skin tone, and it is HIGHLY pigmented. You definitely have to use a light hand when applying this product, but that's good, since you won't go through the product as fast. It's a great color for spring. This sample was full sized, and retails for $15. 4 stars.
This was my least favorite of the bunch. I can't exactly put my finger on why; the color is nice, it looks good over other colors, and has a subtle shimmer to it. Aside from the fact it's a bit tacky on the lips, I don't have a good reason for not digging it. I just don't. It feels like a cheap product to me and overall there was nothing exciting about it. My sample size was worth $3.27, and I give it 2 stars.
This was the gold star product of this month's glam bag. I had just recently spent two hours in Ulta looking for a new fragrance to no avail, when a couple weeks after I saw I was getting this in my glam bag. I rolled it on my wrists, and loved it. I would have never discovered it if it weren't for Ipsy. The fragrance notes include fruits and florals (my favorite combo), like lemon, grapefruit, forsythia, and plumeria, with Tahitian vanilla and musk. I was super happy to have this new fragrance to wear this upcoming summer. A full size bottle goes for $55, but my sample was worth $9.68. 5 stars!
Overall, my April Glam Bag didn't knock my socks off in the excitement department, but it did have a few outstanding products. I'll be using the blush and the perfume well into the summer!
Did you get a glam bag this month? Were you happy with what you got?
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