Once I tore the bag open, the first thing to fall out was a little card that said the theme for this month was "beautifully bohemian." The makeup bag itself is a lovely hemp and raffia woven number, great for spring and summer. I love all the different colors, and I can definitely see using this bag again!
Inside the bag I got a blush, an eyeshadow, a teenytiny lipgloss, a perfume rollerball, and a facial serum.
When I was looking at the samples I was getting in my bag online, I know that I was honestly less than elated with what I was receiving, but as I played with what I was getting it grew on me more and more.
The blush is from a brand I've never heard of--Hikari, but it is a beautiful blush! I received the color Tango, and it's a gorgeous matte coral-pink shade. It's also very soft and wonderfully pigmented. I am going to have to use a very light hand or a stippling brush to make this work on my pale complexion, but I think it will be extra gorgeous once I get a tan!
The only product I had heard about before getting this bag was the eyeshadow. It's a pan from The Balm Nude Dude Volume 2 palette. I ended up with Flirty, which looks like a bog-standard bronze in the pan, but really comes alive when swatched! It isn't bronze at all, it's a gorgeous purple-y shade with a champagne shimmer. Although I had my heart set on UD Naked 3 as my next big palette purchase, this Balm eyeshadow is so lovely that it might have swayed me into looking at one of their palettes for my next purchase.
The last color cosmetic I ended up with was a lip gloss by a brand called Starlooks. I got the shade Cuddle, a pinky nude. It's honestly quite boring, and the packaging is so small that I'm not entirely sure what to do with it. Yes, it works, but it's also like a dozen other pinky nude lipglosses I have in my collection. I will say that it does smell nice--like caramel. But I wouldn't repurchase this and I honestly don't know if I'll even bother with using it.
(L-R: Blush, Eyeshadow, Lipgloss)
The perfume was what I was most disappointed about when looking at my preview bag online, but I have to say that it really exceeded my expectations! It's a rather generous rollerball by the brand Aromachology in the scent Sophisticated and Sensual Floral. I'm terrible at figuring out notes, but their website says that the notes are White Lily, Tuberose, and Grapefruit. This is a very classic and grown-up fragrance, with a very graceful feel. This could easily be either an every day fragrance or a special occasion fragrance. It's really lovely, honestly.
The last thing I got was the Hey Honey Good Morning Honey Silk Facial Serum. It's nice and moisturizing without being heavy. It has a nice, light fragrance, and does smell slightly of honey. It does what it says, and I might repurchase, but I also might not. It's good, but it's not spectacular, if that makes any sense.
Overall, I was really quite pleased with this bag! The lipgloss and serum were both meh, but I genuinely love the other three products I received! Definitely worth the $10 I paid for my monthly subscription. If y'all want your own subscription, feel free to sign up with my referral link. Admittedly, I do get Ipsy points if you use this link, but no money.
Thanks for reading!
xoxo, Kenzie
