IPSY Beauty Editors Share Their Favorite Products From December’s Glam Bag Plus
As beauty editors at IPSY, we try out a ton of products (and we mean a ton). Hundreds of products come across our desks every single month. And while we’re busy swatching, swiping, and testing so that we can give you all the tips and tricks you need to know—we’re also keeping mental notes of our personal faves.
Luckily for us (and you!), those favorites are more likely than ever to end up in our bags. That’s because we launched Ultra Personalization for Glam Bag Plus. Every month you get to choose three (!!!) of the five full-size products in your Glam Bag Plus, shop for amazing Add-Ons, and see what two products IPSY has selected just for you. All of this means you can build your perfect bag every single month.
Want to know what IPSY beauty editors are coveting this month? Here are all the products we’re choosing, adding on, and crossing our fingers IPSY includes in our own December 2021 Glam Bag Plus.
Tiffany Tse, Editorial Director
1. Choice: GLAMLITE S’mores Highlight and Contour Palette
“As if I needed another reason to love s’mores! Inspired by the campfire favorite, GLAMLITE’s playful palette consists of a toasted chocolate shade to define your features, a highlighter-worthy hue called marshmallow, and a graham-cracker-colored bronzer.”
2. Add-On: GRACE & STELLA Hydrating Rose Facial Spray
“It’s 3 p.m. on a Monday and you need a pick-me-up. Trust me when I say that a spritz of this rose water mist will instantly refresh and energize you! Plus, its anti-inflammatory properties are great for skin, working to reduce redness and control excess oil.”
3. RODIAL Glass Primer
“While I want nothing more than to achieve the glass skin look—a K-beauty trend that calls for a flawless, luminous, poreless complexion—I’m also fine with faking it. Now I can, thanks to this dewy primer. It’s formulated with skin-plumping squalane, cooling menthol, and glow-giving microscopic spheres that diffuse ambient light.”
Pia Bhattacharya, Senior Beauty Editor
1. Choice: UOMA Badass Icon Lipstick in Diana
“I’m a huge fan of UOMA’s buttery smooth lipsticks and creamy mascaras—not to mention their impressive foundation shade range. So I knew I’d love this lipstick. I usually stick to rosy neutrals, but when I saw this rich red, I was in love. It pushed me out of my lipstick comfort zone and I don’t regret it one bit.”
2. Add-On: OUAI Scalp & Body Scrub
“One whiff of anything OUAI and I’m head over heels—their products smell like heaven. This Scalp & Body Scrub is the highlight of my shower routine. It’s made with coconut oil (a favorite of mine) and sugars to gently exfoliate. It gets my skin and my scalp feeling squeaky clean and super smooth.”
3. KATE SOMERVILLE® ExfoliKate® Glow Moisturizer
“After using this for a few weeks, I can say it’s worth the hype. It’s great for brightening my skin up and keeping things smooth and soft during dry winter months. Plus, it’s super hydrating without feeling heavy like some richer winter creams.
Hannah Cassidy, Senior Beauty Editor
1. Choice: WE ARE FLUIDE Otherworldly Palette
“The holidays are creeping up fast, and I’m pulling out all the stops in the glam department to make up for last year’s lack of festivities. This palette has it all: shimmers, glitters, and toasty warm mattes to pull it all together. P.S. That green shade is a big holiday must!”
2. Add-On: R+CO Death Valley Dry Shampoo
“Fact: A travel-sized dry shampoo should be in everyone’s bag—especially in winter. It perks up flattened hat hair and gives life to greasy bangs when you’re scrambling to wrap meetings and head to a holiday get together with five minutes to spare.”
3. ELEMIS Peptide4 Eye Recovery Cream
“Between the sun setting at 4 p.m. and my late night salty chip habit, I need all the help I can get in the morning. The teensiest amount helps add much needed moisture and nourishment (thanks to their proprietary peptide formula) to my poor, deprived under eyes.”
Maddie Aberman, Senior Beauty Editor
1. Choice: VERB ghost prep™
“It’s officially hot tool season (sorry, I mean winter!). But with all that blow-drying, straightening, and curling I’m doing lately, my hair needs some serious T.L.C., which is where this leave-in cream comes in. It does it all: hydrates, smoothes, repairs, and protects from heat up to 450 degrees. Plus, it doesn’t weigh down my fine hair!”
2. Add-On: FOXYBAE Rose Gold Blowout Dryer Brush
“Speaking of hot tools, I’m completely obsessed with this blow-dry brush from FOXYBAE. It gives me the look of an in-salon, round-brush blow dry (‘90s supermodel hair, anyone?!) at home. And the best part? It only takes me 15 minutes.”
3. COMPLEX CULTURE Good Glow Blush Duo in So Chill + Glow Rush
“I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again and again, but blush is my ride-or-die, desert-island beauty product, and most mornings as of late, I’ve been reaching for this combo from COMPLEX CULTURE. The sheer hot pink shades give my fair skin the prettiest just-in-from-the-cold flush, and the radiant finish helps it look super natural, too.”
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