Ipsy Bag for January 2026

The Ipsy bag for this month is beautiful. It's a silvery white with a geometric pattern. The zipper is on one side at the upper top section and has a copper zipper and charm on a blue background. The charm says Ipsy on one side and has a mock coin design on the other.

One of the products I was most anticipating was the ELEMIS Peptide4 Plumping Pillow Facial. I didn't really have an overnight cream and I wanted to see how that would work for me. I had some questions about the concept. I wasn't sure how well this would work. I didn't know if there would be transfer to my pillows. However, a lot of my concerns were handled when I used this. The product itself is very hydrating, but still maintains a decent consistency. It glides on and then melts into the skin, meaning there would be no transfer to the pillows or sheets. It feels wonderful and the smell is very subtle and calming. It has night scented stock, Indian jasmine, ylang ylang, and orange. It's certainly something to look forward to before bedtime.

I also received the MOONSLICE BEAUTY Cream Blush in the shade Cutie Pie, which is a pinkish coral. When I saw that I would have this product in my bag, I wasn't sure how I felt about the color. Recently, I've started getting more accepting of orangey shades, but I didn't know how that would mix with the pinkness of it. When I opened it, I adored the packaging. It's heart-shaped and a good good-quality plastic. No mirror, though. It's very creamy and glides on well. It looked good on my skin and settled in a way that felt very natural.

One of the things I was pretty interested in was byrosiejane's Remi Perfume. As I've mentioned before, I'm very fascinated by scents lately. The top notes on this are bergamot and cardamom. The middle notes are petitgrain, verbena leaf, white gardenia, Indian jasmine, and green hemp. The base notes are milk musk, white amber, and cedar. I found the scent to be clean, fairly unisex, and inviting. The only problem I had with this was the sample size. I mean, I realize you get sample sizes with Ipsy bags, but this is so very small. Still, I enjoyed the scent a good deal.

Now, an item I wasn't too sure about was LUNA MAGIC's lip pencil. For one thing, I got a lip pencil last month. For another, the color, Strawberry Mojito, was described as a pinky-red. But when I opened it, I didn't actually find it to be pinky-red at all. It's more of a rich neutral color and it looked amazing on my lips. This pencil also glides very easily and I found it an effortless application. I a lot of the time I find I have difficulty controlling lip pencils because my lips are crooked, but this one handled quite well. Lip pencils have a tendency to feel really dry as well, but this one actually didn't. It felt smooth, and once on the lips, it felt like nothing. 

The item that I chose for myself was the SUGARSILK Ethereal Eyes Palette. Why did I choose this? Well, to be honest, it was my first time getting to choose an item from Ipsy and as the window for selection is narrow, I kind of panicked and just went with what seemed like the best thing for me. This was before I received two other palettes from some Allure boxes and before I realized my coloring was altering to the point that I'm looking better in warm than in cool tones. I did find these tones to work with me, though. The pans have a lot of pigment and the colors are quite nice. I think it has a lot of potential.

MY LIST FROM FAVORITE TO LEAST

1.ELEMIS Peptide4 Plumping PillowFacial

2.LUNA MAGIC Strawberry Mojito lippencil
3.MOONSLICE BEAUTY Cream Blush in Cutie Pie
4.SUGARSILKEthereal Eyes Palette
5.byrosiejane's Remi Perfume, but really only because it's such a small sample.