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New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Scam
July 9, 2018

I ordered a Mac makeup primer about a month ago. I was never given a tracking number or any update on my package other than shipped. I waited for over 2 weeks till I checked again and it said delivered. I never received my package. I wrote customer service and they were anything BUT helpful. They refuse to refund you or do anything other than auto respond. They basically stole 25 dollars from me. I canceled my glam bag and will never be using Ipsy again.

Date of experience: July 9, 2018
South Carolina
1 review
27 helpful votes
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I want to give a Zero
September 2, 2015

DO not go there with this company! If I could give a zero I would. Simply because they charged me $110 and I didn't authorize it. A year after my first purchase, they automatically renewed. I haven't heard a single word from them in one year and then I see my credit card has a charge on it for $110. I had bought this as a gift for my mom for one year. She told me she didn't like it several months ago but ipsy is so hard to contact that I tried to reach them but couldn't. Even now I'm disputing the charge through my bank because ipsy doesn't have a phone number lol what a joke of a company!

Date of experience: September 2, 2015
Virginia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I love my ipsy
January 29, 2018

I really do look forward to my ipsy delivery every month I have gotten a few things that are not my style, lipsticks and a few eye shadows but for the most part it's brought me a ton of things I would never have tried on my own. Plus I love giving the colors that don't work to my friends

Date of experience: January 27, 2018
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was so excited when I signed up for Ipsy, i carefully designed my profile and provided all the information required, I even purchased a full-size add-on to be sent with my glam bag. I waited eagerly for my first bag to arrive... it never did. After many attempts at contacting Ipsy's nearly useless customer service, they re-shipped my order. I finally received my bag an entire month later- without the full-size add-on I purchased. (Not to mention my disappointment with the glam bag itself- the products are way smaller than they look online and I expected better quality). Now I'm trying to contact customer service AGAIN to figure out why I paid over $20 for a non-existent add-on. On top of all of this, I just previewed my May glam bag (second month of my subscription) and they're sending me the EXACT same highlighter that was in the April bag. Cool.

Ipsy is a mediocre, misleading company and there's no question I'm canceling my subscription (let's hope I even can).

Date of experience: May 3, 2019
Illinois
1 review
22 helpful votes
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Took my money!
September 1, 2020

I bought the 12$ a month bag and they gave me a tracking number. After a week of no bag I checked it, and it was not a good tracking number. Went on ipsy, and it shows they took $12 out again for September, but no previous orders. So you have taken 2 months of payments and I have received nothing! And no customer service to talk to. Will have to dispute this garbage company with ny credit card and get my money back. Crooks!

Date of experience: September 1, 2020
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Very Disappointing
February 26, 2021

I have received 8 bags. I only use one product on a regular basis. It's as if IPSY hasn't taken my profile or my reviews seriously. Pale and matte lip colour (I want bold and I HATE matte!) and boring eye shadow/liners, as well. Still, I receive the same boring products. I would NEVER refer a friend.

Date of experience: February 26, 2021
Missouri
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Haven't received the last month's shipment
May 5, 2021

Its May 5th and I have yet to receive my April shipment. It's been 'en route' to a dhl distribution center since April 20th, that's 15 days. Ridiculous and I just emailed them and they could take 3 days to get back to me. If it doesn't get resolved in 10 business days I will cancel my membership and I'll just stick to boxycharm

Date of experience: May 5, 2021
Arizona
1 review
3 helpful votes
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No products received.
August 1, 2017

I got one bag in the mail. I paid for the next two months and still haven't received July's. I got a message from their team saying that my shipping updated, but it didn't. Why lie when I can check? Canceled my account and am going to Birchbox or Sephora. Ipsy needs to fix their shipping issues and offer refunds!

Date of experience: August 1, 2017
Minnesota
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Ipsy STEALS your $
January 21, 2021

Even though I have tried multiple times to cancel my monthly subscription to this company. They choose to ignore it and choose to bill me every month and then make it impossible to contact them about your complaint. They choose to ignore their customers and steal their money. Subscriber beware!
C. Hutch

Date of experience: January 21, 2021
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My sister sent me a bag it took a month and half then I Still didn't get so I ordered a new one they only send send the concealer and eyeliner. Then they offer a refreshment bag that came 2 month later

Date of experience: November 1, 2021
Netherlands
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I don't usually have time to go shopping at the mall so it's nice to find an online shop that has most of my preferred makeup brands. I may not be familiar with many of the brands there, but it's good to know I have more options in the future.

Date of experience: September 12, 2018
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I'm old/new to ipsy witch means I use to have it long ago. Never had this many problems! A simple mistake tunes into K os. Since last 2 months all I wanted was to pause a bag of my 2. There's a plus and a regular 10 dollar one for ppl that don't kno. So I really wish they would get a real 1800 number to talk to a human bc emails are terrible! They canceled my order charged me 2 times and this month told me I can't pause bc of my cancel that "they" did. They charged me again and its not even my fault! Bottom line all I was trying to do in the month was pause one little bag 2 months ago. And now it 3 months later of crazy ness. And Emails I am going to cancel. And all I get are same samples and one that are bad colors, stuff for face I don't use. That's why I pause. Can't blame me for not wanting. Or if I don't use them! I don't want to waist the money;!

Date of experience: August 1, 2019
Ohio
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Ipsy, use to be amazing. I subscribed for 3 years! This year the changed who they partner for shipping. Since changing to DHL, they have lost two of my glam bags and I'm lucky if I get my package by the end of the month.

Ipsy use to allow you to pick one item in your glam bag. Not anymore! Your stuck with what they choose for you based on your profile- which- they completely ignore.

I wouldn't recommend Ipsy. Not after the changes. They use to be amazing.

Date of experience: June 13, 2019
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have waiting so long for a bag and shipping said one deliver date and then never came in.
Trying to reach someone at ipsy is a nightmare. Also being new i had no idea when it came to pick my products. Once I realized maybe I did it wrong, I was unable to change it and trying to reach someone on
Instagram or by the the ipsy bot msg didn't work. Not being able to change what I pick when I wasn't sure what i was doing, made finally my first glam plus bag suck. I would not recommend to anyone until the customer service and shipping gets fix. Also not to happy how quick they charge my card and took the money when you cant even reach a live person or able to get a email with a real response.

Date of experience: June 23, 2022
Nevada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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My account is cancelled. I get into my account and it says it's cancelled. I have an email that says it's cancelled. But I got a charge in my card for another bag. I. My account says I only had one order so they are not sending anything right now but they charged me. This is a scam.

Date of experience: July 6, 2021
Tennessee
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Sucks
June 18, 2019

Took my money for June and still no bag or update on shipping. Customer service is a joke. I have canceled and will. Contact my bank for reimbursement from this horrible company. Steer clear cause it will eventually happen cause I am a long time member so

Date of experience: June 18, 2019
Georgia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Subscribed to ipsy and was really excited about getting my bag, once it came i liked the pink bag it got sent in but the contents were a big let down. I got 5 of the smallest items ever made and stuff id never use in this really cheap clear bag smdh. You come out better taking your money to the store and purchase the regular sizes of stuff u really need instead of paying for stuff u have no use for... totally a waste

Date of experience: May 14, 2017
Wisconsin
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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Just signed up
April 5, 2016

I am reading the reviews and as far as I'm concerned, we are receiving or will be receiving cosmetics for $10 monthly and usually good things we can use and if not they are definitely good to regift. The simple "free" advertisements we give ipsy by posting to face book or other sites is such a petty thing to complain about. We scratch their back they scratch ours so to speak. We get good deals and they get advertisement. I look forward to receiving my first bag!

Date of experience: April 5, 2016
Oklahoma
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I ordered a year's worth 1 1/2 yrs ago and they charged my card another $110 last January. There's no phone number to call so I wrote them. They sent an autoreply and said they would get back with me... case #*******. They never did and I was never reimbursed.

Date of experience: June 23, 2017
California
1 review
18 helpful votes
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I have read a lot about the social media requirement before getting off the waitlist. I refused to subject my information and that of my friends to this service, so I emailed them and told them I didn't appreciate being "wait-listed" as a form of social media blackmail. They responded quickly, removed me from the waitlist promptly and I have been receiving an Ipsy bag for the past 5 months. I love it. I think for 10 bucks it is fun to get and the items are enough to decide if you like something or not. (in most cases.)

Give it a try...

Date of experience: May 29, 2015

Overview

ipsy has a rating of 1.5 stars from 802 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with ipsy most frequently mention customer service, glam bag and credit card. ipsy ranks 104th among Subscription Shopping sites.

service
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value
227
shipping
225
returns
165
quality
213
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