Ipsy Announces $1.99 Handling Fee

The handling fee was bad enough on shop orders, just raise the price of the bag don’t slap a sneaky extra fee on.

Shady.

Either way not worth the new price, but they lost trust too

I’ve been a member since 2014 and I’m cancelled today after noticing the extra charge to my bank account. It’s bad enough they hiked prices up a short time ago, but this is ridiculous. I’ve checked everywhere and I had not been notified in writing about any extra charges starting in July. I was already close to cancelling my subscription because when Ipsy started the “pick an item for your bag” it solidified my suspicion of not ones single product was chosen because of my profile survey. Whatever item I chose for my bag, the rest was pre-chosen from their stupid postcard insert. It’s a shame because I really used to love this service.

Been an Ipsy customer for years. Was unaware of the $16.00 price increase until I checked my bank statement. I hate that have to cancel my subscription.

I cancelled both my Glam Bag and Glam Bag Plus this week after being a member for 3 1/2 years. I’ve been paused on both since January and received a Glam Bag this month (June) which had only one product I really enjoyed/wanted. They don’t pay attention to my profile (says “adventurous,” I get brown eye shadow ad nauseum) and I get the same product types over and over and over. This plus the late spoilers, no name/made in China junk brands and the price increases finally made me pull the plug. Too much work to remember to pause every month. I’m not convinced Ipsy will ever again approach the quality of their heyday despite the “we’re making improvements for you” messages. It was fun while it lasted, but it’s most definitely not fun–or a good value–any more.

Where are the July spoilers for Ipsy Plus! The month is almost up

I skipped for July. Holding out for 1 last X bag in August… then probably canceling. The prices are getting ridiculous. The better option might be quarterly X bag only + flash sales. (Better products/brands). Glam bag is dollar store junk practically. Plus is a close second.

Can anyone tell me if you’re still able to skip a month if you have the annual plan? I like this option and don’t know if I’ll lose it if I go annual. Can’t find this info ANYWHERE on Ipsy or MSA.

Got the email been on fence about canceling and this may have just done it for me I may skip this month again but canceling seems to be in the near future they honestly don’t have anything keeping me anymore brands u have never heard of and yet they keep raising the prices and fees for this and that ect. I have had ipsy for probably 5 years now but they have REALLY GONE DOWNHILL AND ITS SHOWING lmao blaming inflation well if it comes down to gas or feeding my family guess ipsy will be the one to go 🤷‍♀️💁‍♀️

Canceled yesterday, I did receive the email. Price keeps going up and quality going down. I’ll probably switch back to Allure, wish Sephora Play still had a bag.

Oh, and no. I didn’t get an email either.

I’ve been an ipsy member for over 9 years. I just jumped through all the cancelation hoops to end my subscription. My bag was the worst ever this month….dollar store mascara, lip and tiny eyeshadow quad, a Laruce brush and a sunscreen. All made in China except the sunscreen (made in India). And they want to raise the price again? No. Just no. I’ll keep the GBP for now, but it’s likely to be on the chopping block as well (along with Allure and BoxyLuxe).

I never even got the new fee email. If it weren’t for MEA I wouldn’t know about it until I actually paid. Very sneaky

Eyescream Beauty Bag is $12.50 and you’re guaranteed a palette every single month. I may try that next

I think I will cancel Ipsy. I have product overload, and am loving Margot Elena, just received my second box, and am really impressed.

Yeah, this is a bummer. Went from $12 a month- which was AWESOME to over $16 total in less than a year? Nah. The samples are so hit and miss, usually miss, tbh. I love the flash sales because I scour and research and snag some perfect finds. Probably going to just pause every month or honestly, I sell Avon and get a helluva discount for myself and will probably continue to buy my Belif skincare from myself and Avon instead of using Ipsy for my skincare try-out products. It’s not as fun sticking to the same products for me, but these companies offer so may bait and switches on prices…I cant!…I will miss the variety though…

My May bag has still not arrived. I am going to skip my bag monthly and keep my account active to shop flash sales. Ipsy has become cumbersome. I really wish they would keep the make up bag and forget about the extra $2 fee. Over the last few months, they have raised the price of add ons and started to add a handling fee to flash sale purchases. And all of the worthless Chinese junk brands have ruined this sub for me.

Love Ipsy, still the best value even with the additional shipping fee.

I am already on an annual sub but thinking of canceling because of the fact that my bag is always arriving late I didn’t get this e-mail yet

I am glad I cancelled a few months ago. I was not impressed with stuff made in China. I only used 2 or 3 samples a month anyways.

That helped me pull the cancellation trigger immediately. Easy decision.

Definitely not worth $15. I considered upgrading to annual but the link would not load the page. This is probably a sign to stop spending so much on this crap. I will skip until I cannot any longer. I know it’s only $1.99, but I rarely like more than 2 samples. And gas prices are out of control. Something has to go.

Althought I like Ipsy, this month was a disaster for me, they sent me black nail polish for summer and a very dark eyeshadow…. with the new fee and taxes, they are now competing with Allure beauty box (that has 3 full-size products) and some other $21.00 boxes.
I have subbed to them for over 10 years and believe this was a bad decision on their part – I will miss them, but the value is not there anymore at that price point for samples.

Yep… that’s a wrap for me. There is no way a $2 increase is worth it for me. Smells greedy. Sucky!

Welp, it’s the end of the line for me. I have subbed since their second bag ever and despite sub-par brands and price increases I never cancelled. I wouldn’t even care if everything was a smaller size, as long as it had solid brands I could try out.

I miss the OG Birchbox and Ipsy bags that had a variety of items from reputable brands, it didn’t even have to be prestige brands! Or when they sent newer indie brands I’d never heard of but were exciting to try. I don’t want relabeled junk from overseas or random “celeb” brands from people I’ve barely heard of.

I’d rather pay a few more dollars and get the Allure box which always has a couple full-size products.