Head to www.squarespace.com/alexandriaryan to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ALEXANDRIARYAN Check out my Poshmark to find some items from todays video listed in my closet! poshmark.com/closet/alexandria_ryan Hey guys! So we officially have the "NEW" Boxycharm by Ipsy Boxes and I am still confused. This is just Ipsy Plus in a box and not a bag?? Why even apply the Boxycharm name to it? I think it was just a way to bring BoxyCharm members over to Ipsy. They should have at least put "Boxycharm" on the pink box, that would have med it seem like the two brands were coming together. Let me know what you think! Love ya 💖

I’m so glad I canceled Ipsy and Boxy especially now

Ok but the "Open April 1st, No Foolin' " sign on your new store has SENT me

You are definitely not misremembering the boxes of yesteryear lol. All the products, makeup and skincare, were high end brands. All the time! These recent boxes have been sooooo disappointing. I’d say the past 2 years have just plummeted. So I agree with you 100%! I’ll always watch these videos of yours tho lol😂😂

If you had any premium boxes that transferred over from the actual BoxyCharm then you automatically get signed up for beauty boost and it makes it the same price as the other premium box. Plus, you get your 6 items that you got with the other box. I am not good with explaining stuff, so I hope this helps. ❤

"Booty Byoost" "Sonage, was that one of the Destiny's Children? I should know this, I'm from the 90s" "Squiggles that don't protect anything!" So many good one-liners in this video 🤣

Several years ago when I first tried Ipsy, it definitely had namebrand items because that’s how I became acquainted with such brands as Colourpop and Two-Faced etc. Now I feel like it is just like taking a trip to the clearance section of Marshall’s cosmetics aisle… not worth the price of admission frankly!

Girl, I'm SO GLAD I FOUND YOU!! Everyone I know, myself included, is pissed about this whole move.. I had all the tiers of BoxyCharm and pre-paid for some and the IPSY customer support told me they won't refund my pre-purchase done in Feburary and are keeping $300+ for IPSY boxes instead of refunding me?! I'm so utterly disappointed and pissed :( Glad its not just me and my gals being mad too LOL!

Ipsy and boxycharm (more often boxycharm) back in the day definitely had a lot more well known brands. I cancelled my subscriptions a few years ago. I remember there being tarte, too faced, urban decay, ofra and a bunch of others.

Whenever I see tiny little beauty blenders I have flashbacks to that video of Jenna Marbles and Julien doing a makeup video and he popped one of the mini beauty blenders in his mouth thinking they were marshmallows 🤭😂

I cancelled ipsy way back when they raised the price for $20 to $30 dollars, and I'm not sad that I did, I never got anything that I just absolutely loved. I'm a goth and I wear very bold colors on my eyes because everything else is very black, and ipsy wanted to take my profile and throw it out the window. I got so much pastel washed out colors, my sister and daughters in laws lived all the stuff. But now I just order from gothic brands!

"The second set of tiny sponges I've received recently" Yeah, but to be fair the other set was from a December box you opened in April 😂

The only improvement I can see is that you can pick more than one item with the base box now, but they promised better items. They advertised some of those items, but I didn’t get a single one.🤷‍♀️

The irony of the inside of the Ipsy--I mean Boxycharm -- I mean Ipsy box in the back saying "Discover Yourself" when they don't even know. 😂

This month my "boxycharm" had one makeup product. ONE. The rest are skincare. My profile clearly says I prefer makeup. Also, the dropshop of boxycharm was soooo much better than the ipsy shop. Better selection and prices. I could rant about this for ages lol

I canceled Boxy over a year ago, and I'm so glad that I did. You're right that the products were higher end and seemed more useful. I guess everyone is feeling inflation now.

Ok...this is the first time in my life I've gotten the exact same items as someone else. (1st box) I bet that means there's alot less variation than there used to be. And there absolutely used to be better brands. I remember getting Tarte, Too Faced, Elemis, Sol de Janeiro, and Dr Brandt all in one box. That J-Lo product reminds me of Jeffree's skin stuff only not as pretty. As for the boost, I prefer to boost my booty with pizza 🍕! 😅

Counting the number of times I hear booty byoost 😂 love you! Always brightens my day 😊

Thanks so much for reminding me why I canceled Ipsy, many times. Ipsy decided that my words "Please cancel my subscription" actually meant "Please upgrade my membership to the most expensive tier of Ipsy $$$" Once that was cleared up I received one of the lower tier bags. After seeing your video I'm convinced that Ipsy does this more often than not & hopes it goes unnoticed or ignored. I enjoyed a few decent skincare items from Ipsy, but l used to read the ingredient list in things & I decided to just start making my own skincare products. Sry 4 going on for so long! Good luck with your new business..what is it if you don't mind me asking?

I really liked getting the drawstring bag...it might be silly, but I am actually disappointed that it is no longer included, lol

Still so glad I’m not wasting my money or even time not opening these ridiculous boxes!!!xoxo

The brands inside the boxes are definitely not the same as they were 3+ years ago. I used to sub to both Ipsy and Boxy Charm, with the quarterly upgrade and I’m so happy that I cancelled everything two years ago. I love watching your channel but the way that this “change” has happened is just ridiculous. ❤

They do give you an option of what to choose as your BeautyBoost on choice day. You can choose the main item chosen or between a few other options.

I think I realized why I like your channel so much because it never makes me want to buy anything lol, I have never and will never sign up for a subscription anything! You’re just entertaining and great without talking about how great everything is and that I neeeeed it in my life

I was skeptical when they said the products wouldn’t change,but I just got my first Boxycharm box marked Ipsy and I hate it. The products were brands I’ve never heard of, there was no foam protection inside to keep the products from sliding all over the place and potentially getting smashed, and every single item was skincare. They totally ignored my preferences. Boxy always had a good balance of makeup, skincare and makeup/skincare tools. If it isn’t any better next month, that’s it I’m out. I had subscribed to Ipsy a few years ago and ended it after about 7 months because it was crap. Compared to what I got, your items were fantastic….lol

The exposé we’ve been waiting for! 🤞💥 You’re good to us 🙏

Yay!! So many uploads!!! I hope the house situation is going better 🥺

I love you, Alexandria, because you are not afraid to be your funny, natural, beautiful self. 🥰 You are an exceptional woman! ❤️

I cancelled my boxy charm because ipsy completely ruined it!!! 😢

The thing that is aggravating me, the most, is that I have to get up somewhere between four to 6 o’clock in the morning in order to feel like I’m going to be able to get good choices, they have this set up for people on the East Coast. Those of us on the West Coast have to get up before the chickens in order to get anything decent.

I’m living for Alexandria’s mood! A video of truths! ❤️❤️

Don't forget that extra $1.95 they also charge per box. I believe they label it the "service fee."

I love the sentence “I should know that, I’m from the 90’s.” 😂❤️

I was excited to start getting the "Boxycharm" box. I had always received the Ipsy Plus. The prices on any of the extra things you can buy has increased in price it's ridiculous. I'm so disappointed!

I love how you're so real, it's absolutely why I've watched so long! It's always like you're just talking, not making a video if that makes any sense! ❤

Ahhh!! I always look forward to your uploads 🥰🥰

I totally agree with what you're saying. Thanks so much for sharing. Really enjoyed watching!😊

Love seeing new videos from you!!

I don't really see any difference after these boxes have merged to the same company. Ipsy is still a bag with smaller products. Boxycharm is still a larger box with full sized products. Yeah the brands used to be a little better but it's the same otherwise. I don't see any trick or deception here. You can also now pick three custom items for your Boxycharm, which I love. I just didn't seem like a difficult or confusing transition to me 🤷‍♀️

I canceled boxy and Ipsy a year ago and I haven’t missed it one bit. I see this whole Ipsy and Boxy together thing going downhill fast 😅 I seriously just buy what I want from Sephora and Ulta 🤷‍♀️

Yes to the "Use to be Well Known Brands" question, absolutely! I subscribed to the Allure Beauty Box for years, then they stopped sending me Marc Jacobs and Sunday Riley and started sending cheap repeats, tiny store-website-only brands, poor quality products, etc WHILE raising their prices. I get inflation is a killer but it's so disappointing and definitely has kept me away from resubbing. Big sad.

I actually still enjoy the Boxycharm I got after the merge. I enjoyed being able to pick the products that I received in my box. That makes it more worth it to me. I only have the boxy base box so I don’t notice much of a difference, other than being able to choose some of my products, which I like. There’s still really good products. I liked everything I got in my April boxy box.

I agree with you Alexandria they are so disappointing and it makes me furious that even in the points they are dumping refreshments and when contacting them they say they are working hard on adding items we got the exact same glam bag and I had picked the sponges and I agree they are supper tiny can't see where they got the $70 value from

Not only was my Ipsy bag the worst I’ve ever received in the 3 years I’ve been getting it out of nowhere they changed my profile and started sending like 2 blonde products I am have always been brunette. It took 3 days a 4 bot conversation for them to agree to send me a replacement. I’m pretty much done. You are right the product have gone way down hill..

The new perks is being able to choose 3 items out of the 5, which I like but we will see if the choices given to us will continue to be nice. I got two fenty products to choose and Drunk elephant blush and a Natasha Denona . The only choice I was like meh was my eyeshadow primer that I chose.

Ahhh the video I've been waiting for 😂

If you previously got Boxycharm Premium, you were defaulted to Beauty Boost. While $15 isn't a "deal" it's less than what you used to pay for Base and Premium, per month... And less waste.

I got my Poshmark order today, thank you so much. I’ve been really struggling with PTSD, but your note honesty made me smile. Thank you again

I have been waiting for this 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

That cream bronzer is so so good it literally melts into your skin

I do think the beauty boost is worth it bc so far we've gotten brands such as Drunk Elephant, Too Faced, Ole Henriksen and the item has had a retail value of around $60. It's just a guaranteed high end item worth a MINIMUM of $40 for $15, so honestly that's worth it to me. June's beauty boost is supposed to be the Natasha Denona Retro Glam palette, which is a very new palette of hers. I'm excited for that one.

I've been waiting for this 💜

So if you got the BoxyCharm Premium box which I’m pretty sure you did then it was changed to the BoxyCharm plus Beauty Boost and you do get to choose that product. My box this month had a retail value of $346 so not bad for what I paid and I actually will use almost all of the products. We will see how this goes but so far I’m pleased.

I preferred the Boxycharm shop to the Ipsy one. Boxycharm had reviews that were really helpful for me. However I first got a Boxycharm that didn’t contain my two add Ons or the products I picked. However I ended up receiving a whole other box with the correct products and addd Ons so I got double boxes this month! Can’t complain about that!

I did enjoy the myriad of ways you said "Beauty Boost" 😂 Very relatable 😏 That's tough to say!

I’m so happy when I see your thumbnail on my feed! ❤ love you

I used to love getting IPSY when it first came out you got well known brands, and usually at least 1 or 2 full size items, then they starting putting smaller and smaller products, and then they brought out the other bag, its just disappointing.

thank you for this love watching you

Love your sweatshirt, I graduated from UK♥️ I’m from Louisville ❤ yes you are correct on your assessment of past BoxyCharm they were filled with higher end cosmetic & cleansing products

I love your videos but I have been waiting for you to be over it!!

For three years, we got boxy charm for our daughters for Christmas. After receiving their first boxes after the merge, they decided to cancel. The products and value were so disappointing. In the boxy charm box the advantage value was 180 or higher. The ipsy box barley hit 100.

I get beauty boost. During the choice window you can actually keep your curated pick or switch it out for a few other options.

My biggest complaint is the packaging. I don’t understand why they refuse to protect the products! So frustrating. I finally gave up and cancelled both with them too.

I had the original boxycharm base box, and now that its ipsy, i get to choose 3 items every month, and the other two are chosen for me (called ipsy power picks) I'm personally loving it so far, because being able to choose three items per month makes me feel like im getting more value for my money considering i know ill use and enjoy my picks. This makes me feel like theres much less chance for disappointment every month 🤣

I’m glad I wasnt pulled back in to sign back up with these new changes. I was like I’ll wait and see how the new changes are

I paid for mine in MARCH! I never got April’s box, nor am I seeing me getting this one! I am livid because I paid for it!

Love your sweatshirt!!!!

I'm getting May's box then cancelling. Some of the newer products are interesting but I feel like I'd find them on my own. I feel like the majority are a bunch of Ipsy private label bs.

I got a great box this month. What I like now it is that you can choose the product you get (at least three of the them), the other two are picked by Ipsy. Hope you get a better box next month. Will love to see a video of you selecting the products for next month and your thoughts. Great weekend to all!!

omg, you live in my city! I love that store!!! I've followed you for 4 years now and I'm just so excited to find out that you live in my town and own one of my fav stores.

I tend to watch with CC on --- just wanted to say they translated Beauty Boost to Booty Abuse lmao!!! Thanks for the giggle, I had to rewind and volume up to figure out what you were talking about!!!

I love your sunglasses on you alexandria you look good wearing them 😊

Mini sponges are great for under the eyes. Actually lost my favorite tiny little sponge, can't find one that was of similar size. But honestly, great for under eyes and even highlighter, cause you want it in a specific area, and the bigger ones for me make it harder to control.

I miss boxy charm, way better and the are definitely increasing their prices on sale items. This is getting to the point none of its worth it anymore

Good news you can pick your stuff! My palate did come broken 😢

Girl you slay me❤you are literally so fed up with it all aren't you!!! 😂😂😂😂

Yay for the video! The lighting still needs some work, I think. I couldn't see the star pressed into the powder at all.

I like the mini sponges for concealer

The beauty boost is pretty much the same as Premium but with a new name since people were already paying close to $45 for 6 products back then so it’s always been a bad deal being we paid $30 for 5 items with base. Also I heard Premium now Icon originally started because they had products too big to fit in the base box, so they got a bigger box and added one hero item and charged more for it.

The broken powder if you don't want to reset it, just put it in a jar, Juvias Place powder highlights are loose and in a jar. I canceled Boxy shortly after IPSY bought them, at the monthly or quarterly sale they offered a skin care surprise box for $40, and said it contained 7 popular products, it was 1 full size and 6 small tubes of 0.2-0.3 oz. There was such an uproar they ended up giving everyone a refund on them but that was when I saw the writing on the wall and quit.

you can re-press powder products really easily, you don't need to throw them away

I was getting sick of all the minis with Ipsy and stuck around for the add ons. I made the obvious switch to Glam Plus before it switched to Boxy. So far I haven't been overwhelmed nor disappointed. It's still all about the add ons and shopping deals 😆

I finally got rid if all my boxes except for the Allure Beauty Box, it’s like $27 total with shipping included. It has a lot of high end and full size products and always contains some makeup, often Eyeshadow Palettes, maybe it’s one you could get and really enjoy and get the value that boxes should have.

😂 I’ve been using highlight as setting powder as well❤

I remember that palette! Wow it's been so long ^^

The eye cream is a beauty boost. They did boost you!

I'm in Canada and am really enjoying getting the bigger Ipsy *finally*.

Supposedly there will be new outer packaging/boxes for each of the tiers/boxes but they either aren’t in yet or they were trying to use up as many of the old packaging as they can before the switch happens. Also, the beauty boost started in December, on the IPSY glam bag plus I think. I remember that it was a FENTY face palette in January, a $65-$70 full sized Drunk Elephant product in February, and a Too Faced eyeshadow palette in March. In March they also announced that they would assign you your beauty boost item but also give you the option to swap it for another item on choice day out of a couple of items if you didn’t want that months pick, or wanted one of the other items more. IMO, between what they chose as the beauty boost products and then them adding the ability to swap it for something else if you didn’t like it, it made the $15 worth it. But again, that’s just in my opinion.

Ohh I've never been so early! So many years of watching and always got late to the uploads haha

I was so annoyed with my April box (whatever used to be Glam Bag Plus). Missing items, crushed palette. Customer service offered me $12.50 in refunds. Even though my box was “supposedly” worth $210, sooo….

My glam bag was a exact dup of yours. Not sure how much longer I’ll be a subscriber of Ipsy.

I stopped getting boxycharm a year ago ... I like getting skin care and I don't use a lot of make up but skin care last a long time so when I was getting new skin care every month it left a lot of unopen skin care, so I think it was time to take a break I cannot even imagine how much product you have! Or how you decide what you want to use !! I think that's why I like sample sizes because you can get through the whole thing and possibly find a new product that you like...

I totally agree! I loved boxycharm but I can already tell that we are limited in the products that we had options to before. We use to have way better descriptions with boxycharm and the ad ons were awesome. You use to save alot more money. Now ipsy is just back into the picture to save their clientele and wiped out the higher end brands where we use to get awesome deals. Though i signed up today I literally am going to cancel most likely.

We used to get Tarte cosmetics, high end brands like that. The one thing I liked about the former boxycharms was when you had the option on their shop to buy all sorts of high end products at a discount price etc. I cancelled them a long time ago. I miss when they used to be good. 😭

I’m happy my subscription runs out next month. I’m over it

My boxycharm came in with no padding at all! Not even a squiggle of paper! I'm glad all of my products were like skincare and stuff but when I picked it up, I felt everything shift around and thought "oh no..." They forgot one of my products so when I emailed IPSY I brought up the lack of padding just to be sure they knew.

Im so glad i watched this, (also from Ky!!👋)I didnt sign up for beauty boost either, yet was still billed and recieved a Tula toner. As if billing without my permission wasnt enough, the pump on the toner was broken!! And the brands lately! Youre right, Ipsy/Boxycharm has fallen on its face! Ive been a subscriber for 5 years, the boxes for the last few months have been the worst yet. I hate to cancel but I'm not quite getting what I'm paying for.

They only created the beauty boost to deal with the fact that there were yearly subscribers in Boxycharm Premium. I was wondering about it until I realized that is what they turned premium into.

“It’s because I’ve been using highlight as setting powder.” 😂😂😂😂 You do have a beautiful glow about you, not sure if it’s the highlight, but made me laugh!!

Thank you for the content