Attention, Makeup Thread: The Balm is having a 50% off flash sale from 10 am until noon PST this Friday. No code, but previous sales have taken down the site in a major way so plan your Fridays accordingly if you want to snag something.
Attention, Makeup Thread: The Balm is having a 50% off flash sale from 10 am until noon PST this Friday. No code, but previous sales have taken down the site in a major way so plan your Fridays accordingly if you want to snag something.
Does anyone use their lavender foaming face wash? I prefer the kind that foam straight out of the pump, but the smell of the Ole is not working for me, especially in the mornings.
So, I still haven't been able to get on to the site since last night. I don't know if I'm at a disadvantage because I'm only able to access the site from my phone and kindle or what.
Their Facebook page has hundreds of Chinese people complaining their accounts are locked. I guess I didn't realize Sephora sold outside of the U.S./Canada. I'm pretty disappointed that I've spent so much time trying to access it and when I eventually can everything good will be unavailable.
@smartycat (or anyone else?) - how is the black honey affair palette? I'm debating adding it to my wish list for Christmas.
I really like it. Mostly neutrals but with a nice vivid purple. The one caveat is if you prefer matte, nearly all the colors have some shimmer to them. Ha - I just pulled it out so I could comment, and had to put on some of the purple. Because, you know, cooking dinner requires good eye shadow.
I've hit a new low. I bought an almost $200 hair dryer. I am wooed by the idea that it will cut my drying time in half. But BMT me thinks I am RIDICULOUS!
Attention, Makeup Thread: The Balm is having a 50% off flash sale from 10 am until noon PST this Friday. No code, but previous sales have taken down the site in a major way so plan your Fridays accordingly if you want to snag something.
lalalala I did not need to see and hear about this. It does not help that my holiday club account "matures" tomorrow and it goes right into my checking account. (hot)
I was finally able to get my sephora order complete. The only new, fun thing I got was an Hourglass blush. Everything else was just cleanser, makeup remover, eye cream and hair products. I am excited to try the Bumble and Bumble Hairdresser's oil, though.
I want lipsticks and eyeshadows, but I have a ton and I need to be more careful with money. Please let me stay though.
I love this stuff! I had a small sample earlier this year then ordered the larger bottle when I ran out of that. Don't use too much, it only takes a very small amount to get super soft hair.
So it sounds like Sephora is actually just straight racially profiling and blocking anyone with an Asian sounding last name even if they are originating in the US. I obviously do not have an Asian last name but maybe they just don't like anyone whose last name ends in a vowel!? I'm not wasp enough I guess! Anywhoo. They are up to something super super shady. And no, I'm not going to their store. I don't want to buy anything that badly to go to the mall. Ha.
I went to the store yesterday to get the algenist kit that I was coveting and that was out of stock online. OMG, this shit is amazing. I could tell a difference instantly after I applied it last night. I'm in love. But damn was I pissed that I had to spend $100 in the store and couldn't get my 8% back on ebates!!
So it sounds like Sephora is actually just straight racially profiling and blocking anyone with an Asian sounding last name even if they are originating in the US. I obviously do not have an Asian last name but maybe they just don't like anyone whose last name ends in a vowel!? I'm not wasp enough I guess! Anywhoo. They are up to something super super shady. And no, I'm not going to their store. I don't want to buy anything that badly to go to the mall. Ha.
So it sounds like Sephora is actually just straight racially profiling and blocking anyone with an Asian sounding last name even if they are originating in the US. I obviously do not have an Asian last name but maybe they just don't like anyone whose last name ends in a vowel!? I'm not wasp enough I guess! Anywhoo. They are up to something super super shady. And no, I'm not going to their store. I don't want to buy anything that badly to go to the mall. Ha.
I have a random rant/complaint. I hate when they take the lids off of products in the marketing photo to make it look like you're getting twice as much stuff.
This is two items, not four:
This is five items, not eight:
This is two items, not three (okay, I bought it anyway though):
So it sounds like Sephora is actually just straight racially profiling and blocking anyone with an Asian sounding last name even if they are originating in the US. I obviously do not have an Asian last name but maybe they just don't like anyone whose last name ends in a vowel!? I'm not wasp enough I guess! Anywhoo. They are up to something super super shady. And no, I'm not going to their store. I don't want to buy anything that badly to go to the mall. Ha.
Wait, what? Where are you reading this?
Their FB page but posts get deleted and then the reddit makeup thread has a long post about it.
Apparently Sephora is trying to prevent resellers and in doing so they are just denying access to many people with Asian last names.
:/
My issue may not be the racial profiling. I just can't access sephora. The people claiming racial profiling seem to be saying they can't access their accounts.
So it sounds like Sephora is actually just straight racially profiling and blocking anyone with an Asian sounding last name even if they are originating in the US. I obviously do not have an Asian last name but maybe they just don't like anyone whose last name ends in a vowel!? I'm not wasp enough I guess! Anywhoo. They are up to something super super shady. And no, I'm not going to their store. I don't want to buy anything that badly to go to the mall. Ha.
Iiiiiinnnteresting. I went into the store yesterday, but was probably going to do an online order as well. I will have to see if this problem happens with me.
I got: LancĂ´me Dual finish versatile powder Vice 3 (I don't even know why, I have too many palettes) Urban Decay 24/7 liner in mainline (full size) and Triple Threat travel set with smoke, perversion and sabbath Buxom mascara
Thinking about a brow kit (mine are filling in finally, but they could still use some help) and stocking up on Fresh lip balm.
DAMMIT! I just got an email telling me that the Aqua Lips 3C lip liner was back in stock, I go to order it and sometime while I was checking out, it went out of stock AGAIN.