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What's your skin type, @Samantha1882- oily, dry, combo, normal? You'll want your base routine set up with cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen, and then you can add in treatments (like maybe a BHA product for help with breakouts). Are you interested specifically in Korean brands only or are you also open to other Asian brands (like Shiseido, which is a Japanese brand)? I would encourage you to look at places other than Sephora for K-beauty products. While there are lots of good ones here, there are some great (and more cost effective) options at other stores.

Thank you very much @tsavorite.

Exchanges look good to me, @Kim888!

So lucky! What amazing prizes, @SportyGirly125! Congrats on your wins!

Are you currently using any products, @SommerThe1st? If you're starting from scratch, you'll want to build your base routine of cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen. Once you have that in place, you can add a salicylic acid treatment a few nights a week to help with the acne breakouts. And just to note in regards to the response below, serums can be a wonderful addition to a routine depending on your skin and what issues you want to address, but they definitely don't replace moisturizer.

@itscarin I have a few theories/observations just based on my own experience with BIC/the beauty industry in general, as well as how much our day to days and lives and been changed these last couple of years. First; I think BIC started to see a “decline” simply due to over saturation of content within the beauty industry. Influencer culture and hype was not helpful, despite I think the intention to give people an outlet to interact with brands, products, each other, etc. when it made the switch from BT (RIP BT…). As more and more people started to want to potentially break in to the “content creator” area of the industry, it was just another way to attempt to build a following. Remember all those “I want to be an influencer will Sephora send me makeup?” posts? With that, the quality of products brands put out suffered because they needed to release something every 2 months to keep up with hype (I say “hype” not “demand” because I think people wanted clicks and content, not products necessarily). Eventually, people got tired, which I think has been mentioned already. Then, those major players who did have a lot of “influence” content wise started getting real nasty with each other and I think it turned a lot of people off. It went from “Okay I like how this person is presenting info I’ll continue to watch/subscribe/follow” to “This is silly and I don’t know or care who these people are.” I don’t need a story or drama when I’m trying to decide if I want to buy a new eye shadow palette. And the last thing, people haven’t been wearing as much makeup or spending as much money lately. Also, as more and more people started working online or remotely, they don’t want to spend their off time looking at a computer. If you would browse the threads during a break from work, or during the day, or whatever before, now you might be taking your breaks away from your desk, outside, moving. If you’re on Zoom meetings all day, the last think you wanna do is keep looking at a screen when you log off. Obviously not everyone’s work experience has been this, and mine hasn’t been since about February, but it could be a significant enough number of people to make an impact. Even those who have returned to a more “typical” work day, some may have just moved on from this as a interest/hobby.

@tsimps It's included in the upcoming fall sale. The return policy is the same for the Dyson as for the rest of the store- 30 days for a refund, 60 for an exchange. That said, I believe Sephora is extending the return policy just a little during the holiday season so that you have extra time to return things that may be gifts. Here's the return policy link: https://www.sephora.com/beauty/returns-exchanges and here's the official thread about the fall sale: https://community.sephora.com/t5/Customer-Support/Holiday-Savings-Event-2021-FAQs/m-p/5968678#M234779

Unfortunately, no, @Sampa25 it's one or the other.

@acecakes, yay for picking up the Sonia G Sky Face Set - her brushes are wonderful! 💓 Good call on picking the set up during the gift card sale too - it's like two gifts for yourself, one to enjoy now and one for later! 😃