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@CynthieLu great haul, enjoy

@WinglessOne I don't know exactly when it started or ended, but mid to late September was a hotbed of points errors for Ulta...they were doubling and tripling items for points calculations and giving folks entirely too many. I placed an order of 10 foot masks, 1 Naturium vitamin C, 1 Tree Hut shave oil and 2 Tree Hut lip balms, but got points for 20 foot masks, 3 vitamin C's, 3 shave oils and 6 lip balms 😂😂😂 I also got over $200 counted on my tally towards diamond instead of $48 lolololol On 9/28, they took back my extra points, and at some point a few days later, my diamond tally was corrected as well. Lots of folks on reddit say that Ulta took too many points away from them...but I've also corrected so many folks on how to calculate points in the first place that I kinda give most of them a little side eye. I certainly don't assume Ulta was perfect with every single account (Ulta is a hot mess for sure), but I also don't think the errors are as widespread as some want to believe they are. Take a look at any orders you placed in Sept and see if the quantities on your points tally are higher than what you actually ordered...if so, that's likely the source of the adjustment. I'd give pretty decent odds that your adjustment is actually right, but if you want or need help double checking before contacting Ulta, I'd be happy to go over it for you (and that goes for anyone here as well!). Considering CS has no clue how to calculate points half the time, contacting them without an idea of what may be missing sounds like a not fun thing to do. On the flip side, I've seen some folks baffle CS with complete BS and come out with way more points than they were actually owed because CS doesn't know any better 🙄 I've poked around the Ulta community a little, and there doesn't seem to a main feed. You have to add groups to your profile, and then you get your own little personal feed...but the posts don't seem to show up chronologically. It makes me wonder about the viability of any type of long running mega-thread...would an old thread even bubble back up to the top with a new post like it does here at BIC, or would priority be given to newer threads (a la Reddit sorted by "hot"), making the site more of a clearinghouse for one-off questions instead of true community conversations? I don't see an option to change the view either; at least reddit gives options (I always sort by new because I want to see everything posted in the subreddits I follow). I was wondering about mods too...are they going to have clearly identified Ulta folks on the board, or just the generic ultabeauty account? Will be curious to see how that shapes up.

@lakeh2124 You’re gonna have lots of fun with Lightwork VI. I’ve loved all of Danessa’s Lightwork eyeshadow palettes—and sure, I’m a big fan of duo/multichromes and all the pretty colors in general 😂 but I think you’ll find fun ways to work some of VI’s shades into your neutral eye looks. A small warning about Fenty’s lip liner: the formula is very soft, in terms of consistency/thickness. Mushy, even. I have 2 shades of this liner and can’t get a sharp point on them (even with Fenty’s own sharpener) because the pencil formula’s so soft. That’s kind of a good thing for filling in most or all of your lips: the liner feels very creamy and doesn’t pull/tug at all. But for precise outlining, this liner’s a bit frustrating. And they’re not as long-wearing as PAT McGRATH LABS Permagel Ultra Lip Pencil (my gold standard gel lip liner). Still, I’ve kept both shades of mine because they’re definitely usable, especially as color fillers.

I also eagerly purchased this advent calendar only to find absolute junk in it! The point value is worth $100 and this is NOT anywhere close to a $100 value. What a complete waste of points!! Such crap!

@lmaster Great job! I know how you feel with foundations. I’ve started to wait until I get through what I have before purchasing a new one!

@itsfi I was thinking the same thing! I’m wondering if it would be to thick for summer! I will be on the look out on Oct 28!!!