topic Re: Sephoria 2021 in Beauty Confidential

Sephoria 2021

Anastasiya13 — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 01:52:10 GMT

I am curious, what is/was everyones thoughts on the virtual sephoria event?

Edit:

My opinion of the event was that it was a bit of a let down for me. I expected more, especially considering how they were saying that it would be interactive, and have game(meaning more than one) to win swag. Some of the videos were interesting to watch, but honestly nothing too special. The loft was my favorite out of everything, since there you can actually ask questions and communicate. Also there were a lot of issues, even with the photo booth, where it would say "demo" over the photos, however it was fixed later, but that was towards when the event was almost over.

Re: Sephoria 2021

meagan92 — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:00:04 GMT

I thought it was ok. Maybe like a 5/10. Only one game, kind of disappointed. But I loved Patrick Ta’s Masterclass! I wish it was more engaging and interactive!

Re: Sephoria 2021

SportyGirly125 — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:03:44 GMT

@Anastasiya13 I kept jumping to different rooms. I wish the masterclasses were longer and didn’t overlap so much. Yea also bummed there was only one game.

Re: Sephoria 2021

danielledanielle — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:41:45 GMT

It was fun, but I needed more!! I thought there would be more games in regards to interactive content, with the contect mainly being the masterclasses. I did love those. It's great that the vids will be up until Monday night, so I feel like I can catch what I missed as I was room-hopping, too. But, yeah, more interactive stuff would be great @TeamBIC & @SephoraBIC

Re: Sephoria 2021

curlychiquita — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:47:14 GMT

@Anastasiya13, I enjoyed it. I wish it had been more interactive, maybe with some live panels. I know a bunch of us did our makeup thinking people would be talking back and forth. The most fun I had was with the photo booths. Thanks for helping me figure those out! 🙂 What did you think?

(after)

(before)

Re: Sephoria 2021

WinglessOne — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:55:31 GMT

@Anastasiya13 @SephoraBIC Since I've never been to Sephoria in person, I wonder how masterclasses and discussion panels at the in-person event are usually scheduled, compared to this virtual event. I think I saw a survey link somewhere during virtual Sephoria, and I'll fill it out when I find it again. My responses will look something like this:

Challenges:

Not enough time between sessions. I sometimes felt like I was running between high school classes in the 1980s. 😂😓 It'd have been nice to have a breather between some sessions so I could explore the house. I was in the backyard for just 2 minutes, and luckily I noticed the game while I was there.
Too much session overlap. I wound up spending most of my time in the home theater, breaking away only to see the Accelerate roundtable, part of the DDG session, and the wellness session, and to very quickly check out the backyard.
Some rather short sessions. The Fenty masterclass was just 10 minutes long. I didn't see the "beauty for all" Fenty + Amika session (because of session overlap) so I dunno, maybe more Fenty makeup technique was shown in that session. I'll find out when I go back to watch content on-demand. But yeah, some of these sessions were surprisingly short. I skipped the influencer/content tips session which was 25 minutes long; I'd have much rather seen the Accelerate session extended to 25 minutes, or even 30 minutes. (No offense to Sephora Squad members. I'm just more interested to hear about the Accelerate program from participating brands' perspectives.)
Not enough interactive sessions. I'm sure this was due to participants' availability, so I understand why more sessions were pre-recorded. Still, I'd have loved to be able to ask Danessa Myricks and Patrick Ta questions during their masterclasses.
Only 1 game? Awww... Even if more prizes couldn't be won via more games, it would've been fun to at least have something like a pre-recorded beauty trivia game video or, I dunno, something where attendees could interact via a quick simple board game.

Successes:

Content's available on-demand after the event. Yay, I can watch some of what I missed!
Overall, the Sephora hosts did a good job. So far, I can only speak for the sessions I watched. But y'all did good!
A few interactive sessions. I caught the interactive DDG session but didn't stay for the whole thing. (Too. Much. Session. Overlap.) But the ability to ask questions is always a nice touch for these sessions.
The quickfire this-or-that video clips were fun! I was able to catch a couple of those with Danessa Myricks and Shani Darden. If there are more of those available on-demand, I'll watch 'em all.
Mental health & wellness session was greatly appreciated. One of the 2 illness I advocate hardest for is anxiety disorder (yes, I know "anxiety disorder" actually covers a wide range of separate illnesses; I have one of them), so I'm always glad to see mental health discussed in a non-judgmental way. I especially appreciated the tips for folks wondering how they can help those of us with mental health issues without fearing they'll say the wrong thing. Honestly, some of us (especially members of my anxiety tribe) have the same fear when we try to help others whose illness is different from ours. Thanks for featuring this entire topic—and not overlapping it with any other sessions. 🙂

Eh, I might have more feedback after going back to watch what I missed and re-watch a couple videos.

Re: Sephoria 2021

WinglessOne — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 21:00:26 GMT

@curlychiquita Geez, I totally missed the photo booths while running between overlapped sessions. 😂 Glad you got it figured out to create such a lovely photo!

Re: Sephoria 2021

CookieGirl1 — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 23:15:18 GMT

@danielledanielle I agree, I think that I expected there to be more interactive activities and was slightly disappointed.

Re: Sephoria 2021

niki172 — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 23:23:53 GMT

Completely agree @CookieGirl1 @danielledanielle also I started to get motion sick trying to jump around the rooms and explore. There's a reason why I can't play a lot of these new(er) video games like Fortnite. Just give me good ole' Super Mario Bros any day 😅.

Re: Sephoria 2021

niki172 — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 23:29:30 GMT

@WinglessOne I missed the mental health one thank you for mentioning that! I'm going to have to go back and watch that one. It was a challenge jumping from class to class indeed.

Re: Sephoria 2021

SportyGirly125 — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 23:38:52 GMT

@niki172 @That one was the only one that didn’t overlap and was at the end.

Re: Sephoria 2021

niki172 — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:03:01 GMT

@SportyGirly125 I had to leave right before it ended unfortunately to attend my nephew's b-day party. Being on the East coast sometimes has its disadvantages so I was happy to see that we can go back in and see any class we may have missed.

Edit: it didn't work on your phone right? Because I had my phone with me driving (I was not the one driving) to my brother's house but I thought it said Sephoria worked best on a desktop/tablet.

Re: Sephoria 2021

Ispend2much6 — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:57:20 GMT

Maybe my experience was due to not using Chrome, but I was not able to find much content etc. I kept trying to get the proper bra fitting session to work but never succeeded. I didn't see many "circles" to click to get interactive content. I never found the game. Following links from the email didn't help me.

Having said that, the set-up was really cute! I have a lot of respect for all who contributed to creating a virtual Sephoria.

Re: Sephoria 2021

SportyGirly125 — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:34:24 GMT

@niki172 @It doesn’t work on your phone. It will start on it but you can’t go to any of the rooms.

Re: Sephoria 2021

curlychiquita — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:35:00 GMT

Aw, thanks, @WinglessOne! I only found out where they were because @Anastasiya13 and some other folks helped me on Instagram. I only found the one with the ball pit that never worked on my own.

Re: Sephoria 2021

curlychiquita — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:37:58 GMT

@Ispend2much6 I originally joined on my laptop in case I needed a camera, and some functions worked poorly on my laptop. Once I realized I wouldn't need a camera, I switched to my desktop. I used Chrome on both but it worked better on the desktop. Maybe because of the laptop wifi or the fact that my laptop is old?

Re: Sephoria 2021

Ispend2much6 — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 00:56:46 GMT

@curlychiquita I can see that, the desktop working better. My kids built their own desktop computers for the purpose of being able to play video games more easily and have a better experience with online classes.

Re: Sephoria 2021

SportyGirly125 — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 01:41:34 GMT

@curlychiquita There was one in the backyard and the ball pit one. I couldn’t get the ball pit one to work for me either. I don’t know where the one with the grass is.

Re: Sephoria 2021

Anastasiya13 — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 01:45:20 GMT

@SportyGirly125 Same, I agree with you.

Re: Sephoria 2021

curlychiquita — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 01:46:34 GMT

@SportyGirly125 the other two were in the backyard.