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Beauty Pet Peeves 2

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So what are your beauty pet peeves? What grinds your gears? Share your stories!!!

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@gonerogue oh that's terrible!! Hopefully they loosen up after the holidays ... but it sounds like your UPS man doesn't like stairs in general 😞 I definitely don't think tossing packages and risking damage is okay! It sounds like the odds have been in your favor, but every oopsies turns into a headache. I wonder if UPS's monitoring system takes into account addresses with multiple floors.. probably not.. 😞 So sorry to hear that ❤️ 

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I work for a company that focuses a lot on driving safety. We work with a lot of field operators so we've been encourage to always end our conversations with "drive safe".

 

The fact that these delivery employees are tracked at every movement concerns me. I can only imagine the unsafe driving that goes on so that they make their next delivery... it all boils down to corporate policies and I hope HQ does something to change that to ease up the pressure on employees.

 

i'm guilty of complaining about a delivery driver from time to time but I of course also understand they have a job to do. As long as they're not throwing my TV over a fence, or holding my package hostage after marking it as "delivered" for days, I'm usually pretty understanding 🙂 I also love my Canada Post mail man, he's awesome and I make sure he knows that!

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@k617 Aww I imagine that's nice to hear, especially for someone who might be feeling stressed or is just having a plain ol rough day 🙂 I bet delivery companies promise those statistics won't be used against drivers, but you know..  

 

also, I'm totally guilty of complaining from time to time!! Especially when I work from home to wait for a package and it never shows up. I just don't like the complainers who are out for blood hahaha. I think I might not have made that distinction clear because I already have someone sarcastically PM'ing me that her package is missing asking me what she should do haaa.

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We are ALL guilty of complaining from time to time. Could you imagine if we bottled up every little thing?!

 

I think your post was very clear that you were asking people to consider that these delivery personnel are humans with jobs, and that in the end if you don't receive a package it's not the end of the world. But if they lose their jobs, it is much more serious! So just try to be understanding this holiday season. 🙂

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"Time to Restock" emails.

 

The worst offender is NYX. I ordered a few of their Liquid Suedes a few months ago, and I've received THREE "time to restock?" emails from them. Even if I used a single lipstick every day, there's no way I'd need to replace my liquid lipstick that quickly.

 

The second worst offender, Sephora. I just got an email asking "Is it time for some new cleanser? We thought so." specifically telling me to restock my YTTP Cleanser purchased in mid October during the FF sale.

  1. I actually have NOT touched this cleanser yet.
  2. Even if I had already opened it, I bought this cleanser less than 2 months ago! What makes you think I'll run out?

"Review your purchase" emails are also up there on the list of annoying emails I receive from companies (Sephora, especially).

 

Another thing that annoys me about Sephora is when the app tells me when I'm close to a Sephora (which is 9 hours a day on weekdays; I work less than 500m away from one) and tries to get me to buy something. And for some reason, it's always a KVD product. KVD is certainly not my most purchased brand, so what gives?!

 

STOP!

I turned off my Sephora's access to my location because I...

I turned off my Sephora's access to my location because I hated when the app sent me those notifications!

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I totally agree @k617. I got a "time to restock" e-mail from Sephora this week, for a moisturizer I'd bought just a couple weeks ago. Do they think I'm bathing in it? I hardly think I need a restock reminder on something I just bought.

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When you finish the last of your xmas shopping from Sephora at 3pm and get an email at 5pm about double cash back from Ebates....like wow. Had I just waited two hours, I would have gotten 10% cash back instead of 3%! Now I'm going to sit here and sulk for a bit 😞

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@gonerogue Are you sure you didn’t get the higher rate? Over black Friday with Perricone, I went into Ebates at 5% and it went to 10% a couple hours later and I made another purchase, and both came in at 10%, surprisingly. Anyway, fingers crossed, that is annoying if not! 

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I feel the same when I order something from elsewhere because Sephora can't give me a restock date/release date.

 

Last week I asked whether the Stella Peony perfume will be released soon because I had missed the Cyber Monday sneak peak release. The email message I got was "We cannot assist you over email, please call us at 1-800-XXXXXXX so we can assist you" TWO DAYS after I sent the email. Really? You can't find the answer on your end and tell me?

 

Of course, after I ordered from the Stella website directly, it pops up again on Sephora another two days later. GRR

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The please call us email reply bugs the hell out of me. I always respond with “how about you call the person you want me to call, get the answer and then email it to me!” 

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@k617 Oh, man. Sorry about that! I wish they were more helpful when it comes to restock questions.

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Sulking is totally justified here @gonerogue ! It is so annoying when stuff like that happens 

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Biggest pet peeve is when I see young people covering up their face with heavy duty foundation and concealer instead of investing in skincare (mainly oil cleansers to remove the heavy foundation) and sunscreen to prevent blemishes in the first place!!

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I think everyone needs to learn that lesson on their own though - even as adults so much of make up and skin care is trial and error and as long as they are having fun and practicing that’s what’s important. Better to look a bit overdone when you are younger than on a job interview or something haha

When you see something cool looking on the sephora websit...

When you see something cool looking on the sephora website and click on it and it comes up as we no longer carry that product. This happened on the Just Arrived page too, where things are supposed to be new!

I feel your pain. This has happen too many times😞

I feel your pain. This has happen too many times😞

Receiving used lipstick is at the top of my list right no...

Receiving used lipstick is at the top of my list right now. This seems to be a theme lately. At least customer service has a new one on the way. Aside from the nicks the TF has wear on it like it was applyed once or twice and the back looks like it was wiped with a tissue.

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Oh my gosh, that's horrible!

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OH my gosh, that's disgusting! Why can't people just be honest if they've used it?

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Whenever I've returned items, they always ask if me I've used it.  Usually, I have and I tell them. Maybe these people are saying they haven't used it? And the Sephora employees don't check to make sure the item hasn't been used?  I just don't understand how Sephora could ship or sell an item that's been used.  Seems to me that some of the returns have been used and put back into inventory to sell. 😞

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