How Much Did You Spend at Sephora in 2020?

[Tamara76]

Hey, y'all!!!  I couldn't find any similar threads on BIC and I am genuinely curious if anyone here pays attention to/tracks their annual Sephora spend?  I usually don't and I have tried and failed to track overall beauty purchases a few times, but I was pretty shocked when I added up my 2020 Sephora spend.  I definitely plan to spend less this year!

***You might also want to watch if you are curious about everything I bought at Sephora in 2020 - all online!!! 😉 

Let me know if you are successful at tracking your beauty purchases throughout the year!

[myxducky]

@Tamara76  totally wish I could say that $1,057 was it, but I'm sure I spent tons buying from other retailers and direct from brands also. But I didn't go and do that math 🤣🤣

[heartsmyface]

@Tamara76   $4674 at Sephora though that is half of my regular spend so it’s not too bad in comparison to previous years.  As much as I online shop I do love to go shopping in store.  That’s where I make my biggest purchases cause I can’t as easily tally purchase totals and remove items.  Once they’re in that physical cart and I’ve touched them they’re as good as mine. 😅 I also saved A LOT by not travel makeup shopping this year.  😇😇. It still counts as good behaviour if I had no choice right? 
i have no clue how much I spent outside Sephora and likely won’t shame myself by tallying it up. 

I wish I had of taken screen shots of last years purchase history now cause the moment I made my first purchase this year my 2020 purchase history disappeared.  I wonder if it’s a temporary glitch... I kinda wanted the list to keep myself accountable to using the items I purchased last year. 

[Tamara76]

@heartsmyface Yeah I couldn't find my total spend online either so I had to add up all my online orders - it was a good exercise for me to look through all my orders though because I realized I still hadn't used some of the stuff I bought.

[txcatx]

I didn't hit Rouge until December, and I spent $1100 total. I definitely haven't been using makeup much since the pandemic started, so this was mostly skincare, hair products, and gifts for my mom and sister-in-law. My Ulta total for the year ended up being less then $100!

[Tamara76]

Nice @txcatx !  Even without wearing makeup most of the year, I still bought quite a bit🤦🏼‍♀️

[WinglessOne]

@txcatx  Wow, an annual Ulta spend under $100 is impressive! 

[oooitsaj]

$2,460.50 pre-tax 😱😵😳

[Tamara76]

Thanks for sharing @oooitsaj 💗

[faeriegirl]

I was scared to look at mine for 2020, but it was less than I thought it would be. My total was $1781. I didn’t hit rouge again until June. I think in 2019 I did in April, so I definitely did better in 2020.

[Tamara76]

That's not bad @faeriegirl !  I already somehow Rouged this year, but I aim to pay closer attention for the rest of the year!

[Nickelliebear1]

I spent just about $1,500 which is still not great but it's great in comparison to years past so I'm not going to beat myself up about it.  I've been a Rouge for the past eight? years and when I used to reinstate my status May-June, it's now November/December.  I have a lot of gifts for loved ones in this total as well. 

I'm already on track for that amount to be a thing but I have a new rule:  only spending the equivalent of my tips on beauty products.  So I guess that means my beauty allowance is $120-160 a month which is still quite generous. 

[Tamara76]

@Nickelliebear1 that isn't too bad - I am terrible at budgeting 😞   Good luck with your plan!!!!💗💗💗

[suzyo]

My total spend ended up being $1,003, which is about half of what I usually spend. I bought a lot less makeup this year because I've been working from home and only leaving to go to the grocery store. I don't think I'll spend a ton this year either, because new releases just haven't been exciting me.

[Tamara76]

@suzyo That's not too bad!  I work from home now, too, and didn't wear makeup for most of 2020, but I still bought too much makeup🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[WinglessOne]

@Tamara76  I just went to the points/spend tracker in my Sephora account via web (Beauty Insider Summary > Points Activity > View All, then switch to the "Spend" tab) which currently has a running tally of both points earned and dollars spend for all of 2020, plus January 2021. This tally excludes tax, but that's easy to calculate. I have no idea if the Sephora app has this tracker or where it is, since I never use the app. 

My total 2020 Sephora pre-tax spend was $4749. Also, I re-rouged in March, and my last 2020 Sephora purchase happened mid-December. I think that's less than I spent at Sephora in 2019. I don't know for sure because the points/spend tracker doesn't reach beyond 2020—which is either a good or bad thing, depending on how much you fear seeing how much you spent in past years. 🤣 

To me, my 2020 spend is still higher than I'd like, though some of that was spent on gifts for other folks. And some of the money I spent was gift money, so it wasn't all out-of-pocket. I'm sure I'm not in the "big Sephora spenders" club, but I need to get better at tracking all my beauty spending—not just at Sephora, but everywhere. I mean, don't ask how much money I've given Pat McGrath directly. 🤦‍♀️

[sprocketta]

@WinglessOne I spent about the same at Sephora and PMG. I just fall into a trance when she has lip sales...😆

[WinglessOne]

@sprocketta  I mean, how is anyone supposed to resist buying anything during a PMG lipstick sale? 🤣 Especially the crazy low-price sales. Then you can justify a ridiculously large PMG lip collection by saying "but I only paid $10-19 for some of them, so it's all good!" 

I'm seriously afraid to tally my PMG-direct spend for 2020. But at least it was less than 2019, aka The Year I Bought Several Motherships (and Too Much Lipstick). 

[sprocketta]

@WinglessOne Exactly!

[tjffc]

@WinglessOne Oh my goodness.  I did not know there was a spend tracker until I saw this post.  I am astonished by my total and it does not even include spend from other sites for skincare and make-up products.  My total pre-tax is $5,310.  Once I saw your total I was shocked but when I saw mine, I could not believe it. 😱

[WinglessOne]

@tjffc  It sure is eye opening, right? 🤣😬😭 I'm not about to tally what I spent outside Sephora last year, but I do think it's less than my 2019 beauty spend. This exercise tells me I need to reset my 2021 budget categories and make even better use of all my reward program points/dollars (at all retailers) throughout the year. 

[tjffc]

@WinglessOne Yes.  Very eye-opening.  I need to make sure I adhere to my beauty/skin care budget this year.  I agree about the rewards program and I'm afraid to look at the spending for brushes and other non-Sephora beauty sites.