Feedback Wanted: New, Clean Sephora Collection Makeup and Skincare!

[TeamBIC]

The Beauty Insider Community and Sephora Collection have partnered together to give select Community members first access to Sephora Collection’s first-ever Clean at Sephora makeup line and some new skincare as well!

This thread is a space for Community members who received these products to share their honest thoughts and reviews! As we told these members in advance, we may feature them in the form of quotes on sephora.com. 😊 Check the spoiler tab for a full list of product sent in this product review opportunity:

Spoiler

1. Clean Glowing Skin Foundation (launching 8/14): This foundation allows for sheer to medium coverage while giving you a soft, radiant finish! Matcha tea powder works to provide long-lasting hydration, and vitamin C powder helps give your skin a natural glow.
2. Clean Cleansing and Exfoliating Wipes: These biodegradable and compostable wipes are now formulated with natural ingredients such as plant extracts and wood pulp fibers. Fun fact: 65% of the wipes’ new packaging is derived from sugar cane residue!
3. Clean Fresh Face Masks: Now with a new clean formula, these sheet masks are made from eucalyptus fibers and are rich in vitamins, minerals, and proteins targeting specific skincare needs.
4. Clean Lip Mousse (launching 8/14): This whipped formula sits comfortably on the lips while serving up serious pigmentation for long-lasting color. Rosehip oil helps to heal the lips and keep them nourished!
5. Clean Glossy Lip Oil (launching 8/14): Is it a lip oil? Is it a gloss? Well … it’s both! This pigmented oil/gloss hybrid gives off a beautiful, non-sticky shine. Watermelon seed oil is used to provide extra hydration.
6. SEPHORA COLLECTION Brightening Eye Cream – Hydrate & Depuff: This eye cream does double-duty in the hydrating and brightening department. Its key ingredients–caffeine, hyaluronic acid, and mudra plant bark extract–work to reduce the appearance of dark circles, puffiness, and signs of aging.
7. Clean Bouncy Eyeshadow Palette (launching 8/14): These eyeshadows’ fun, bouncy texture makes them easy to apply with your fingers! The shadows are made with pearls, resulting in a gorgeous, lustrous sheen. 
8. SEPHORA COLLECTION Clarifying Peel Pads 60 Pads: Like the Glow Peel Pads, but these contains salicylic acid. These peel pads are formulated with 99% natural ingredients to exfoliate, smooth, and purify your skin.

To our Community product reviewers: we’re excited to hear your thoughts on these products! Sephora Collection and the Beauty Insider Community can’t wait to hear your feedback.

[nikkayy0]

Yup! I stick with the inkey list, khiels, or dermalogia bio serum! All tubes and pumps. 

[jennifer07]

I got mine to try the other day, It's really awesome how many shades they sent. I only tried the foundation, eyeshadow and lip mousse so far.  The foundation is nice, i think i have to try one of the darker shades because the one i had on yesterday seemed a tad too light but loved the texture. I wrote a review but they didn't post it yet but posted the other two reviews i wrote.  The eyeshadow is nice. I love the sheerness and how you can swipe it on really fast.  My favorite so far are the lip mousse lipstick, the colors are fantastic and they feel so good on.  I love them.  I have been using the hydrating brightening eyecream for a while now so already really like it.  I think this is so awesome that they let us try all of these products, i really love sephora's skin care and make up.

[Loretta55]

Congratulations on receiving this awesome gratis @jennifer07.

[SportyGirly125]

@jennifer07 Congrats on receiving this gratis

[curlychiquita]

Congratulations, @jennifer07! The lip mousses are my favorite, and I really like the eye cream, too.

[Loretta55]

Congratulations on receiving this awesome gratis @jennifer07. Have fun trying all the products.

[quspork]

Congrats on receiving this set of gratis, @jennifer07! Have fun playing with everything!

[nikkayy0]

 

What’s everyone’s thoughts on the seaweed mask? Had a little trouble putting it on due too the rubbery texture. If you stretch it out before putting it on I noticed that helps a lot too keep the creases down!!!

[fatimamummy]

This mask looks very interesting, and goes to my love list. Thank you for sharing @nikkayy0 

[Loretta55]

Thank you very much for the tip @nikkayy0. I purchased the seaweed mask but I still have not tried it.

[nikkayy0]

Of course! The material is very strange so stretching it out is a MUST to avoid creases 

[nikkayy0]

Was so excited too try out the eyeshadows. Anyone else get there’s in this condition? 😞

 

[SusanM85]

@nikkayy0  Yes that is how mine was, the exact same color also.  I just pushed it back into it's place and it was fine.

[SportyGirly125]

@nikkayy0 @I haven’t seen anyone get theirs like that. The formula is soft enough to press it back in the pan 

[nikkayy0]

That’s what I did. I wasn’t impressed with the pigment either tho, so the whole product was a meh for me. Cute packaging tho!

[SportyGirly125]

@nikkayy0 @I got this gratis too. The best way it worked for me was with my fingers.  Using a brush didn’t work at all or spraying MAC Fix+

the packaging reminded me of a medicine case because of the color. 

[quspork]

Updating on some of the skincare items now that they've gotten more use:

SEPHORA COLLECTION Mini Clean Cleansing & Gentle Exfoliating Wipes Watermelon - I love the scent of these. Very watermelon! They're quite soapy and the ones the package have stayed well saturated since the I opened the pack. Unfortunately, it took me three separate wipes to remove a full face of makeup completely, so these are most definitely more of a quick first cleanse for when I'm not wearing much on my face. They have functioned fine when used on just sunscreen or light eye makeup. I usually relegate wipes to travel usage when necessary and these would fit in there. 

SEPHORA COLLECTION Clarifying Peel Pads 60 Pads - These are a nice salicylic option for those looking for something they can quickly swipe across their face after cleansing. I've been using them about twice a week since we received them. They do have a clean, slightly fruity scent. They seem gentle enough, and I haven't been experiencing too many breakouts lately so I'd rate the effectiveness pretty well. Would I purchase another set? I'm not sure. It's definitely an option I'd consider based on my skin's needs at the time, but there are other peel pads that are a particular favorite. 

SEPHORA COLLECTION Clean Face Mask Matcha - I actually did a comparison of this one with the SEPHORA COLLECTION Face Mask Green Tea since both tea sheet masks claim to offer mattifying and clarifying as benefits. I've really enjoyed the older version of the mask and was curious how the "clean" version stacked up. Both masks had a similar fit which works well on my face. Adherence was also good for both masks. The Green Tea mask is made of a slightly sturdier-feeling cotton sheet and had a backing for placement. The Matcha one was perhaps slightly more comfortable on and did not have a backing, but that was not an issue. The Green Tea has a grassier scent, while the Matcha was more of a soapy scent, with the Matcha scent lingering much longer through wear time. I didn't notice much tack on my skin after removal of either mask. Both left me decently hydrated, but I wouldn't say that I noticed any particular mattifying effects. Perhaps with longer usage over time? Based on this comparison, I'm definitely interested in trying other versions of the new clean mask line to see which may become new favorites! 

[jennifer07]

I haven't used the wipes yet. Are they OK to remove eye makeup, I wear alot of longwearing eye products so wasn't sure if they would be good for removing it.

[SportyGirly125]

@jennifer07 @I have the wipes and if you wear long wearing products it probably won’t remove all of it off. I would double cleanse or use a waterproof makeup remover. 

[jennifer07]

Thank you!

[Shinobi]

Tried the green tea mask on Monday and loved it! Great smell that lasted for a while and left my face decently hydrated. Bought a whole plethora of face masks and eye masks on my last trip and excited to give them all a try!