Sephora

veronika23 · ‎12-09-2020

~ Updated Dec 23rd 2020 ~

A place to talk about beauty news... anything that doesn't have a specific thread. For upcoming releases, product updates and brand threads see the links below.

Thanks to everyone who contributes to this thread!

UPCOMING RELEASES

2021 RELEASES THREAD

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Beauty-Confidential/2021-PRODUCT-RELEASES-THREAD/m-p/5692691

FALL-WINTER & HOLIDAY RELEASES

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Beauty-Confidential/FALL-WINTER-amp-HOLIDAY-2020-RELEASES/m-p/55432...

FOUND IN THE WILD THREAD

(links to new products for purchase at Sephora)

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Trending-Now/FOUND-IN-THE-WILD-THREAD/m-p/5157361

CANADIAN PRODUCT THREAD

(links to new products for purchase at Sephora)

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Oh-Canada/What-s-New-On-The-Site-Today-Canada/td-p/2164948

BRAND THREADS

Spoiler

ABHhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/The-Anastasia-Beverly-Hills-Thread/td-p/2516061BECCAhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/%EF%B8%8FBecca-thread/m-p/2431704BENEFIThttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/The-Benefit-thread/m-p/2933351BESAMEhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/The-Besame-Cosmetics-Thread/m-p/3316483BIOTHERMhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/The-Biotherm-Thread/m-p/2439346BITEhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Upcoming-BITE-Beauty-Releases/m-p/2025165BOBBI BROWNhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Bobbi-Brown-Thread/td-p/2562428BURBERRYhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Burberry-Beauty-Updates/td-p/1983178CHANELhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Chanel-Updates/m-p/1940873CHARLOTTE TILBURYhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Let-s-talk-about-Charlotte-Tilbury/td-p/2005225CIATE LONDONhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup-Is-Life/All-about-Ciate-London/td-p/2464559COLOURPOPhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Any-ColourPop-Fans-Here/td-p/2156337COVER FXhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Cover-Fx-Love/m-p/2675382DECIEMhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/THE-DECIEM-THREAD/m-p/2729996DIORhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/All-Things-Dior/m-p/2545923DIPTYQUEhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Discussion-for-the-Diptyque-Crowd-please-join/td-p/2341...ESTEE LAUDERhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Estee-Lauder-Thread-New-Releases/td-p/2552834FARMACYhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/New-brand-Farmacy-feedback-and-discussion/td-p/2153377FENTY BEAUTYhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/THE-FENTY-BEAUTY-THREAD/m-p/2877198GIORGIO ARMANIhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Do-we-seriously-not-have-a-thread-dedicated-to-all-things/m-p...GIVENCHYhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Beauty-Confessions/The-GIVENCHY-Thread/td-p/2565876GUERLAINhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Beauty-Insider/For-the-love-of-all-things-Guerlain/td-p/2180749HOURGLASShttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Products/HOURGLASS-THREAD/m-p/2419091HUDA BEAUTYhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/The-HUDA-BEAUTY-Thread/td-p/2729529INDIE BRANDShttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Indie-brands-and-other-not-so-talked-about-makeup-brands/td-p...IT COSMETICShttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/IT-Cosmetics-Thread/td-p/2468298JO MALONEhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Jo-Malone-Thread-Share-the-News-and-Love/m-p/2609140KAT VON Dhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/THE-KVD-THREAD/m-p/2544212KEVYN AUCOINhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Kevyn-Aucoin-Thread/td-p/2437161KIKOhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Let-s-Talk-About-Kiko/td-p/2341265LANCOMEhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/The-Lancome-Thread/m-p/2861748LAURA MERCIERhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Laura-Mercier-Thread/td-p/2562421LIPSTICK QUEENhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Lipstick-Queen-Thread/m-p/2737940LUSHhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/THE-LUSH-THREAD/m-p/3131963MAChttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/MAC-Love-and-Releases-Thread/td-p/2109065MAKE UP FOR EVERhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/The-MUFE-Make-Up-For-Ever-Thread/td-p/2406781MARC JACOBShttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Marc-Jacobs-Beauty-News-amp-Discussion/m-p/2301944MILK MAKEUPhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Milk-Makeup-Thread/m-p/2848850MISCELLANEOUS JAPANESE BEAUTY BRANDShttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup-Is-Life/MISCELLANEOUS-JAPANESE-BEAUTY-BRANDS-THREAD-NEWS-amp...#M35047NARShttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Let-s-Talk-About-NARS/td-p/2099708NATASHA DENONAhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Natasha-Denona/td-p/2090656NUDEhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Skincare-Stories/NUDE-Skincare-Thread/td-p/2507094NUDESTIXhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Let-s-Get-Nudestix/m-p/3061231PAT McGRATHhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/PAT-McGRATH-LABS/td-p/2418816RITUEL DE FILLEhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Does-anyone-have-experience-with-Rituel-de-Fille/td-p/2059082SEPHORA COLLECTIONhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Sephora-collection-New-Releases-and-Discussion-thread/td-p/27...SHISEIDOhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup-Is-Life/THE-SHISEIDO-THREAD-NEWS-amp-DISCUSSION/m-p/4105635#...SMASHBOXhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Smashbox-Discussion-Thread/m-p/2913519#M52686STILAhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/Stila-Cosmetics-New-Releases-2017/m-p/2709226STORYBOOK COSMETICShttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Storybook-Cosmetics-Thread/td-p/2717768SUQQUhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup-Is-Life/THE-SUQQU-THREAD-NEWS-amp-DISCUSSION/m-p/4105770SURRATThttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Let-s-talk-about-Surratt/td-p/2455924TARTEhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/THE-TARTE-THREAD/td-p/2419298TATCHAhttps://community.sephora.com/t5/Brand-Loyal/The-Tatcha-Beauty-Thread/m-p/3388968TOM FORDhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Tom-Ford-Updates/td-p/1903440TOO FACEDhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Too-Faced-New-Releases-2016/td-p/2500873URBAN DECAYhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/Urban-Decay-Thread/td-p/2147187VISEARThttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/THE-VISEART-THREAD/m-p/2396215YSLhttp://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup/YSL-Love-Updates/td-p/2430645

Old Beauty News Thread

Spoiler

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Trending-Now/BEAUTY-NEWS/m-p/2471889

SportyGirly125 · ‎09-01-2021

@thomasinaC You can always use eyeshadow as a highlighter.

I'm also MAC NC25, Armani LSF shade 5

Here are some suggestions

Makeup Revolution Set the Tone

MAKEUP BY MARIO Master Crystal Reflector™

Maybelline Face Studio Master Holographic Prismatic Highlighter 050

danielledanielle · ‎09-01-2021

I know I've posted this before, but there's an official date! Now, wondering if this is just an online offering 🤔🤔

WinglessOne · ‎09-01-2021

@danielledanielle Oh, I just noticed Hyper Skin on the Brands landing page! I'll probably buy the mini size to test. For me, it won't be a vitamin C serum; it'll be more of a kojic acid + bearberry serum. It'd be very convenient to be able to grab this in-store, but the product page ( Hyper Skin Mini Brightening Dark Spot Vitamin C Serum 0.5 oz/ 15 mL ) says it's online only.

itsfi · ‎09-01-2021

@danielledanielle, yay, a launch date! 😃 I think you’re right that it may be just an online offering.

SportyGirly125 · ‎08-23-2021

Beautylish will be carrying Chantecaille soon....Sephora needs to jump on the bandwagon.

Loretta55 · ‎08-01-2021

I received an email from Kohl’s that you can now purchase Sephora + Kohl’s on line. You can not apply Kohl’s cash or coupons to your order but you can earn Kohl’s rewards on your purchases . Also according to the website you can earn Beauty Insider points. I will be looking into how to receive both. This will definitely help with the $75.00 towards free shipping. Not sure when the in store shopping will be available but when I was at Kohl’s a couple of weeks ago the sign stated that the area will be open in August. At the moment 125 brands are available for purchase.

pocketvenus · ‎07-29-2021

Thought I'd post an update on the Marc Jacobs situation. Business of Fashion reported on the situation roughly a week ago. Excerpts below

Marc Jacobs Beauty is unloading product and considering changes to the brand as its licensing agreement with Kendo enters its final months.

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A customer service representative for Marc Jacobs Beauty told BoF the brand would be relaunching. A spokesperson said the Marc Jacobs Beauty licensing agreement with Kendo ends later this year, and the brand is “exploring opportunities with a new partner.”

“Marc Jacobs Beauty is not being discontinued,” the spokesperson said. “Currently, we are in the process of strategising the best way to reach our global customer going forward.”

Kendo, the LVMH-owned beauty incubator, manufactures Marc Jacobs Beauty, as well as Fenty Beauty and Ole Henriksen; meanwhile, LVMH-owned Sephora sells the products. A spokesperson for Sephora declined to comment on whether the beauty retailer will continue to sell Marc Jacobs Beauty in the long term.

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Other popular beauty brands, like Kylie Cosmetics, have undergone rebrands and reformulations in recent months, opting for vegan and cruelty-free products in keeping with the prevailing industry trends and consumer expectations. But in the case of Kylie Cosmetics, speculation surfaced that the rebrand was forced due to ongoing litigation with Seed Beauty and Coty Inc., where the former accused the latter of stealing trade secrets.

Whether Marc Jacobs Beauty undergoes a product and branding change depends on its contract with Kendo, and who owns the rights to the formulations, said Oliver Herzfeld, senior vice president and chief legal officer at Beanstalk, a branding firm that helps facilitate licensing deals for consumer goods. Licensing agreements are typically three- to five-years long, and usually up for renewal if the relationship is successful, he added.

“If the relationship is going well, [licensing partners] would have no reason not to renew the relationship, but ‘going well’ could be based on a lot of different factors like commercial success, how they’re behaving, royalty payment disputes,” Herzfeld said. “Ultimately the licensor has to protect its brand, that’s the number one thing.”

Tamara76 · ‎07-29-2021

Thanks for the official scoop - this is what I've been hearing in the rumor mill, too, @pocketvenus

SportyGirly125 · ‎06-17-2021

Glossier will be opening stores in Seattle, Los Angeles, London and New York. They had stores but closed them.

Tamara76 · ‎07-29-2021

Thanks, @SportyGirly125 ! I really liked the store in L.A., but the pop-up my daughter and I visited in Austin a couple years ago was even. more fun - it was bigger and had more room to move around - hopefully they'll remodel the permanent stores.

Kim888 · ‎06-17-2021

Nice! I visited their NY store once when it was open and it seemed well organized

CookieGirl1 · ‎06-16-2021

From WWD:

A new program called “Clean Plus” is said to be banning petroleum-based ingredients and focusing more heavily on sustainability.

By James Manso on June 15, 202

Sephora is beefing up its clean beauty initiatives with a program called Clean Plus, sources tell WWD.

Several industry sources said the U.S.’s largest prestige beauty retailer will be introducing new parameters for brands to qualify as “Clean Plus,” which includes formulating without polyethylene glycol and other petroleum-based ingredients. Skin care, hair care and makeup brands are expected to comply by 2022; fragrance brands are given until March 31 of 2022, the sources said.

Sephora did not respond to WWD’s request for comment by press time.

Two sources said 30 percent of Sephora’s sales growth — which is nearing $3 billion in online sales for North America — is coming from the 92 Clean at Sephora brands, and Sephora is hoping to build out its assortment of clean hair care and color brands.

“A lot of these clean and sustainability initiatives are directed by consumers. It’s no longer Sephora doing above the call of duty, they’re responding to consumer demand,” said one source.

Although two of the sources described the upgrade as just updating the retailer’s standards, other sources allege that more rigorous standards around “clean” are meant to compete more directly with clean retailer Credo, which partnered last year with competitor Ulta Beauty. “Credo has become the gold standard,” one source said. “Credo is the destination for clean, but Sephora is the destination for prestige.”

There is a sustainability component to the certification process, a source said. “It’s actually very in-depth. They’re pretty strict,” one source said. “With this new program, you’re going to have some interesting brands come across.”

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎06-17-2021

@CookieGirl1 My concern about the push for "clean" products is that it may weaken formulas. I know this isn't necessarily the case, but when I hear "clean" I think "natural." And when I think "natural" I think "all natural." And when I think "all natural," I think of products that pack less of a punch. I like to use products with "chemicals" in them b/c that's what works. When I try to be more logical, I think about how preservatives have been demonized, while I actually don't mind them because I appreciate that they keep my products lasting longer. This keeps them in shape for items I hoard, and makes my dollar go further. I'm also reminded of how other ingredients got a bad rap, like how many people jumped on the "no cones" bandwagon for hair care. Meanwhile, many others like (and need!) silicones. I would die if silicone hair serums were few and far between, or ceased to exist. Basically, I like many of my products just fine and I'd hate that the "clean" push would change or eliminate them. I'm wondering if there are more people out there like me, and if there is possibly a silent majority.

I've also become frustrated with "clean" items as so many of them contain irritants!

As a consumer, what I find most concerning is the lack of transparency about concentrations of active ingredients. How often do we not know how much retinol or AHA or BHA is really in a product? Rather than a clean label, shouldn't we be demanding more knowledge about ingredients that are in a product? I feel like the "clean" label is often more focused on what a product is without. But what's inside a bottle should be equally as important. I feel like you can't have one and not the other; it's like checks and balances.

What I'd like to see from brands are more options - like, a fragrance-free option or an alcohol-free option. Too many items are destroyed by these ingredients, IMHO. I'd also like to know what's going on *before* an item is reformulated or discontinued. I think it's so heartless of companies to leave consumers in the dark.

Another thought: the way I read this article, it seemed like Sephora was pushing the brands to comply. On the one hand, you could interpret this as Sephora pushing high standards. But on the other hand, you could interpret this as Sephora dictating what sorts of formulas brands should make. I think this may be an uneven distribution of power. Sephora is one big retailer pushing hundreds of brand to formulate a certain way.

amyrm · ‎11-16-2021

I agree with you so much. The ‘no parabens’ bandwagon particularly drives me nuts. They’ve been used in personal care products for years. They are even in medications that many people actually have to ingest or they’d die. I’d prefer that my makeup and skincare products not turn rancid within months since they have nothing to prevent bacteria from growing in them. I’m much more concerned about pesticides and other nasty chemicals in our food and water. I don’t want my mascara to be a perfect breeding ground for bacteria to grow like crazy in and give me a serious eye infection. I don’t want to have to replace it monthly -insert eye roll- Sometime it seems like that’s where it’s headed.

The huge push against sulfates is another one that bugs me. It helps products to cleanse more effectively. If anyone wants or needs to avoid them, that’s fine. But absolutely everything doesn’t need to be sulfate free. Same for silicones. They literally saved my hair in high school. Some people need them to have smooth hair.

I don’t really think that Sephora is pushing brands to do it though. Even brands that you’d buy at Walmart, like L’Oréal and Cover Girl, are jumping into it too. It’s just the latest beauty trend. Of course the companies that sell their products have to support them, kwim?

eshoe · ‎06-17-2021

“I feel like the "clean" label is often more focused on what a product is without. But what's inside a bottle should be equally as important.”

This is such an excellent point, @greeneyedgirl107.

greeneyedgirl107 · ‎06-18-2021

@eshoe

CookieGirl1 · ‎06-17-2021

@eshoe @greeneyedgirl107 totally agree.

pocketvenus · ‎06-17-2021

@greeneyedgirl107 You raise a really good point in Sephora and other mega-influential retailers having the power to enforce somewhat arbitrary rules about formulations based on the need to qualify as "clean." I can't help but wonder if this whole thing was a factor that led to the downfall of our beloved Bite???????? 😢

Sunnysmom · ‎06-18-2021

@pocketvenus @greeneyedgirl107 regarding Bite, that sounds very similar to what I was told from a SA not long ago. They are struggling to figure it out I guess. So sad. I miss them too!!

pocketvenus · ‎06-19-2021

@Sunnysmom Sad but good to know! I seem to recall there was also a regular stream of people who had experienced allergic reactions to Bite products so maybe there was pressure from distributors to change the formula because of that too?

Sunnysmom · ‎06-20-2021

Oh that’s right @pocketvenus I do remember some folks having reactions. Yikes. Will be so interesting to see what they come up with. I hoarded so many backups I’m afraid they are have all turned by now. 😢