What Would You Do with $1,000,000?

[KatieBT]

LexBT, BrendaBT and me playing around in Sephora Collection's SEPHORiA experience

In case you haven't heard the news, Beauty Insider's newest sweepstakes just launched today and the prize is HUGE! One lucky Beauty Insider will actually win $1,000,000. As a Sephora employee, I cannot enter to win but I know that many of you will probably be entering or are thinking about it. If you're interested in entering the sweeps, you can enter here: https://www.beautyinsidersweeps.com

This sweeps is the first of it's kind and has my mind spinning so I want to hear from you all... If you were to win $1,000,000 what would you do with the prize money? 

[itscarin]

If I won a million dollars I'd buy a row house I could invest it.  Nothing like real estate speculation!  A house is something I could enjoy every day and after taxes I think this would be just enough to buy a fixer upper.

[Brianna12033]

I would help people in need I’ve grown up with cancer had it since I was 16 and I know how expensive it is and how stressful it is to ourfamilies. I always donate any time I can because not everyone can afford their medical bills and I have been in that position before so I know what they’re going through. Definitely would help with the McDonald’s house too when I was going through my treatment that’s where they sent me. I just want to do anything I can to make people’s lives a little bit better. Even if it’s just mailing cards and letting people know they’re not alone. I know when I was having a rough time people’s words uplifted me and made me not want to give up because there’s so much more to life than just letting cancer ruin it for you.

[Ninasa88]

I would buy my mom a house so she doesnt ever have to stress about rent ever again. And then id also like to open the bakery I always dreamt of.

[Fums]

Help my family, help the world, and live my dreams.

[gchahall]

If I won I would but a good $250,000 aside for my undergraduate, medical school and residency so my parents don’t have to take care of that because they have two other kids to support!! Along with that I would definitely buy a retirement home for my parents so that they have nothing to worry about after they retire. I would set aside money for my sister and brothers education as well so they also have the resources necessary to pursue what they love, I’d also plan a one week vacation because my family hasn’t been on one in a very very long time and the rest of the money would be donated to a children’s hospital because I know how impactful that can be since I use to be a patient!!

[gchahall]

And Of course stack up on some make up for me, my sister and my mom!!

[RGbrown]

@KatieBT @TeamBIC 

Can you provide an update on the last sweeps that included "buy an entry with your points"? It closed over a year ago (March 2018), but Hello World never announced a winner. 

Original thread here:

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Trending-Now/Hello-Milan/m-p/3824279

[Samtian]

Has anyone ever won any of their sweepstakes? I remember someone posting the lipsticks they won, but that has been the only one I've ever seen.

[Guessgal]

Good thing you brought this up @RGbrown. I didn’t enter this bc it was US only, but I had a similar situation wherein I entered a Velour Lashes contest on IG. I messaged them directly inquiring about the winner and they never responded back! I felt so scammed 😠🙅🏻‍♀️

[kbmak]

This is worrisome - I’m glad you brought it to our attention. These always seem like scams!

[alycarrillo103]

If I won, I would buy my mom a house , donate to animal shelters, pay off my credit cards , pay off my car , pay off student loans , and travel . 💫

[zamoruhh]

I would pay off all of my father’s debt and take care of any bills he has so he doesn’t have to stress anymore because god knows he deserves it. I would help my brother and his family with a second car because he and his wife both use one car which makes it difficult for them to commute to work. I would also set some money aside for my nephew to put him through college. Lastly I would quit my job and finish school without having to worry about paying tuition or books 😭

[Weetart]

Pay off all my and my SO’s debts. Buy a modest condo or house. But SO a new truck. Rest goes into savings, investments and retirement plans. Oh and buy a little house for my SO’s mother.

[WinglessOne]

I’d look into legal ways to squirrel it away and live off the interest. I’d want some way to grow that money (aside from investing it all) so I can pay medical expenses for myself and as many relatives as possible. I’d also want to help ease relatives’ and close friends’ debt. 

Sure, I’d also like to BUY. ALL. OF. THE. LIPSTICKS. 🤣 But not until I was sure I could help support my loved ones. 

[itscarin]

Damn... a lot of responses about medical bills here.  That is saying something.  

[Cyncynn]

@itscarin 

I have lived in the UK and Brazil before moving to the US and the biggest shock I had here was related to the medical system. Even with great insurance a simple visit can cost you thousands of dollars out of pocket. I can easily see how a person can go bankrupt because of medical bills, it is totally out of control and there is no transparency.

(Those are my 2 cents as a foreigner. Not trying to make this into a political conversation at all.)

[WinglessOne]

@itscarin  I know, right? And honestly, $1 million isn’t enough to cover everyone I wanna help, once the fed and state get their taxation hands on it. 😞 

[itscarin]

@WinglessOne I don’t want to go down the political rabbit hole but I listened to Bernie Sanders on the joe rogan experience and he made a lot of sense.

I keep reading articles about people dying because they can’t afford insulin and I’m shocked. Meanwhile, magic johnson has been hiv+ since it was first discovered (hyperbole) but how many countless other succumbed to the disease? Money talks.

It’s crazy a Corporation can make a slight tweak on a drug, get it patented for another 20 years, and then price gouge consumers. If you want to make 10x on a commodity, have at it... but when people need this stuff to live it’s immoral. 

Then you have the drug companies lying about what their drug can do and causing the opioid epidemic. Healthcare in the us is a dirty business.  I just can’t imagine telling someone “no” when they need a drug or a procedure to live. That’s a death sentence. 

[WinglessOne]

@itscarin  I completely agree. I could rant for hours about our “health”care system and the ways it penalizes not-wealthy folks for having the audacity to get sick or injured. 

Something else that’s ticked me off for years that I’ll soon get to experience firsthand: I worked 20 years for a large corporation until this year. My healthcare premium (for myself; I have no dependents) were $47/month. That’ll continue for the post-employment extension period, after which I’ll lose subsidization (the sweet deal worked out between my former employer and this insurance company) and my premium will jump to $549/month if I choose to keep my current plan. There’s no moral explanation that insurance companies can possibly provide to explain why they’re willing to offer the exact same coverage at 2 very different price points. This kind of price gouging is yet another source of debt for many people. 

Anyway... yeah, our system is sucky. 😞 If I could grow a $1 million prize to an even larger sum, then I could help a lot more people with their health bills—and maybe help fund a cause that effectively pushes for a better healthcare system. 

[Cyncynn]

'Healthcare in the us is a dirty business.'

Completely agree.

[CookieGirl1]

I like your idea of living off the interest, @WinglessOne !