Fr. Bought some YSL cologne for my bf recently, I spent maybe $120 altogether and got a bag of freebies, all YSL branded. It came with a small makeup bag, a mini lipstick, a mini sized bottle of Black Opium perfume, and two makeup sample cards, one containing multiple shades of concealer, and one with three shades of their loveshine balm. THAT'S what I would consider proper Sephora Advent Calender gifts. If it's not a problem for them to give this stuff away free when we buy a certain amount in store, why not include stuff like that in their advent calendar?
@holdmacat9932 You at least get sephora stores in your country😭😂 In my european country we don't even have any physical stores😭 But lol don't minimize someone getting ripped off just cause you didn't get the chance to loose your point on this too lol
That beauty insider box is a HUGE missed opportunity from Sephora. They’re literally owned by one of the largest luxury beauty retailers in the world. If you are a Sephora customer and have those kinds of points that means you are dropping tons of cash at their store and are likely VIB Rouge. As stated in the video 2500 points is roughly a $500 monetary value. Sephora should’ve made this calendar super luxurious and super exclusive. So that people want to spend the money to get the points to get this calendar next year. It’s literally a missed marketing opportunity. Putting out this stupid box is proof that Sephora doesn’t understand the current beauty market or how their consumer thinks. You’d have super happy rouge clients and be well on the way to earning more. People love a goal.
I thought that they will do the plan you just described. A fabulous calendar that everyone wants to have. Everyone would buy one with their points but the next calendar would be not that great again.
Yes! Such a missed opportunity. Anyone with that many points who is aware there’s a calendar like this to redeem them for and chooses to do so is clearly a returning customer who regularly spends money at Sephora. Not many people would just happen to rack up that amount of points by shopping there here and there. These are clearly dedicated beauty consumers who are likely aware of the trends and value of what they’re getting from the products. Sephora could have knocked it out of the park and had the next big exclusive thing for next holiday season everyone is dying to get their hands on. Instead they gave them trash.
this one is extra bad bc it's supposed to be for your money AND your loyalty to the store, but Sephora is notorious for making crappy advent calendars year after year, after year and people still buy them anyway, they put exactly the same products in the same spots just with different print every year "surprise" 😂😂😂
People tried to get their points refunded for the insider advent calendar since Sephora said there would be makeup products and there weren’t, and got the runaround from customer service until they sent a report in to the Better Business Bureau. so honestly Lauren maybe you should do that and get your points back 😭
I read this comment halfway through watching and I thought to myself “it can’t be THAT bad” - my mouth was on the floor, 2500 points for literal robbery. Thank you for your comment as I so support Lauren getting her points back.
omg that’s what i thought the whole time, if u told me this was a temu advent calendar for $10 id believe u and be like “well, they did ok with what they have” 😂😂😂
for real !!!!! and this way, ur basically guaranteeing they come to the store to exchange it (which could increase the chances of the customer spending more $$$$)... why wouldnt they take that opportunity ???
i don't work there so i finally feel like i can say this-was a BA at Sephora for some time and the way those socks just sat in our 250pts rewards display looking so beyond depressing. the way i literally 🤦🤦🤦 to the max when she opened THAT as one of the rewards…it's giving "we made a bunch of branded merch and don't know what to do with it so we're pawning it onto our most valuable customers[???]"-and yeah 2500 points for that is, like, report-to-BBB-level bad. if you're lucky the same amount of points can get you a "Rouge Reward" worth $100 in-store or online. absolutely insane
Side note, all hospitals have grippy socks. I have a mountain of them. I never understood how the psych-ward became the focus until I remembered we are on the internet.
@@202cardline Pop culture depictions of regular hospitals don't include the socks, so anyone without physical health problems wouldn't know about them and many of us encounter them for the first (and often only) time in the psych ward.
On the reddit sephora sub a bunch of ladies complained about the false advertising of the 2500 advent calendar and got their points refunded! Something to keep in mind
@@monz I need to join that group. Can’t you see why? They were scammed out of a lot of money spent well points that is. Are you OK with that advent calendar?
@@suegreene7841 but I’m not referring to the advent calendar. I didn’t say anything about it. That I agree is a scam. I mean in general, they hate absolutely everything about Sephora.
I used to work at Sephora, and a few years ago I think (just my opinion) whoever works on the point perks thought it would be a good money saving tactic to make a bunch of useless crap with the words “beauty insider” on it and use them instead of products for point perks. Obviously no one ever wanted random garbage they could get at the dollar tree, and we were constantly left with boxes of overstock of them. I genuinely think the point calendar is their way of getting rid of a backlog of four years of “250 point perks” which should have been free with purchase add ons the entire time Edit as I watch the video: the sleep mask and gems were definitely point perks in the past. Wow.
Sad part is if they didn't stretch the items further (separating the 2 hand globe things for instance) and added a couple coupons it may have actually been ok. Like if the quantity was good and grouped (get a bunch of facial tools then a coupon for a face care product, mirror then an eyeshadow/blush coupon, hairbrush then a hair care voucher, etc) then they prolly wouldn't have had any issue.
True! It’s wild when you compare it, considering that you could use 2500 points for the giftcard and then use it to buy the Sephora Favorites calendar for the same price.
You have to be a Rouge to redeem the $100 GC and they post the reward on Tuesday and Thursday 9am Pacific. You have to add it to your cart and check out.
What gets me is that if you have that many points from Sephora, you're likely to already have skincare applicators and brush cleaner things, and lots of these items already 😭
@@alenkabernard5819 I have been waiting for about nine months! I just am getting the impression that they are no longer gonna have them and that is the only reason that I shop at Sephora! I hate Ulta so can’t go there
The last box looks like a bag of stuff I'd drop off at Salvation Army.... and feel bad about it, because I would know no one would even want that crap.
That 2500 box is the biggest joke... like people who have earned that amount of points don't already have high quality versions of what came in that box. I would be livid.
Omg 😂 I’ve been following the drama about this calendar on Reddit. I feel so bad for anyone who spent their points on that advent calendar. I was excited to see your reaction and you did NOT disappoint, Lauren! I’m just picturing Sam in the other room hearing all the aggressive yelling 🤣
It’s not even just about the advent calendar it’s about how tight Sephora is with their points and their sales they want you to buy everything but they don’t wanna give anything of value back. That’s why I strongly suggest Alta you all will not be disappointed. For the brands they do not sell I would rather buy them directly from the brand then from Sephora.
@@seadragon1456 that’s exactly what I do! Lol they add up sooo fast with the multipliers. I’ve also done all the Beauty Insider challenges so far and those are always a nice bonus of 500 points! 💕
My sister and I laughed so hard when you were opening that Beauty Insider calendar. What a joke! It's like they pulled the items from a dollar store and wrote "Beauty Insider" on them. Truly the worst thing that could happen to a beauty connoisseur who has saved up their points over a long period of time. I think it might turn off loyal customers to the point where they won't shop there anymore. Customer appreciation and generous rewards are what set companies apart, so Ulta and other beauty retailers may benefit from this fiasco!
Right?! My old Gen X ass remembers when those were mildly popular, but the whole point was you had a little mirror with your lipstick. Why would I even bother with a case that had no mirror?!
@alenkabernard5819 they release around 9am PST on Tuesdays and Thursdays! But not always exactly at 9am... you gotta refresh the page sometimes. I got one last week and it didn't pop up till 9:10am.
Omg. That red pleather lipstick case takes me to my late 80s/90s childhood when my school would have “Santa’s Workshop” and students could spend a few dollars to feel like they were grown up shopping for their family. Lol like they snatched it out of 1988 in the worst way.
This is how Sephora thinks and appreciates their customers! Truly not surprised because I have been in some nightmare situations with this company. It’s just weird to me in a time where companies are being so blessed in sales like never before and their response is things like this. I hope ppl call them out cause it will make them do better. At least I hope it inspires that result but who knows. Thank you for your honest reviews. We need this and ppl like you. ❤
the visible trauma on your face at the garbage in the last calendar. And yes you are so right, they sell high end products, they had to know we can tell amazon spa party pinata filler when we see it. So dissapointing.
I would love a video where you build your own advent calendar and pick a price point and what you would want to see and expect based on that. That would be cool
lauren thank you so much for doing this so we don’t have to. you saved a lot of people a lot of points and reports to the BBB today, truly doing gods work. “don’t let them throw a festival or something” seeeeent me. spent the whole time going “what in the everlovingfuck is that.” wow. just wow. hope u get ur points back, because whaaaaat the heeeeelllll
You are hilarious. I literally burst out laughing at some of your comments on the last calendar 😂😂 Sephora did us so dirty with that 2500point calendar.. ugh!
NOTE FOR THE OAT CLEANSER: I love mine, but it does tend to separate sometimes. Just mix it up a bit in the bottle before application and it comes out fine.
“ It’s like the torture advent calendar!” Hahahaha. What a disappointment for 2500 points! I’d like to be a fly on the wall when the powers that be come up with this stuff!
Wow, the beauty insider calendar was literally THE WORST! Apparently I am twisted, because I was laughing SO HARD about your reactions to opening that. The first calendar was complete garbage for $50, but the third one (which should’ve been SO much better, especially for being so exclusive) would hurt wayyyyyy worse! I felt for you! The only advent calendar worth it was that second one. Oooof. THANK YOU for taking one for the team so we can learn from your experience and save ourselves some money & heartache
LAUREN I am WHEEZING at your Peter Piper Pizza comment 🤣🤣 Like, I am so sorry it was so terrible. But also, if it’s of any solace, this was super entertaining.😂💀
You know when you pop open a Christmas cracker as a fun little thing to do, and you end up getting like a whistle, or a spinning top. That’s what this garbage is. It was a giant box of beauty insider branded joke gifts. What an absolute slap in the face. That’s how they’re treating their LOYAL customers.
The $50 box makes sense for a gift for a 13 yr old cousin or something. The beauty insider box is just robbery. I would be soooooooooo pissed. It doesn't even make sense because they actually make some good makeup products. They could give you mid toned lipstains and blushes. They make good eye liners, lip liners, and mascara. They literally have good options and they chose to give party bag gifts for preteens instead.
if i were sephora and i was interested in making a good sephora brand advent calendar i would do like. full size eyeliner. full size lip liner. some of those tools and bath products. single eyeshadow. a nice brush on the last day. i love sephora brushes..
I already knew the 2500 point calendar was bad enough that Sephora was refunding points, but it's so much worse than I thought! Definitely get your points back!
The oat cleansing balm is my fave but just a heads up - when you think there’s no more product left you got to cut it open because there will be a lot left! The packaging isn’t the greatest for the product itself 😊
The point perk is honestly insulting! Like I’m mad for you because they knew!! THEY KNEW!! There is absolutely no way someone thought it was worth it like no everyone who worked on this knew it was a scam.
That second box was sooo much better than I expected. I would be very happy with that if I got it. Maybe a little happier if it was $75, but happy nonetheless. I won’t be picking it up, but I am impressed
I saw the $50 one on Sephora and the reviews were all roasted the 💩 out of it lol. I was really hoping one of my favorite UA-camrs would do the same and so happy it was you ❤ sorry it was so terrible though thank you for saving people money with your thorough review
I do like mini nail files. I throw a bunch in my car, in my husband's car, in my purse and I have one or two at work. They can be really usefull so I wouldn't be disapointed about them but honestly I think the thing with advent calendars is they can be very subjetcive. One gilr trash is another girl's treasure
the beauty insider box is giving career fair like when they have pencils n stress balls n shit at all the companies' tables. like i pretended to care abt what some recruiter was saying to get a free makeup brush cleaner
9:39 no NO NO those hurt sooo bad!! My sister gave me and my twin these hair pieces and they hurt taking them out and putting them in bc they snagged my hair so much and the metal part was like not on the plastic part properly
I was crying so hard, I choked on my own spit. Gawd I love you! The finger puppet from the insider calendar was where everything went sideways for me. Breathing became difficult. ❤😂 thanks for allowing me the ab workout
Those little tubes of products remind me of samples… virtual no cost to Sephora… guessing the venders contributed them as part of their advertising account.
I spent over 55 dollars the other day and received a free sample bag with 13 makeup products. That’s almost half an advent calendar for free.
You are very lucky in USA. Here in Spain we hardly can get one unique random perfume sample, usually for male. Sephora goes from bad to worst
Fr. Bought some YSL cologne for my bf recently, I spent maybe $120 altogether and got a bag of freebies, all YSL branded. It came with a small makeup bag, a mini lipstick, a mini sized bottle of Black Opium perfume, and two makeup sample cards, one containing multiple shades of concealer, and one with three shades of their loveshine balm. THAT'S what I would consider proper Sephora Advent Calender gifts. If it's not a problem for them to give this stuff away free when we buy a certain amount in store, why not include stuff like that in their advent calendar?
Hey, go again and you'll have your own advent calendar!! :)
@@evacocinarosa totally, I asked for a perfume sample and they looked at me like I had their family hostage 😳
Where did you buy from?
Boy the insider calendar makes the $50 calendar look good.
😂😂😂😂😂 definitely
At least the $50 one had makeup in it.
That 2500 point box is awful. Sephora should be ashamed of themselves.
I didn’t fall their trap…phew!
So nasty to try to scam their most loyal customers.
You guys at least get points and can use them to get free stuff. In europe we don't have that, not even cool birthdays presents like you do
@@holdmacat9932 don’t do that.
@holdmacat9932 You at least get sephora stores in your country😭😂 In my european country we don't even have any physical stores😭
But lol don't minimize someone getting ripped off just cause you didn't get the chance to loose your point on this too lol
That beauty insider box is a HUGE missed opportunity from Sephora. They’re literally owned by one of the largest luxury beauty retailers in the world. If you are a Sephora customer and have those kinds of points that means you are dropping tons of cash at their store and are likely VIB Rouge. As stated in the video 2500 points is roughly a $500 monetary value. Sephora should’ve made this calendar super luxurious and super exclusive. So that people want to spend the money to get the points to get this calendar next year. It’s literally a missed marketing opportunity. Putting out this stupid box is proof that Sephora doesn’t understand the current beauty market or how their consumer thinks. You’d have super happy rouge clients and be well on the way to earning more. People love a goal.
Sooo true!!
I thought that they will do the plan you just described. A fabulous calendar that everyone wants to have. Everyone would buy one with their points but the next calendar would be not that great again.
Yes! Such a missed opportunity. Anyone with that many points who is aware there’s a calendar like this to redeem them for and chooses to do so is clearly a returning customer who regularly spends money at Sephora. Not many people would just happen to rack up that amount of points by shopping there here and there. These are clearly dedicated beauty consumers who are likely aware of the trends and value of what they’re getting from the products. Sephora could have knocked it out of the park and had the next big exclusive thing for next holiday season everyone is dying to get their hands on. Instead they gave them trash.
this one is extra bad bc it's supposed to be for your money AND your loyalty to the store, but Sephora is notorious for making crappy advent calendars year after year, after year and people still buy them anyway, they put exactly the same products in the same spots just with different print every year "surprise" 😂😂😂
At what point are consumers going to quit deluding themselves that big businesses give two sh*ts about them.
People tried to get their points refunded for the insider advent calendar since Sephora said there would be makeup products and there weren’t, and got the runaround from customer service until they sent a report in to the Better Business Bureau. so honestly Lauren maybe you should do that and get your points back 😭
I read this comment halfway through watching and I thought to myself “it can’t be THAT bad” - my mouth was on the floor, 2500 points for literal robbery. Thank you for your comment as I so support Lauren getting her points back.
I can’t believe one have to literally report it to the gov to get the pts refunded😅
I saw people on Reddit who were thankfully able to get their points refunded. This calendar is ridiculous
I would be trying to get mine back if I'd ordered this. I hope Lauren does.
I’d love an update on this calendar if Lauren does try and get her points back!
Yikes, the Beauty Insider calendar was bad. Like, Temu bad. Holy crap I would be pissed if I spent 2500 points on that!
OMG. Temu is complete cr@p 😮
omg that’s what i thought the whole time, if u told me this was a temu advent calendar for $10 id believe u and be like “well, they did ok with what they have” 😂😂😂
@@TheBlodeuyn trust me, I’m pissed. In this case Temu is actually better because at least when you order that you know you’re getting garbage.
whole time i was thinking temu but temu probably is better tbh
Temu is good. I've never had issues with quality with anything I've brought. All Exactly as described.
This advent calendar is an appalling scam
Put a coupon in for a full sized foundation where you can pick your freaking shade. It isn’t hard, Sephora.
for real !!!!! and this way, ur basically guaranteeing they come to the store to exchange it (which could increase the chances of the customer spending more $$$$)... why wouldnt they take that opportunity ???
@@sl33p.drift3r literally THIS! companies do this all the time! it's a tried and true method of increasing sales! goofy af.
They are putting the shade they have most (non-moving) stock.
That’s a really good idea
the psych hospital grippy socks sent me over the edge omg that's hilarious
i don't work there so i finally feel like i can say this-was a BA at Sephora for some time and the way those socks just sat in our 250pts rewards display looking so beyond depressing. the way i literally 🤦🤦🤦 to the max when she opened THAT as one of the rewards…it's giving "we made a bunch of branded merch and don't know what to do with it so we're pawning it onto our most valuable customers[???]"-and yeah 2500 points for that is, like, report-to-BBB-level bad. if you're lucky the same amount of points can get you a "Rouge Reward" worth $100 in-store or online. absolutely insane
Side note, all hospitals have grippy socks. I have a mountain of them. I never understood how the psych-ward became the focus until I remembered we are on the internet.
@@202cardline Pop culture depictions of regular hospitals don't include the socks, so anyone without physical health problems wouldn't know about them and many of us encounter them for the first (and often only) time in the psych ward.
Huh? What do you mean?
I just had zero issues getting my points refunded. I was kind with the rep but firm. Get your points back, Lauren. 😊
Me at the psych ward: no it’s ok, i have my Sephora insider socks 😌
🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂🤦🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️🤣🤣🤣
I'm going to be laughing about this for days. 😭
Oh god 😂😂
Stoppppppp lol
On the reddit sephora sub a bunch of ladies complained about the false advertising of the 2500 advent calendar and got their points refunded! Something to keep in mind
The people on that sub scare me. They have the deepest hatred towards Sephora and it’s a little much…
@@monz I need to join that group. Can’t you see why? They were scammed out of a lot of money spent well points that is. Are you OK with that advent calendar?
@@suegreene7841 but I’m not referring to the advent calendar. I didn’t say anything about it. That I agree is a scam. I mean in general, they hate absolutely everything about Sephora.
@@suegreene7841 I wasn’t talking about the advent calendar. I was talking about the people in the Sephora subreddit. The advent is a joke.
Love that they gave people socks for where they’re going after opening the box
😂😂😂
LMAOOOOO
OMGGGG I cannot believe the amount of random useless pieces of silicone that you got for 2,500 points 😅
Those products look like something I’d buy at Claire’s, and use them as favors, for my daughters 9th birthday party
I used to work at Sephora, and a few years ago I think (just my opinion) whoever works on the point perks thought it would be a good money saving tactic to make a bunch of useless crap with the words “beauty insider” on it and use them instead of products for point perks. Obviously no one ever wanted random garbage they could get at the dollar tree, and we were constantly left with boxes of overstock of them. I genuinely think the point calendar is their way of getting rid of a backlog of four years of “250 point perks” which should have been free with purchase add ons the entire time
Edit as I watch the video: the sleep mask and gems were definitely point perks in the past. Wow.
Yeah, I still have the socks too XD
Sad part is if they didn't stretch the items further (separating the 2 hand globe things for instance) and added a couple coupons it may have actually been ok. Like if the quantity was good and grouped (get a bunch of facial tools then a coupon for a face care product, mirror then an eyeshadow/blush coupon, hairbrush then a hair care voucher, etc) then they prolly wouldn't have had any issue.
I too was a victim of this “reward” calendar. Took 4 emails but got my points back!
2500 points buys you a $100 Sephora gift card in the Rewards bizarre. I am fully invested in this saga! Love you Lauren ❤
True! It’s wild when you compare it, considering that you could use 2500 points for the giftcard and then use it to buy the Sephora Favorites calendar for the same price.
I have 6000 points. I have to find these $100 gift cards
@@liisabjork76check on Tuesdays at noon
@@liisabjork76 they are only there at certain times, you can google the parameters.
You have to be a Rouge to redeem the $100 GC and they post the reward on Tuesday and Thursday 9am Pacific. You have to add it to your cart and check out.
What gets me is that if you have that many points from Sephora, you're likely to already have skincare applicators and brush cleaner things, and lots of these items already 😭
You get skincare spatulas FOR FREE in lots of products! You could just reuse one!
Like you can just go steal them from the store 😂
But they aren't branded.
The only advent calendars I get are the Lindt chocolate ones 😂 I am NEVER dissapointed and they’re like $6. 👍🏻
Seriously, I’ve gotten a $100 gift card for 2500 points. That Beauty Insider calendar should at least rival the $100 calendar!!
I’ve been waiting for months to get the hundred dollar gift card and they just aren’t coming out with it anymore! It is so frustrating!
@@cynthiafisher3392it’s only in there Tuesday and Thursday at 9am pst.
Im looking to exchange my 2500 points for 100$ for few weeks now, but it’s always only option 500 points for 10$. I’m Rouge, but don’t see it…
@@alenkabernard5819 I have been waiting for about nine months! I just am getting the impression that they are no longer gonna have them and that is the only reason that I shop at Sephora! I hate Ulta so can’t go there
The $100 giftcards drop on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, you have to get them early, they sell out fast
The last box looks like a bag of stuff I'd drop off at Salvation Army.... and feel bad about it, because I would know no one would even want that crap.
I love how the Sephora Rewards one is basically a haunted house for you, Lauren. Entertaining but absolutely outrageous at the same time
That 2500 box is the biggest joke... like people who have earned that amount of points don't already have high quality versions of what came in that box. I would be livid.
Omg 😂 I’ve been following the drama about this calendar on Reddit. I feel so bad for anyone who spent their points on that advent calendar. I was excited to see your reaction and you did NOT disappoint, Lauren! I’m just picturing Sam in the other room hearing all the aggressive yelling 🤣
It’s not even just about the advent calendar it’s about how tight Sephora is with their points and their sales they want you to buy everything but they don’t wanna give anything of value back. That’s why I strongly suggest Alta you all will not be disappointed. For the brands they do not sell I would rather buy them directly from the brand then from Sephora.
what subreddit?
I currently have 5,033 points. I recently spent 7,500 and got a Marc Jacobs leather crossbody bag and two 100ml daisy perfumes. 🎉
Why lmao? How ridiculous
@@bailey7792because they wanted to? why do you care
@bailey7792 Why not lol why are you pressed
Daaaaaaang you spent a ton!!! This is why we gotta take advantage of the multipliers.
@@seadragon1456 that’s exactly what I do! Lol they add up sooo fast with the multipliers. I’ve also done all the Beauty Insider challenges so far and those are always a nice bonus of 500 points! 💕
The 2500 point calendar screams "shelf stable so it can sit in clearance for ages after flopping".
My sister and I laughed so hard when you were opening that Beauty Insider calendar. What a joke! It's like they pulled the items from a dollar store and wrote "Beauty Insider" on them. Truly the worst thing that could happen to a beauty connoisseur who has saved up their points over a long period of time. I think it might turn off loyal customers to the point where they won't shop there anymore. Customer appreciation and generous rewards are what set companies apart, so Ulta and other beauty retailers may benefit from this fiasco!
i almost had tears laughing at that one, glad i didn't spend one dime at Sephora this year
Also the lipstick case didn’t even have a mirrorrrrrr 💀💀💀
Right?! My old Gen X ass remembers when those were mildly popular, but the whole point was you had a little mirror with your lipstick. Why would I even bother with a case that had no mirror?!
I want your points back for the 3rd one. It’s giving dollar store. Love your vids.
A dollar store advent calendar would actually be better because it would have some candies in it.
29:48 She so salty she's lost for words! I agree though.
That 2500 point one actually pissed me off. It is absolutely insulting. You can get a $100 gift card for 2500 points.
Do you know which days Sephora have this offer? I’m rouge but I don’t see this option, only $10 for 500 points..
@alenkabernard5819 they release around 9am PST on Tuesdays and Thursdays! But not always exactly at 9am... you gotta refresh the page sometimes. I got one last week and it didn't pop up till 9:10am.
@@alenkabernard5819 Tues and Thurs, and it's limited quantity
Omg. That red pleather lipstick case takes me to my late 80s/90s childhood when my school would have “Santa’s Workshop” and students could spend a few dollars to feel like they were grown up shopping for their family. Lol like they snatched it out of 1988 in the worst way.
This is how Sephora thinks and appreciates their customers! Truly not surprised because I have been in some nightmare situations with this company. It’s just weird to me in a time where companies are being so blessed in sales like never before and their response is things like this. I hope ppl call them out cause it will make them do better. At least I hope it inspires that result but who knows. Thank you for your honest reviews. We need this and ppl like you. ❤
I agree
the visible trauma on your face at the garbage in the last calendar. And yes you are so right, they sell high end products, they had to know we can tell amazon spa party pinata filler when we see it. So dissapointing.
LOL "amazon spa party pinata filler!" ACCURATE!!!!
okay the middle calendar slapped! So much fun!
I was dying at “it’s giving hospital socks” 😭
"Don't let them throw a festival or something" I'M DEAD LOL I'M SOOO SORRY! THEY DID YOU DIRTY!
That beauty insider one is literally temu crap. They are competing with last years Chanel calendar lol
It 100% should have been 25 days of 100 point perks/samples. IT MAKES SENSE!
"A little craft store moment" 😂😂😂
Shes so sassy about the calendars and I am LIVING for it
The *most* insulting part of the 2500 points box is that you could have redeemed them for $100 and gotten the Sephora favorites one 😒
That last one was brutal. The tortoise brush was a highlight.
I would love a video where you build your own advent calendar and pick a price point and what you would want to see and expect based on that. That would be cool
NOT THE GRIPPY SOCKS FOR CHRISTMAS!!!
lauren thank you so much for doing this so we don’t have to. you saved a lot of people a lot of points and reports to the BBB today, truly doing gods work.
“don’t let them throw a festival or something” seeeeent me.
spent the whole time going “what in the everlovingfuck is that.”
wow.
just wow.
hope u get ur points back, because whaaaaat the heeeeelllll
This woman is saving peoples pockets 😭🙏
omg that mini pat blush is cute af look at the embossing !!!!!!!!!
They used to sell them individually, I bought one last holiday season, great way to try them
The red silicone thing you put your finger in is a lip scrubber tool. I have one I got free somewhere.
Its also a dog toothbrush!
Holy shit, the second one was actually incredible!! That giant bottle of cleansing balm really put it over the top! 👏🏻👏🏻🏆
Wow… I’ve seen most of the stuff they put in that 2500 pt calendar on Temu for like 50 cents
You are hilarious. I literally burst out laughing at some of your comments on the last calendar 😂😂 Sephora did us so dirty with that 2500point calendar.. ugh!
NOTE FOR THE OAT CLEANSER: I love mine, but it does tend to separate sometimes. Just mix it up a bit in the bottle before application and it comes out fine.
Yep i shake it up often
Mhm, “a bunch of trash” is so accurate 🚮
“ It’s like the torture advent calendar!” Hahahaha. What a disappointment for 2500 points! I’d like to be a fly on the wall when the powers that be come up with this stuff!
Maybe the gold hair clips are real gold 😂 so I can melt it down and get my money's worth
That is a great comment.
Wow, the beauty insider calendar was literally THE WORST! Apparently I am twisted, because I was laughing SO HARD about your reactions to opening that. The first calendar was complete garbage for $50, but the third one (which should’ve been SO much better, especially for being so exclusive) would hurt wayyyyyy worse! I felt for you! The only advent calendar worth it was that second one. Oooof. THANK YOU for taking one for the team so we can learn from your experience and save ourselves some money & heartache
I heard the Beauty Insider advent calendar was bad, but watching your video this is soooo bad!!
LAUREN I am WHEEZING at your Peter Piper Pizza comment 🤣🤣
Like, I am so sorry it was so terrible. But also, if it’s of any solace, this was super entertaining.😂💀
That must be like a Chuck E. Cheese?
The green box was SO good, but the last one was SO bad!
That red thing looks like the top of a fly swatter.
The worst part is, it's not going to actually exfoliate anything lol
When you opened the lipstick case I also instantly got a flashback to last years’s lol
I saw someone on TikTok open the 2500 points calendar and I knew you were going to be disappointed.
Same
I heard a lot of people were getting their points back on that atrocious calendar.
You know when you pop open a Christmas cracker as a fun little thing to do, and you end up getting like a whistle, or a spinning top. That’s what this garbage is. It was a giant box of beauty insider branded joke gifts. What an absolute slap in the face. That’s how they’re treating their LOYAL customers.
I love how work up you get when you’re opening a crappy calendar. 😂❤
The $50 box makes sense for a gift for a 13 yr old cousin or something. The beauty insider box is just robbery. I would be soooooooooo pissed. It doesn't even make sense because they actually make some good makeup products. They could give you mid toned lipstains and blushes. They make good eye liners, lip liners, and mascara. They literally have good options and they chose to give party bag gifts for preteens instead.
That third box is proof of Sephora’s contempt for their customers. They really think that we are all just wide open wallets out here. Revolting.
I'm a corporate recruiter and the Beauty Insider shit reminds me of swag we used to give a way at job fairs. Garbage!
if i were sephora and i was interested in making a good sephora brand advent calendar i would do like. full size eyeliner. full size lip liner. some of those tools and bath products. single eyeshadow. a nice brush on the last day. i love sephora brushes..
I already knew the 2500 point calendar was bad enough that Sephora was refunding points, but it's so much worse than I thought! Definitely get your points back!
I would be sooooo upset 😮 I feel they really take advantage of us .Great video .
The oat cleansing balm is my fave but just a heads up - when you think there’s no more product left you got to cut it open because there will be a lot left! The packaging isn’t the greatest for the product itself 😊
It's good
Yah the 2500 one is like Temu. Btw, what eyeshadow are you wearing ? Its beautiful ! Thank you for doing this. So informative.
The Dr. Dennis Gross peel pads are amazing. I have sensitive skin and I love them. Definitely try❤
I do too
i feel like the first calendar would be a good gift for a little sister/niece/cousin whose just enough to start getting into makeup
"Don't let them throw a festival" 😂 that 2500 pt box is insulting wow haha
The point perk is honestly insulting! Like I’m mad for you because they knew!! THEY KNEW!! There is absolutely no way someone thought it was worth it like no everyone who worked on this knew it was a scam.
Lauren, you took one for the team!
Wow! Can't literally believe how bad the last one was 😮. Bless you for sacrificing your points for our curiosity
Holy moly. Peter Piper Pizza. I haven't thought about them in years! Thank you for bringing me back to the good times!
That second box was sooo much better than I expected. I would be very happy with that if I got it. Maybe a little happier if it was $75, but happy nonetheless. I won’t be picking it up, but I am impressed
I saw the $50 one on Sephora and the reviews were all roasted the 💩 out of it lol. I was really hoping one of my favorite UA-camrs would do the same and so happy it was you ❤ sorry it was so terrible though thank you for saving people money with your thorough review
I do like mini nail files. I throw a bunch in my car, in my husband's car, in my purse and I have one or two at work. They can be really usefull so I wouldn't be disapointed about them but honestly I think the thing with advent calendars is they can be very subjetcive. One gilr trash is another girl's treasure
Yeah but buying them individually you can buy 5 for less than 4 dollars still not worth it
I thought the black thing was a car steering wheel cover! 😂
the beauty insider box is giving career fair like when they have pencils n stress balls n shit at all the companies' tables. like i pretended to care abt what some recruiter was saying to get a free makeup brush cleaner
Watching you rip on the 2500 points box I WAS DYING LAUGHING 😂 IM DEAD 💀
HERE FOR THE ZENON GIRL OF THE 21ST CENTURY REFERENCE
I absolutely love when you do these so eye opening
Will you show us a collection (or even on your fragrance channel) of all your cute teeny perfume bottles?
In Dollar Tree/ Dollarama, one can get better stuff or larger amounts of similar items in the $50 set and the 2500pts set. 😌
9:39 no NO NO those hurt sooo bad!! My sister gave me and my twin these hair pieces and they hurt taking them out and putting them in bc they snagged my hair so much and the metal part was like not on the plastic part properly
I would have been soooo disappointed 😥 thank you for doing this ❤
I was crying so hard, I choked on my own spit. Gawd I love you! The finger puppet from the insider calendar was where everything went sideways for me. Breathing became difficult. ❤😂 thanks for allowing me the ab workout
41:17 It would be priced $5… because it looks like something you’d buy at five below
I just saw a video about the french Sephora advent calendar and it was stunning. A french UA-camr showed it.
Which French UA-camr? I have been looking to add more French to my feed.
Did they use their U.S. sales to subsidise the French one or something? Makes no sense why there's such a big discrepancy
I don’t think any brand hates their consumers more than Sephora
These are the trinkets you get with tickets at Chuck E Cheese.....😂
As a Canadian I haven't seen the sephora favorites advent calendar on the app so this unboxing is exciting!
I was surprised with it!! Hopefully it will come to the app soon!
Those little tubes of products remind me of samples… virtual no cost to Sephora… guessing the venders contributed them as part of their advertising account.
This seems to happen every year at Sephora. I don't know why people still buy it.
i love how she zooms in on the product too and doesn't just leaves for others to guess how it is.