I am actually yelping this review from the parking lot right now.
I am soooooo DONE with this store. Not all Sephoras in general, just THIS store. What the hell is up with this location? I come in here all the time as it is right next door to my work. They are ALWAYS out of stock in everything. I needed a powder that the store was OF COURSE out of stock of so I made the mistake of ordering it over the phone at the store and I never received the product because the idiot on the other line forgot to put my apartment number in the address line even though I told him 3 times and had him repeat it back to me. That turned into a whole 3 week fiasco with me calling back and forth & speaking with rude ghetto phone operators. in the end, I never received the product and when I spoke to a manager, there was nothing she could do to help me. No discount. No free samples. NOTHING AT ALL even though it was her employees fault. Thanks a lot Sephora. Way to treat your customers who spend hundreds/thousands of dollars a year on your insanely overpriced products.
Anyways, back to this specific store. I just left, it's 5:15 PM on Thursday April 14. I walked into the store to find a shade of powder that matched me better than the one i previously bought from here. The store wasn't THAT busy at all. I'm standing there for a good 10 minutes at the Kat Von D counter looking confused and testing about 5 different powders on my arm. In that time frame I saw about 5 girls working there. Nobody said hi, hello, or we'll be right you. Nobody even acknowledged me. Nobody asked if I needed any help (I did) so I said FUCK IT and put down what I was about to buy and left. This happens ALL of the time at this location.
Last week I encountered a rude female employee at the register who snatched my product from my hands then slammed it onto the counter to ring it up and then got snotty because I POLITELY declined her offer to sign up for a stupid JC penny's credit card. The product was a delicate compact powder by the way. Those break easily. She then turned to her other coworker and said loudly for all the hear "GOD I DO NOT WANT TO BE UP FRONT!!!" all snotty. Go home then lady, you are working in retail, OF COURSE the store is going to be busy at 5PM on a weekday when woman are just getting off work. Find a job working on an island in a cave or something if you don't want to deal with people.
and the RARE times that you CAN get an employee to help you, they are not very knowledgeable about the products they sell. i can't expect them to know about EVERY single product in their own store because there are thousands, but they give me this deer in the headlights look when i tell them i would like to try a new liquid foundation and would like a color match. as if that is some crazy out of this world request. EVERY single time they have "color matched" me, it turns out looking awful. they end up giving me samples of orange concoctions which make me look like an umpa lumpa. they need some formal training on how to properly color match and listen to customers wants and needs when it comes to how the CUSTOMER prefers their makeup to look. i've even TOLD them which foundation i've been using for years that's a good color match for me (makeup forever HD liquid in 117) and i TELL them i have fair skin with yellow undertones, but yet SOMEHOW i always end up with shades that are clearly meant for somebody tan so i look orange or i'll end up with shades that are clearly made for a person with pink undertones. sometimes they will look "OKAY" in the store, but once you get out to your car in the parking lot and check the mirror, it's like DAMNNNN WTF?!!! so i've just completely given up on asking for their help when it comes to color matching. *sigh* THANK GOODNESS they have a wonderful return policy and have always accommodated me with no questions asked.
I could go on and on with stories about this place but I'll just stop there. Because after today and not being acknowledged for 10 minutes straight I will not be back. Shame because I spend a decent amount of money here. I will be going to Ulta and other Sephora locations where I will be treated like a human being with some RESPECT.
God i HATE this store. Corporate really needs to step in and figure this mess out because this location makes the whole company look terrible.
I must say though, the male working here with the dark hair and CYNTHIA at the benefit brow bar are both awesome! The man working the front is always patient and kind even when it's slammed. Props to him. And Cynthia is very good at her job and does killer eyebrows. She also does not try to pressure you into buying any Benefit products or anything that you wouldn't want or need and that's awesome. She's just a nice person with skills. Not pushy or over the top.
Rant over. Screw this store. read more