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Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Sephora Store Front(l) Woman Looking Shocked(c) Sephora Bag(r)

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‘It’s worse than we thought’: Customer exposes what’s inside the Sephora Beauty Insider Advent Calendar

Je&#8217;Kayla Crawford was a trending news intern for the Daily Dot. Her work can be found at Distractify, Dexerto, and more.

Je’Kayla Crawford

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‘This happens all the time’: Woman issues warning after trying to use $150 Sephora gift card. They tell her there’s $0 on it

Customer attempts to shop for Kosas deodorant at brand-new Sephora location

Sephora Opening

‘Sephora workers are always so mean’: Customer attempts to buy Kosas deodorant at brand-new Sephora location. It doesn’t go well

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

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‘You should not have in the cart. Take it out’: Sephora worker shares 8 makeup products she doesn’t recommend

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

‘I almost fell for it’: Expert issues warning on Sephora gift card ‘scam’

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

Customer shares $4 Walgreens dupe for $12 Sephora product—and the dupe is 5x bigger

walgreens dupes

‘They’re the same exact thing’: Customer shares $4 Walgreens dupe for $12 Sephora product—and the dupe is 5x bigger

Sephora customer says employee yelled at her for doing her makeup in store

sephora employee yelling

‘I only go to Ulta now’: Sephora customer says employee yelled at her for doing her makeup in store

Eric Webb is a native Texan and national award-winning pop culture critic, arts &amp; entertainment journalist, and editor.

Eric Webb

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‘It’s not my fault I can’t shade match’: Former Sephora manager explains how you can get banned from returning makeup

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Sephora-Kohl’s worker slams customers who assume she’s trying to get them to sign up for a credit card

Sephora Rewards

‘Nah, I’m traumatized: Sephora-Kohl’s worker slams customers who assume she’s trying to get them to sign up for a credit card

Natasha Dubash is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She loves reporting on entertainment, television, and pop culture.

Natasha Dubash

Sephora customer says you can get banned for making returns

Sephora ban

‘Lowkey makes me nervous just shopping’: Sephora customer says you can get banned for making returns. Is it true?

Sephora worker says he was forced to push baskets on customers when they looked like they were going to steal

Sephora Worker

‘Sephora thinks I am stealing everytime I go there’: Ex-Sephora worker says he was forced to push baskets on customers when they looked like they were going to steal

Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

Tangie Mitchell

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‘I think that’s a stupid rule and it makes people uncomfortable’: Ex-Sephora worker says they were forced to follow customers around the store

Laiken Neumann is a Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

Speaker at SXSW; Sephora Sign; Stats on Gen Alpha requests.

Brand name Sephora

‘It happens around the 8-10 age’: From Walmart to Sephora, Gen Alpha customers are requesting products by brand name

Sephora worker stuck waiting outside at 5am after opening manager doesn’t show

Sephora store

‘I knew I should’ve stayed in bed’: Sephora worker stuck waiting outside at 5am after opening manager doesn’t show

Sephora worker of 10 years shares secrets she ‘was told to never share’ after getting fired

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