Archive for November 2008

Yeah, basically what the title said. I got my order for the F&F sale today. First thing I saw was the packing slip. I read it over and actually thought it looked off from the beginning.

You probably can’t tell by the photo, but I can clearly see that someone started to mark individual items, then all of a sudden they or someone else just decided to carelessly mark everything off at one time… Oh well. Off to my Sephora goodies! So I check out each item, and my happiness dissolves when I realize that I had looked at all the stuff I got but one was missing. It was a NARS eyeshadow.

So I call Sephora and they resent it to me and said that it will arrive in 3-5 days. Bullshit. Let’s see… 2 days for the weekend + 2 days for them to actually process the order + 5 days for UPS for them to get it here and possibly another extra + 2 days for another weekend. So 11 days to wait for something to get here when it was actually supposed to be here NOW. The least they could do was make overnight shipping complimentary but nope. That’s what MAC or Amazon would have done.

Then when I go on my notebook, I receive an order confirmation email from Sephora and supposedly, the eyeshadow was paid for with store credit. What? Oh no, what about ebates! I login to Sephora to confirm my fear. The status of my original order had the status of “returned and paid”, which means something was returned. So what they ended up doing was returning the NARS shadow to store credit and using that store credit to purchase the new order. I was under the impression that my original order was to remain absolutely untouched and I would just get the missing product sent to me. According to the ebates help page, if you return or exchange an item, the original transaction is voided and and a new one is placed, therefore, ebates will not receive any money and I won’t receive any money.

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I hate you so much Sephora! I’m losing money over a mistake that’s your fault! I don’t care if some people think twelve something is insignificant, it’s not to me! That’s a MAC refill eyeshadow, a Philosphy lipgloss that I contemplated on getting, and almost an hour of work!

I can’t even call them right now to bitch at them right now because Sephora is too cheap to afford a few people for a graveyard shift. Amazon and I believe MAC provides 24 hour customer support…

What I could do is return everything and replace another order through ebates, but F&F is over, so no 20%. >:[

Thanks for fucking me over Sephora.

It itches and stings like hell. I had to go to the pharmacy to get some anti-itch cream. With the big one, you can see the center is slightly more elevated. That’s where the bastard had me.

So the credit for my Sephora Friends and Family haul came through today.

I got $12.46 for using ebates plus $5 that was already in my account for signing up.

It was my first time using it.

If you’ve been wanting something from Sephora but haven’t gotten to it yet, get to it! Friends and Family ends November 10th.

20% off coupon code FF2008 and remember to set up an account with ebates and go to the Sephora site through the ebates site to get 8% off on top of the 20%!

If you have questions about the site, how it works, and all that jazz, please read their help section.

REMEMBER TO CHECK EBATES EVERY TIME YOU ORDER ONLINE FROM ANY SITE. YOU NEVER KNOW IF THE SITE IS PARTNERED WITH EBATES AND THE MONEY YOU SAVE ADDS UP! Unfortunately, they don’t offer any rebates for Amazon. I’d save a lot of money since I always buy from Amazon!

So I placed my order with Sephora last night and I remembered to use Ebates this time! I’ll be saving about $12 with ebates :). At the time I ordered, the Sephora site was real slow, and after my order was placed, I realized they never had me choose my deluxe sample! Turns out their system was down at the time due to high traffic I suppose (which is stupid on Sephora’s part. They MUST have known that this would happen as it happens every darn year, yet they don’t prepare).

I did earn the points though, and so I ended up just stopping by the mall today to get my reward items in person. Turns out that the shades that were offered in the store is different from the ones on the site. The Sephora website has Naturally Sparkly cream shadow and Sunset Shimmers lipstick. Both of these I do not know what they look like and a search on Google came up with no good hits. They must be new colors. No word on if they plan to later permanently release these. As for the store, they had Bunny Hop cream shadow and I do. I do. I do. lipstick to choose from. Both of these are from the Spring ‘08 collection and are actually CURRENTLY being sold on the Benefit site, Macys.com, and Benefit counters. I wanted to get both to show you guys (I had no idea at the time that these colors were already released), but I hated the Bunny Hop cream shadow. It a pinky coppery shade that would not flatter my eyes at all. I ended up getting two of the I do. I do. I do. lipstick. It’s a very pretty shimmery coral colour. I will take a picture tomorrow and update this post.

As for the mystery shades on the Sephora site, I’m still curious to know what they look like. I will call Sephora.com tomorrow and ask if they can describe the shades for me and I’ll update this post again with the info.
edit: Okay, so the Sephora rep told me that “naturally sparkly” and “sunset shimmer” are generic names to describe the shades, not the actual shade names themselves. The actually had three shades to give out, and they would be given at random. They could be pink, brown, whatever. The Benefit full sized samples are already out on the website, however, you can just save your points and go to the store because one of the stores I visited last night had some left.

I also talked to a Sephora SA and she told me that Sephora might not have full size “deluxe samples” for a while. She told me that it’s the cosmetic brands ex: Benefit, MUFE, Stila, etc. that make and give them the samples to give to the Beauty Insiders. Benefit just decided to give them full size samples, so that’s why they’re there. So basically, get the full sized Benefit lippies or cream shadows while you can because Sephora will probably go back to those dingy little samples once their out!

Remember ebates and Sephora’s Friends and Family! See previous post below for details!

I forgot that you can also use Ebates if you are going to purchase from Sephora or Beauty.com online. How it works is you sign up (if you don’t have an account yet of course) and click on THEIR link to Sephora or Beauty.com. Their special link tracks your account with your soon to be purchase and afterwards, you get 8% of your puchase back! I’ve actually never tried ebates, even though I’ve signed up a long time ago. I just keep forgetting to use it every time I buy something online! I will most definitely remember to use it tomorrow when I do my shopping on Sephora’s Friends and Family.

If you don’t have an account with ebates, I’d appreciate it if you use me as a referral by clicking on my referral link. After all, if you’re going to sign up anyway, it would be great if someone got 5 bucks in the process instead of no one You also get $5 too. If you sign up through the main page, I think you get nothing.

If you have questions about the site, how it works, and all that jazz, please read their help section.

Reminder: coupon code for 20% off is FF2008.

So 20% off with the F&F coupon and 8% after that with ebates. Not too bad

I already have my list in my cart and ready!

For those that have been following my videos, I’ve mentioned my hatred for Sephora’s Beauty Insider “deluxe” SAMPLES. In the end, they are just that, samples. You accumulate a collective expenditure of $100 and all you get is a measly little sample which you usually get to choose out of 2 other measly little samples. All of which are products that you probably aren’t really interested in and will not end up using anyway.

I’m sure Sephora makes tons of money being that they carry a lot of the same lines that are also carried in department stores, however, they do not have those seasonal Gift With Purchases (which usually include a whole package of free makeup) or even some kind of program like MAC’s bak 2 mac.

Anyway, I got an email and it turns out that they are now giving away a full sized benefit cream shadow (it’s like MAC’s paint pot) or lipstick (I heard they’re like MAC’s slimshines). There is also one of those eco friendly Sephora shoppers you can choose from when your points hit 100. They do choose your cream shadow and lipstick color. These shades are probably made specifically for Sephora to give away since the shades are not available for purchase on Sephora or the Benefit website. I have no idea what these shades look like.

Sephora’s Friends and Family also starts tomorrow, so “deluxe sample” away!

This is probably a promotional thing, I’m guessing. Perhaps these shadow and lipstick shades will be released by Benefit in the future. Sephora will either start giving away full sized products for their Beauty Insider Rewards from now on, changing the brands and products of course, or they will go back to giving those crappy samples again. My instincts are telling me the shopper will stay though, but don’t quote me on that.

And California… I am so disappointed in you. I thought we were better than this…

http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/2008/10/asian_group_rally_for_traditio.html

I just learned about this now >:[ Don’t generalize and try to be the voice for all Asians, jerks.

No, you do not represent me. You do not represent my thoughts. You do not represent my beliefs. You do not represent my opinions.

How dare you.

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FUCK YOU!

Signed,
A VERY angry Asian lady

I say my man’s better.