7 Reasons to Spend Time in a Beauty Product Store ...

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7 Reasons to Spend Time in a Beauty Product Store ...
7 Reasons to Spend Time in a Beauty Product Store ...

I love hanging out the beauty store. The symmetrical and color coded design just calms me and makes me feel like there is order in the world. All joking aside, there are plenty of reasons to frequent the beauty store near you. You’ll love what it can get you and you’ll love how awesome you’ll look when you go home and try all your new loot. Here are some of the best reasons to spend some time in a beauty product store.

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1. It’s Fun

What better reason could there be? Going to the beauty product store is just fun. There’s tons of things to look at and loads of ways you can change up your look whenever the mood strikes. Next time you need a pick me up, stroll a beauty store and I guarantee you’ll be feeling better in no time.

2. Free Samples

Did you know that most beauty stores will allow you to sample their products before you buy? They usually put out try-it type products on their displays that let you sniff it or smear it on your hand to see if you like the color or feel of it. Some stores will allow you to take home samples that you can get your money back on if they don’t make you entirely happy. You can’t beat that!

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3. Up on the Latest

If you spend enough time at the beauty store, you’ll always know when something new hits store shelves. That gives you top choice when it comes to something innovative that can change your beauty routine. Whether it’s a make-up trend, a new lotion or a new hair styling product, you’ll always know when something new comes out. You’ll have the edge over everyone.

4. Tips and Tricks

The staff that work at beauty stores have all sorts of knowledge about beauty products and trends that they can share with you. If you want information on a certain product or advice on how to achieve a certain look, all you have to do is ask! And chances are, if the person you ask doesn’t know, they can easily find out for you.

5. Saving Money

When you hang out at the beauty store all the time, you’ll get a feel for when things tend to go on sale. Also, you’ll be able to cruise the clearance aisle periodically and save some cash on things that you want, but can’t afford at regular price. When you shop often, you can save some dough on the things you buy anyway by catching all the best sales.

6. Loyalty

Shop somewhere long enough and eventually the staff will come to know you. That’s great because they’ll be more likely to share perks and specials that you might not have known about. Plus, as a loyal customer, you’ll get preferential treatment and access to coupons and deals that others might not. It pays to loiter, right?

7. Employment

Love all things beauty? At a crossroads or trying to decide what to do with your life? You might just find it at the beauty store. You can meet new people and find out about job openings in the field. Maybe you’ll land your dream job or meet someone who can plug you into the field.

Why do you hang out in the beauty store? The nail polish section does it for me every time! What’s your favorite beauty store?

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I have to disagree with number 4. I knew a girl who worked for Clinique that got the job because the hiring manager liked how she put makeup on. A girl I know who works in Sephora got the job for the same reason. I went for a mini-makeover, focusing only on lips, and she did not know how to do the ombré lip for me. I expect when I go to a place like that that they'd have knowledge about all the latest trends.

@thelma, sephora employees all get hired on the ability to apply makeip on themselves and then get trained. Mac is the only place who requires portfolios of client makeup photos, then they get trained also. But department store counters learn on the job. There's no training for them. So they hire good salespeople who can learn on the job about how to apply things. As for latest trends, that's very subjective to the area. Ombre lips are only something I've seen on instagram, so I wouldn't expect sephora employees to be all over yet. They're still on the contouring kick.

Considering they pay as much as retail stores, I doubt anybody with any real cosmetology school training would work there. They'd make twice as much at a salon, as a freelance artist, in a testing lab or even creating new products depending on what they focused on in Cosmo school. Sephora pays just over minimum wage, so it'd be a waste of their talents. But they do get trained, but of course not with everything since that's impossible. But if you are looking at ingredients, ask the skincare specialists. They'll be able to tell you what is oil free and what most of the ingredients are, rather than just how to apply them. The artists get trained in 3 sections there, skincare, fragrance or color (basically makeup- but there's color and there's sephora iq so they specialize in foundation) and so they all learn different things to a varying degree. If that makes sense? Lol but they should be finding the best trained to whatever you requested, but sometimes if it's just they just wing it by themselves, since they're more likely to keep you in the store by not making you wait.

@Alyx, oh I see. I've just always felt they should have attended cosmetology school or have had some type of training, ya know. I struggle with acne, so I'd like someone with knowledge of which makeup are oil-free & things like that. I guess I expected too much asking for the ombré lip lol.

My daughter and I love Ulta though I love Mac the women in there cake on their makeup they couldn't give me any advice

A lot of counters require u to spend $x amount before they show u

I love Debenhams (UK dept store) as they have so many different makeup counters and they do clothes, perfume and homeware too