May 3, 2023

Why Is No One Talking About the Fact Sephora Takes Forever To Ship Something

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Sephora’s slow shipping is killing me lately! Why is no one talking about the fact it takes forever to ship something? My best friend texted me last night and she was all like, “By the way, why does Sephora take forever to ship?” And I had an epiphany! She’s right! I placed an order on April 24th and it still hasn’t arrived and the one I did on April 18th arrived on April 28th! Ouch!

Ok, so, we do have to give them a little room for slowness since the Sephora Spring Savings Event probably made things a bit slower but as I recall I placed an order end of January that took nearly two weeks to get. Sephora is either really, really popular right now and busy packing orders or they are just extra slow shipping stuff. I’m sadly an instant gratification type of girl and my store doesn’t always have the latest and greatest goodies plus online shopping is just way more convenient but I haven’t seen slow shipping like this since my first order with Amazon in 1995.

All my orders have arrived via Lasership lately so, that might be why. Thankfully, my experiences with Lasership hasn’t been as horrifying as some people have had but I do know they take a while to actually ship anything.

I guess I shouldn’t complain too much as we are entering an era where free shipping comes with a higher threshold or isn’t offered at all. I imagine shipping items on their dime can be pretty costly for both smaller and larger businesses. The good news is this may force people back into stores and save a lot of jobs in the process as everyone wants it NOW NOW NOW not next week!

How’s your Sephora shipping experience? Slow? Fast? Just right?

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  • ROBIN BURRIS

    See if Kohl’s has it. Sephora thru Kohl’s website is fast. Downside they don’t carry everything that the Sephora site has, but it is faster. I’m also able to find sold out Sephora items in stock on Kohs’ site. Did half my friends and family sale with Kohls for the sold out Sephora items and then another order with Sephora for in stock items.

  • GinA

    Yes! Lately, Sephora has the slowest on-line shipping. Not sure why but it take at least 1.5 -2 weeks to get merchandise. Used to be 3 days!!

    • Isabella Muse

      same here! I’d get it in 3 days! At worst case it might be four! Now it takes like a week to ten days (sometimes longer if it’s a sale).

  • Dee

    The first order I placed during the sale came within a few days. But two additional orders took over a week. Crazy.

    • Isabella Muse

      I place an order at midnight on April 18th and that took a while to get sadly : ( It’s hit or miss. Sometimes stuff comes crazy fast, and other days it drags!

  • Jennifer

    SO FREAKING SLOW. Thank you for this post, and for those who’ve commented! I just abandoned the shopping basket I had in the Sephora website for a Kohl’s purchase instead–thanks, Robin, for the pro tip : ) The shipping estimate was 3-4 faster than that in the Sephora website! Yes, one of the items wasn’t available through Kohls but I needed the others faster so it was a trade-off that I was willing to accept –and I probably didn’t really “need” the other item anyway, haha.

    • Isabella Muse

      I know 🙁 Lately it’s nuts how slow shipping! maybe I need to start shopping Sephora from the Kohl’s website too! Ha!