Free Shipping for Sephora Rouge, VIB, and BI Members with a Catch
As you know Sephora recently did away with their Flash Shipping service.
Earlier in the month their terms and services were updated with the following message regarding the Flash Shipping program:
Prior to June 15, 2022, the FLASH annual subscription was, renewed automatically; this feature has been disabled as of June 15, 2022 and all subscriptions that were current as of that date will end one year after the date they were started or last renewed.
What was Flash Shipping?
Sephora Flash Unlimited 1-2 Day Shipping was originally a free service for Rouge Members but earlier on 2-Day Flash Shipping was a $10 option available to anyone that made purchases. It went through a few changes where the price was $15 for non-Rouge Members and was even offered as a reward you could select when your Rouge status was renewed for a new year.
It wasn’t something that really benefited me, to be honest as many of my orders came within 4-5 days and never 2 but many people were pretty upset when they just up and did away with it completely earlier in the month.
They have now since revised this and sent out a notice that reads:
We want to keep you informed of some changes happening to the Beauty Insider program as we work hard to provide all members with meaningful and exciting benefits. We’re updating our Beauty Insider benefits to include free standard shipping on all qualifying online purchases in the U.S. and Canada. This change will go into effect 9/21/22.
The wording in their Beauty Insider Member Rewards Benefits FAQ now reads as:
All Beauty Insider members will receive free standard shipping on all qualifying online purchases in the U.S. and Canada when they make a purchase of $50 or more. VIB members will receive free standard shipping on all qualifying online purchases in the U.S. and Canada when they make a purchase of $35 or more. Rouge members will receive free standard shipping on all qualifying online purchases in the U.S. and Canada. The standard shipping Benefit is not valid on international shipping, on Kohls or JCPenny!
You must check out with a valid Beauty Insider account to receive the standard shipping Benefit. Benefit has no cash value. No adjustments on previous purchases. Benefit is non-transferable. Benefit subject to change, alteration, or termination by Sephora in its sole discretion at any time.
I have to be honest the wording confused me a bit at first. But it breaks down as BI members will receive free standard shipping on $50 orders or more. So, really, not free if you make a smaller purchase of say $10 bucks! Same for VIBs as you need to make a purchase of $35 and Rouge will be free on any purchase.
I’m not sure if my e-mail is targeted. I’m a Rouge Member and it does state I get free shipping but it does say “ALL MEMBERS”. That, to me, implies that Rouge, VIB, and BI would get the same benefit. That e-mail is worded a bit wrong if it was sent out to everyone. However, if it was just sent to Rouge Members it’ll make a bit more sense I guess.
If you got a different e-mail I’d love to hear what yours says.
As of now, Sephora continues to disappoint us with their really bad rewards system.
Hopefully, we see changes to the program soon!