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Hello Cassandra quick question I went to Sephora the other day and the sales reps where pushing a brand called matter of fact have you done a video on them? Do you recommend? What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance 🦋
I can’t afford drunk elephant products…these are silver spoon kids, who will never work for anything in their lives, who’s parents give them anything they ask for. OF COURSE they have no idea how destructive they are being or care how they treat others! They have nannies and maids to clean up after them at home & aren’t taught to respect things or others. They think they are better than everyone because they are being raised to think that. The only hope is see out of these videos highlighting their abhorrent behavior, is waking up their parents to the brats they are making. They should each be photographed, put on a wall in sephora banning (and shaming them) them until they are an adult. These kids need to learn the value of money and respect. If the parents won’t do it, sephora should because they are ACTUALLY costing the store money.
When these kids destroy products/property, shove people out of the way, and are rude to employees, they act entitled, because they can get away with it. That doesn't mean they are no longer bratty. As a boomer, I CAN and WILL (I have lived long enough to have earned that right, and this is an example of true entitlement!) speak my mind, because we aren't afraid of offending anyone. We call it as we see it. So here goes: These kids are spoiled effing little brats. They should not be watching TikTok without supervision. Sephora should employ security guards and you should have to be 18 yrs old to use the testers. They should not be allowed in the store without parents. The younger generation wants to whine and complain about not being able to make ends meet, not being able to buy a house, yet they buy their little kids $70 bottles of skincare, which they do not need. I could rant on but I'll stop at this.
This is my question-why arent the staff putting these bratts in check? If they can follow me around a store, caus they think I may shoplift something (I'm nt, but I do look "questionable" with my tats etc..)then they can stand close to this display with the "can I help you" shpeel, or something
I'm a parent and my thoughts exactly. My kids aren't perfect by any stretch of the imagination but they will say excuse me politely and hold doors for the person behind them. As a parent myself I don't condone this type of rude behavior. My blood was literally boiling when Cassandra was telling the story of how rude and disrespectful these adolescents were.
If my brother or I made a scene somewhere - my parents would yank us out of there immediately and take us home ☠️ we figured out we better behave if we wanna go to Toys R Us for more than 2 minutes 😂
When people are rude in public, I say "excuse you," because they only do it knowing that no one will hold them accountable. They stfu and are shocked. They don't know how to deal with any form of confrontation, but accountability is *exactly* what they need. We are failing by not holding them to a standard.
Mom of a tween here --- definitely a PARENT's fault. -- My daughter has repeatedly tried to get serums or toners -- and I have said NO many MANY times and warned her those are "anitaging" and at 11.5 years old - you not aging girl. Get them when you are 25+ and the aging begins... for now she's using a cleanser a moisturizer and sunscreen!
I love that! Plus she can decorate her products if they come in packaging that isn’t as fun. I am an adult, and I absolutely peel off labels that are ugly or put my own stickers or Sharpie designs on there 😂
Good on you! Right now she probably thinks you’re being unfair, but when she’s in her 20’s and 30’s and has better skin (and self control) than her peers, she’ll be thanking you
I think that children should be be thought on ageism and beauty standards before being allowed to buy anything more then sunscreen, moisturiser and cleanser. I'm not a parent tho so do you agree with me?
Licensed aesthetician and Beauty store employee here .. unfortunately they 9/10 times are stealing the drunk elephant and are rarely purchasing it… And sadly get very mean to you when you try to tell a 10-year-old they don’t need retinol. I can’t tell you how many times a day we have to fully clean up drunk elephants, section to where we have employee almost stationed in that section at all times now. Sad really
I work at Sephora and tried to tell a child that was putting the polypeptide cream all over her face that it could ruin her skin and she snapped at me so I’ve just kind of given up. If you want a chemical burn I’m not gonna stop you
I feel that. Sephora employee here. It's been going on for a few years now. They got slick mouths and they do steal a lot of tiktok popular items constantly. Rare beauty, glow recipe, laneige, summer fridays, Fenty, . . . They come in groups
If anyone (idc how old they are) snatches skincare products out of my hand, Im looking them dead in the eye and saying "yeah you need it more than me." (I talk a big game but in person, I'd prob just apologize too 😅)
I'm luckily at the age where roasting began so I'll just roast them back, my lil bro was all about it because he told me I was being too nice to kids aka his friends when they roasted me, so I took his advice and kids backed off. It's a game at the end of the day, let's just call out skincare "granny makeup" and they'll back off. It worked so many times in Ulta 😂
I'm 16 and started using skincare at 11 because I started getting acne, so I get that some kids would want to get skincare, but the ammounts their getting, types and attitude of kids is the problem
I agree, I'm 20 but I started to use skincare when I was 12 because I got really bad body and face acne. I would use minimum of like 5 products but that was because I was acne prone skin. If you don't have acne or combination skin then at that young of a age you shouldn't be using products such as serums
@MisakiIshikawa98 i disagree, it depends on what they use and if its right for you. Its good to learn about hygiene and to take care of your skin. Suncream is always good especially for the fun
@@FransceneJK98 if they don't have acne, or some other issue like eczema, all they need is a gentle cleanser, a moisturizer to use if needed, and sunscreen. We all need to realize that the cosmetics industry pushes a lot of unnecessary products at us.
My two local Sephoras have been completely destroyed. Thousands of dollars worth of SEALED items are opened, used, and demolished. It’s not just DE products; it’s the whole store! The kids are running around, shoving people, and are incredibly rude. I’ve never seen kids making their parents cry because the parents didn’t want to purchase expensive items. The security guard has kicked out kids for stealing & doing black face in store (they were not allowed to wipe it off). A dad screamed at an employee for educating & warning him about buying DE retinol for the elementary school aged child. An employee was scolded for educating a child for not needing concealer at 12. Not Sephoras fault, but crap parents and their kids. This store has been bold about kicking out kids and their parents, and a patrol car is nearby 😳. That’s how bad it is.
Omg, tbh I thought the companies are letting it happen for sales, but also destroying Sephora I guess.... Yeah one kid ran into me, but I stood firmly and they tried again. I had fun with it because the kid just kept running into me repeatedly. The mom got mad at me and told me to move and I said "I don't care" and she kept yelling at me. The Sephora lady kicked her out for causing a issue and I wished the little kid good luck. The Sephora lady thanked me because she apparently always had issues with that lady, so I was the "excuse" to get the security guard.
As the mom of an 8 year old daughter, there isn't a snowball's chance I'm allowing her to get any products like this. She's in her room building a fort 😌
One of the primary reasons this is happening, as mentioned from Kelly Gooch, is due to the rapidly decreasing concept of a third space- a place that isn't school/work and isn't your home. For a lot of millennials malls were the third space where teens hung out and had fun with their friends not even intending to buy anything, even without money at all. But the Internet has become a third space for a lot of gen z and gen alpha. And when they see a plethora of consumerism, especially because their brains aren't developed, they're going to want to repeat and copy that behavior. This is first and foremost a psychological issue, and it isn't an easy fix unless something of mass change occurs. People blame it on bad parenting, a result of social media.. etc, etc. It's literally all of those things, which indicates it's a multifaceted and non peripheral issue. And I'd love to see a comprehensive list of approved items or unapproved, for the former it might not be as comprehensive lol.
I completely disagree about third spaces not existing anymore....the problem is parents that can't be bothered to find them! Third spaces are very much still a thing, it just takes initiative to find them...which these parents don't wanna do because shoving an iPad in a kid's face is way easier...
@@beck2752 finding third spaces is EXTREMELY hard, nothing is near anything else so you end up having to walk or drive there for a long time. Its impossible to find stuff thats actually feasible to go to. Also its just a fact that third spaces are disappearing, public libraries are few and far between, parks are poorly maintained and other problems, acting like its just an issue of finding them and not that they just are now very few and far between is ridiculous. You might be lucky to have a bunch of places around you but on average thats just not the reality.
Such a good analysis. Some teens near me in a wealthier part of town descend on an outdoor strip mall. 1/2 the school in the lot every afternoon. No one wants them there, but in truth, there is no where for them to go that they also will go. Teens want unstructured space and time, not organized activity with more things to do. And the consumerism. They need to stop seeing it role modeled everywhere, which, good luck!
I'm a licensed Esthetician and I work PT at Sephora and this has been going on for at least the last 2 years. The world is just now gettin hip to the headache I deal with every weekend.
Damn i miss the days when restaurants and shops would kick families out if their children were disruptive or uncultured.. I felt it before I became a parent, and I still feel it now..
I was walking past Sephora last week and saw a mum taking a photo of roughly 8 young girls (12ish) in front of the store. After the photo, they went in the store. I went in out of curiosity and the carnage was real. The girls had gift cards in their hands and were walking around with baskets with several products. I didn't pay any attention to specific brands but they moved through the store without any regard to who or what was in their path -- it was bordering on feral and it was oddly fascinating. Their mums did nothing to stop it. No words.
Sounds like a party. When I was 10, I had a skicare b-day party. My my mom, aunt and a cousin who is a beautician created a little spa in our living room. It was heaven, that is what little girls should be doing, not going around messing up stores😅
How about spreading bacteria by all of the fingers touching, mixing products, etc. Do parents really understand how unsanitary this is and what these products can do to your children’s skin. Are parents allowing their children to use friends’ products? Seriously, I gave my granddaughter a gift card at Christmas after asking parents what she wanted. I figured lip gloss and mascara. If I had seen this podcast prior to that, I would never have given this as a gift-ridiculous!!
I don't have an issue with pre teens using drunk elephant, I have an issue with them vandalising displays, making a mess for the poor staff and being disrespectful to staff and others in the store.
What happened to being obligatory to accompany your kids everywhere and it being literally illegal to leave them unsupervised? No, stores can not prohibit minors from entering the store, but they can prohibit minors to enter without an adult. We do that in our country
I think they might stop displaying samples. It's the easiest option. Brands are losing money samples because nobody will buy them, they need to be replaced etc.
I just feel sad for them. It seems they’re chronically online and never go outside ☹️ I’ve never seen a kids struggle so much with reading writing or math. It’s on their parents though not them, they’re kids.
Poor city planning is most to blame for the most part. The best hope for American parents is to raise their kids in a suitable European country. I’m from a suburban town and my parents house was an hour walking from the nearest store. No bus or anything. I didn’t properly start to develop socially until I moved to the Netherlands at 19. The health difference is crazy… I’m now 21
@@carsreallysuckI would say it comes down to poor parenting. Children are results on their parents most times. Of course their environment has a large role but so does nurturing or lack of.
As an European who hasn't observed this phenomenon around here (yet???), I've been livid for the past few weeks as I was watching countless materials on this subject. First it was news that numerous teachers in the US are complaining about the gen alpha kids and how difficult they are to handle in class, and how low their attention and overall academic performances are. And now this??? Cassandra, you're absolutely right? WHERE ARE THEIR PARENTS? And on a personal evaluation of the situation, knowing the global economy situation, WHERE DO THEY ( as in the parents who give their chaotic kids money to splurge on skincare at Sephora) HAVE ALL THIS SPARE MONEY to give their kids? There's a logical fracture in between these phenomenons and the social problems in the US, or so it seems from the outside... Great video! I loved hearing your thoughts on the matter, as well as seeing evidence of this behaviour, but I'm also terrified a bit. I can't help but wonder, what's next for these kids?
the funny thing is, i have memories of going into sephora with my mom as a kiddo, but my mom would keep a vice grip on my hand and not let me touch anything? i was just happy to be looking if i'm honest! like.... who's raising these kids lmao?
My mom told me many, many times "Look but don't touch." Eventually it stuck, and I still hear her saying it in my head. I was also brought up that we don't make a mess in stores. If you do pick something up to look at it, put it back where it was. And when trying on clothes, hang everything back up on hangers and put it back where you found it.
right, I was happy to look and watch my mother pick things, then we would go to the kids store after, to get a child's makeup set, a doll etc, lol it's crazy kids are beating their faces full of makeup and then drunk elephant etc
What I love about the UK, is that they quickly implemented store rules which prevents large group of kids, or kids unaccompanied by an adult, to walk into certain stores,
This really has me really worried about the way that kids socialize. It's kinda like how now kids today get made fun of by their peers if they don't have a Stanley cup. I remember being made fun of for not having an iPod; my parents bought me cheaper m3p players. What if that happens with little girls using Drunk Elephant products? Brands are a status symbol, and unfortunately kids can be ruthless when there is an odd one out. Also, why are there tiktoks of 7 YEAR OLDS with vanities lined with Drunk Elephant? Who are these parents (who are likely my age) spoiling their kids? This makes me relieved that I don't yet have any children.
As someone who worked retail in a store shopped at by pre-teens/teens, a lot of the mess making is a result of they simply do not care. Theres no consideration at all for the people around them or the employees who have spent ages making the store look good to then spend hours trying to fix it once its trashed. And omg groups of them me so anxious too 😬
I’m almost 40 and didn’t start a “skincare routine” until I was in my mid twenties with a full time job and was able to buy it myself. The fact these tweens are using anti aging skincare that they don’t need is insane.
This is happening here in Sweden too, there are even news articles about 10 year olds using retinols. The testers at Sephora look the same here, this is why I shop online. It's absolutely insane.
I worked at an Ulta in a wealthier area a decade ago. The roaming, unchaperoned hordes of tweens and teens have always been a PIA. I pray for my friends still in retail, especially beauty retail.
I don't know why skin care companies in the US are not required to use some sort of plastic wrap/seal over a product? When I get products from Japan or Korea, these are all sealed! I cannot stand seeing people walking around a store, opening products caps and putting their noses agains a bottle to smell it. I see this all the time and it disgusts me. I no longer buy products from a retail store shelves just because of this. You never know whose nose or finger was in a cream!
This is mainly having to do with the testers on display. But I agree with you - people definitely open up sealed packages, test them out and then don't buy them. It's so gross and I'm always hyper-aware if packaging looks as though it's been tampered with.
@@glittersloth11 This. I was at a shop once and almost bought an opened _and used_ lip balm O_o Groooooss. The old adage of "You break it, you bought it" needs to apply to product seals as well
I don't really buy into the argument that this might be happening (in part) because of the packaging. In South Korea you can find the CUTEST skincare/makeup, like literally cartoon-themed products, but you don't see kids shopping those. I think this whole situation bottles down to bad/lazy parenting and dubious marketing from greedy companies.
I completely agree. I've been a fan of Asian skincare for 10 years and many brands have cute and colorful packaging. Doesn't mean automatically that it's for kids, there are adults who enjoy colorful packaging, not everyone has to be into minimalism. For me it's all about the ingredients of a product but some people get swayed by looks. In the end, parents should put a stop to spending thousands of dollars on unnecessary products with ingredients that aren't safe for children. On top of that, beauty stores need to remove rude children from the store if they don't have legal guardians with them.
Drunk elephant has disgusted me for years, including my own run in with the vile owner in dm’s. That being said in keeping it clear “the littles” have been the name of the trial sizes since they launched many years ago.
My thirteen year old niece asked for skincare for her birthday, i got her a gel cleanser, a plain old moisturiser and sunscreen, and i told her she can ask me any questions she wants as the family skincare nerd, as i didn't want her to hurt herself. I understand these young girls want to feel grown up and special, but I would never ever let them near actives :(
Well, at least you can motivate her to wear sunscreen that way. That's a good habit to get into as early as possible. No one cared about that kind of thing, when I was a kid/teen in the 80s/90s and I'm quite lucky, in that I just never enjoyed sunbathing. My skin isn't too badly damaged from sun exposure, but many others weren't so lucky.
I think it just reflects how their adult parents are also obsessed with not aging. Children often emulate their parents or close relatives they look up to.
they're probably so obsessed with anti-aging because they don't see adults as human and don't want to age into being subhuman. I work with a lot of teenagers and they are abjectly rude and dismissive of anyone over their early 20s. I don't remember being such an asshole when I was a teenager. I mean... I know I was an ass, but not *that* kind of ass.
@@monalisa8504 It's less about their parents and more about social media. Kids spend all their time on social media where looks are absolutely everything. It's not surprising they're so into skincare and makeup.
Going out tonight with the husband. Definitely going to make a pit stop into our local Sephora. This is part of the reason my 12 year old doesn’t have a phone or social media. It’s our job to parent our children and, I dunno, supervise them in stores and say no to ridiculous purchases 🤷🏼♀️ Who is parenting these kids?!
I worked at Justice in 2009 and this kind of behavior was pretty common back then as well. We spent most of our time picking up after kids. Kids came in without parents all the time. Clothes would end up knocked on the floor and in mixed up in piles on displays thet we constantly had to sort and refold. This definitely looks worse which is probably a result of social media. But also, these kids lost two years of learning how to socialize from the pandemic.
I feel like also, with the skincare mixing and the drops reminds me of when i was a kid and liked to make "potions" i feel like that is appealing to children too.
I’m from Poland and literally I was at Sephora 3 days ago to investigated it. Shop was full of teenagers… and guess what… DE’s display looked horrendous😩 messy, disgusting and surrounded by teens/tweens.
EVEN POLAND?! i was just reading an article today that in Poland, private tutors/governesses as a sort of advanced nanny for families with the money are making a comeback so their kids dont just faff around all day.
I'm in Cologne, Germany and same. Wanted to go in there last week and literally balked at the sight of gaggles of 'hyper' teenagers, all through the shop. No, thanks. I'm 40+ and the 'shopping experience' is part of the fun for me. No way am I spending my hard earned money being constantly bothered by loud, obnoxious teenagers.
I’m in Puerto Rico. While I saw less than a few kids, there was a little girl with her. They’re were in the glow recipe area and this girl was no older than 8. The mother didn’t seem to care she was insecure in her skin.
I have no issue with kids taking a healthy interest in skincare. I wasn’t allowed to have skincare in my teens and I’m still feeling the effects today. But it seems like Drunk Elephant is intentionally profiting off these kids who are unsupervised with their parents’ money, chronically online, and pressured to fit in with influencer culture.
I used to work at CVS. The same stuff happens there. But that was years ago. I couldn’t imagine it now. People (kids and adults) would open lipsticks etc and try them on in the store before buying. They WERE NOT TESTERS. People would put that stuff back on the shelf. I had to constantly tell people that it’s damaging the product and try to get them to pay for it. It was very frustrating. And yeah the teens were the worst because they were so rude.
My nieces 12 year old wanted to start skincare to do with her mom she said ask aunt Dani if it's OK and what you can use. I built her a dollar store routine so 1,they can afford it. 2, very low actives and 3 simple but teaching at the same time. Yes I got her a sunscreen lol
@@FransceneJK98 omg it's just a low level hyaluronic serum, a cleanser and sunscreen. She wants to bond with mom while doing skincare. I'm not stupid and researched each one at $2 per item there is nothing wrong with it for her age. Go ahead and just hand your kids a phone instead of spending time with them. I was the Same age when my mom gave me my own simple routine that was much the same... back off
The drugstore brands like cetaphil and CeraVe are great. TJ’s has a dupe of Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40 that is $9. The Ordinary has great products for an average of $10 each. Cleanser, moisturizer and sunscreen are sufficient in most cases.
I was in Ulta the other day, and there were a couple of young girls (maybe 12-14) in front of Drunk Elephant, and they were so excited. They walked over to what I was looking at and it seemed that we were trying to look at the same things, and they weren't even going to say anything. I had to offer to move aside so they could get there before they would even admit that's what they were looking at. They were SO SWEET and were just excited to be looking at skincare (they had moved past Drunk elephant and were looking at more affordable and age appropriate skincare lines at this point). Anyway, my point is, there may be a lot of young kids who are being rude and inconsiderate, but it's certainly not all of them.
But then they will open the actual products, as these kids have no sense of what you can and can't do. I have bought some makeup and found out at home it's been opened already. This is so disgusting and annoying. I only buy products now which are visibly sealed and unopened
this is nuts. my 14 yr old niece was confused when she got a Sephora GC for Christmas, she says " I don't wear makeup". We need to talk acne skincare but I thought it important to steer her towards gentle and affordable products. I don't even guy $65 skin care, nevermind a teen who does not yet have a job! I'm taking her to CVS.
She might enjoy a travel spray or roller ball bottle of fragrance to use on special occasions. Sephora has a selection of them. Or don't they carry bath products? And I think there's a store brand with such products.
Hi. This totally may not make a difference for your neice, but I was a huge pizza eater as a teen and had acne. I didn't figure out until I was an adult that DAIRY is a HUGE trigger for hormonal acne. An aesthetician told me this and said a derm wouldn't tell people this so they could keep prescribing rx. If she does eat dairy, have her cut it out for 2 weeks to test it. You'd be surprised how many suffer from acne due to dairy and sugar. ❤
@@briagolden1 This is true for some people, but not universally. I'd say it's worth a try because it's a cheap solution and not likely to do any harm. As far as "An aesthetician told me this and said a derm wouldn't tell people this so they could keep prescribing rx"...please.
I’ve used both DE and The Ordinary products. I really liked the DE products I used but then read about The Ordinary so I bought two products. I was amazed after reading the ingredients on both lines’ labels. A lot of products from both brands have the same ingredients at the same strength. Plus, my dermatologist recommends The Ordinary because of the purity of the ingredients.
The Sephora in a mall I went to was actually worse if you could imagine that. And this was a week ago. The floor had products everywhere and the shelfs were a mess. Kids everywhere
I remember as a child when I went into a store with an adult, I was taught not to touch anything unless I ask said adult first. I have taught my nieces and nephew the same concept. Sooner or later a kid is going to destroy their skin and the parent will want to sue someone, but who would majority of the blame lye on besides the parent. I have taught one niece about skincare because she was into makeup videos and trying to recreate the look. So I taught her the importance of removing makeup with a double cleanse and then putting on a moisturizer all from the drugstore and of course sunscreen in the day.
People should hold them accountable. If they are confronted they'd be atleast afraid to do that again. And also why would we let them be rude to us? If they are being bratty, be bratty to them too🐸
I’m 14 and I’m shocked. I have awful acne and I haven’t even thought about resorting to drunk elephant. Seriously, that’s disgusting. We really need to start respecting stores and their products.
It was my understanding that Drunk Elephant was acquired by Shiseido and I believe this happened a couple of years ago. I can see where their packaging would be attractive to preteens!
I went to my local Sephora last year. Before Drunk Elephant blew up, I saw many products destroyed and damaged. I assumed it was rude adults who lost all sense of composure. But now I wonder if these were a bunch of kids who were trying to emulate the adults they saw on TickTock. Needless to say, I am not ever going back to that Sephora and am purchasing everything I need online.
I only shop when kids are at school .... i work in Bromley glades and iv heard people say, hurry up the kids will be out in an hour or come out soon.... the shops are empty from 2 onwards and they shut at 7 ....
as an employee, those kids/ teenagers are so disrespectful!! they’ll scream and talk so loudly in my store and with make a mess with almost all of our makeup and skincare
Oh gosh I remember watching a JenLuv video with her kids, and she showed a comment from her Drunk Elephant video of some kid telling her that they do it so they don't look like her, meaning 'wrinkly' and she said 'bad news, you're still gonna get them', they're also getting gutsy and a bit ageist as well
This is ridiculous. I received a drunk elephant mini in a set a year ago and found it worse than jergans. I went up to Minneapolis with a lot of my once tried stuff for my daughter in law. My granddaughter went ape sh$t over the tiny drunk elephant! She cried tears of happiness at her "gift" of nothing. I took her to Ulta on a spree of appropriate skin care for her 12 year old self. CeraVe, Bubble? Hair things, etc. Crazy!
I went to sephora to get a foundation match i was the ONLY ADULT THERE two teenagers and 7 ten year olds flocking to drunk elephant and rare beauty. Yeah the employees were greatful that there was an adult, and tick tok is the reason they flock to these products.
You are not the only one. My local Sephora is the equivalent to the unattended mall kiosk or Claire's. I was wondering what the sensation I was feeling when walking around the store and it was definitely heightened anxiety. I do appreciate your suggested alternatives for skin care. As a mother, who went through puberty without a guide except Noxema for everything, I want to make sure my 11 yo has the best information and options❤
I feel like that’s actually a really good brand to start with in terms of a cleanser and a simple moisturizer, so if a child is young, even at the age of ten, as long as they aren’t using actives it’s just basic care of your skin, and the packaging is really cute.
I work at a cosmetic/perfume-retailer in Switzerland. I wonder, where is the Sephora staff? Why don't they intervene? Like you said, it's a hygienic issue. We have sometimes young teenagers coming in showering with perfumes that gone viral on TikTok...we removed the testers. Game Over. The same with skincare / make-up. If adults want to try a product they can ask, and we provide the tester. That's how we did it during the pandemic. BTW for me that's a failure of parenting. I don't care how appealing the brands make their products. Those kids are old enough to understand NO! They aren't 2 year old toddlers.
While on vacation, I was just at a Sephora a week ago at Disney Springs. It so was extremely crowded, l asked my husband to stand in line ahead of time! Unfortunately (or fortunately), l did not go to the Drunk Elephant section, HOWEVER, there were TONS of kids in there! I attributed it to the fact that we were all on vacation at Disney, but l had been there last April, and did not notice this then. At Ulta, 3 weeks ago, l overheard a girl tell her mom, “This is supposed to be a great eye cream” Her mom said, “ You’re 12 years old! Why would you need an eye cream?!” Kudos too that mom!
As a mom of an 8 year old girl, I have a couple of things to say about this. 1. Shame on Drunk Elephant 2. Hell no my kid is not buying expensive ass skincare 3. She sees me using stuff and wants to do what I'm doing. I love this but obvs I'm going to do it responsibly. Nothing with acids or retinol or other things my 40+ year old skin needs that hers doesn't. 5. As someone who was never taught about skincare and the importance of sunscreen, I find it important to teach these things to my daughter now. Again, I'm obvs going to do it responsibly. Gentle cleanser, moisturizer, gentle sunscreen. Nothing else unless and until she develops acne and then we can revisit. 6. Where are the damn parents?!?!?!?!
If kids wanna start a skincare routine, fine… start with super gentle kid friendly products, a basic moisturizer and sunscreen. That’s it. There shouldn’t be AHA, BHA, retinol, vitamin c in their products. They can use their imagination. As a parent, you don’t have to give in to their demands. That’s why you’re the parent. My mom didn’t let me start using skincare until I was almost 13 (I got acne) and she didn’t buy me makeup until I was 15! She took me to Clinique, I got the black honey sheer lipstick, a pinky blush and very sheer eyeshadow set. The mascara was from the drugstore. I didn’t start a makeup routine until I was in college and it was only when I turned about 30 that I started with retinol, vitamin c and really religiously applied sunscreen. All these girls growing up so quick is beyond me!
As a millennial parent, this is embarrassing for our parenting generation. It's apparent that we've allowed our children to be eaten by consumerism and consumption.
When I found out about this I immediately talked to my sister so she could discuss with my nieces about this. My oldest niece is 13, and my youngest is 9. Both huge target demographics for this brand. I looked into the company as well and was actually really upset by their blatant marketing for children. I explained to to my nieces that some chemicals and actives in skincare is not good for children to use. I've helped select some good products for my oldest niece who is far enough into puberty she is getting acne, and I've showed her how to care for her skin and an appropriate routine for her age. The youngest has been taught to properly cleanse her face, moisturize with a gentle lotion, and use sunsceen. But I absolutely refuse to allow them to 'smoothie' stuff together and use products just because they are viral without actually understanding what they are for. Both of of the girls are extremely well behaved, both at home and in public, and we've actually had people comment on how polite they are. I also have explained to them why they should never swatch testers, and which products are okay to try in store. Parenting in this age is hard, and my sister is disabled so she has help from me and my parents, but it's essential to form these children into functioning adults regardless of the influence of social media.
I live in mexico city, I went to a Sephora on a random Tuesday at 12:00 pm and there were kids just all over the drunk elephant display. At the time I didn't even know about the trend, but I remember thinking "wtf why are there so many young people here alone?????????"
On a school day? I mean, I don't know what the school schedules are in Mexico, and of course private schools set their own schedules. I guess the kids skipped school to go to Sephora. Oh MAN my mom would have killed me for that! Grounded until I was 18!
As a parent who is into skincare and has been shooping at Sephora type stores since I was 12, and I’m so absolutely disgusted by this whole thing! Whenever we went into Sephora as tweens, we always tip toed around that store and were so respectful with testers and tried to make our footprint as invisible as possible. We didn’t want to get kicked out bc we’re so young!!! This was also almost 20 years ago now. This whole thing makes me glad I have a son (I always wanted a daughter but not one that is buying more expensive skincare than me at age 10! (I use glow recipe lmao, and that’s not as expensive as drunk elephant, but it’s still a splurge to me!)
This explains why my 10 year old niece asked me how old you have to be to start using skincare products while watching me do my skincare routine 🤦🏻♀️ I told her when you’re in your 20s and she told me she’s seen 12 year olds using skincare products and I was mortified. I told her there’s no need for her to use anything on her face when her skin is flawless I told her we do all of this to get your perfect skin girl lol. It’s a shame that kids are not enjoying childhood and are being rushed to age. Social media is terrible for children.
What so many aren't really getting though, is that drugstores and LUSH have been dealing with this for ages. They aren't paid enough to have to be supervising all this.
Luckily, the two main sephoras I go to arent too bad. One is pretty small, and surprising doesn't get a lot of kids, maybe because there's a massive ulta right next to it (which has very messy drunk elephant testers, so clearly many kids must go to it) and the other is in an outdoor mall, I hardly see anyone ever in there and it's always fully stocked, also pretty big.
I don’t understand why Sephora won’t implement a new “no entry under 18” policy. Problem solved. I don’t get why the staff won’t kick these kids out. And is Sephora HQ issuing a statement before they start losing adult customers?
This is insane. When I was 10/11, I had Lip Smackers/Chap Stick and Vaseline. That was the exint of my skincare. The parents want to make young entrepreneurs so badly that they are comprimising and overexposing the kids. Very sad!!
Omg! I witnessed this in a shopping centre (aka Mall) in the UK! A drunk elephant counter looked destroyed, but what made the biggest impression was that it saw super young girls trying put the products which i found really disturbing.
As a mother of a teen I would NEVER let my child behave in this manner honestly this is what happens when children are given boundaries and consequences for bad behavior. For my thirteen year old puberty has hit hard and she has oily acne prone skin which is the complete opposite of mine ( dry crusty lizard) and I am looking for affordable skincare for her nothing too crazy but I honestly barely manage to find myself stuff and have no idea where to begin with her skincare needs
You might look at the products Cassandra recommends for oily skin. I believe Cetaphil has a gentle cleanser for oily skin. You might also look at Cerave products although I don't know if they have products for oily skin. I haven't had oily skin since 1981 when I took Accutane, so it's been a long time. If the acne is all over her face, or is really persistent, she may need to see a dermatologist. You might look at Doctorly's videos. They are 2 dermatologists on TH-cam that review and recommend skin care products for a variety of skin types.
Cassandra has a few videos on acne prone skin. From what I gleaned (on the look out for my teen niece. I also am a lizard.) is that aha/bha toner and salicylic acid products are good for acne. There are great drugstore cleansers and light moisturizers. I have heard that chemical sunscreens can be irritating but at the same time they seem so heavy and I noticed that Cassandra loves the Korean chemical sunscreens for herself. She has mentioned several times the "Watery Gel" one which I got for my niece for Christmas. It's fairly affordable. Good luck!
I didn’t believe it either I went to Sephora to grab 2 items and was surrounded by little kids about 10. They weren’t rude to me although I do have a naturally mean face. I just stared at them till they moved out my way grabbed my products and went to pay. I did voice loudly the mothers should be with them instead of in the corner chatting it up while they open products up. I sometimes bring my 5 year old when I have no choice I hold her hand and she touches nothing. Sometimes I get her a cheap lip balm. Idk what’s going on with the other moms
Unfortunately this isn't completely new but it definitely has become worse. I used to work at a local supermarket as a manager and we had so many children creating chaos in the store. Destroying products, destroying property, shoplifting, making an extreme mess almost on purpose. Often parents where there! No word was said to correct their children so often i stepped in and told their parents i couldn't care less if they allowed their children to use their home as a zoo but keep them under control in places where people actually do care about manners. We don't have a Sephora here but I'm definitely afraid of what will become of these individuals in the future.
hey Cassandra, it would be so cool if you reviewed this Brazilian brand that just started operating in the US. They are called Creamy Skincare and they're vegan and cruelty-free! They don't have the full lineup of products there yet but there's a good selection to pick from. K-Beauty is not very easily accessible here in Brazil so after I binged your videos I started looking for more accessible ways to do my skincare and found their website. I truly love their products and it'd be a really cool full-circle moment for me
I’ve worked in the beauty industry for 10 years now and I’ll say that this has been happening for years, but it’s progressively gotten much much worse as of the last 2 or 3 years. The world is finally catching up. I am absolutely conceived it’s due to the internet and lack of parenting. Usually the entitled teenagers are parented by the moms that fight over Stanley cups when they launch so ofc their kids are going to be entitled brats. I love skincare and skin hygiene. Being diagnosed with rosacea and had acne at a very young age, it became something that I live and breath and because of that, I’ve absolutely zero issue helping a parent and their child start their skincare journey and it absolutely makes my heart flutter with joy when I can put a smile on a kid and parents face because more often than not, having someone like myself could changes someone life forever. HOWEVER it’s the disrespect, the entitlement and the absolute destruction of property that gets me. Not all kids and teens are this way, but more and more are becoming so because their parents are entitled and bratty themselves. All I can do is assist kids teens and parents alike, turn and learn and educate and then allow them to make a decision based on the education I provide. If that’s drunk elephant or the inkey list, that’s their hard earned money and I won’t ever get in someone’s way, but I will not tolerate anything other than respect and an open ear. I can promise it’s that bad everywhere there is beauty though. Anyway, that’s my Ted talk. Thank you always for your content, education and sharing my passion for skincare!!
There's something to be said about waiting until you're grown and have a job before you use these expensive products. I was so thrilled when I worked hard and was finally able to afford the expensive cosmetics that I could only look at in the stores before then. When these kids are being given these expensive brands at this age, what do they have to look forward to?
I just became aware of this and it makes so much sense. I had taken my daughter to Sephora to get her some appropriate skin care products for her and asked for help while walking through with her and the store assistant seemed to be so grateful that my daughter was with a parent.
Words just escape me. I can’t even imagine my daughter going to a store without me and especially not spending my money on stuff I can’t even wrap my brain around affording. Just why!
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Hello Cassandra quick question I went to Sephora the other day and the sales reps where pushing a brand called matter of fact have you done a video on them? Do you recommend? What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance 🦋
I can’t afford drunk elephant products…these are silver spoon kids, who will never work for anything in their lives, who’s parents give them anything they ask for. OF COURSE they have no idea how destructive they are being or care how they treat others! They have nannies and maids to clean up after them at home & aren’t taught to respect things or others. They think they are better than everyone because they are being raised to think that. The only hope is see out of these videos highlighting their abhorrent behavior, is waking up their parents to the brats they are making. They should each be photographed, put on a wall in sephora banning (and shaming them) them until they are an adult. These kids need to learn the value of money and respect. If the parents won’t do it, sephora should because they are ACTUALLY costing the store money.
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It’s not bratty anymore, it’s entitled. Parents are giving their kids all of the power.
Exactly you are 100% correct
Facts. And this isn’t the only aspect of American life where we see this happening….
This part.
The video with the kids saying "you were polite too" to the sales associate. Like, no sweetie, you are not the equal of an adult.
When these kids destroy products/property, shove people out of the way, and are rude to employees, they act entitled, because they can get away with it. That doesn't mean they are no longer bratty. As a boomer, I CAN and WILL (I have lived long enough to have earned that right, and this is an example of true entitlement!) speak my mind, because we aren't afraid of offending anyone. We call it as we see it. So here goes: These kids are spoiled effing little brats. They should not be watching TikTok without supervision. Sephora should employ security guards and you should have to be 18 yrs old to use the testers. They should not be allowed in the store without parents. The younger generation wants to whine and complain about not being able to make ends meet, not being able to buy a house, yet they buy their little kids $70 bottles of skincare, which they do not need. I could rant on but I'll stop at this.
Sephora needs to implement rules that kids under 12 need to be accompanied by a parent.
Not only Sephora, not accompanying children should be illegal
16!! 12 and 13 are too young too
This is my question-why arent the staff putting these bratts in check? If they can follow me around a store, caus they think I may shoplift something (I'm nt, but I do look "questionable" with my tats etc..)then they can stand close to this display with the "can I help you" shpeel, or something
@@ISIDORA919 Corporate policy may not allow them to. For example, some chains have surprising policies about not pursuing shoplifters.
Yes! When I was growing up, every mall had a Youth Escort Policy. You had to be 16 or 17 or so to be there without an adult.
WTF is wrong with parents? Teach your children manners and respect, at the very least.
I suspect Sephora, and possibly Ulta as well, will have to quit putting out testers.
I'm a parent and my thoughts exactly. My kids aren't perfect by any stretch of the imagination but they will say excuse me politely and hold doors for the person behind them.
As a parent myself I don't condone this type of rude behavior.
My blood was literally boiling when Cassandra was telling the story of how rude and disrespectful these adolescents were.
probably some parents are very occupied on their phones, instead of teaching theirs kids basic behavior
@@20thcenturyrelic Ukta already quit putting out testers for perfume (at least in mine).
If my brother or I made a scene somewhere - my parents would yank us out of there immediately and take us home ☠️ we figured out we better behave if we wanna go to Toys R Us for more than 2 minutes 😂
When people are rude in public, I say "excuse you," because they only do it knowing that no one will hold them accountable. They stfu and are shocked. They don't know how to deal with any form of confrontation, but accountability is *exactly* what they need. We are failing by not holding them to a standard.
I normally glare at them and that forces them to apologise
@@elvien1640does that still work on these kids? It feels like these kids ,they’re a bunch of little sociopaths 😅😂.
Mom of a tween here --- definitely a PARENT's fault. -- My daughter has repeatedly tried to get serums or toners -- and I have said NO many MANY times and warned her those are "anitaging" and at 11.5 years old - you not aging girl. Get them when you are 25+ and the aging begins... for now she's using a cleanser a moisturizer and sunscreen!
That’s beautiful awesome momming job! Supportive and caring at the same time love to see it.
That’s amazing, cleanser, moisturiser and spf is all a child’s skin most likely needs!
I love that! Plus she can decorate her products if they come in packaging that isn’t as fun. I am an adult, and I absolutely peel off labels that are ugly or put my own stickers or Sharpie designs on there 😂
Good on you! Right now she probably thinks you’re being unfair, but when she’s in her 20’s and 30’s and has better skin (and self control) than her peers, she’ll be thanking you
I think that children should be be thought on ageism and beauty standards before being allowed to buy anything more then sunscreen, moisturiser and cleanser. I'm not a parent tho so do you agree with me?
Licensed aesthetician and Beauty store employee here .. unfortunately they 9/10 times are stealing the drunk elephant and are rarely purchasing it… And sadly get very mean to you when you try to tell a 10-year-old they don’t need retinol. I can’t tell you how many times a day we have to fully clean up drunk elephants, section to where we have employee almost stationed in that section at all times now. Sad really
I'm so sorry you have to deal with this.
Why don’t they take the DE and lock it behind the sales counter like they did the Summer Friday lip butter that was getting stolen?
I work at Sephora and tried to tell a child that was putting the polypeptide cream all over her face that it could ruin her skin and she snapped at me so I’ve just kind of given up. If you want a chemical burn I’m not gonna stop you
@@Lex-fo5ci She's going to learn the hard way. You tried, and that's all you can do.
I feel that. Sephora employee here. It's been going on for a few years now. They got slick mouths and they do steal a lot of tiktok popular items constantly. Rare beauty, glow recipe, laneige, summer fridays, Fenty, . . . They come in groups
I don't know why we are in our 30s and 40s & are letting 10-year-old kids be rude to us 😂😂
If anyone (idc how old they are) snatches skincare products out of my hand, Im looking them dead in the eye and saying "yeah you need it more than me." (I talk a big game but in person, I'd prob just apologize too 😅)
When you are in your 50s, you won't :).
Because mature people don't argue with kids and we have class, also they are their parents' problem lol
I can almost guarantee, that I'd loose my shit in a very undignified manner, if that happened to me 💀
I'm luckily at the age where roasting began so I'll just roast them back, my lil bro was all about it because he told me I was being too nice to kids aka his friends when they roasted me, so I took his advice and kids backed off. It's a game at the end of the day, let's just call out skincare "granny makeup" and they'll back off. It worked so many times in Ulta 😂
I'm 16 and started using skincare at 11 because I started getting acne, so I get that some kids would want to get skincare, but the ammounts their getting, types and attitude of kids is the problem
I agree, I'm 20 but I started to use skincare when I was 12 because I got really bad body and face acne. I would use minimum of like 5 products but that was because I was acne prone skin. If you don't have acne or combination skin then at that young of a age you shouldn't be using products such as serums
Acne is one thing but there’s no reason kids or even teens your age should use skincare.
@MisakiIshikawa98 i disagree, it depends on what they use and if its right for you. Its good to learn about hygiene and to take care of your skin. Suncream is always good especially for the fun
@@FransceneJK98 if they don't have acne, or some other issue like eczema, all they need is a gentle cleanser, a moisturizer to use if needed, and sunscreen.
We all need to realize that the cosmetics industry pushes a lot of unnecessary products at us.
You, my dear, are a responsible teen.
My two local Sephoras have been completely destroyed. Thousands of dollars worth of SEALED items are opened, used, and demolished. It’s not just DE products; it’s the whole store! The kids are running around, shoving people, and are incredibly rude. I’ve never seen kids making their parents cry because the parents didn’t want to purchase expensive items. The security guard has kicked out kids for stealing & doing black face in store (they were not allowed to wipe it off). A dad screamed at an employee for educating & warning him about buying DE retinol for the elementary school aged child. An employee was scolded for educating a child for not needing concealer at 12. Not Sephoras fault, but crap parents and their kids. This store has been bold about kicking out kids and their parents, and a patrol car is nearby 😳. That’s how bad it is.
Good for the store.
Omg, tbh I thought the companies are letting it happen for sales, but also destroying Sephora I guess.... Yeah one kid ran into me, but I stood firmly and they tried again. I had fun with it because the kid just kept running into me repeatedly. The mom got mad at me and told me to move and I said "I don't care" and she kept yelling at me. The Sephora lady kicked her out for causing a issue and I wished the little kid good luck. The Sephora lady thanked me because she apparently always had issues with that lady, so I was the "excuse" to get the security guard.
I think LVMH is doing well money wise, attracting kids…..what are THEY thinking. I will never wip for a Sephora
As the mom of an 8 year old daughter, there isn't a snowball's chance I'm allowing her to get any products like this.
She's in her room building a fort 😌
As she should be. Good Mom!
Excellent job!!! I still love a fort!
You're a good mom! That's what kids are supposed to do!
Awesome mum ♥️
make sure she gets into a sandbox once in a while too! :)
I'm 33 and teenagers still give me anxiety, I think it's from the bullying in school, so this is relatable 😕
I have that fear too, especially when they all start laughing, it sends chills down my spine.
@@sharroon7574 i just try to tell myself they are laughing at something random and maybe a stupid meme.
Honestly! Ugh!!
I can't stand any kind of teenagers. They are almost ALWAYS so rude, mean and uneducated. I just avoid. And I have 40.
Kids between ages 9 to about 15 are the MEANEST! I remember from experience!
One of the primary reasons this is happening, as mentioned from Kelly Gooch, is due to the rapidly decreasing concept of a third space- a place that isn't school/work and isn't your home. For a lot of millennials malls were the third space where teens hung out and had fun with their friends not even intending to buy anything, even without money at all. But the Internet has become a third space for a lot of gen z and gen alpha. And when they see a plethora of consumerism, especially because their brains aren't developed, they're going to want to repeat and copy that behavior. This is first and foremost a psychological issue, and it isn't an easy fix unless something of mass change occurs. People blame it on bad parenting, a result of social media.. etc, etc. It's literally all of those things, which indicates it's a multifaceted and non peripheral issue.
And I'd love to see a comprehensive list of approved items or unapproved, for the former it might not be as comprehensive lol.
This was a new concept for me and I think you nailed it.
I completely disagree about third spaces not existing anymore....the problem is parents that can't be bothered to find them! Third spaces are very much still a thing, it just takes initiative to find them...which these parents don't wanna do because shoving an iPad in a kid's face is way easier...
@@beck2752 finding third spaces is EXTREMELY hard, nothing is near anything else so you end up having to walk or drive there for a long time. Its impossible to find stuff thats actually feasible to go to. Also its just a fact that third spaces are disappearing, public libraries are few and far between, parks are poorly maintained and other problems, acting like its just an issue of finding them and not that they just are now very few and far between is ridiculous. You might be lucky to have a bunch of places around you but on average thats just not the reality.
they're perfectly capable of hanging out in the McDonald's parking lot like the rest of us did
Such a good analysis. Some teens near me in a wealthier part of town descend on an outdoor strip mall. 1/2 the school in the lot every afternoon. No one wants them there, but in truth, there is no where for them to go that they also will go. Teens want unstructured space and time, not organized activity with more things to do. And the consumerism. They need to stop seeing it role modeled everywhere, which, good luck!
I'm a licensed Esthetician and I work PT at Sephora and this has been going on for at least the last 2 years. The world is just now gettin hip to the headache I deal with every weekend.
Wow, 2 years? I was thinking it was a trend that would pass in a couple of months, but maybe not. I'm sorry you have to deal with this.
It went viral after Christmas. All of the kids put this on their Christmas list this year.
Damn i miss the days when restaurants and shops would kick families out if their children were disruptive or uncultured.. I felt it before I became a parent, and I still feel it now..
I was walking past Sephora last week and saw a mum taking a photo of roughly 8 young girls (12ish) in front of the store. After the photo, they went in the store. I went in out of curiosity and the carnage was real. The girls had gift cards in their hands and were walking around with baskets with several products. I didn't pay any attention to specific brands but they moved through the store without any regard to who or what was in their path -- it was bordering on feral and it was oddly fascinating. Their mums did nothing to stop it. No words.
Sounds like a party. When I was 10, I had a skicare b-day party. My my mom, aunt and a cousin who is a beautician created a little spa in our living room. It was heaven, that is what little girls should be doing, not going around messing up stores😅
Maybe some people should NOT be parents!
How about spreading bacteria by all of the fingers touching, mixing products, etc. Do parents really understand how unsanitary this is and what these products can do to your children’s skin. Are parents allowing their children to use friends’ products? Seriously, I gave my granddaughter a gift card at Christmas after asking parents what she wanted. I figured lip gloss and mascara. If I had seen this podcast prior to that, I would never have given this as a gift-ridiculous!!
@@Jasmine215100yeah , we know 😂😅
I don't have an issue with pre teens using drunk elephant, I have an issue with them vandalising displays, making a mess for the poor staff and being disrespectful to staff and others in the store.
What happened to being obligatory to accompany your kids everywhere and it being literally illegal to leave them unsupervised? No, stores can not prohibit minors from entering the store, but they can prohibit minors to enter without an adult. We do that in our country
Unfortunately it's just starting to become a thing ine the states
I don't think it should be no minors without an adult. It should be no one under 13 without an adult.
Maybe they need a "no one under 18 without a parent" in the store policy.
Not 18, (16 respectable/ & they can be held accountable like adults to shop responsibly) but agree- it’s That bad.
Maybe 15, but seriously 10 yr olds don't need ANTI AGING
Thing is they are with them... they just let them do whatever they want.
@@PeQuiTas80 not always. They’re often alone when they definitely should not be.
I think they might stop displaying samples. It's the easiest option. Brands are losing money samples because nobody will buy them, they need to be replaced etc.
I just feel sad for them. It seems they’re chronically online and never go outside ☹️ I’ve never seen a kids struggle so much with reading writing or math. It’s on their parents though not them, they’re kids.
This was the first thing I thought too!! This def seems like a symptom of kids being chronically online
It’s a symptom of the shitty society we live in. So it’s up to all of us to change
I feel sorry for the people they terrorize and whose shops they destroy!
Poor city planning is most to blame for the most part. The best hope for American parents is to raise their kids in a suitable European country. I’m from a suburban town and my parents house was an hour walking from the nearest store. No bus or anything. I didn’t properly start to develop socially until I moved to the Netherlands at 19. The health difference is crazy… I’m now 21
@@carsreallysuckI would say it comes down to poor parenting. Children are results on their parents most times. Of course their environment has a large role but so does nurturing or lack of.
As an European who hasn't observed this phenomenon around here (yet???), I've been livid for the past few weeks as I was watching countless materials on this subject. First it was news that numerous teachers in the US are complaining about the gen alpha kids and how difficult they are to handle in class, and how low their attention and overall academic performances are. And now this??? Cassandra, you're absolutely right? WHERE ARE THEIR PARENTS? And on a personal evaluation of the situation, knowing the global economy situation, WHERE DO THEY ( as in the parents who give their chaotic kids money to splurge on skincare at Sephora) HAVE ALL THIS SPARE MONEY to give their kids? There's a logical fracture in between these phenomenons and the social problems in the US, or so it seems from the outside...
Great video! I loved hearing your thoughts on the matter, as well as seeing evidence of this behaviour, but I'm also terrified a bit. I can't help but wonder, what's next for these kids?
I’m so happy I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s. This is terrifying.
Me too!
I’m with you 100%
Girl! SAME!
the funny thing is, i have memories of going into sephora with my mom as a kiddo, but my mom would keep a vice grip on my hand and not let me touch anything? i was just happy to be looking if i'm honest! like.... who's raising these kids lmao?
My mom told me many, many times "Look but don't touch." Eventually it stuck, and I still hear her saying it in my head.
I was also brought up that we don't make a mess in stores. If you do pick something up to look at it, put it back where it was. And when trying on clothes, hang everything back up on hangers and put it back where you found it.
Probably tik-tok and that's the issue
Tablets and tik tok are raising those kids sadly
right, I was happy to look and watch my mother pick things, then we would go to the kids store after, to get a child's makeup set, a doll etc, lol it's crazy kids are beating their faces full of makeup and then drunk elephant etc
I'm pretty sure I was never allowed in a store alone until I was in high school.
What I love about the UK, is that they quickly implemented store rules which prevents large group of kids, or kids unaccompanied by an adult, to walk into certain stores,
This really has me really worried about the way that kids socialize. It's kinda like how now kids today get made fun of by their peers if they don't have a Stanley cup. I remember being made fun of for not having an iPod; my parents bought me cheaper m3p players. What if that happens with little girls using Drunk Elephant products? Brands are a status symbol, and unfortunately kids can be ruthless when there is an odd one out. Also, why are there tiktoks of 7 YEAR OLDS with vanities lined with Drunk Elephant? Who are these parents (who are likely my age) spoiling their kids? This makes me relieved that I don't yet have any children.
As someone who worked retail in a store shopped at by pre-teens/teens, a lot of the mess making is a result of they simply do not care. Theres no consideration at all for the people around them or the employees who have spent ages making the store look good to then spend hours trying to fix it once its trashed. And omg groups of them me so anxious too 😬
I’m almost 40 and didn’t start a “skincare routine” until I was in my mid twenties with a full time job and was able to buy it myself. The fact these tweens are using anti aging skincare that they don’t need is insane.
This is happening here in Sweden too, there are even news articles about 10 year olds using retinols. The testers at Sephora look the same here, this is why I shop online. It's absolutely insane.
I worked at an Ulta in a wealthier area a decade ago. The roaming, unchaperoned hordes of tweens and teens have always been a PIA. I pray for my friends still in retail, especially beauty retail.
But a decade ago kids went to Claire’s still. Today not so much
I don't know why skin care companies in the US are not required to use some sort of plastic wrap/seal over a product? When I get products from Japan or Korea, these are all sealed! I cannot stand seeing people walking around a store, opening products caps and putting their noses agains a bottle to smell it. I see this all the time and it disgusts me. I no longer buy products from a retail store shelves just because of this. You never know whose nose or finger was in a cream!
This is mainly having to do with the testers on display. But I agree with you - people definitely open up sealed packages, test them out and then don't buy them. It's so gross and I'm always hyper-aware if packaging looks as though it's been tampered with.
Here in New Zealand you get caught opening sealed product and not buying it you can be arrested and charged with shoplifting.
Rightfully so!!
@@glittersloth11 This. I was at a shop once and almost bought an opened _and used_ lip balm O_o Groooooss. The old adage of "You break it, you bought it" needs to apply to product seals as well
I had heard this but was skeptical until I witnessed this at my Sephora. It was horrible 🤦🏻♀️
I went to two big sephoras in Spain this weekend and this doesn't happen here, there were barely any teenagers. I hope it stays this way
Sephora doesn't realise they are damaging thier reputation. I don't want to go anywhere that sells makeup with no testers or dirty testers.
I don't really buy into the argument that this might be happening (in part) because of the packaging. In South Korea you can find the CUTEST skincare/makeup, like literally cartoon-themed products, but you don't see kids shopping those. I think this whole situation bottles down to bad/lazy parenting and dubious marketing from greedy companies.
I completely agree. I've been a fan of Asian skincare for 10 years and many brands have cute and colorful packaging. Doesn't mean automatically that it's for kids, there are adults who enjoy colorful packaging, not everyone has to be into minimalism. For me it's all about the ingredients of a product but some people get swayed by looks. In the end, parents should put a stop to spending thousands of dollars on unnecessary products with ingredients that aren't safe for children. On top of that, beauty stores need to remove rude children from the store if they don't have legal guardians with them.
Drunk elephant has disgusted me for years, including my own run in with the vile owner in dm’s. That being said in keeping it clear “the littles” have been the name of the trial sizes since they launched many years ago.
My thirteen year old niece asked for skincare for her birthday, i got her a gel cleanser, a plain old moisturiser and sunscreen, and i told her she can ask me any questions she wants as the family skincare nerd, as i didn't want her to hurt herself. I understand these young girls want to feel grown up and special, but I would never ever let them near actives :(
Well, at least you can motivate her to wear sunscreen that way. That's a good habit to get into as early as possible. No one cared about that kind of thing, when I was a kid/teen in the 80s/90s and I'm quite lucky, in that I just never enjoyed sunbathing. My skin isn't too badly damaged from sun exposure, but many others weren't so lucky.
In addition to messing up their skin with these products these children are so obsessed with anti aging it's scary.
I think it just reflects how their adult parents are also obsessed with not aging. Children often emulate their parents or close relatives they look up to.
@monalisa8504 in this case they're not. They're emulating people they follow on Tik Tik
they're probably so obsessed with anti-aging because they don't see adults as human and don't want to age into being subhuman. I work with a lot of teenagers and they are abjectly rude and dismissive of anyone over their early 20s. I don't remember being such an asshole when I was a teenager. I mean... I know I was an ass, but not *that* kind of ass.
@@monalisa8504 It's less about their parents and more about social media. Kids spend all their time on social media where looks are absolutely everything. It's not surprising they're so into skincare and makeup.
@@xenondoro8573true, but parents gave their children access to social media, they don’t monitor what kids watch, so it is still parents’ fault
Going out tonight with the husband. Definitely going to make a pit stop into our local Sephora. This is part of the reason my 12 year old doesn’t have a phone or social media. It’s our job to parent our children and, I dunno, supervise them in stores and say no to ridiculous purchases 🤷🏼♀️ Who is parenting these kids?!
So??? Did you see the mayhem? Inquiring minds want to know
Parents who run for Stanley cups / influencer wannabes
Yup! Same here. Our daughter doesn't have a phone or access to social media!
Most store also have curbside pick up or delivery. I do not set foot in a store unless I need to.
I worked at Justice in 2009 and this kind of behavior was pretty common back then as well. We spent most of our time picking up after kids. Kids came in without parents all the time. Clothes would end up knocked on the floor and in mixed up in piles on displays thet we constantly had to sort and refold. This definitely looks worse which is probably a result of social media. But also, these kids lost two years of learning how to socialize from the pandemic.
these are screen raised kids, they were never socializing with anyone from day 1.
I'm sorry you had to deal with this behavior. Working in retail can really suck (speaking from experience.)
I feel like also, with the skincare mixing and the drops reminds me of when i was a kid and liked to make "potions" i feel like that is appealing to children too.
im so glad i grew up at a different time, but really afraid for my future kids. This is pretty crazy
I’m from Poland and literally I was at Sephora 3 days ago to investigated it. Shop was full of teenagers… and guess what… DE’s display looked horrendous😩 messy, disgusting and surrounded by teens/tweens.
EVEN POLAND?! i was just reading an article today that in Poland, private tutors/governesses as a sort of advanced nanny for families with the money are making a comeback so their kids dont just faff around all day.
I'm in Cologne, Germany and same. Wanted to go in there last week and literally balked at the sight of gaggles of 'hyper' teenagers, all through the shop. No, thanks. I'm 40+ and the 'shopping experience' is part of the fun for me. No way am I spending my hard earned money being constantly bothered by loud, obnoxious teenagers.
I’m in Puerto Rico. While I saw less than a few kids, there was a little girl with her. They’re were in the glow recipe area and this girl was no older than 8. The mother didn’t seem to care she was insecure in her skin.
I have no issue with kids taking a healthy interest in skincare. I wasn’t allowed to have skincare in my teens and I’m still feeling the effects today. But it seems like Drunk Elephant is intentionally profiting off these kids who are unsupervised with their parents’ money, chronically online, and pressured to fit in with influencer culture.
of course, they are profiting. DE is a business, they don’t care. If it makes a lot of money, it doesn’t matter how they got there
I used to work at CVS. The same stuff happens there. But that was years ago. I couldn’t imagine it now.
People (kids and adults) would open lipsticks etc and try them on in the store before buying. They WERE NOT TESTERS. People would put that stuff back on the shelf. I had to constantly tell people that it’s damaging the product and try to get them to pay for it. It was very frustrating. And yeah the teens were the worst because they were so rude.
My nieces 12 year old wanted to start skincare to do with her mom she said ask aunt Dani if it's OK and what you can use. I built her a dollar store routine so 1,they can afford it. 2, very low actives and 3 simple but teaching at the same time. Yes I got her a sunscreen lol
Kids have no business using skincare
@@FransceneJK98 omg it's just a low level hyaluronic serum, a cleanser and sunscreen. She wants to bond with mom while doing skincare. I'm not stupid and researched each one at $2 per item there is nothing wrong with it for her age. Go ahead and just hand your kids a phone instead of spending time with them. I was the Same age when my mom gave me my own simple routine that was much the same... back off
@@FransceneJK98Kids have skin, too. All they need is to cleanse, moisturize, and use sunscreen. They don’t need a retinoid.
@@Danisuzette this isn’t what we are talking bout though.
The drugstore brands like cetaphil and CeraVe are great. TJ’s has a dupe of Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40 that is $9. The Ordinary has great products for an average of $10 each. Cleanser, moisturizer and sunscreen are sufficient in most cases.
I was in Ulta the other day, and there were a couple of young girls (maybe 12-14) in front of Drunk Elephant, and they were so excited. They walked over to what I was looking at and it seemed that we were trying to look at the same things, and they weren't even going to say anything. I had to offer to move aside so they could get there before they would even admit that's what they were looking at. They were SO SWEET and were just excited to be looking at skincare (they had moved past Drunk elephant and were looking at more affordable and age appropriate skincare lines at this point). Anyway, my point is, there may be a lot of young kids who are being rude and inconsiderate, but it's certainly not all of them.
Ulta employee here...can confirm this happens on the daily. It's infuriating.
I'm sorry. I'm making a mental note to be extra polite to the employees next time I go in Ulta.
Put that crap behind the counter under lock and key. They’ll have to ask politely if they can purchase it 😂
I could see a policy removing testers like they were removed during the peak of COVID due to this.
I suspect Sephora will have to do this.
But then they will open the actual products, as these kids have no sense of what you can and can't do. I have bought some makeup and found out at home it's been opened already. This is so disgusting and annoying. I only buy products now which are visibly sealed and unopened
@@cindyj8458 Sadly, you're probably right.
I work at a Sephora and this has been happening for over a year now I noticed, not just recently!!😬
this is nuts. my 14 yr old niece was confused when she got a Sephora GC for Christmas, she says " I don't wear makeup". We need to talk acne skincare but I thought it important to steer her towards gentle and affordable products. I don't even guy $65 skin care, nevermind a teen who does not yet have a job! I'm taking her to CVS.
She might enjoy a travel spray or roller ball bottle of fragrance to use on special occasions. Sephora has a selection of them. Or don't they carry bath products? And I think there's a store brand with such products.
@@20thcenturyrelic great ideas, thank you
Hi. This totally may not make a difference for your neice, but I was a huge pizza eater as a teen and had acne. I didn't figure out until I was an adult that DAIRY is a HUGE trigger for hormonal acne. An aesthetician told me this and said a derm wouldn't tell people this so they could keep prescribing rx. If she does eat dairy, have her cut it out for 2 weeks to test it. You'd be surprised how many suffer from acne due to dairy and sugar. ❤
@@briagolden1 This is true for some people, but not universally. I'd say it's worth a try because it's a cheap solution and not likely to do any harm.
As far as "An aesthetician told me this and said a derm wouldn't tell people this so they could keep prescribing rx"...please.
I’ve used both DE and The Ordinary products. I really liked the DE products I used but then read about The Ordinary so I bought two products. I was amazed after reading the ingredients on both lines’ labels. A lot of products from both brands have the same ingredients at the same strength. Plus, my dermatologist recommends The Ordinary because of the purity of the ingredients.
The Sephora in a mall I went to was actually worse if you could imagine that. And this was a week ago. The floor had products everywhere and the shelfs were a mess. Kids everywhere
I remember as a child when I went into a store with an adult, I was taught not to touch anything unless I ask said adult first. I have taught my nieces and nephew the same concept. Sooner or later a kid is going to destroy their skin and the parent will want to sue someone, but who would majority of the blame lye on besides the parent. I have taught one niece about skincare because she was into makeup videos and trying to recreate the look. So I taught her the importance of removing makeup with a double cleanse and then putting on a moisturizer all from the drugstore and of course sunscreen in the day.
Well, I planned on going to Sephora today and I’m terrified.
People should hold them accountable. If they are confronted they'd be atleast afraid to do that again. And also why would we let them be rude to us? If they are being bratty, be bratty to them too🐸
I’m 14 and I’m shocked. I have awful acne and I haven’t even thought about resorting to drunk elephant. Seriously, that’s disgusting. We really need to start respecting stores and their products.
Good to hear 👍
It was my understanding that Drunk Elephant was acquired by Shiseido and I believe this happened a couple of years ago. I can see where their packaging would be attractive to preteens!
I went to my local Sephora last year. Before Drunk Elephant blew up, I saw many products destroyed and damaged. I assumed it was rude adults who lost all sense of composure. But now I wonder if these were a bunch of kids who were trying to emulate the adults they saw on TickTock. Needless to say, I am not ever going back to that Sephora and am purchasing everything I need online.
i said these children need to go through their St. Ives Apricot Scrub era like the REST OF US DID😭
😂
To bad they no longer sell Sea Breeze, Noxema and Bonnie Bell Ten O Six lotion. They could save a lot of money! 😆
Absolutely!!
I’m calling it…Glow Recipe is next. I’ve already seen a couple of the 12yo GRWM girls using it but I bet it becomes a craze soon.
I only shop when kids are at school .... i work in Bromley glades and iv heard people say, hurry up the kids will be out in an hour or come out soon.... the shops are empty from 2 onwards and they shut at 7 ....
as an employee, those kids/ teenagers are so disrespectful!! they’ll scream and talk so loudly in my store and with make a mess with almost all of our makeup and skincare
I swear, with all of this going on I'm more thankful to order online. At least I can be sure my products haven't been opened.
Same!
Oh gosh I remember watching a JenLuv video with her kids, and she showed a comment from her Drunk Elephant video of some kid telling her that they do it so they don't look like her, meaning 'wrinkly' and she said 'bad news, you're still gonna get them', they're also getting gutsy and a bit ageist as well
Omg. This. Kids are so incredibly mean now.
This is ridiculous. I received a drunk elephant mini in a set a year ago and found it worse than jergans. I went up to Minneapolis with a lot of my once tried stuff for my daughter in law. My granddaughter went ape sh$t over the tiny drunk elephant! She cried tears of happiness at her "gift" of nothing. I took her to Ulta on a spree of appropriate skin care for her 12 year old self. CeraVe, Bubble? Hair things, etc. Crazy!
I am cracking up over your "gift of nothing" description! 😂 Perfection! 👍
@@glittersloth11 😂 🤜
My adhd as I'm in the middle of the video looking at the sun patches hold onto dear life: PLEASE JUST TAKE THEM OFF 😩😩😩
I went to sephora to get a foundation match i was the ONLY ADULT THERE two teenagers and 7 ten year olds flocking to drunk elephant and rare beauty. Yeah the employees were greatful that there was an adult, and tick tok is the reason they flock to these products.
You are not the only one. My local Sephora is the equivalent to the unattended mall kiosk or Claire's. I was wondering what the sensation I was feeling when walking around the store and it was definitely heightened anxiety. I do appreciate your suggested alternatives for skin care. As a mother, who went through puberty without a guide except Noxema for everything, I want to make sure my 11 yo has the best information and options❤
I have also heard that kids have been really into Bubble, and that makes sense of the colorful fun packaging they do.
I feel like that’s actually a really good brand to start with in terms of a cleanser and a simple moisturizer, so if a child is young, even at the age of ten, as long as they aren’t using actives it’s just basic care of your skin, and the packaging is really cute.
If a child has skincare concerns take them to a dermatologist. Guarantee they recommend zero DE products.
I work at a cosmetic/perfume-retailer in Switzerland. I wonder, where is the Sephora staff? Why don't they intervene? Like you said, it's a hygienic issue. We have sometimes young teenagers coming in showering with perfumes that gone viral on TikTok...we removed the testers. Game Over. The same with skincare / make-up. If adults want to try a product they can ask, and we provide the tester. That's how we did it during the pandemic. BTW for me that's a failure of parenting. I don't care how appealing the brands make their products. Those kids are old enough to understand NO! They aren't 2 year old toddlers.
While on vacation, I was just at a Sephora a week ago at Disney Springs. It so was extremely crowded, l asked my husband to stand in line ahead of time! Unfortunately (or fortunately), l did not go to the Drunk Elephant section, HOWEVER, there were TONS of kids in there! I attributed it to the fact that we were all on vacation at Disney, but l had been there last April, and did not notice this then.
At Ulta, 3 weeks ago, l overheard a girl tell her mom, “This is supposed to be a great eye cream” Her mom said, “ You’re 12 years old! Why would you need an eye cream?!”
Kudos too that mom!
As a mom of an 8 year old girl, I have a couple of things to say about this.
1. Shame on Drunk Elephant
2. Hell no my kid is not buying expensive ass skincare
3. She sees me using stuff and wants to do what I'm doing. I love this but obvs I'm going to do it responsibly. Nothing with acids or retinol or other things my 40+ year old skin needs that hers doesn't.
5. As someone who was never taught about skincare and the importance of sunscreen, I find it important to teach these things to my daughter now. Again, I'm obvs going to do it responsibly. Gentle cleanser, moisturizer, gentle sunscreen. Nothing else unless and until she develops acne and then we can revisit.
6. Where are the damn parents?!?!?!?!
If kids wanna start a skincare routine, fine… start with super gentle kid friendly products, a basic moisturizer and sunscreen. That’s it. There shouldn’t be AHA, BHA, retinol, vitamin c in their products. They can use their imagination. As a parent, you don’t have to give in to their demands. That’s why you’re the parent. My mom didn’t let me start using skincare until I was almost 13 (I got acne) and she didn’t buy me makeup until I was 15! She took me to Clinique, I got the black honey sheer lipstick, a pinky blush and very sheer eyeshadow set. The mascara was from the drugstore. I didn’t start a makeup routine until I was in college and it was only when I turned about 30 that I started with retinol, vitamin c and really religiously applied sunscreen. All these girls growing up so quick is beyond me!
These children are richer than I am 😅
I sure don't have $68 to spend on 1 skin care product! Well OK, I do, but I won't. Too expensive.
It’s their stupid parents!!
As a millennial parent, this is embarrassing for our parenting generation. It's apparent that we've allowed our children to be eaten by consumerism and consumption.
When I found out about this I immediately talked to my sister so she could discuss with my nieces about this. My oldest niece is 13, and my youngest is 9. Both huge target demographics for this brand. I looked into the company as well and was actually really upset by their blatant marketing for children. I explained to to my nieces that some chemicals and actives in skincare is not good for children to use. I've helped select some good products for my oldest niece who is far enough into puberty she is getting acne, and I've showed her how to care for her skin and an appropriate routine for her age. The youngest has been taught to properly cleanse her face, moisturize with a gentle lotion, and use sunsceen. But I absolutely refuse to allow them to 'smoothie' stuff together and use products just because they are viral without actually understanding what they are for. Both of of the girls are extremely well behaved, both at home and in public, and we've actually had people comment on how polite they are. I also have explained to them why they should never swatch testers, and which products are okay to try in store. Parenting in this age is hard, and my sister is disabled so she has help from me and my parents, but it's essential to form these children into functioning adults regardless of the influence of social media.
Kids shouldn’t be allowed in there with out parents supervision ! Anything they mess with they have to pay for!
I live in mexico city, I went to a Sephora on a random Tuesday at 12:00 pm and there were kids just all over the drunk elephant display. At the time I didn't even know about the trend, but I remember thinking "wtf why are there so many young people here alone?????????"
On a school day? I mean, I don't know what the school schedules are in Mexico, and of course private schools set their own schedules.
I guess the kids skipped school to go to Sephora. Oh MAN my mom would have killed me for that! Grounded until I was 18!
Hi Cassandra!
Thank you again for your video, 4 your time and patience!
I agree with you!
As a parent who is into skincare and has been shooping at Sephora type stores since I was 12, and I’m so absolutely disgusted by this whole thing!
Whenever we went into Sephora as tweens, we always tip toed around that store and were so respectful with testers and tried to make our footprint as invisible as possible.
We didn’t want to get kicked out bc we’re so young!!! This was also almost 20 years ago now.
This whole thing makes me glad I have a son (I always wanted a daughter but not one that is buying more expensive skincare than me at age 10! (I use glow recipe lmao, and that’s not as expensive as drunk elephant, but it’s still a splurge to me!)
This explains why my 10 year old niece asked me how old you have to be to start using skincare products while watching me do my skincare routine 🤦🏻♀️ I told her when you’re in your 20s and she told me she’s seen 12 year olds using skincare products and I was mortified. I told her there’s no need for her to use anything on her face when her skin is flawless I told her we do all of this to get your perfect skin girl lol. It’s a shame that kids are not enjoying childhood and are being rushed to age. Social media is terrible for children.
What so many aren't really getting though, is that drugstores and LUSH have been dealing with this for ages. They aren't paid enough to have to be supervising all this.
My closest Sephora is the one in Disney Springs at Disney World and I can't even imagine what it's like over there
Luckily, the two main sephoras I go to arent too bad. One is pretty small, and surprising doesn't get a lot of kids, maybe because there's a massive ulta right next to it (which has very messy drunk elephant testers, so clearly many kids must go to it) and the other is in an outdoor mall, I hardly see anyone ever in there and it's always fully stocked, also pretty big.
I don’t understand why Sephora won’t implement a new “no entry under 18” policy. Problem solved. I don’t get why the staff won’t kick these kids out. And is Sephora HQ issuing a statement before they start losing adult customers?
Agreed, but if they're spending money...their money is as good as anybody's. $$$ talks.
@@20thcenturyrelic they aren’t paying $70 for a product though. Tweens don’t get that kind of money from their parents. They destroy and leave.
Or steal
@@Lisaloo66 I wondered about that.
This is insane. When I was 10/11, I had Lip Smackers/Chap Stick and Vaseline. That was the exint of my skincare. The parents want to make young entrepreneurs so badly that they are comprimising and overexposing the kids. Very sad!!
Omg! I witnessed this in a shopping centre (aka Mall) in the UK! A drunk elephant counter looked destroyed, but what made the biggest impression was that it saw super young girls trying put the products which i found really disturbing.
As a mother of a teen I would NEVER let my child behave in this manner honestly this is what happens when children are given boundaries and consequences for bad behavior. For my thirteen year old puberty has hit hard and she has oily acne prone skin which is the complete opposite of mine ( dry crusty lizard) and I am looking for affordable skincare for her nothing too crazy but I honestly barely manage to find myself stuff and have no idea where to begin with her skincare needs
You might look at the products Cassandra recommends for oily skin. I believe Cetaphil has a gentle cleanser for oily skin. You might also look at Cerave products although I don't know if they have products for oily skin. I haven't had oily skin since 1981 when I took Accutane, so it's been a long time. If the acne is all over her face, or is really persistent, she may need to see a dermatologist.
You might look at Doctorly's videos. They are 2 dermatologists on TH-cam that review and recommend skin care products for a variety of skin types.
Cassandra has a few videos on acne prone skin. From what I gleaned (on the look out for my teen niece. I also am a lizard.) is that aha/bha toner and salicylic acid products are good for acne. There are great drugstore cleansers and light moisturizers. I have heard that chemical sunscreens can be irritating but at the same time they seem so heavy and I noticed that Cassandra loves the Korean chemical sunscreens for herself. She has mentioned several times the "Watery Gel" one which I got for my niece for Christmas. It's fairly affordable. Good luck!
I didn’t believe it either I went to Sephora to grab 2 items and was surrounded by little kids about 10. They weren’t rude to me although I do have a naturally mean face. I just stared at them till they moved out my way grabbed my products and went to pay. I did voice loudly the mothers should be with them instead of in the corner chatting it up while they open products up. I sometimes bring my 5 year old when I have no choice I hold her hand and she touches nothing. Sometimes I get her a cheap lip balm. Idk what’s going on with the other moms
Unfortunately this isn't completely new but it definitely has become worse. I used to work at a local supermarket as a manager and we had so many children creating chaos in the store. Destroying products, destroying property, shoplifting, making an extreme mess almost on purpose. Often parents where there! No word was said to correct their children so often i stepped in and told their parents i couldn't care less if they allowed their children to use their home as a zoo but keep them under control in places where people actually do care about manners. We don't have a Sephora here but I'm definitely afraid of what will become of these individuals in the future.
unpopular opinion: drunk elephant’s packaging looks soooooo ugly 😭
I will never buy Drunk Elephant now. This is crazy.
hey Cassandra, it would be so cool if you reviewed this Brazilian brand that just started operating in the US. They are called Creamy Skincare and they're vegan and cruelty-free! They don't have the full lineup of products there yet but there's a good selection to pick from. K-Beauty is not very easily accessible here in Brazil so after I binged your videos I started looking for more accessible ways to do my skincare and found their website. I truly love their products and it'd be a really cool full-circle moment for me
I’ve worked in the beauty industry for 10 years now and I’ll say that this has been happening for years, but it’s progressively gotten much much worse as of the last 2 or 3 years. The world is finally catching up. I am absolutely conceived it’s due to the internet and lack of parenting. Usually the entitled teenagers are parented by the moms that fight over Stanley cups when they launch so ofc their kids are going to be entitled brats.
I love skincare and skin hygiene. Being diagnosed with rosacea and had acne at a very young age, it became something that I live and breath and because of that, I’ve absolutely zero issue helping a parent and their child start their skincare journey and it absolutely makes my heart flutter with joy when I can put a smile on a kid and parents face because more often than not, having someone like myself could changes someone life forever. HOWEVER it’s the disrespect, the entitlement and the absolute destruction of property that gets me. Not all kids and teens are this way, but more and more are becoming so because their parents are entitled and bratty themselves.
All I can do is assist kids teens and parents alike, turn and learn and educate and then allow them to make a decision based on the education I provide. If that’s drunk elephant or the inkey list, that’s their hard earned money and I won’t ever get in someone’s way, but I will not tolerate anything other than respect and an open ear.
I can promise it’s that bad everywhere there is beauty though.
Anyway, that’s my Ted talk. Thank you always for your content, education and sharing my passion for skincare!!
Absolutely the same happened with me. I had taken my 15 year old and 2 friends. They wanted to leave because of the same issue. Blew my mind!!
There's something to be said about waiting until you're grown and have a job before you use these expensive products. I was so thrilled when I worked hard and was finally able to afford the expensive cosmetics that I could only look at in the stores before then. When these kids are being given these expensive brands at this age, what do they have to look forward to?
I actually saw this today. Very young kids being so loud, running into me, making it impossible to shop, so I just left.
Hmm. If this happens to me, I'm going to be a Karen and complain to the manager before I leave.
I just became aware of this and it makes so much sense. I had taken my daughter to Sephora to get her some appropriate skin care products for her and asked for help while walking through with her and the store assistant seemed to be so grateful that my daughter was with a parent.
Words just escape me. I can’t even imagine my daughter going to a store without me and especially not spending my money on stuff I can’t even wrap my brain around affording. Just why!