A fine place to start if your a budding MUA, but you can't make a career from it there - Color Expert Sephora Employee Review

3.0
Oct 10, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-Overall a fun environment to be in. Guys can and are encouraged to wear makeup, and all employees are allowed to wear whatever looks they want. -A decent brand selection -Gratis -My management has always been pretty good about time off requests.

Cons

-incredible lack of communication between managers -too many management roles (captains, leads, specialists, store directors... etc) -pay is way below industry standard, especially for NYC -Far too nit-picky about ridiculous things, such as zoning, costumes, jewelry -Are not allowed to accept tips and don't make any % commission -The costumes are absolutely disgusting and terrible -"on-calls" and hours in general -way too many expectations for what we're paid and very quick to point out "opportunities" but not enough positive feedback. -Favoritism -There are a lot of areas to grow within, but hard to get the opportunity to be put on a path to reach that point. -a lot of shady happenings within upper management

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Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

Support, Benefits, Growth, Community, & Skillfulness

Cons

Pay, Customers, Hours, Uniforms, & Management at times

5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly, knowledgeable, supportive coworkers. Management is generally pretty good. You get to work with all the fun products and learn directly from brand reps. And the customers are there to learn about the products - and you get to talk to them about the best products. If you're excited about Sephora, go apply!

Cons

Hours vary based on the time of the year.

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