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Arkansas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I went into the Fort Smith store yesterday. The sign said mix it up and buy one get one free upto $70 so I went to purchase the Pureology. All the signs were every shelf except for the large liters that were $90. I picked up the next size they had not the trial size but the $37 I believe is what they were. They said that was not part of the sale on the trial size. Those were like $15 or something. The sign said a range upto $70. They would not honor their sale. This is twice they did this crap when I went in there to get something from that store. That is false advertisting.

Date of experience: February 9, 2025
Massachusetts
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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We ordered a hair product that never arrived They claimed it came at 7 am to our front door. Nothing arrives at that hour in our area ever. Our ring camera shows nothing arrived. I have been arguing with them unsuccessfully for weeks. They tell me to check the area around my door. I will never order from them again. Their customer service is non existent for online orders. They will refuse to give you the time of day if a package is stollen in transit like ours or off your porch.

Date of experience: December 20, 2024
Kansas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I placed an order during the black Friday sales. My order stated it was shipped the next day. 2 weeks went by and the order never was actually shipped stating it was awaiting pick up from the carrier. I spoke to customer service several times about this issue and was promised that my order would be reproccessed and shipped back out. Instead, they cancelled my entire order refunding it. Then told me that I could go online and reorder at what the current price was of the items. They did not care to correct their mistakes at any level along the customer service chain.

Date of experience: December 11, 2024
Georgia
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I was online adding to my cart when my app glitches. I noticed my shopping cart had suddenly been cleared. So I closed app and opened thinking it would reset. Nope. So I added items back into my cart. Then I purchased. I receive 2 emails saying 2 orders were placed. Both were duplicate. So, immediately I texted customer service (within 5 min) to have them cancel 1st order. I explained my situation and was told by 6 different people they couldn't cancel my order. All of them assured me they could help, wasted my time just to tell me their bs system wouldn't allow them to cancel my order that hasn't been shipped. I have been a customer for years and they just lost one due to bs policies and incompetent agents.

Date of experience: August 16, 2024
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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ULTA- Shipping Scam
July 22, 2024

ULTA Scam. Warning- Don't order online.
I ordered over $110 in product from Ulta with a total of 6 products. A padded envelope arrived with one of the six products. When I contacted the company through email and by phone, they refused to make the situation right saying they could see that a package had been delivered. I contacted the BBB to file a complaint and realized they have a ONE STAR rating with them as well. Even with the BBB contacting them to help resolve this issue of the missing product, Ulta refused to talk with me live or make an effort to resolve the issue. Look at their reviews on the BBB, TrustPilot, Consumer Reports, etc. This is not an isolated incident.

Date of experience: July 22, 2024
Florida
12 reviews
7 helpful votes
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While shopping at the Winter Garden store in Orlando Fl. It took forever to find someone on the floor to assist me with a question. Also, please speak to that extremely aged platinum bottled blond up at the front counter about snatching money and giving customers their change back on the counter. If I'm giving you my money in your hand the least you can do is return my change back to me in that same hand. You're welcome!

Date of experience: May 27, 2024
India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Over the past few years, Carolin Trails has been surrounded by controversy about their wilderness therapy program death where a young teenager named Alec Lansing lost his life while camping at their program. Which shocked every parent whose kids were in that program for treatment.

Date of experience: January 15, 2024
Florida
1 review
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F this place
September 23, 2023

Terrible customer service online and in store. I spent 3000 in one day, and not that I deserve special treatment, but Im clearly someone who gives them business. This business turned into a joke. They clearly cant handle clients, and no wonder they have $#*!ty reviews everywhere. I'll take my money elsewhere.

Date of experience: September 23, 2023
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scam
May 16, 2024

Rated 1 out of 5 stars
They took the money and didn't deliver…
They took the money and didn't deliver the package and when we contacted them, they are not helping. Poor Service and Useless. Runaway from this place. I will find a legal way to get my money back. Order#M*******

Date of experience: May 16, 2024
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Package arrived EMPTY
December 24, 2023

I ordered the intense prada paradox perfume $92.01 with the promo code. I rushed home with a notification of delivery, only to open the package and its empty. Nothing but a return shipping label. Examining the bubble package it had been cut under a flap and re-taped. Either somebody from the warehouse never packaged it or somebody in transit stole it! Ulta customer service was no help. How do you find a missing item and the tracking number shows delivered? Run tapes back in the warehouse? I feel scammed. Out of money. My Christmas present to myself is stolen. Im not rich. I work hard for my money just to have someone steal from me.

Date of experience: December 24, 2023
Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Online Purchase. Although I am happy with my purchases, I am leaving this review at a 2 star due to the lack of helping out with the free gift offer after the order was completed. It was not easy to figure out how to apply the free gifts at checkout and then after my $170 order, I was told they could not add my free gifts, so I missed out. I feel as if this is not right, a free gift should be able to apply after the fact, I am still purchasing the items! I will leave my 2 star review for the lack of customer service towards a purchase and remind everyone to make sure you add the free gifts and that they show correctly upon checkout, or you will miss out!

Date of experience: December 5, 2023
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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What a rock too!
January 12, 2024

The service is outstanding which is kind of shocking considering the price (it's a lot of money to me but these days I am often made to feel like I'm cheap when I'm just someone with no extra money so this a huge splurge and she didn't treat me like it was no biggie..

Date of experience: January 10, 2024
Washington
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Website and app only allows you to use one gift card at a time. So you either have to spend your own money on the remainder of the order, defeating the purpose of a gift card, or you have to split your order up into multiple orders and pay multiple shipping charges on each.

Date of experience: December 29, 2023
Ohio
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Watch your cart
June 16, 2021

They put items in your cart and call it a "gift" until you pay and then it is charged. Customer service won't cancel the order that was placed 5 minutes ago. Sad and sorry experience. Stick with amazon. At least they will make it right.

Date of experience: June 16, 2021
Georgia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Best reward Program
February 2, 2022

I order skin care and makeup from on line mostly. www.ulta.com is my go to. They have both high end and drugstore (or comparable price point). The have the best rewards program it's is so much better than Sephora

Date of experience: February 1, 2022
California
4 reviews
23 helpful votes
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Replacement order sent also arrived damaged
September 11, 2023
Updated review

I stand on the first assessment of my review. They sent out a replacement shadow in the exact packaging they sent out the original palette. That Palette also arrived damaged. I sent and email in regards to not wanting them to send anything else. I'm finally just done with them.

Update: ULTA contacted me through email and apologized for the service I received. Offered cash back and giftcard which I accepted. I will not change the rating because it is what happened, however I updated to show they did reach out to solve the problem.

Date of experience: September 11, 2023

Shipping Resulting In Broken Items
September 7, 2023
Previous review

I've been with Ulta for a number of years. I am a diamond customer, meaning I shop quite a bit on their website. I shop mostly online, and sometimes things arrive broken. I contact ulta each time something arrives damaged for a replacement. Recently contacted them and I was told my name is on some kind of list for returning things. This made me so upset because of how often I shop with them. They throw the items in packaging with barely any protection expecting it to arrive intact. My purchases are not free, I paid for something new and that's what I expect to receive. They are the worst at shipping. I will not make diamond again because I've had enough. They are not the only ones, a lot of sellers send out expensive merchandise with barely any protection, and if it arrives broken expect you to accept it and move on. My money my problem, I'm not going to keep damaged items.

Date of experience: September 7, 2023
Arizona
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Customer Service Ineffective
September 16, 2021

Customer Service is unable to correct online order delivery issues. Carrier shows package is lost and customer service representative indicated that nothing could be done until after 8 business day time period had passed. No deviation or correction could be made and was told that manager would reject any attempt to escalate issue. Ulta indicated they have no ability to contact third-party carrier.

Date of experience: September 16, 2021
Minnesota
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Perfect
April 27, 2017

I've bought a few different orders from the ulta app and everything has come in good condition with no damage. If there was anything I could change it would be the $5 shipping cost but other than that the products are always exactly as described.

Date of experience: April 27, 2017
Armenia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This Website is total scum.
I've encountered an error during checkout twice, resulting in the failure of my order completion. However my account was charged for $42.89 every time. Adding to the frustration, the support team seems to be conveniently ignoring my ticket, so it is impossible to get a refund. This experience has led me to waste nearly $86 for absolutely nothing.
If you have extra funds, I'd strongly advise considering a donation to charity instead. Otherwise, you might find yourself falling victim of Ulta Beauty scammers.

Date of experience: August 20, 2023
Massachusetts
16 reviews
86 helpful votes
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Excellent company
June 27, 2017

I've been using Ulta for years. The online store is so easy to use. The points I've earned toward $ off orders really helps out. They usually have free shipping@ $50, but sometimes I get it at $35. I'm not sure if its just for members, but I'm pretty sure its between thanksgiving and Christmas. Excellent price range of products. You can order NYX cosmetics on the low range all the way up to high end products like Lancome.

Date of experience: June 27, 2017

Overview

Ulta has a rating of 2 stars from 536 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Ulta most frequently mention customer service, credit card and order online. Ulta ranks 1071st among Skin Care sites.

service
120
value
104
shipping
97
returns
79
quality
91
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