Does your 5th/6th grader have a skincare routine? Shop at Sephora? Etc.?

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Anonymous wrote:I'd love to know how many people posting here have actually taken a fifth or sixth grade kid to Sephora. There is so much disdain on here for a situation that is largely mythical. I took a group of them this weekend (boys and girls) and they don't buy Drunk Elephant, hyluronic acid, etc. because it's not in the cute packaging, made my Selena Gomez or Millie Bobbie Brown or they can't afford it.

They are buying Sol de Janiero (which is like that Bed Bath and Beyond body spray), Bubble (cleanser), Glossier lip balm (fruity flavors) and similar products. Did you never go to the drugstore and browse the Cover Girl section and buy yellow mascara in 1988? Or want whatever the trend was everyone was doing in middle school? This is the same thing.

As PP said, not the hill I'm going to die on.

I have. She got Sol de Janiero spray and body moisturizer and lip gloss she’s probably lost already. I’ll continue to buy proven face products recommended by dermatologists that I’ve been buying for years.

Don’t forget your tiny group of kids do not represent an entire generation in that age group.

According to Sephora packaging is what attracts preteens not what’s inside. Drunk Elephant and Glow Recipe are most popular. Sol de Janeiro, Summer Fridays, and Charlotte Tilbury are also popular according to Sephora.

I just don’t think anyone’s bothering to educate preteens on what’s in these products and what’s best for them. There are good products and not so good products.

My issue is why do these preteens dress so badly? They buy makeup and hair products but they have no sense of style or what’s flattering on them. If you’re mature and sophisticated enough to buy makeup products then you’re mature enough how to dress appropriately.

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My 5th grader is vaguely interested in skincare but mostly in the form of those little one-time masks. I bought her some neutragena type face wash that she uses sometimes. She swiped some of my smaller sample bottles of some fancier stuff but didn't use it much (and neither do I, hence not caring that she took it)

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Anonymous wrote:As for the question in the title: yes. DS has a skincare routine. I know he watches youtube shorts at school and he has seen those videos about sephora kids. He has also seen commentary on those videos from skincare experts, who all say that those kids a) definitely do not need the skincare they are buying and b) even if they did, a lot of it is extremely overpriced.

As to the question about having an expensive routine or going to sephora alone, no. I have taken him to sephora to get a serum from the ordinary, and he also uses a moisturizer, sunscreen, and cleanser from CeraVe or cetaphil. It's kinda cute and while he doesn't need the serum I'm happy he is getting into the habit of using a cleanser and sunscreen.

I cannot believe those parents let their kids roam around free in sephora and buy products that are actually damaging for young skin. Bizarre. I really think sephora should ban them from coming in without parents, at least.

Your son is watching YouTube shorts about skincare? At school?

He’s a gay obv

I wouldn't care if he was gay, but he isn't. Taking care of your skin isn't considered as much of a threat to masculinity as it was in days of yore. Most of the videos of people responding to sephora girls with skincare recommendations are dermatologists, male and female.

Buying a bunch of products at Sephora isn’t “taking care of your skin.” All it is a falling prey to the social media trap to just spending money on things they see good-looking people endorsing. That is all.

Skincare means washing face twice per day with a basic wash. Maybe a basic moisturizer and sunscreen.
That is it. Most teens don’t even need a moisturizer at all unless they are on acne meds. Add some Stridex pads in for occasional break outs

PP here and my son didn't buy a bunch of products from sephora; he is, in fact, taking care of his skin.

Also, dont use stridex pads! Yikes.

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My 9-year-old is acting like this. I don't buy her Sephora stuff but she loves it. Marketing works.

I caught her using my stuff and told her it is for old people and she does not need it and she can use CeraVe.

My 12.5 year old refuses to wash her face and has acne.

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Poster above...but my 9-year-old has said she wants to be a dermatologist since age 6. So, she may be into this for other reasons. She says she would also like to cure roseaca and vitiligo and start a Sephora brand.

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Anonymous wrote:So, skin care products are ok if they come from the grocery store or some discount pharmacy but bad from everywhere else? Ok. Some of you take yourselves way too seriously.

OP here - I've seen things about young girls buying all sorts of serums, retinols, eye creams, anti-wrinkling things that they don't need, that's what I was referring to when I said "skincare routine". I guess I should have been more clear.

So they want to buy a bunch of products that don't even work? Again, so what? What do you care what other people do with their money?

Why are you so defensive? How much money did Olivia spend at Sephora this month?

Who is olivia? Of all the things to care about kids doing this doesn’t even move the needle. You are ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Poster above...but my 9-year-old has said she wants to be a dermatologist since age 6. So, she may be into this for other reasons. She says she would also like to cure roseaca and vitiligo and start a Sephora brand.

Oh ffs

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Anonymous wrote:Yes it's fine to teach good skin care habits now. Acne is a bacterial infection. Good skincare is just part of good hygiene. Sephora is fine. Some products are less than the drugstore. I like the transparency in sourcing and ingredients at Sephora that I don't often find at drugstores. There are so many endocrine disruptors that affect children out there.

This is false. Not all acne is bacterial.

Again wrong. The acne itself is a bacterial infection. Some of you need some science education

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Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader has a skincare routine in that she has really bad acne and so the doctor prescribed her topical cream she uses and she does a good job washing her face. But it's not the culture of mobbing the Sephora section at Target. It's just trying to have somewhat good grooming.

In fact there are areas where she could care more, like the PP above whose kid doesn't even want to wear chapstick.

There is a Sephora section at Target?

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DC uses soap and water to wash face. Also uses soap and shampoo to wash at night. Done. We aren’t buying whatever other stuff “social media” might be selling.

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Anonymous wrote:As for the question in the title: yes. DS has a skincare routine. I know he watches youtube shorts at school and he has seen those videos about sephora kids. He has also seen commentary on those videos from skincare experts, who all say that those kids a) definitely do not need the skincare they are buying and b) even if they did, a lot of it is extremely overpriced.

As to the question about having an expensive routine or going to sephora alone, no. I have taken him to sephora to get a serum from the ordinary, and he also uses a moisturizer, sunscreen, and cleanser from CeraVe or cetaphil. It's kinda cute and while he doesn't need the serum I'm happy he is getting into the habit of using a cleanser and sunscreen.

I cannot believe those parents let their kids roam around free in sephora and buy products that are actually damaging for young skin. Bizarre. I really think sephora should ban them from coming in without parents, at least.

Your son is watching YouTube shorts about skincare? At school?

He’s a gay obv

I wouldn't care if he was gay, but he isn't. Taking care of your skin isn't considered as much of a threat to masculinity as it was in days of yore. Most of the videos of people responding to sephora girls with skincare recommendations are dermatologists, male and female.

Buying a bunch of products at Sephora isn’t “taking care of your skin.” All it is a falling prey to the social media trap to just spending money on things they see good-looking people endorsing. That is all.

Skincare means washing face twice per day with a basic wash. Maybe a basic moisturizer and sunscreen.
That is it. Most teens don’t even need a moisturizer at all unless they are on acne meds. Add some Stridex pads in for occasional break outs

PP here and my son didn't buy a bunch of products from sephora; he is, in fact, taking care of his skin.

Also, dont use stridex pads! Yikes.

Because he “needs” special serum from Ordinary?

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Anonymous wrote:As for the question in the title: yes. DS has a skincare routine. I know he watches youtube shorts at school and he has seen those videos about sephora kids. He has also seen commentary on those videos from skincare experts, who all say that those kids a) definitely do not need the skincare they are buying and b) even if they did, a lot of it is extremely overpriced.

As to the question about having an expensive routine or going to sephora alone, no. I have taken him to sephora to get a serum from the ordinary, and he also uses a moisturizer, sunscreen, and cleanser from CeraVe or cetaphil. It's kinda cute and while he doesn't need the serum I'm happy he is getting into the habit of using a cleanser and sunscreen.

I cannot believe those parents let their kids roam around free in sephora and buy products that are actually damaging for young skin. Bizarre. I really think sephora should ban them from coming in without parents, at least.

Your son is watching YouTube shorts about skincare? At school?

He’s a gay obv

I wouldn't care if he was gay, but he isn't. Taking care of your skin isn't considered as much of a threat to masculinity as it was in days of yore. Most of the videos of people responding to sephora girls with skincare recommendations are dermatologists, male and female.

Buying a bunch of products at Sephora isn’t “taking care of your skin.” All it is a falling prey to the social media trap to just spending money on things they see good-looking people endorsing. That is all.

Skincare means washing face twice per day with a basic wash. Maybe a basic moisturizer and sunscreen.
That is it. Most teens don’t even need a moisturizer at all unless they are on acne meds. Add some Stridex pads in for occasional break outs

PP here and my son didn't buy a bunch of products from sephora; he is, in fact, taking care of his skin.

Also, dont use stridex pads! Yikes.

Because he “needs” special serum from Ordinary?

Well, I did specifically say he didn't need the serum, so no. But he also didn't buy a "bunch" of products from Sephora and his four-product skincare routine includes a very basic sunscreen, cleanser, and moisturizer. If that's not taking care of your skin, I don't know what is. Maybe PP who said he isn't taking care of his skin can explain to me what she means by that.

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Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader has a skincare routine in that she has really bad acne and so the doctor prescribed her topical cream she uses and she does a good job washing her face. But it's not the culture of mobbing the Sephora section at Target. It's just trying to have somewhat good grooming.

In fact there are areas where she could care more, like the PP above whose kid doesn't even want to wear chapstick.

There is a Sephora section at Target?

There is at my local Target.

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Little pigs?

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I can remember so many beauty "trends" from the 80s and 90s. Bonne Bell Lip Smackers, Carmex, Wet n Wild nail polish, Sun in (orange hair!), body sprays (Poison, Giorgio, ck One,) anything from the Body Shop. And we stored them in our Caboodles. These kids today didn't invent any of this. Did people completely forget what it was like being a kid?

Why is this so outrageous? At least we weren't wasting money on $8 highly caloric drinks from Starbucks of Boba Teas, that part is new and far worse of a trend.