No, not unless washing with a bar of soap and water before bed counts. I don’t want my girls to believe they *need* products to be their best selves. It’s all just marketing directed at girls/women to create insecurities that can only be assuaged by buying the products companies are selling. A lot of women spend WAY too much money on products and are unhappy with themselves as they are. These things tend to go together.

Ugh. There is a Sephora within walking distance of my house and it used to be so convenient. I don't go in-person anymore because the last time I was there I was the only person over 25 and a bunch of 6th graders from my 8 year old's Prek-8th grade school were prowling around and spending more money than I do in a year. That grade has had a bunch of skincare birthday parties at each other's houses and one parent even booked facials at a spa for a party.

It feels really weird to browse makeup and skincare alongside children. When I was their age we were lucky to have pocket money for wet n'wild at the drugstore and would have been over the moon to encounter a brand like e.l.f.

“Good skin care habits” for a 5/6th grader would be wash your face every night. That’s it. Maybe in the morning too if oily. They don’t even need moisturizer at this age. But get some cerave if they want it.

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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.

I think you mean ULTA

There is an ULTA inside my Target.

I have seen a few videos online recently of dermatologists warning against these adult products being used on children's skin. Kids do not need a skin care routine to beautify themselves. Skin is an amazing organ.

Ugh , yes my kids are into skincare and beauty. My youngest is 11 and learned from her 15 year old sister. I’m a 47 year old mom who washes her face with a bar of soap and barely wears makeup. So, they don’t get it from me. My younger daughter often gets things from tj maxx. I confiscated things that were not appropriate, like retinol. lol. I don’t even use it myself. My older daughter broke out with a pus filled crash after using a salicylic acid cleanser recommended by her dr. I actually had to fight with my daughter to believe me that it was the cause. Once she stopped, her skin cleared up. Sometimes they also have to learn for themselves.

Sephora is frighteningly overpriced. I’ll also something here or there. They know how to behave in stores. The Sephora near Times Square around Christmas time was reopening. Nightmare. We walked out empty handed after my younger daughter picked out one tiny thing that was $45.

I have a 5th grader (girl) who is into sports and animals and has zero interest in this. A parent of another 5th grade girl told me that her daughter had a Xmas exchange with some friends this year and it was all Sephora and bath products. My 5th grader was surprised after going on a 5th grade trip (in the woods) to discover that girls brought things like lipstick and eyelash curlers (which I’ve never used and DD didn’t know existed).

5th grader and nope

Yes. My 7th grader is into skin care and has been since last year.

I also teach her to be frugal and respectful in stores. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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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.

I think you mean ULTA

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.

There is a difference between "good skincare habits" and "mobbing Sephora". Pretty sure OP wasn't asking about good skincare habits in general, but rather tweens using $60 products meant for older women and spending tons of money on skincare as opposed to using cetaphil and daily sunscreen.

Anonymous wrote:Yes I was just there with my niece who just turned 9. She was allowed to buy anything that the clerk approved for her. Mom's rules.
She had bday money and spent $245.00 on sephora products. I was appalled, but not my child. She purchased drunken elephant along with firming lotion, it felt like a little bit of everything from the store.
Today I will be chatting with her mom. Some of the ingredients in this products will damage a childs skin barrier. This means more damage from the sun. More problems as they mature into adults and increased sensitivity.
So anyone who has an issue with someone who has concerns about kids using sephora, needs to give their head a shake. They have the right to be concerned and you may want to check your priorities.
Just an aunt.

That’s sad. She must be on tic tok.

I bought my athlete 11 yo son a CeraVe foaming face wash when I noticed some mild blemishes on his nose, he uses it occasionally after practice but doesn’t need it often. I think we’ll just do this while it works and retool if as needed. Moms of daughters don’t buy into this skincare fad, it’s bad for their beautiful skin.

Yes I was just there with my niece who just turned 9. She was allowed to buy anything that the clerk approved for her. Mom's rules.
She had bday money and spent $245.00 on sephora products. I was appalled, but not my child. She purchased drunken elephant along with firming lotion, it felt like a little bit of everything from the store.
Today I will be chatting with her mom. Some of the ingredients in this products will damage a childs skin barrier. This means more damage from the sun. More problems as they mature into adults and increased sensitivity.
So anyone who has an issue with someone who has concerns about kids using sephora, needs to give their head a shake. They have the right to be concerned and you may want to check your priorities.
Just an aunt.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I think it's outrageous because kids are spending $80 on Drunk Elephant products and making a mess of samples at Sephora. The stuff we bought as teens was $10 and under. Those lip smackers were like $1 each.

So don’t shop at Sephora anymore? Not sure why you are so upset. Everything is more expensive. These kids don’t even use pay phones to call home they have $700 phones.

Zero teens are wanting to purchase drug store make and skincare. Because that isn’t what they are fed on TikTok. It’s not that everything is more expensive, it’s that teens feel entitled to luxury brand now so just about everything, including the skincare and makeup. I grew up UMC and were thrilled to cruise the Maybelline and Cover Girl aisles as teens. We definitely were not at the Dior counter.

Please. Everyone wants the best. It wasn't a thing to have an industrial grade kitchen when I was a kid but grown ass adults who barely cook want top of the line everything. Is it any shock this trickles down to their kids? The adults are doing the same thing.

Lol

What’s stopping a kid from saying they have the $48 drunk elephant foaming face cleanser, but actually use a bar of soap?

It’s not like their friends are hanging out in their bathroom cabinet.

My 6th grader told me that in homeroom a girl dragged her Drunk Elephant out of her backpack and started slathering it all over her face. She told everyone that she forgot to do her skincare routine this morning. Apparently didn’t forget to put it in her backpack though.