Yes, my sixth grader and her friends are into it. They respectfully browse the different products, discuss them, furrow their brows at the expense and end up buying, with their allowance money, things like body cream with a highly fruited fragrance. They could spend all day in there.

Every night before she reads in bed, my daughter wears a special headband she got from another friend as a birthday party favor and does a skincare routine, using all things she buys with her own money. It's more complex than mine but nothing that has made her break out. She also is a fastidious wearer of her retainer.

People will probably lose their mind when I say this next part but her 12th birthday involves me taking her friends to Sephora where they will browse and again, can spend their own money. Then we are going to our house for dinner/cake and the party favors are Glossier Balm Dot Com lip bombs because they went on sale this week if you bought a five back. They are $10 each.

I think it has been portrayed as toxic but from what I've seen it's harmless. No one is buying heavy makeup/dark lipstick/various acids to put on their face. But I also won't pay for it. I would pay for a jar of Noxzema if she wanted.

My 6th grader and her friends are obsessed with skin care. They would go to Sephora/Ulta every day if we let them. Thankfully we don't...

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Anonymous wrote:It goes beyond being into skincare. Sephora employees are reporting kids requesting retinols, harsh chemical exfoliants, and anti-aging serums.

So? Better than vaping, drinking, and harassing each other on social media, something kids also tend to do. Oh no, not the anti-aging serums!

Retinol is no joke. It can interact with medications and make your skin more prone to burning. There can be negative effects from other actives like glycolic acid, salicylic acid, etc if not used properly and if sun protection is not meticulous. I doubt a fourth grader has the ability to fully understand what these products are and how they work. They are not meant for young skin.

Agree. Obviously I think that damaging your skin is better than harassing someone on social media, but ideally my kid would do neither. Another thing to consider is that sometimes a product will seem fine, for years, but the skin develops a sensitivity to it over time. This happened to me and now I can't use many very basic skincare products. I see these ten-year olds using this stuff and wonder if they are going to go through the same thing I did in their twenties instead of their forties.

My kids (6th and 9th) do have skincare routines that consist of cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen. I wouldn't let them do much more than that.

Things like washing your face, learning how to take care of acne and sunscreen are a good thing. The rest is just too much and they don't need these things. They are just kids, growing up way too quickly.

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Anonymous wrote:It goes beyond being into skincare. Sephora employees are reporting kids requesting retinols, harsh chemical exfoliants, and anti-aging serums.

So? Better than vaping, drinking, and harassing each other on social media, something kids also tend to do. Oh no, not the anti-aging serums!

Retinol is no joke. It can interact with medications and make your skin more prone to burning. There can be negative effects from other actives like glycolic acid, salicylic acid, etc if not used properly and if sun protection is not meticulous. I doubt a fourth grader has the ability to fully understand what these products are and how they work. They are not meant for young skin.

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Anonymous wrote:My 16yo daughter washes her face and uses moisturizer all from Giant or CVS. No “skin care routine” from Sephora. Parents of tween kids who do that need to shut it down, including getting them off tik tok.

Cool story.

Why?

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.

No. You probably haven't seen the videos of the incidents OP is talking about.

- Any skincare product is bad if it is damaging for the skin, which is often the case for what these kids are buying at sephora. Yes you can get skincare that is too harsh for your skin at Target, but generally when people talk about drugstore skincare they are talking about Cetaphil, CeraVe, Vanicream, etc.

- A lot of the uproar about the 5th graders in sephora is related to the way they are trashing the stores.

- This is a subjective opinion, but I don't think it's good for 10-year olds to get expensive skincare products unless they earn the money themselves. The parents who give their kids hundreds of dollars for skincare are probably spoiling their kids.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:My 4th grader has gotten into skincare and her entire friend group is into it too. None of them have older siblings. I bought her drugstore face wash and lotion/sunscreen she’s used gift cards on anything else. She’s a sporty, smart girl and this has become a side hobby for her. I’m glad she’s taking care of her skin - wish I had done the same at that age. Of course we don’t allow her to use anything on her face that could be harmful. She basically cleanses and moisturizes and uses a little hydrating spritzer. My favorite part is the daily spf usage!

Sick!

Which part? As someone who has had multiple surgeries to remove basal cell spots on my face and neck I certainly wish I thought using SPF was cool in 4th grade...

Anonymous wrote:My 16yo daughter washes her face and uses moisturizer all from Giant or CVS. No “skin care routine” from Sephora. Parents of tween kids who do that need to shut it down, including getting them off tik tok.

Cool story.

Anonymous wrote:My 16yo daughter washes her face and uses moisturizer all from Giant or CVS. No “skin care routine” from Sephora. Parents of tween kids who do that need to shut it down, including getting them off tik tok.

Is your 16 yr old daughter in elementary school?

The skincare routine is to wash face, put on sunscreen in the morning, and wash face and put on moisturizer at night. All products I picked out - the kids don't care. They are not on social media, which probably helps with their not caring about which products I pick.

My 16yo daughter washes her face and uses moisturizer all from Giant or CVS. No “skin care routine” from Sephora. Parents of tween kids who do that need to shut it down, including getting them off tik tok.

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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.