Ulta

I ventured to Ulta one day because I needed to pick-​up some new make-​up. I noticed they had a little hair salon in the back, which was perfect timing because I desperately needed my bangs trimmed. Shyanne cut my bangs in the most PERFECT way, I can’t stop looking in the mirror because I love them so much! Not to mention she was very sweet and friendly! I’m so glad I decided (on a whim) to get my bangs trimmed there.

My daughter and I entered Ulta planning to ask for makeup advice for her prom. We were greeted as we entered but no on approached us to offer any help or assistance. The store was not busy at that time and there were no less than 3 ladies standing doing nothing.2 of them chatting. Am very disappointed, we walked out and went to another well known makeup store

Free gifts with your purchases, how can you go wrong. Skip the drug store shopping, I come here for all my beauty needs. Free gifts from time to time when making purchases. Today I received $ 88 worth of free Ulta brand products for spending $ 20. Not the full size versions but enough to get excited for.
I mostly wear Bare Minerals make up and get all my supplies here. They have a reward membership that is free and worth signing up for. The free gifts and coupons rack up quickly. Special birthday gifts that always keep me coming back.

I’ve been to the brow bar three times and have only been able to get my brows done one of those times. The time my brows were done, they were beautiful. However the following two times, the service was awful and I left angry. Yesterday, I called to make an appointment at the bar. The associate at the brow bar told me that there weren’t any appointments available, but there were two walk in times that I could try for. Fair enough. I show up at one of the walk-​in times, and (there was no one in the chair…) the associate (the same one I spoke to on the phone) told me that someone had booked an appointment at that time and she couldn’t help me. But there was another walk-​in time 45 minutes later. Not only did she refuse to help me, but she brought over the appointment book to show me as if I didn’t believe her. I mean, I couldn’t believe that someone could be so bad at customer service, but that’s different. Anyway, if you can get in the chair, your brows will be beautiful. But, I wish you the best of luck in getting any kind of help getting there.

This was my first visit to an Ulta store and I have to say I had a great experience. I called first because I mistakenly thought it was at the mall but couldn’t find on the map. The woman who answered was very nice and helpful in telling me exactly where they are located. I suspect she was the same person who greeted me upon entry and cashed me out before I left. After the greeting she asked if I was looking for anything in particular, which I was, and she walked me back to its exact location. I found what I wanted and then browsed. It’s a nice, clean, well-​organized store and has a large selection, as well as a salon in the back.
Another clerk greeted and offered to help me. I lingered around the brow bar, hoping to get attention from the brow lady once she finished with a customer. She was a great help and introduced me to a product and showed me how to apply it (for brows). The cashier registered me for their rewards program (no charge) and was very sweet.

Frugal product junkies unite! What makes this place so good, is the mix of high and low priced beauty and hair products. They carry my favorite bargain brand NYX cosmetics. My go to when I want to try a new beauty trend but not spend a ton of money. There are always plenty of BOGO sales, and clearance racks throughout the store. Get one of their facials, they use dermalogica products for $ 20. A great way to pamper yourself. Plus as an Ulta member you get pretty rad coupons that are applicable on a lot of high end skin care. I just splurged on some Mario Badescu facial cleansers and moisturizers. If you are obsessed like I am, come and spend an hour walking throughout the aisles. You won’t feel alone, there will definitely be another gal trying each and every new shade of lipstick!

I loved coming here a while ago don’t get me wrong I still do but the new workers seem kinda eh. I like a few of the people there they always know my name they ask about my life and are super nice the rest are just there. I like this location because they usually have what I want and it’s pretty organized I like the selection of prestige and drugstore I always loved that about ulta! I wish this store had the brands I found at the North Carolina one it was awesome but I still love this one it’s pretty nice and what I really love is how they don’t rush you to pick things or get in your face about stuff I LOVE that! Also there is this girl who ALWAYS. And I mean ALWAYS is on the ball seriously love her she helped me find my foundation and pick brands that are best for me!

After a while of coming here I’ve noticed the people working here are less friendly. I saw an older lady ask a question about a product and the girl working in there was not so nice to help her out.
Then when I asked for help the lady almost gave me an attitude and did not even try hard to look for the product I wanted. I feel this store just hires people to stock the beauty products now.
Like my fiancée said to me I should not spend anymore time coming here when there are drug/​grocery stores that at least can help you and have you satisfied when you leave.

I usually just go to ultas near D.C. (That’s where I was raised and I still go atleast 3 times a year)
Well I never thought about looking to see if theirs an ulta around where I love (Hilliard) and this was one of them…
I decided to drive 25min to check it out and I DID NOT FIND IT! I was soo agrivated at the fact that I drove in circles like crazy and couldn’t find it .
I was very disappointed.
Is it still even there? Or did they take it off?
Anyways I love ulta and I guess I’ll just continue shopping online for its products :(

I had an appt to get gels done in the nail salon the day before Xmas. My appt started 37 minutes late. But the worst part was the hideous job the cosmetologist did on my gels! I know an 11 year old who can paint nails better than this woman who did mine. And I certainly could have done a better job myself. After she finished the first coat I asked her to please try to paint closer to the cuticle, as she was wayyyy too far from it! She gave me some line about not wanting to get it on the cuticle bc it could ruin the gels after it dried. That’s all well and good but I’ve had gels before and a well trained and practiced nail tech has no problem taking the color right to the cuticle. My other complaint is the utter sloppiness of the nail color! Not neat or cleaned up at all. Looks like how a little kid would paint nails. Considering that my appt was running so late I didn’t even feel like having her try to redo them bc I had to be at work in 20 minutes. Overall a poor experience and I won’t be going back.

How have I not heard of this place until now? After watching many a Youtube makeup tutorial, I had to see what the hype was about Ulta. I love all things beauty and love visiting Sephora, so I thought I’d check this place out.
The store was larger than I thought it’d be. I liked the fact that they carry drugstore brand cosmetics as well as some higher end brands. I will say that some of the displays seemed a little unkept and dirty. The nail polish section for example had nail polish all over the place from people testing the colors on the shelves etc. I realize this can’t be helped as customers will do what they do, but maybe they could purchase new plastic covers for the shelves to switch out on occasion. I also felt like a lot of the products weren’t well stocked. I saw lots of empty spaces on the shelves.
In addition to makeup, Ulta also carries, skincare products, haircare products, perfume/​cologne, and more. I also noticed a small salon area in the back of the store. I easily spent a couple of hours in there just browsing like a kid in a candy store.

So here’s the deal, I don’t mind a store representative asking me if I need help, because chances are I do. But they kinda take it to the extreme. They have a pretty awesome selection of nail-​polish. I wouldn’t say this store is picture perfect but you can find some great finds. Also, I suggest you sigh up for the «ulta rewards «card bc they mail you coupons weekly, and on your birthday you get a free eyebrow makeover (kinda cool I guess).

So, in the mid-​to-​late 1800s in America, there emerged a new sphere of work for young women: department store retail jobs. Before this time, women did not generally work outside of the home, and young women certainly did not leave their rural homesteads to head for the industrializing cities on the East Coast and in the Midwest. Parents freaked, the kids were possibly not alright (they might have been wearing shorter skirts and… gasp, entertaining gentlemen in their apartments!), and the term «shop girl» emerged.
Ulta, which is a beauty supply store that I frequented often and enthusiastically when I lived in Chicago, reminds me exactly of this period and the «shop girl.» Not as posh as Sephora, with a mix of both high end/​designer and drug store– level cosmetics and beauty supplies, Ulta is often staffed by workin’ girls who are much more fin-​de-​siecle NYC department store than Nordstrom-​at-​Easton. And this, I like so much better than trying to be helped by those fluff-​for-​brains unhelpful Sephora chicks. Sorry ladies.
I was excited to see that Ulta opened up in Cbus — I haven’t been to the Easton location, but since the Polaris one is not in the mall, I have been to this one at least five times in the past couple months. True to my lower-​class origins, yes, I have been spending my hard earned money on Urban Decay, Philosophy, and other creature comforts. This is what I love so much about the concept of Ulta — it’s not snotty, it’s sexy in an almost working class way. An «I want to be a candy striper when I grow up» way. I teach this in my women’s studies course as «the Cosmo Girl discourse.» And no, I do not read Cosmopolitan (well, okay… sometimes I do…). :D
Yeah, this store isn’t well stocked… several items I have looked for have been out of stock on numerous occasions. In fact, ALL of the Urban Decay products I was looking for last time I was in were not available… however, the shop girls ;) are very nice and helpful, and told me when to come back if I wanted to buy them. Kinda a pain since I HATE the suburbs, but since the Lakeview Chicago Ulta wasn’t usually understocked, I’ll chock this up to newness and inexperience in Columbus.
I wholeheartedly recommend Ulta if you love makeup and fashion (they also do hair cutting and styling and eyebrow waxing, but I can’t attest to those things since I don’t go to Ulta for those services) but aren’t a mallrat, suburban foo’, or a snotty rich lady or gentleman. It’s the working girl’s version of beauty retail. Hell yeah!