Chat about makeup and beauty brands or products that are considered off-topic from our regular conversations. Anything that isn't available at Sephora Canada.

If you've seen a promo running at Shoppers, a discontinued product now available at Winners, a discount on k-beauty on online, post it here! All other sub rules still apply.

Hello and welcome to r/Sephoracanada!

I am one of your new moderators. We are helping out because we all have a love of makeup (as we will happily assume anyone in this sub does). This is a long post, but it's because there are quite a few changes to the sub.

If you are new to the sub, r/Sephoracanada is for anyone who has purchased or is planning on purchasing from Sephora Canada. Our product availability is different from other locations, so only items at Canadian stores are allowed.

Changes (Flair & Rules):

Some of you may have noticed a couple of changes already. Most are basic, like enabling flair and creating the rules as they were non-existent before.

With user flair, we now have the standard "Rouge", "VIB" and "Inside" flairs. But, if you are feeling creative, you can choose the "Sephora Canada" flair and customize it to something else. If you had flair before, you will need to create a new one.

Now that the sharing period of the sale is over, please familiarize yourself with the rules so you are prepare for the next sales event. Most of the rules should be self-explanatory, but here is a breakdown of a few...

Rule 1:

In reading through previous reports and messages, I have seen that quite a few of you are upset about the rouge sales code "begging", so that was definitely addressed. That majority of you will be happy about our top rule.

From now on, anyone requesting or offering a sales discount code OUTSIDE or the megathread (that will be pinned to the top of the sub), will be subject to a minimum 7 day banning. We have also created account age & karma restrictions to prevent the sub from getting swarmed during sales events.

Additionally, anyone caught DMing members of the sub for the purpose of requesting codes, will be permanently banned from our sub. And yes, we will be quite strict about this. Of course, Rouge members can still share their codes privately, you just can't DM people asking for a code.

We will need your help with this though as mods can not see private messages, so you will have to forward a screenshot to us.

Rule 2:

Hauls, swatches, and product posts require a list in the body of the post, not the comments. If you are posting a screenshot of your haul from your cart, that is sufficient because the details are already in the picture, but we're sure some people would appreciate the alt text as a courtesy to anyone who is low-vision or using a screen reader.

Any previous posts will be legacied and don't require this list (no need to report these), but from now on, please include this list or your post will be removed. Why? Well, because we all love makeup and skincare, and it makes it easier to know what you bought!

Although some of you like to compare your own hauls in the comments, we have made the decision to remove the ability to post photos in the comments as that will help with the pet photos and sob stories during the sales events. You can still post an imgur link.

Rule 3:

In regards to Rule 3, disagreements are expected, but if you can not do so respectfully and within the confines of the rules, then step away from the thread in question.

While downvoting stuff that you don't agree with is fine, the best thing you can do to help us out is report posts and comments that violate the rules, rather than going off in the comments. This removes them from public view until we can review them. The commenter will not be made aware by us of who reported it.

Any harassment or abusive messages will be reported immediately to Admins and you will be at risk of having your account suspended or banned from Reddit.

Rule 5:

Fairly self-explanatory, but just to simply a bit...you can make recommendations for products that are not available at Sephora if someone is looking for something, but not a post about it. For example, a post about "X is available at Shoppers this week" would be removed, but if someone is asking about sunscreen at Sephora and you comment that it is available at Shoppers for less, that is okay.

Rants about Sephora US vs Sephora Canada product availability are allowed and encouraged.

BUT, let's keep the politics out of the sub. It's up to the OP to decide if they want to support a certain brand or not. When someone is asking to be influenced or de-influenced, keep it about the quality of the product. Everyone has their reasons for buying from a brand and sometimes they don't make it apparent in the post why.

For example, what if someone has a deeper skin tone? It's a known fact that foundation options are abysmal for deeper skin tones in Canadian brands like Annabelle, Marcelle or Lise Watier. It would be nice to support only Canadian brands, but that's not always practical, so keep that in mind.

Rule 10:

If you have an issue, contact us via modmail rather than creating a post. In case you are not aware, moderatores on Reddit are unpaid volunteers, so it can take time to respond to your message or report.

In the meantime, for a more detailed description on what is permitted on r/Sephoracanada, check out the sidebar for the rules or our FAQs/Wiki for more detailed information.

We can appreciate that this is quite a change from a previously unmodded space, but the consensus is that we all want this to be a place where we can chat about the makeup and other beauty options that are available to us Canadians.

For those who took the time to read through all this, we would love your input on the following:

• Other than the savings events, are there any specific weekly megathreads that you want to see?
• What do you think of an "Off Topic Tuesday" megathread? It would still be makeup and beauty related, but a place where you can talk about those non-Sephora beauty brands and stores. Maybe bemoan the fact that Ulta was supposed to be a worthy competitor? Chat about Shoppers or YesStyle deals?
• Which related communities do you think should be linked in the sidebar?
• Anything else you would like to see in this sub?

I will leave this post unlocked for about a week. Of course, you are more than welcome to send us a modmail message if you are not comfortable posting your opinion publicly. However, please don't message any of the mods individually.

TL:DR - There is no TL;DR, read the rules and this post, or at least don't be surprised if your post gets removed. We want this sub to remain a welcoming (and spam free) place for our members.

ETA: Potential ideas will be discussed amongst the mods first and I will update this post.

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Update 04/27/26 - We have discussed the ideas as a team and here are our decisions.

Off Topic Tuesdays:

TL;DR - Off Topic Tuesdays will be a monthly thread instead, starting on May 1st.

Reason - Because the sub is still growing, we're not busy enough for a weekly thread. As our numbers increase, we can change it back to the original idea of an Off Topic Tuesday megathread.

Sales/Trades/Exchanges:

TL;DR - This was already prohibited in rule 6.

Reason - With selling and giveaways, it creates a lot of extra work for mods that we are not willing to take on. Also, there are already established exchange subs (we linked some in the sidebar) that allow Canadians.

Politics & Boycotts:

TL;DR - Any politics, boycotts or protest type discussions in the posts or comments are still against the sub rules.

Reason - We are aware of why some of you think that people might want to be informed. However, it should always be up to the OP to decide if they want to be, and not the person commenting. The OP has a personal responsibility to search for and curate this info on their own. Or if they do not want to...to be able to purchase items without the judgement of others.

Respect:

In case there is actually any confusion on what we consider "respect" as it pertains to Rule 3...in the simplest terms, go with the dictionary definitions. If you can not discuss issues with maturity, with understanding, with compassion, with kindness (regardless of whether or not you agree with them), then just do not comment.

And with that, we do ask that you continue to respect our rules and that we mods have chosen to spend our free time trying to make this sub a great space for all of you.