10-Year-Olds are INVADING Sephora! (Ex-Employees React) | BEAUTIFUL and BOTHERED | Ep. 55 

As a veteran teacher, I just laugh. This is how children behave now and this behavior is reinforced by lack of parenting and discipline. Parents refuse to take phones away and would rather be friends. They tell teachers all the time for us to deal with it. Now these kids act a fool in public and get kicked out of malls en masse. Big shock.

as a teen my mother would yell at me if she saw me be rude or do that to any testers and these kids are ruining it for some teens that are nice and respectful at sephora

"Kim Kardashian, if nothing else knows how to make a nude and get nude" JOHNNY IM SCREAMING😭😭 6:55

“She ran East” lmfao I’m screaming that was such a good and glossed over joke 😂

As an Ulta employee I knew getting Drunk Elephant was going to be a ✨nightmare✨ for this reason

Here's how Canadian I am, I saw a headline about that Stanley cup thing, in a news feed and thought, "Why are all these women in the States freaking out over the Stanley Cup already? First round of the playoffs doesn't even start till mid-April."

I'm 39, 80s kid. Anything that wasn't drugstore makeup and skincare was for grown folks. My parents were financially comfortable but my mother would have laughed me out the room if I would have asked for anything pricey that wasn't a need. So these parents are a 100% responsible for letting their kids run amuck. I have a 13 year old girl and its off to the drugstore for very basic and gentle skincare and very little makeup! I REFUSE to buy a $62 moisturizer for a child!

I’ve worked in cosmetics for 30 years.. my granddaughter is 13 and bothering me to take her to Sephora. She wanted the Drunk Elephant etc… I got her a wonderful associate who really clicked with her and off they went. She felt comfortable talking with this associate and they spent 30 minutes laughing and putting things in her shopping bag. My GD had a list and she got what she wanted but all things were curated for her age and activities. We paid and left and she was floating all afternoon. She had an age appropriate skin care regimen, a few cosmetics and a fragrance.. Me asking the associate to help her and let the girl give my GD good advice and education really made a difference. We went back yesterday and she immediately sought out an associate to ask if the product was safe for her and good to use with her other products WHICH SHE HAD LISTED IN HER PHONE! The education and warnings she got made an impact and I’m grateful. Love you two!,❤️

As someone who is currently working at Sephora... the tweens invading the store is becoming such a problem that we have stopped refilling the drunk elephant moisturizers. The amount of DE "smoothies" I clean up in a day is horrid. And when I tell these kids to "1. Use the product if you pump it out. 2. Do not make smoothies because its unsanitary. 3. If you make a mess clean it!!" THEY HAVE THE EFFING AUDACITY TO LAUGH AT ME. It makes me feral mad and I truly wish I could ban each child that comes in and does this. AND ITS THE SAME KIDS. EVERY. GOD. DAMN. WEEK. Thank you for talking about this. ; u ; This is making me feel so heard, especially as you are both ex-sephora employees! Thank youuuuuuuuuuuu!

I went to a Sephora in Disney Springs just to look for some stuff for my upcoming holiday choir concert that I needed sparkly eye shadow for and as I was about to check out and a group of like 13 YOUNG girls (maybe 11 or 12) come in with NO parent supervision wearing Lululemon puffer vests and caring FULL size Stanleys. I'm a 15 year old girl, I was LOOKING, didn't touch anything except the things I was going to buy and and the girls RAN to Drunk Elephant section and RUINED the testers. They would run past me in the store and the employees were having NONE of it. I was in a boot due to an ankle injury and they knocked me down. The employees handled it EXTREAMLY* they immediately helped me up and kicked out every last one of the girls which of course threw a fit about getting kicked out for just looking around.

It's sad to see kids this young buying stuff from Sephora that they DON'T even NEED!! And then waste it because they don't know what they're doing with it!

Standing ovation 👏🏻 for Johnny finally letting the world know that not all us oily girlies want thick, cakey, matte foundation!!!!!!

These "Barbara mommies" are releasing their " mini-Barbaras" out into the world. God help us all!!!!!!

As a parent and former home daycare provider…I would never tolerate this sort of behaviour in any child…disgusting🤬. You both look stunning, by the way🥰

The "sephora kids" thing is directly a result of the parents. I'm in my 30s and I knew kids like this growing up, just in different ways - kids whose parents never spent time telling them no and threw money at them and they were spoiled and entitled. If I ever acted like that I would have never gotten away with it.

I didn't know i was unconsciously waiting for johnny and kevin to talk about Sephora kids🤣

When I was in high school I had super bad acne to the point where I don't ever recall my face being smooth. I begged my parents for skincare or to go see a doctor but the only thing they did was get me this oopy-goopy oil-free Neutrogena moisturizer that I swear made it 10x worse. So with no money, no way to make it due to not having a car, I did the only thing I could - I dedicated myself to not pick or scratch at it with the hope down the line I wouldnt end up with acne scars. Now when I got to college, finally had a car and got a job I was finally able to afford one of those 3 step skincare regimen Clinique kits, and it completely went away. While I don't want kiddos ruining testers or buying retinol, I hope this doesn't give parents who don't believe in skincare or don't believe their child's acne that's clearly causing them pain another excuse to not have them go see a dermatologist or a doctor because it's a "tiktok trend"

Your rant about kids followed by Kevin's "werk" is the best thing I've seen in ages. You're 100% correct it's the parents' fault. I went to an ulta recently and left because the colourpop had been ransacked by (I hope) children. It was disgusting. As a parent and consumer and former retail employee, it pisses me off no end. PUT EM ON A LEASH.

The guy that jumped the starbucks desk for the Stanley cup actually dropped his phone when he jumped the counter so he had to go back to get his phone😂😂😂😂

So my husband thinks I'm completely insane because I'm 'talking to you' during this entire video, yelling things like "Hell yeah!" and smacking the table while nodding my head... all why trying to do my makeup. Needless to say, your video today really spoke to me. Now I need wine. 😂

Im under 15 and enjoy shopping in sephora, and i wouldn’t even be mad if sephora banned all kids under 15 at this point.

I would NEVER have let my children behave like that!! Also , who is dropping their 10 year old at the mall and leaving them?!🤦🏼‍♀️

Am I the only one sick of seeing Kim Kardashian new makeup and product releases? I bet she doesn’t wear her own products

I was just in Sephora at kohls yesterday and saw a mother spend $200 on a 10 year old lol oh well not my money! 😂

Personal responsibility - that's what it all comes back to. Parents need to take responsibility for actually raising and discipining their kids, including say "no". Individuals need to take personal responsibility for what they're doing, using, buying and refusing to read and follow directions on. I truly believe that a lack of a sense of personal responsibility is one of the biggest problems in this country nowadays. And the reason they're not suing that Sephora worker for recommending something and instead of are going after the manufacturer has everything to do with money. They're looking for a big payout from i.e. Drunk Elephant and know they'll never get that kind of money from a Sephora worker. We're in the era of "hate the business and take them for all their worth". And for crying out loud, parents need to get their kids off of TikTok. It is NOT good for our youth!

As a parent, how do you just ignore your kids like this, or worse, letting them out without supervision of any kind. 10 yr olds disappear every other day from their own yards, never mind a popular store.

I had a “hope for the future” moment at Ulta recently and I thought I would spread the love. There was a mother shopping for herself at Ulta and she had her 2 daughters with her. If they weren’t 12 year old fraternal twins they couldn’t have been more than a year apart in age and she told them that they could each pick out one thing and they both made a b-line for the Crème Shop end cap and picked out some Hello Kitty lip balm. After that, I could almost get passed the fact that they had to take the Drunk Elephant testers away and only offered them for buy online, pick up in store.

I started taking my niece to Sephora at 12 13 to start a skincare routine because she has very sensitive skin and the amazing young man that worked there set her up with an age appropriate routine. She is 22 now and still a skincare girlie. I think it’s g to start them young. I also never sent her in alone and she knew better than to be disrespectful.

I’m cackling over Kevin making top jokes about Billy Porter 😂😂😂😂

Church is in people. This week's podcast will be paired with a quite nice white wine.

I worked at Sephora when makeup forever came out with the individual 100eyeshadows and we barely had enough product to make testers. Kids would come n stick their fingers in the glitter but nothing crazy. Then a boy siting in his stroller with his mom playing with the shadows took his toy truck ran them over and hit the gondola, and ruined them all. We couldn’t replace them, and we asked the mom like can u move the stroller so he’s not in arms reach he’s ruining product and she literally looked at us and said well I’m not paying for it so he’s fine. Then he took lipsticks and drew all over the gondolas and walls. My daughter used to come visit and she was young n knew don’t touch the stuff, now she’s a teen and she yelled at her friend for doing that in a store saying they aren’t ur maids and it’s not funny stop destroying the product. She told my 14yr old she was mad because her mom wouldn’t buy it for her. My kid said yeah neither will my mom because we don’t need it don’t destroy it and make a mess because ur mom doesn’t give u what u want. Her mom called me embarrassed and said she was glad my daughter said something. Teaching ur kids self control and saying no is ok. And allowing them to ruin stuff u/them should be charged for it. An accident is one thing, dropping a bottle etc. pumping and smooshing a product everywhere on a gondola is destruction of property, clean up after urself. Also our mall stopped allowing unaccompanied teens unless u worked at the mall.

Penelope Disick/ North West have skin care videos with Drunk Elephant. I hate going to Sephora in the afternoon/ weekends now. All the kids in the store ruining the experience for me.

Going crazy over a cup that my grandfather used to take to work😂😂😂😂😂

The two of them talking about what shade numbers they wanted from SKIM reminds me of Monica on friends SEVEN! SEVEN SEVEN LOL

Girls, when I was in high school/junior high I was wearing dream matte mouse and L’Oréal tru match (which still slays). My mom was not taking my ass to Sephora! 😂

As someone who works in the beauty department at a target...these preteens/tweens come in playing in make up, writing things w/ eyeliner, putting lotion on my shelves. 🙄 its honestly the worst part of my job.

I may have had one gin too many (positively too many) and I have an ironing mountain that needs tackling before work tomorrow,, but I need to thank this glorious pair for giving me my confidence back. Thanks to Beautiful & Bothered, I use makeup brushes (not my fingers), apply my blusher properly, no longer purchase Clinique makeup, apply my concealer after my foundation, can cut a crease, and use translucent powder instead of tinted powder. Also, the LOTR references are fabulous for this Director's Cut obsessive.

Retail employees are not child care workers. Parents have to be responsible for taking care of their children and teaching them to behave properly and respectfully. This whole issue is ridiculous. Who are these people?

The Stanely cup thing really popped off when a lady left hers in her car and the car caught on fire. After ther whole car was burned up her battered but still together Stanley cup had ICE left in it! And Tik Tok is the driving force behind Sephora kids.

I thought that since Finland doesn't have Sephora the trend wouldn't be here, I was wrong. Ended up on TikTok last night and saw a young Finnish girl who couldn't have been older than 12 using Drunk Elephant products. It was wild XD

My local Tulsa no longer have testers out for DE. One now has security . Sephora and Ulta need to start kicking out tw/webs who are just being destructive in

Glam Gollum for the win🤣🤣🤣

Not ashamed to say I have been re-watching your episodes on Spotify after first watching them on RU-vid!! (Of course, had to give you 5 stars 🌟) Love this podcast! It is my comfort! ❤

As someone who was a former pre teen/ teen, I couldn't imagine asking my parents for a beauty product over $20, like I would have to figure out why I would need it, why they should I buy it for me, and I couldn't tell them it's because my friends had something because that wouldn't fly with them. Also when I was a teen we had stores marketed towards us, Wet Seal, Delia's, Charlotte Russe, Claire's, Limited too, Justice etc.

I work at Sephora. The parents and the kids are awful! I had a 9 yr old buy the Charlotte Tilbury Setting Spray last night. She saw it on tik tok and the mom was beaming over her daughter! "She has good taste" omg! The ruin the testers or steal the product or both!

Jhonny, pls make a working in Sephora shorts with Barbara's pre teen kid trying out drunk elephant 😅

I’ll say it once, and I’ll say it again: BE. A. GOD. DAMN. PARENT. TO. YOUR. KIDS!!!! I mean, if I ever, EVER acted like this in public to ANYONE I wouldn’t be allowed out of my house ever again, let alone somebody I didn’t even KNOW. I don’t think it would have ever entered my head to act this disrespectful to another human being; like, call it upbringing or basic morality, but it was always a non-option to be this snotty, and to STORE WORKERS. It’s just unbelievable. I have no words.

I have to say - as a nurse and skincare user, there's a balance between a derm recommendation and an over the counter product. The derms are prescribing the same products that you can get in the store, just at a higher concentration. And if your concerns cannot be mitigated by using at home products, you need to see a derm, period. i see a derm, get RX retinol and acne lotions but also still use the skincare at ulta/sephora. I just know what i can use and what works well with the RX's. I totally agree with ya'll that kids should not be using any of this. If folks have severe acne (like the person mentioned), they need a derm to get that under control. Also, i agree with kevin - you MUST read the directions on the products. I have a 7 year old and I would never be ok with her using anything but a gentle cetaphil face wash.

I only know you both from this platform because I’m old. 😊 But my 12 year old recognized you from TikTok as I was watching your best of 2023 video. I came for the Barbara spoofs and I stayed for the education. 🙏🏾

The worst thing living in europe is that we have to wait WHOLE SUNDAY! to get new episode got uploaded 😂 REAL PAIN💔💔

I physically recoiled at the term "bron-tour." And I expected to hear the rising strains of a men's choir humming "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as Johnny's soliloquy about taking a dump on the desks of people at their jobs went into the home stretch. Another glorious episode!!

I’m a counter manager in a Canadian department store and yesterday a literal 15 year old purchased Estée Lauder advanced night repair serum 😅😅 I also had a group of girls with very fair skin playing with the deep foundations saying really gross things. Such a fan of this podcast! Can’t wait for it each week!

It doesn't feel like Sunday without a B&B podcast. It's snowing heavy here... having your show on while making stew enhances the whole vibe to be so much more cozy. Love laughing at the sephora kids while chopping veggies. (Also, now I finally know why refills for my protini face cream are always out of stock!!) Ughhh 10-year-old skin does not need mature skin products ffs. These kids need to go to the body shop/ bath & body works like us millennials did as tweens and leave the products made for adult skin alone. And if the Gen Alpha kids can't behave in public or trash stores, then bring back the age minimum to shop in person at certain stores again. Consequences for being a little sh*t if their parents won't parent. Keep the hour+ episodes coming; the length is great!!

If you ever make vlogs you have to call them "Beautiful And Bothered In The Field". Also the way Johnny slowly lost whatever shred of faith in humanity he had left when Kevin told him about the Target-exclusive Stanleys was kinda hilarious.

11:20 throwing out those words of wisdom from years of experience ! 🙌🏻 Johnny you were BORN for this!

All I'm saying is...Big Dumb Cups skit on SNL. 😂

I think part of the Sephora kids issue is that they're are no spaces for teens anymore especially teen girls. I remember seeing commercials for kid make up or sparkle hair clips and pixel chix. Anything a teen girl like is made fun of and considered cringe. And since no one really uses cable anymore even if there is something catering to teen girls they won't see it since ads are personalized.

I remember going into ulta with my friends when i was 16 and i was always terrified to even swatch products or talk to the workers. 😂 Im in my 20s now and i do love makeup and skincare. And i love to see the younger generation enjoy it too, but the parents have to teach them respect and how to act in public. Such a great episode ❤❤

Yeti Johnny! These kids and adults should understand these "things" are not going to make them happy, beautiful, or popular. Ulta and Sephora should implement a policy that unattended teens and tweens aren't allowed to use testers.

Went to Sephora about a week before Christmas. I seen this little girl. She was probably about 9 years old and she had already had a full face of makeup already on. This girl was showing another girl. Probably the same age. What product we're best for her skin. It wasn't even an hour after I saw them at Sephora. I turned around and saw them in Ulta beauty!

Um... "chitlins" are a 'food', specifically the large intestines of usually pigs, but can also be from a cow. So.... LOL!

5th grade teacher, here. It's baaaaaad. The skincare, the Stanley's, the Lululemon, the literal babies smelling like Bum Bum Cream. It's just too much. And none of these kids know their damn math facts.

I am crylaughing at the BLLLONZER reaction 😂

RAN WHEN I GOT THE NOTIFICATION this podcast is my everything

I would listen to a full podcast episode just about you and Kevin discussing the best pale, cool-toned, p0rn star nude lip products and I’m not even kidding 😂 that’s been my main makeup obsession since like 2005 and I’ve never had anyone to share it with!! lol

When the new Rare Beauty self care collection came out, my partner and i went to go try their products, and they broke EVERY product and they were weirdly grossly sticky, so once my partner looked at me and said "babe....its sticky..." i pulled my hands back SO fast😂😂😂 i was not about to touch them😂😂😂

Went into my local Sephora last week and almost all of the Drunk Elephant testers were down minus two near the front of the store (which were disgusting). Literally every other skin care brand had testers out except for Drunk Elephant. Furthermore I saw ten year olds and teenagers in there. I felt OLD 😂 I’M 20

The honesty on this channel🙌 Somebody had to say it. The matching Barbie sweatsuits... Iconic.

I screamed when I saw this episodes title! I needed people with actual experience and knowledge of working at Sephora to talk about this! Amazing episode as always!

Hi! I have two tweens here! Im an aunt. Alot of it is tiktok combined with passive parenting. Letting them in there being disrespectful and not regulating the tiktok. The difference is that social media…the ads. U only had them on billboard, tv or when you went out of the house. Whereas its gotten into the phones and Computers that are in your pocket nonstop. I notice two things….we are mad when tweens fall into these trends looking at social media but grown people are standing in line pvernight for Standly cups from the same source. We are being thrown constant advertising 24/7. Celebrities kids or kid influencer and celebrities that attract those young crowds.

Kevin: Somebody tried to take him down Johnny: Hot This is the only commentary about Stanley I want to hear.

I didn't even know what sephora was until I was in my late teens! I feel so bad for the workers having to deal with those kids!! I was waiting for you two to talk about this because I knew it would make such a good episode!

God you two are slayyyyyingggg. My old grandma ass 36 year old self couldn’t agree more. I have a 16 year old, she would NEVERRRRRR and she has a TikTok. Like absolutely the fugg not 😂 I hate it. I think it’s so ridiculous these parents hand their credit cards over to their entitled ass little children to go pull social rank in middle school. They really have better things they could, and SHOULD be worrying about. Like school, books, a sport, club, ANYTHING and not $80 moisturizer. I can’t. They all need to GEEEETTTTT OOOUUUUTTTT in my best dry scream voice 😂😂😂 love youuuuse ❤

I work in the skincare section at Sephora… all I do every shift is clean those Drunk Elephant testers.

I’m so glad I live downtown in an unaffordable city so there are no children 🤣 it’s funny how it reminds me of all the shit I put my skin through when I was young… that Clinique acne line was HARSH YO

I love this pod. I love you guys. I dont have kids. I am a social worker. I think because you dont consume a lot of social media because you are a content creator, you dont see the INSANE amount of influencers touting all of this trendy stuff. I DONT think that most of those influencers are targeting younger audiences on purpose, but Gen Alpha was literally born with a cell phone in their hand. The amount of stuff they are exposed to is mind boggling compared to what I (millenial) was exposed to on say MTV or in magazines or on MySpace or FB (back in the day). Kids are literally getting bullied for not having Stanley's in school. The pressure these kids have to match trends is insanity. I do agree that no parent should be letting their under 13 year old run around the mall unsupervised. And I am wondering if this is all going to lead to Sephora, Ulta, etc. requiring adults to accompany any minors of a certain age into stores. Love all of this and love that you are talking about this issue. ❤

Not Johnny and Kevin flicking their beans 🤣🤣

Dude, I saw a TINY kid who couldn't be more than 7 walking around carrying skin care. Kid had flawless baby skin. Mom and Dad cheerfully telling her how much she would have left on her gift card. I rolled my eyes internally.. lol🙄

Sephora employee here, and I LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH for sticking up for us!

Kevin: this gets under my skin Me...but does it get under your open sores Lmfao. I'll see myself out.

I work at target. I am not kidding you when I say people were RUNNING as soon as we opened the doors to get those stupid Stanley cups. We still get calls every frickin day asking for stock on them.

I tell my little girl all the time not to touch what we're not going to buy. She's only 3 but she already loves mummy's face creams and make-up. If she ever did anything like that in a shop I'd take her back, make her clean up her mess and apologise. There is no excuse for allowing behaviour like that. Great video as always you guys look amazing ❤❤

The Stanley Quenchers started with a suburban mom influencers. Stanley had released the Quencher line in their traditional colors in 2016. Three moms run on online shopping blog called The Buy Guide. One of the women that runs The Buy Guide found the cup and it became a recommended product on the blog. There was a rumor in 2019 the Quencher was going to be discontinued and the blog posted that people needed to buy the cup now before it was discontinued. The bloggers got in touch with Stanley asking them to not discontinue the item. At this time Stanley had not been working with influencers. Their eyes were opened to the power of working with affiliates. Around the same time the leadership at Stanley changed. An executive formerly at Crocs started working at Stanley. Through the relationship with the influencers and new leadership, it became clear that offering the product in more colors (pastels, bright colors) could increase market share. Stanley has had 2 collars with Starbucks, the first in the fall of 2023 and the more recent collab with the pink and red cups. I think the primary appeal is it’s a large cup that will fit in a car cup holder.

Isn't it werid that kids have stanlys like it's make for a car cup holder 😅

“Give me a 5, give me 15” for the Skkn’s line is like Monica teaching chandler erogenous zones 😂

The stanley thermos was a thing. They we're really good thermoses. So good that if you found one in your parent's house that looked like it hadn't been used for a while, you'd jack it. You know the one, the big green thermos. Good to have on the jobsite.

Ok-bye. 😂 See you Thursday! OMG! I know who your matching outfits remind me of!!! 😅Johnny and Kevin are the Hans and Franz of beauty!! 😂🎉😂🎉❤❤

I would love for you all to speak on sunscreens and how they do or do not work with different foundation formulas. I'm so curious to know what you both use. Your foundation goes on so beautifully.

Omg yessss I’m from CT and the same thing happened to me!! I looked a little crusty and realized it’s 18 degrees out and I’m Puerto Rican so my skin made for the tropics is probably not loving this weather! 😂

I loved this episode Kevin and Johnny! I agree the Stanley thing has got out of hand, I have a Stanley because it keeps my water cold all day long. But I don’t understand needing one in every single color! Keep being amazing ❤

Bebes you do not need retinol at the age of 6

Thank you both for addressing this issue. I was in my hometown Sephora at Christmas and the store was wall to wall preteens! I wanted to look around because the Sephora where I live now was a small store inside Penney's that is now no longer. As a senior adult, I could not even get to some of the bays and the testers were gross! I, too, like Casey wants to know why weren't they in school? But you know as well as I do if they try to age restrict their stores, here come the lawsuits... The Elf blushes are great! They are soooo pigmented and rival Rare Beauty and wear well. Please let Kevin know Walmart has a pink knockoff Stanley for 20.00 by Paris Hilton!💋

OBSESSED WITH EVERY EPISODE COMING OUT ! THANK YOU FOR BEING ENTERTAINING AND TRULY THE BEST DUO OUT THERE❤️❤️❤️

I've seen people (Manny MUA) swatch both Kim's palette and Mario's palette because people were telling him that they were exactly the same, and they really are! He put up a TIKTOK up with the comparation.

Thank you for talking about this topic! You two always hit everything you touch right on the money! My favorite time in the week without a doubt.

I was just thinking about you guys as I saw kids in Sephora yesterday 😱🤯

I went to Boots in UK to get a new Drunk Elephant lip balm and the Whipped whatever the product is called, and the girl working that brand told me that there was a trend of stealing the products, so there was a national shortage 😅 My sister told me when she used to work in a cruise ship spa, customers would come in with like a plastic sandwich bag on their hand and just scoop out handfuls of the tester products to take home.. Don’t they have ANY shame!? I also visited a Sephora in Sweden last summer and there were two girls in front of me in the queue, about 12-13 years old. One goes to the other “I have set a goal for myself to never spend less than 1000kr (around $100) every time I go to Sephora.” And I’m thinking “in THIS economy? Girl what tax bracket are your parents in?” 😂😂

I have cystic acne and I use aha and bha Glow Recipe products. And I love it.

I look forward to this every Sunday, love y’all!!

I can't unsee Johnny's cup looking like a shape tape lid 😂