[Personal] I visited Sephora today and the skin care expert / salesperson was simultaneously so helpful and also made me feel like complete crap so I just want to rant about it

Beauty Tips For Body Care
After scrapping my too complicated skincare regimen from last year, I am finally at the point where I have three solid products that I use consistently and seem to work for me, so I was ready to add in another and start targeting my hyperpigmentation.First time physically shopping in ages (got that second shot yo!) and I wanted to stop into Sephora with the sole purpose of finding a vitamin c to add to my routine. She saw me looking, came up and told me her credentials etc etc and was pretty assertive in that general salesperson way, but I was genuinely looking for some recommendations so whatever. The basic gist of the story is she was trying to steer me away from getting a vitamin c and instead get an exfoliate because vitamin c wouldn’t absorb on top of dead skin. My issue was that she didn’t recommend me multiple options, just one that she kept raving about, so it made the conversation feel less about helping me and more about selling to me.Looking back, there are multiple points in the convo that really bother me, but I wanted to hone in on a few that are especially problematic/ frustrating.After she asked me my current routine was AGHAST that I use cerave as my cleanser. “I can recommend you 100 products that are 1000 times better that that but whatever you want”asking if my doctor okayed that cleanser when I was prescribed tretinoin and then saying that most dermatologists just okay the same two or three cleansers because it’s easyAfter getting me to try a moisturizer I told her it was nice but I was happy with mine and also didn’t want to spend $70 every time I needed to replace it, she said “well just to let you know the average price point in Sephora is about $60”There are definitely more instances but this is already getting too long anyway. To me the whole thing came off as so pretentious, like skin care is an elite club. BUT SHIT it was so annoying because I totally do need an exfoliant (I say as I stare at flaking skin on my face from my tret use...)Everyone is different. I’ve struggled so much with my skin in the last few years and I hate feeling like crap because I don’t want to change up the one freaking product I’ve found that works for me, despite it being something I can pick up at the drug store. But also, thank you obnoxious salesperson because you’re probably right. I can’t start fading these stubborn dark spots until I slough off all this extra crap on my face.
Girls Blog 2015
Submitted by winterpupp