Sephora Vs. Ulta...at least where I live

Sephora:
Pros:
Great store layout
Very helpful staff
Free oline shipping with $50 or more
Sephora Beauty Club
Free seasonal magazine subscription
Sephora beauty points card
3 free samples with every order
Free codes for free stuff
Updates on the latest make-up
They survey you so you get the proper make-up
They gift-wrap for online ordering
You get a personal card with Online ordering
They have Kat Von D's line

Cons:
None in my city
I have to drive about 35 minutes to the closest one
No hair products that I like
No TIGI line
No Bed Head make-up
Some stores are small and cramped

Ulta:
Pros:
Close to my house
Free shipping with $50 or more
3 free samples with online purchase
Hair Salon
TIGI hair products
good Ulta brand eye shadows
Big store

Cons:
No Kat Von D brand
No Tokidoki brand
No gift registry
Not very many sales
no costomer club
no reward points
No V.I.B (Very Important Beauty)

Both are very goo stores but both have pros and cons to them. if I had to go with one I would chose..........SEPHORA. They make you feel like a true beauty queen. They go out of their way to suit your style and they make sure you purchase top quality make-up for great prices. But they unfortunately don't have a store that is really close to my house and Ulta is right down the street. BUT they do have an excellent Online service center and a free Sephora catalog for every member. They also have a reward program where every dollar you spen you get a point and for every 100 points you get free things. It's great. I love it. I would encourage you to compare and contrast you two favorite make-up places.

Chain Reaction

So I wouls like to start off with My wonderful trip to Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, Mexico in the summer of 2009. I went with a group of other teens aroud my age. We went there for 10 days and then brought their students back with us for 10 days. I learnd so much about their culture and they way they live their lives. It was so amazing to meet such wonderful people and to learn so much from them. I realized that they value everything in their lives and us Americans, don't always value the little things in life. We visited a school for underprivledged children and we vistited their houses. I live in a two bedroom apartment and I think it's tiny, these childeren were living in houses the size of my bedroom with their entire families and they were so happy. It really touched me and made me realize that people actually live like this and they don't have the ability to make it better. Yes, they might be happy with their situation but imagine how much happier they would be in a slightly bigger house? I wished that there was something I could do to help them. When I got back to the US and the Mexicans that were staying with us, left I thought about what I could do to help people in need. I think by helping one person at a time we can all make a difference. If everyone could help at least three people a year and those three people help three others each and so on, imagine how many people we could help. It doesn't have to be anyone in a different country or anything and it doesn't have to be something really big but if we can sacrifice something that another person can use it could help them out a little bit. I hope that people can catch on and at least try because the more we try the more we succeed.