Pros
Sephora truly is a fun environment to work in. You are surrounded by thousands of great products that you get to play with all day! There is relatively limited stress - no commission which allows true team work. And it is fast paced enough to make the days whiz on by. I meet and work with many really terrific clients. The fact that there are so many other cast members means that my schedule can be very flexible.
Kontras
Oftentimes it seems that clients see me just as a "sales clerk." A client once said "you make minimum wage, right?" Which is not true at all. I consider myself a professional makeup artist with great skill. Sometimes you have to deal with silly and shallow women who seem oblivious to anything but themselves, but that is more the exception than the rule. The other downside is that it sometimes gets so busy and clients are pulling you in all different directions at once. You feel like a carcass being torn apart by wild dogs. But then again - its the busy-ness that is exciting.