Ulta

ulta is ulta… a good place if you want most of your beauty needs met inside of one store.
in terms of this particular location: i have never used the salon, so can’t comment on that. the service is pretty horrible; i have never been greeted hello or offered any help, despite the fact that there was a herd of workers just chatting amongst each other. a lot of the products i look for are out of stock, or at least not on the floor. the actual size of this ulta is on the smaller side compared to the others i’ve been to.

3^rd time going to this Ulta, and it was the first time anyone greeted me or asked if I needed help. They were out of 3 of the 5 items I went in for. To top it off, I asked one of the associates for help in finding an item. Without even looking at me, she told me she didn’t think the brand made a lip gloss in that color. I politely informed her that they do, and this went back and forth as she rudely continued to insist that they did not make it or that I was mistaken until I took out my phone and showed it to her on Ulta’s own website. She did try to see if it was elsewhere in the store, which it wasn’t, but never offered me an apology for treating me like I knew nothing. I left the store and ordered from Ulta’s site in my car. Will not be returning here.

Love this store!! it has everything from make up to hair care. They also offer reward points with purchase.
I bought a awesome makeup application brush! Complexion rescue is a great foundation. The stores are huge and set up well. There is a large assortment of make up. Parking is easy in and out.
Customer service is great as well. Helpful and friendly. I definitely recommend this store for almost all your beauty needs.

I love Ulta. I wish the cosmetic section didn’t look like a tornado swept through it though, I’m only referring to the section where you can find a lot of the «drug store» brands, etc. I feel like almost anything I want from that particular area, is never in stock.

I could spend hours in this store, and I have. I could spend hundreds of dollars in the store, and I have. I adore ULTA. The promise of high end name brand make up meets drug store cost effective alternatives gives the best variety. ULTA is truly a one stop shop for your beauty needs. They also have a large selection of hair products, and a salon right within the store.
Their only downfall, I wish that they had a points system like Sephora. I need perks!!!

Like Sephora, but less stressful. I come here for hair serum and makeup when in RI. My one complaint is I have a rewards account here that the cashiers can’t look up my account info for. I opened it years ago and have moved a few times and changed phone numbers, I guess look up by name isn’t an option?

Ulta is one of the best cosmetics store to get all your makeup, hair and skincare needs.
Unlike department stores, Ulta is a non-​commission based store so the employees are really customer service driven and looking to help for the sake of helping, not just to make money off of you.
One of the best things about Ulta is their variety of different brands and products. One side of the store is dedicated to more drugstore brands of makeup and hair products such as Revlon, Almay, Pantene, Neutrogena, etc.
While the other side of the store is all professional, high end makeup, skincare, and hair products such as Smashbox, Murad, Pureology, etc.
Some of my favorite lines that they carry are Urban Decay, Dermalogica, Murad, Juice Beauty, Tarte, and Stila, to name a few.
The other cool thing about Ulta is that it’s kind of a an all-​in-​one place. Aside from selling products they also have a full service salon located right in the back of the store as well as an esthetician that offers a variety of facials and skincare services. They also recently started offering basic nail services including OPI gel manicures. These are all booked on appointments just as you would any other salon and many women really love the salon at Ulta.
Finally, you’d be a total fool not to sign up for their free Ulta Rewards Program! It’s not a credit card, just a points card that adds up every time you buy something you and you get full size products for what you’re already spending, it’s awesome!
The only down side to Ulta is that it’s missing certain brands that you would have to seek out elsewhere like NARS, MAC, Bumble and Bumble, YSL, Makeup Forever, etc.
All in all Ulta is an awesome place for all your cosmetic needs. This place is the ultimate candy store for every girl, just make sure you have a few hours to spen

My experience at Ulta depends greatly on the staff they have working that day. Customer service can range from pleasantly helpful to complete disregard. It tends to be better overall than Sephora, which is why I generally avoid Sephora… but I digress…
Prices at Ulta are OK — where you really score is the coupons. Nice tip — if you have 2 different coupons, they’ll accept both. The sales can be good but of course, the premium items (Urban Decay, Lorac, etc) hardly ever go on sale — best time to score deals here is just after Christmas and the sets go on clearance.
There is also a salon in-​house but I’ve never used it, so can’t comment on the quality there.
Store generally is tidy but they need to restock and clean up some areas better. On a visit just after the holidays, it looked like a group of 4-​year olds had been let loose to test all the Ulta brand makeup. Messy, empty and just generally sad. I realize it was after their busiest season, but at least tidy up!
I come in for sales armed with my coupons and usually leave a happy camper.

Lately, I’ve had a serious ongoing love affair with Ulta.
In the past I found myself less than impressed: their selection of brands felt seriously lacking, carrying only the usual drugstore staples and a few of the mid-​priced mall brands (Too-​Faced, Benefit, Urban Decay, etc). As far as this cosmetics junky was concerned, why bother when I could collect better points and perks over at Sephora for the same items? However within the last year or so, Ulta did a serious overhaul product wise and actually began to carry brands and products totally exclusive to them.
And this is where I officially became a regular.
Looking to try something unique and a little different? In addition to the usual, they now carry brands such as Khroma, CK One Cosmetics, Pop Beauty, Jane Cosmetics, Butter London and Lipstick Queen. …Yup, LIPSTICK QUEEN. Two words: serious business.
Well lit, clean and spacious, the Warwick location is definitely my favourite of the bunch and I make the 24 – 30 minute ride around once a week to the area.
My only serious complaint? While Ulta’s seriously stepped up their game product wise, their rewards program needs a serious make over. Despite the frequent visits and literally thousands of dollars spent over the years, only –once– did I actually receive a small sample while the rewards are usually like a $ 5 coupon and random little product. C’mon ladies: catch up with Sephora’s VIB program and you got me for life.

I don’t consider myself a girl that particularly likes to get «dolled-​up». Probably because beauty takes lots of money, time, energy and in many cases pain.
So its lazy girl get-​up all the way for me!
You could say I was dragged along here on a girls day out. My mind transfixed on the idea that after this stop I will be rewarded with coffee or food. Yes, you can pretty much bribe me into anything so long as there is a promise of coffee by the end of the day.
When I entered those doors, my dormant girly-​girl woke the hell up. Suddenly, I was a kid at a candy store. I was walking up and down those aisles so joyously you would have thought I lived under a rock.
They had EVERYTHING. From hair dryers/​irons, body wash, foundation, nail polish, teeth whitening, shampoos+conditioners, eye shadows, brushes… and more! They had expensive makeup and hair supplies that made me go googly-​eyed and inexpensive makeup/​hair supplies that made me reach for my wallet.
They even had a hair salon area to get your hair cut and styled! Say what?!
I signed up for the rewards program. But given the fact that I’m 30−40mins away from there I sadly don’t use it as often as I would like.
Make a branch in Smithfield or Providence for us Northern Rhode Islanders!

What happens when Sephora and your Drugstore Cosmetic aisle get together? They have a love child, and they call her ULTA! Now that is beauty!
Ulta offers all the cosmetic/​beauty needs that your chain drugstore or walmart offers as well as all the higher end products that a store such as Sephora would offer. It’s one stop shopping! where else can you buy a hair dryer, eye lash curler, your run of the mill mascara, fancy shmancy foundation, clarisonic, and cotton swabs all in one place?! There really is no reason to go anywhere else!
Not to mention, they even offer salon services (which I have not tried, because I can’t have an affair with another salon/​stylist)
Sign up for their reward card (in store or online), and start collecting points! If you’re like me, they will add up fast and certainly pay off.
Also, almost every newspaper I get has the $ 3.50 off $ 10 purchase!

By far one of my favorite stores. I spend way more money in here then anywhere else probably. I am obsessed with make-​up and before Ulta came to RI I had to buy all my high end make up online because nowhere else around me sold it in the store. The prices are very fair on everything from make up to hair to perfume etc. I love how its a one stop shop for all my beauty needs. Also the rewards program always has me coming back and wanting to spend more so I get my little pamphlet of options for a free item. I could spend hours in here. Usually if I go in for a few things I end up with a bag full of stuff because I can’t help myself around all the temptation! I can’t say enough about this wonderful land of all things I love.

I came to Ulta for a haircut, and had a great first experience! My stylist helped me trim my hair with a light layered touch to it. And she help suggest some great remedies for rebuilding my hair and dealing with breakage!

The service is just never been worse. Ulta always takes manufacture’s coupons with there own coupon combined. when I came to the counter the cashier scanned the ulta coupon first, then when I gave her my manufacture’s coupon she cancelled the Ulta one, put it away and processed transaction. when I asked why the price wasn’t right she gave me the theory that one cancelled another one out by itself in the computer, because it wasn’t enough money for it to go through. Well I’ve done it so many times and it never worked the way it did. When you have 5 of 15 all you need is to go over 15, and then use the Ulta coupon and manufacture’s coupon. Apparently it didn’t work :) They used to combine with no problem, but I guess not at this location. So after I returned the items she couldn’t even give me the coupon back.
Well that’s a lovely experience!

I love makeup. I love buying makeup. I love looking at makeup. This all leads me to my absolute love for Ulta.
It is literally makeup heaven. Whatever you are looking for, from shampoo, to tweezers, to cotton balls, to mascara… they have it all. They carry all the brands you can find at CVS or Wal-​Mart, but also carry some other brands you won’t find at your local CVS. Ulta has helped me discover my true love for Too-​Face cosmetics, but that’s a whole other story.
The store is pretty easy to navigate and find what you are looking for and if you can’t staff are always around to help you out. Bought something and didn’t like it? No problem, Ulta will take it back with receipt. I really appreciate this since sometimes you get home and that lipstick is just a complete No-​No…

The biggest plus about Ulta to me is that it saves me the trip of going to Providence Place Mall and going to Sephora. Then again, Sephora offers free shipping on orders over $ 50 so if I plan well I don’t have to go either place.
In all seriousness, Ulta is a «all-​under-​one-​roof» type of cosmetic place. They have a number of makeup lines (including Bare Escentuals), a TON of pharmacy beauty lines (Revlon, Maybelline, etc), salon grade shampoos (Redken, Matrix, etc), and they have a pretty big variety of styling tools as well. Oh! And let’s not forget about all the perfumes available.
Variety is surely a plus, but don’t expect any discounts as a result. Ulta is not a superstore in that way; they simply make your life a little easier by keeping all these things under one roof.
The one thing I do have to share as a pain point for me is their rewards card. Somehow, someway I end up having to sign up again and again each time I go into the store, with each checkout person once again not able to locate me in the system. (Mind you, I would have provided my card, but I never received any of the 7 I probably should have gotten by this point — I’m sure that would make the process of looking me up easier. But, I digress…)
I’ve gotten to the point now where I simply tell them I don’t want the card — and they all look shocked as I say this. But for the amount of time I’ve spent repeating my fairly lengthy last name to these people, then my phone, then my old phone number, then my cell, then «let’s sign you up again», I could have just gone to Sephora.

I have been to a few other Ulta’s but I have to say that this is my fave. The store is always very clean and organized. The girls are all very friendly and knowledgable. There is a hair salon and treatment room. They use dermalogica for their backbar skincare. You can find everything you need from head to toes under one roof.

I suppose I am still not sure what Ulta is all about/​trying to be? It is more than CVS, but is not Sephora. I found what I was looking for (I was trying to find a match for my discontinued and beloved OPI color), but wasn’t really overwhelmed with anything else. Honestly, I went because I had a $ 5 off a $ 10 purchase, so I decided I really could not lose.
Armed with a similar coupon, I would probably return, but for the things that I can get at CVS/​Target, I will just go there… and the saleswomen were not particularly friendly.

As a die-​hard lover of CVS and Sephora, you can only imagine my head exploding upon entering Ulta, a somewhat hybrid of the aforementioned.
Firstly, it is ENORMOUS. Enormous and well-​lit. And clean. And organized. Each little island of delight is designated to a specific line of cosmetics or skincare, and is cleverly arranged and labeled, which is most appreciated by the easily overwhelmed and distracted Yours Truly.
I must admit, I was pining over a new face cleanser, and at just the right moment, mere seconds before I would begin to convince myself to give up, I was approached by one of the loveliest, most helpful sales ladies I have ever come across. She listened to me, listened to what I was looking for, and assessed my skin all at once. Then and ONLY after I had finished speaking, she selected the item she felt would best suit my needs. She also extended the invitation for me to come back and have a treatment, which I loved.
The item she selected for me is perfect. I can hardly wait to go back for my treatment, or just to have an excuse to go back to Ulta and peruse the hybrid that is made up of all the things this product junkie loves.

This is THE place to get every beauty accessory in Warwick, from brands like Cargo, Fusion Beauty, Urban Decay, Stila, Dermalogica and everything in between.
This store has it all … but the best kept secret is their salon in the back of the store, which I never noticed on the previous visits here.
Sarah (wonderful counsel, who never hesitates to sit you down and give you a make over if you’re unsure of how a product will look) recommended I see Greta for a facial and I was incredibly impressed!
The facial runs about $ 55 for an hour and includes a hand & scalp massage. I walked out of there barely remembering where I had parked my car…
It’s conveniently located on Bald Hill Road, between Dick’s Sporting Goods and DSW.