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Lancome has a consumer rating of 1.69 stars from 106 reviews indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Consumers complaining about Lancome most frequently mention customer service, credit card and free gift problems.Lancome ranks 798th among Skin Care sites.

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    20
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    22
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    16
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    16
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 8.3%
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  • Customer service was not helpful and did not seem to care about me or my experience or customer satisfaction.
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Top Positive Review

“Absolue (yes, that's what it's called) powder”

Laura E.
6/30/21

OH MY GOD. Best makeup product I've bought in years. It sets your makeup with no powdery or cakey look, gives your skin a natural glow look, and keeps your makeup in place all day, no matter what. I sweat profusely at work but when I check my makeup, it looks like I'd just put it on. Saw that Jaime French loves this and though I was skeptical about the price, gave it a try and it will remain in my kit forever

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Top Critical Review

“Order not received”

Rachel S.
12/27/22

Order not received: I placed an order online on 11-28-2022 which was canceled for no apparent reason. I had money in the bank and card was verified online with Applepay. When emailing and calling no one could tell me the specific reason that it was canceled but offered 3 various possibilities. My order was during a special offer/sale and now, customer service advised they cannot give me the same pricing on my order. They offered to draft the full amount from my bank account and then reimburse me the difference… This is highly unacceptable! Marisol in customer service truly went above and beyond to try to make this right but cannot process it at the same pricing upfront. I would expect a better response from a company such as Lancôme. I have become a "former customer" as I am totally disappointed and will not place this order or use any Lancôme products in the future.

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thaoc2
1 review
1 helpful vote
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January 2nd, 2023

I decided to order some gifts online this year for Christmas and I will NEVER do that again at Lancome.com bc of their terrible customer service and return policy. I placed the order on Black Friday and did not get the items until the week of Christmas. Unfortunately the concealer I bought my friend was the wrong shade, she did not open or use it yet and I was trying to exchange it for the right shade but they denied it saying the return window is now closed. It is just so ridiculous that it has not even been 2 weeks since RECEIVING my order and I cannot even exchange an unopened product. In addition I had to talk to three different reps for them to inform me that it cant be returned, super annoying, waste of time and money. Sorry Lancome but you have just lost a loyal customer and I will make sure all of my loved ones know about this to not buy things here.

rachels1459
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1 helpful vote
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December 27th, 2022

Order not received:

I placed an order online on 11-28-2022 which was canceled for no apparent reason. I had money in the bank and card was verified online with Applepay. When emailing and calling no one could tell me the specific reason that it was canceled but offered 3 various possibilities.

My order was during a special offer/sale and now, customer service advised they cannot give me the same pricing on my order. They offered to draft the full amount from my bank account and then reimburse me the difference… This is highly unacceptable!

Marisol in customer service truly went above and beyond to try to make this right but cannot process it at the same pricing upfront.

I would expect a better response from a company such as Lancôme. I have become a "former customer" as I am totally disappointed and will not place this order or use any Lancôme products in the future.

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Never received anything

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kassandraj11
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January 7th, 2022
Verified purchase

Beware that Lancôme's offers that should apply (avoid the exceptions, of course) are not always as promised. The samples that were promised at purchase may not come, so the specials are not necessarily worth it. For those who use sales and promotions to justify the high price and to make it budget-friendlier, this is frustrating. There is no notice given, just your box missing the items. It's false advertisement. Customer service didn't do anything to help correct this.

Tip for consumers:
Don’t believe the ads/promos! The gifts from spending a certain amount may not come, even if it’s confirmed in payment, so the specials are not worth it.
Go in-store or call to order from a store location, rather than going through their misleading, frankly dishonest, website.

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Of the products that actually arrived (none from the promo), mascara, foundation (teinte), and primer

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laurae667
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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June 30th, 2021

OH MY GOD. Best makeup product I've bought in years. It sets your makeup with no powdery or cakey look, gives your skin a natural glow look, and keeps your makeup in place all day, no matter what. I sweat profusely at work but when I check my makeup, it looks like I'd just put it on. Saw that Jaime French loves this and though I was skeptical about the price, gave it a try and it will remain in my kit forever

Tip for consumers:
I forgot to mention this but when I saw Jaime using it she said it blurred her pores perfectly. I've had severe acne all my life and have some pores the size of a freckle and this definitely helps, big time!

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First of all, I recieved my package in only three days. I'm using the Absolu Powder a 'radiant smoothing powder'. And it truly is.

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yaxinl
1 review
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August 4th, 2022

The lady said on the phone: As you live in an apartment, you cannot place any order because we label apartments around universities as "irregular places." The only way is to ship it to your friend's house, where they have lived for more than ten years—no other way to place this order.
It is ridiculous. Why are the customers judged by where they live?

Tip for consumers:
Do not place any order if you leave in an apartment near universities.

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bd134
1 review
28 helpful votes
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June 22nd, 2020

I placed an order April 22,2020 and I still haven't gotten my order - that's two months and totally unacceptable. Yet. What makes it even worst is the non-existent customer service. It is understandable that orders may be delayed but I have not received any order updates or emails from Lancome at all. I emailed them over two weeks ago to inquire about the order (6 weeks after the order was placed) and they never responded. I even contacted them on Facebook. No response. Do not order online!

saral476
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February 9th, 2022

This is one of the brands I enjoy using. The cosmetics they offer is very good. I can't say that I buy it often, but when I do I enjoy it.

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atashao
8 reviews
1 helpful vote
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January 20th, 2021

I am happy seeing that i've my #1 help here. I am absolutely content material with you and i can go back to this stunning spot. Just keep it up, lots favored.

jackiew362
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September 27th, 2021
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I ordered one product and after three days it was not shipped so tried to cancel and was told they could not cancel orders but it did not ship for 8 days. Several emails to them were ignored. Very bad customer service or lack of. They overcharge on shipping, it cost me far less to return the product even with tracking. Waiting to see how long it will take to refund. It arrived 5 days ago.

Tip for consumers:
If using their prodcuts buy from a retail store, not the company web site. Bad all round

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none returned unopened cosmetics

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mariaj652
1 review
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April 20th, 2021

I just spend more than $400 in Lancome products. Two boxes came to my house. For my surprise the most expensive item $222 did not come. Box is well closed, it might get lost or stolen during the shipping process. Worst experience. Will never buy online.

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Missing Lancome item from sealed box

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sandral1611
1 review
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April 21st, 2022
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I ordered some items with a free gift. They sent me my items with no free gift. I contacted them several times via email ( as I was advised) my question was not appropriately responded to until the 5th email. I was advised they sent me a cheap free gift instead of the one they offered. They basically said that is our policy. Nothing is promised. Very expensive with not intelligent customer service. No longer a customer.

reneef156
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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June 15th, 2022

This company has really gone downhill. The beautiful, secure packaging we once enjoyed, has now been reduced to crushed boxes with no packing to protect the expensive products. The last 2 times, I tried to order, codes that were sent to me and still within the date of being valid were deemed "invalid." The final straw was using 2900 of my Elite points on a concealer that arrived in a broken box with NO shrink wrap and the application wand was old and dried up. Their solution was to send me a code for 15% off my next order. No thanks!

yuritzis
1 review
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May 27th, 2020

I placed my order on 5. 14. 20 and yet have not received a shipping confirmation (today is 5. 27. 20). I have tried to contact their customer service and there's no answer. I have tried to Chat and I've waited for an hour and finally got through someone who has now not answer my question but put me on hold for another 20 minutes. Their customer service is extremely unhelpful and rude. With the amount of money they're making they should train their employees a lot better.

wendyr568
1 review
3 helpful votes
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December 6th, 2021
Verified purchase

PLEASE BE AWARE!
This company helped themselves to 2 payments out my account on 2 different days for 1 products they won't answer my emails, this has been going on since the 15/11/21 I've emailed them ever second day as according to their customer service note it will take 24 hours to hear back I've sent screen shots of my account to show 1 order and screen shots of them taking 2 payments on the 15th then again on the 19th, don't buy from them you can get better products else where!

sofiad44
3 reviews
13 helpful votes
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April 25th, 2020

I'm a huge fan of your cosmetics. I like creams and hair masks. Also, lipstick is perfect for me. My skin used to this label and it seems it doesn't accept anything else now.

ruthw813
1 review
1 helpful vote
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June 14th, 2022

Took money straight away but can't pick or ship order. My complaint just gets directed to a tech team which does nothing. Now asked for refund but that has to go to a team to issue and I'm doubtful that will happen. Don't trust this business. Take money straight out of account so no tech issues there but can't ship coz of tech issues.

clarar37
Clara R.
514 reviews
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September 4th, 2018

Now through the 22nd in stores you can ask f o r sample and recieve up to as much as five auch as serums..creams..mini swipe lipsticks..mini perfumes..and foundaton samples with no purchase

zhiyongc
1 review
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January 6th, 2020

Package was lost in UPS's system. Now 1 month past, made tons of calls, still can not get it resolved. They still refused to re-send the order, or issue a refund. I still got nothing, and they hold my money.

annau390
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October 9th, 2021

I got a Night Cream - Multi Lift (the purple one) and I got a horrible allergy after 1st use. It's ridiculous because it's not a cheap product and I've been struggling to get rid of the ‘burns' on my skins the cream caused. I know it says ‘don't use it on skin around your eyes' but I used it on other parts of my face and also on my neck and arms!
It's ridiculous as I was attending a wedding (I was a bridesmaid) and it looked soo bad, and the makeup artist couldn't even cover it!
I need to report it to some organisations as it's dangerous to use!

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Night Cream purple one

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julietam11
1 review
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June 9th, 2020

I place my order almost 2 weeks ago. No tracking or shipping information have been provided yet. I have call several times the waiting time is about and hour. Chat same thing. I haven't been able to get in hold with them. Horrible service. Very disappointed

summerl59
1 review
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October 14th, 2021

I wasn't sent my free gift bc at checkout I was asked if I wanted to use my birthday reward and I did not knowing it would make me ineligible for the free gift that prompted my order that day. Customer service was not helpful and did not seem to care about me or my experience or customer satisfaction. I couldn't return it bc my fiancé had bought it for me with his debit card and it seemed like too much trouble to make him return it and then have to repurchase. Plus I later learned the customer is responsible for return shipping cost, so not really free returns as one may have thought initially. Once I realized I was stuck with my loss and it would be too much trouble to return I opened my Beauty Box and realized the zipper was broken. I was obviously not happy about that, and was even more upset when I finally opened the powder makeup and realized one of them was crumbled and went everywhere. At first they were rude when I let them know, but then they agreed to send a replacement and quit being so rude and uncaring. I was thrilled when I got the replacement in a timely manner today and the makeup wasn't crumbled. It definitely took way more time and stress dealing with it than it was worth, but hopefully I won't have these same issues if I order it again. Shipping was extremely fast on the initial purchase and replacement.

Tip for consumers:
Check you cart carefully when you check out, the gift will show in your cart but on the final checkout page it goes away, then you go back to your cart and it looks like it is still there but If it isn’t there on the final checkout page you probably wont get it. Be very cautious in using any discounts or rewards if you want a free gift. Customer has to pay for return shipping.

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overthetopz
1 review
1 helpful vote
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July 31st, 2021

Bought several products and Rose Gift, found out Rose gift missing 2 out of 5 promised items. Customer service didn't notify me until I asked and they replied with really bad attitude and said items were sold out and it's normal to have things missing. I complained back with my disappointment. Then they said they would give me $15 credit back (which is much less than the 2 items worth), and if I want to return the products, I'll need to pay the shipping myself.

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vg65
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June 17th, 2021

I would give a zero if I could! Order in May had a missing item. Order in June has a missing item ($100!) told they would ship it via shop runner - would arrive in two days. One week after, order of missing item hadn't been placed/shipped. Asked to speak to a supervisor and was denied request. Asked to cancel and get refund for item - it would take them 45 minutes, with a "narrow window" to cancel, so likely not able to... The customer service representative was rude and condescending.

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shirleyh649
1 review
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March 10th, 2021

Beware ordering online from Lancome. I waited over 1 month for order; they charged my credit card. When called, spoke with Tiffany, she said they put address on my package but post office never picked up?
Requested refund Will advise if I receive refund or have to report to banks fraud department
Shirley

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Never received, requested refund

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deew146
1 review
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June 13th, 2020

Placed my order on May 27,2020. It STILL has not been shipped! I understand a delay of a week due to COVID, but 17 days later, the order has not shipped. If you call, a recording will tell you that the wait time to speak with someone is over an hour. The chat reps are extremely rude and will not give you a ship date. Meanwhile, my credit card was charged for the order on May 27th.

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Why would a make up go sore

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Because Lancome doesn't care about customer service.

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Why did i not receive my free gifts?

Answer:

Because Lancome doesn't care about customer service.

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