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California
1 review
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Buyer beaware of them, their customer service is the worst and a return might become your worst nightmare. Since May 30,2020 I m trying to get back my money, for a returned item. Three times I had a back and forth communication with them proving that they got the item back, as each time I had identical conversation, them stating They didnt received it me sending the confirmations. Each conversation would end up with them accepting that the item is in their warehouse and they will get back to me shortly. Finally on 30 of July an employee apologized for the mistake and promised to refund me within 3-6 days, On July 8 I contacted the company again as I havent recieved the money back, and an agent just told me that they havent receieved the item! And they are waiting for it. I had the feeling of dejavu of this conversation. They are beyond the point to be considered as a reputable store to trust, as I never got my money back and having the same conversation over and over. THEY JUST DONT WANT TO REFUND. And it seems they do not communicate between their departments, as even where to return the item was another nightmare.

Date of experience: July 8, 2020
Belgium
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It took them 9 days to tell me they did not posses the item I had purchased as a present for my mothers birthday. Thanks u d*cks!

Date of experience: March 31, 2017
Norway
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Terreble
November 26, 2022

Terreble customer service almost 2 months wait before i cancelled, No updates, nothing, they remove bad reviews from their page

Date of experience: November 26, 2022
Japan
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Customer Service please
December 27, 2021

Shipping sucks! Emailed 2x but no response from the customer service. Been waiting for ages! Wake up!

Date of experience: December 27, 2021
Netherlands
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Thiefs
February 1, 2018

Can't get my refund for a month now
I have paced and payed my order in November. One part of the order was cancelled by lookfantastic later due to supply shortage. They have promised to refund in 3-5 days, but I am waiting and asking for my money for about a month now. They now say that it was supposed to be a payment on despatch and I apparently am not getting my money back. So the conversation goes as follows: I say please refund what I have paid for sth that you have cancelled; they say it is payment on despatch, so you are not getting any. I feel not heard, not respected and have just unfortunately lost my temper and resolved to swearing in the chat (apologies). I would still like to receive a refund though.

This is the answer i keep on receiving
Unfortunately it appears that the order was cancelled due to the item being out of stock. Therefore as the order was never dispatched and so as suggested in our previous message no payment will have been taken as payment is received upon dispatch.

I HAVE PAID AND THE ORDER WAS CANCELLED THREE WEEKS AFTER MY PAYMENT WAS PLACED. I HAVE PROVIDED THE SCREENSHOTS FROM MY BANK TRANSACTION AND SCREENSHOTS FROM LF CONFIRMING RECEIVED PAYMENT.

Date of experience: February 1, 2018
Australia
1 review
24 helpful votes
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I was so excited about this website, the discounts are amazing!

My issue with LookFantastic goes beyond the fact that my order is yet to arrive (3 months later) it is actually that their process of finding my order or getting a refund placed more responsibility with me than with them.

Firstly you may only communicate with them through their website message system. So after back and forth messages confirming address etc I must fill in a form and upload it to their website. At the time of writing this their upload did not work on my work or personal computers so that took even longer... The form asks you for the date your order was shipped in addition to other things that they could/should have looked into from their end. At this point I was annoyed with the process but understanding that it was procedure... it was only today when I looked at the message asking to submit another form because I didn't list the entire contents of my $300 dollar order for them. Instead I wrote the order number and "the entire order."

How ridiculous. The order was shipped all together. I haven't received the order. I made the order through your website. Obviously all of the order is still MIA. Seriously what do you think happened? Mid flight to Australia a bottle of shampoo jumped out of the box and made its way to me while the rest of the box is lost in transit?! I think it is customer service 101 that you shouldn't bother a customer who has already wasted enough time on your time consuming process! Now I have to start the process over... what a joke. I think ill go back to Bath and Unwind... more expensive but very reliable.

Date of experience: October 8, 2014
AE
1 review
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EXTREMELY UNETHICAL AND UNPROFESSIONAL!

I Live in Dubai and ordered a product from LookFantastic and asked them to deliver to my Hotel. They said I should receive it in a week. I kept waiting for a month, then once I followed up, they informed me that they do not guarantee the delivery to a Hotel since anyone can take the product therefore I will not get it. Complete non-sense! So I asked her a multiple of questions which I never had answers to of course since they are so professional.

If you do not guarantee the delivery to a Hotel, why didn't you ask me to change the address before? Shouldn't the delivery guy call me before to make sure I'm at the Hotel? I assume you asked for my mobile number for a reason no? In case he went to the Hotel and I wasn't there, shouldn't he give it to the reception? I've been in the Hotel for 5 months now and the staff knows me so they would have informed me in case they received anything. Could you please inform me to whom did your delivery guy give the product to? When and at what time did the guy make the delivery?

A list of logical unanswered questions where the support always had the same answer: We do not guarantee Hotel deliveries! The product cost me AED80 (~$20) so it's not a big amount. But it's not about the price, it's about the waste of time, the poor and ridiculous support they have and the way they deliver the products! Wouldn't recommend it at all...

Date of experience: October 30, 2017
Montana
1 review
17 helpful votes
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1) Look Fantastic contacted me that none of my credit cards on file were working, and for me to enter a new card.( I only did this because I am stuck in a 1 year contract with their Beauty Box sub program) I did this 3 times per their requests, got a email back saying it still didn't work! This went on all of November. I finally sent them a email saying cancel my subscription! I had stop trusting them on the handling of my credit cards. No response to that, but just got a email that my Nov sub. Box was just shipped ( on 11/22, will arrive 12/7!... using one of the credit cards on file! A month late! Wee! I don't even want it... but can't cancel!

2) After 2 boxes into my year sub, I saw on Beauty Blogs that yearly LF subbers were paying only $14.50/box, I was being charged $16.50/box...$24.00 more a year for the same products! After emailing them, their response was the 11.25 GBP is the exchange for $16.50. That THEY were correct! Well it's not, it is $14.02. But they continue to charge me $16.50/mo for the Nov. Box. Even after my many emails wanting to cancel or to be charged correctly, I get a canned email back saying I am stuck with them for 1 year! No if, ands or but's. Which brings me to 3...

3) The 6 mo subcription is $16.00/mo. I am on my 7th box paying $16.50/mo. I have sent them an email saying I have more than fulfilled any commitment to them, since I am paying over $16.00/mo, I should be a 6 mo. Subscriber. This sub stops NOW! Because of their CC mistreatment, and over paying monthly, I am done... I have tried to cancel this monthly and they refuse, they don't even work with you! Very dishonest company.

I subscribe to other beauty boxes, have never had this happen with any of them.

Date of experience: December 3, 2016
Brazil
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Unbelievably bad!
August 9, 2019

I bought a dryer, and I tried to cancel within 3 days, because the it was STILL NOT SHIPPED! The moment I requested to cancel, they shipped it. I told them I don't want it anymore as it arrived after 8days!
Either way, I received the dryer in Asia, it was 220volt and UK power plug, which was not in the specs. I questioned them and they said I should check if it's bi-volt and it's obviously will be a UK power plug as it's an UK company... why do you sell Asia then, if you think it's ok, be SPECIFIC!
Anyway, even I think it was the store error, I still paid a big shipping cost and sent back for a refund; yesterday I received a notice that they received the product, and today they sent a SHIPPING NOTICE that it was already shipped BACK?
I questioned them again, and they said it's already shipped back and I can ask for a refund again by shipping it back AGAIN!? And the worst thing is, the tracking information is still the old information, so they actually have no proof that this is really shipped, or it's just a SCAM to not refund the money?

Anyway, be aware, be away, be careful, DONT BUY! This is not a responsible company.

Date of experience: August 9, 2019
GB
1 review
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Look Fantastic hair products
December 19, 2021

Been waiting since early December for delivery wish I'd read the reviews first as I wouldn't of bothered ordering

Date of experience: December 19, 2021
GB
1 review
9 helpful votes
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LOOKFANTASTIC FAKE GHDS!
February 7, 2013

LOOKFANTASTIC FAKE GHDS! LOOKFANTASTIC FAKE GHDS!

They sold me fake ghds, and i know a real ghd because i've had two sets over the years and use them all the time. Do not shop with these scammers!

Date of experience: February 7, 2013
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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O NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY! THEY HAVE THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER!

I've had 2 horrible experiences with them. Firstly, I was sent expired products and it took them 3 months to give me a refund and wanted me to cover the cost of sending the expired products back to them.

Secondly, I ordered products on the 23rd of October, i received an email saying it would be delivered between 28th October and 1st November. As at the 11th of November, the tracking link was showing "in transit to destination country". It had been showing "in transit to destination country" for 2 weeks. I asked for a refund and they're refusing to give me a refund. Initially, i was asked if I wanted a replacement or refund, when I asked for a refund, they refused. They're saying I have to wait 30 days and if I don't receive my order by then, they would investigate. I have had to go through my bank to dispute the payment to get my money back. I tried to log into my account to response to their message and my account has been deactivated. The worst experience I've ever had with a company in my entire life.

I clearly forgot how bad my first experience was, that's why I went a second time. NEVER AGAIN.

Date of experience: November 11, 2021
Sweden
1 review
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My order still hasnt arrived it has been more than a month now, cant get in touch and the mail response takes days. Very dissapointing!

Date of experience: June 9, 2020
GB
2 reviews
18 helpful votes
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Do not use!
January 19, 2017

I have used Lookfantastic for a while now as they offer some of the best prices, delivery is good etc and have always been happy to continue using them. However in November I ordered some face cream as a present for someone. When the order turned up it was a mascara. I contacted customer services straight away and said that I wanted a refund and to re-order the product that I wanted. There was absolutely no aplology, just a scripted email about how I would have to post the product back and then I would get my refund. By the way be very careful if this happens to you, they have lots of rules about sending stuff back and if you don't meet the criteria they can refuse to give you a refund. So I did everything they asked and sent it back. The face cream I wanted had gone out of stock, so I had missed out on that as a present and was not happy, again not one single apology that this had happened because of their mistake!
After a couple of weeks of not hearing anything I emailed them and kept getting the same message that they had not received my parcel, I was the one that was doing all the chasing. On 15th December I finally got an email saying that the parcel had arrived in the warehouse and I would get a refund in 3-5 working days. It took a month of me chasing them to get my refund and each time someone different would give me a different answer, it has not arrived yet (sent proof) it is still processing etc. By this time I was livid and yet again no apology, in fact they couldn't have cared less. In the end I went through my bank and filled out a form to show all my proof and that I had not yet had a refund. Surprise, surprise I got a refund a few days after filling out this form (over a month after they received the item back) I have learnt my lesson, cheap prices don't mean everything and until something goes wrong you don't know what a company is really like. I will never use them again and they have lost a very loyal customer. I will be paying more from now on for my products, but it's worth it to go to a company that actually cares about their customers. This is probably the most disgusting service I have had in a very long time.

Date of experience: January 19, 2017
RU
1 review
17 helpful votes
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While being in USA I was looking for specific products and found it at LookFantastic. I placed an order on Aug 4 with delivery scheduled for Aug 8. My departure from USA was on Aug 10, it was sort of perfect so I went ahead and ordered it.
Then a $#*! show started. Within 24h I received 3 emails from FedEx with different tracking numbers. That seemed odd but I decided that it doesn't really matter if it comes in one parcel or three.
On August 7th I receive email from LookFantastic "We are sorry that the following products have not yet been sent for your order" with all ordered items below. As soon as I received it I immediately went online and cancelled the order as it was obvious that I won't get it before my departure.
On August 10 (when I was already out of USA) I received another email "We are contacting you today to apologize for the delay in despatching your order. Over the last few days we have completed essential warehouse system upgrades so that we can dispatch orders more efficiently. During the upgrade process, we have incurred some unforeseen delays in dispatching your order on this occasion. Our warehouse teams are working around the clock to resume service as usual and we expect your order to be on its way very soon". I went online again and cancelled that order for the second time.
On August 14 I decided to double-check that the order is cancelled and went online again only to see that it's still not cancelled. So I canceled it for the THIRD time!
And funny enough 3hours later I received notification that the order has been shipped. Why has it been shipped?!
I got in touch with customer service only to hear that I'll see no refund as the products have been sent (who cares that I asked three times to cancel the order and not send it? Who cares that I'll never receive that order as I am across the ocean now?)
LookFantastic customer service is a joke!
LookFantastic breaks delivery agreements!
LookFantastic website and personal account don't seem to function as they are supposed to!
LookFantastic warehouse is a mess!
LookFantastic doesn't take responsibility for its own mistakes and business flaws

Date of experience: August 15, 2019
RU
2 reviews
22 helpful votes
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I've been a LookFantastic customer for years and had different cases. But what I can say for sure is that their customer service is getting worse over time! It's now absolutely unacceptable!
I placed my 134 GBP order (!) late in May and it has been dispatched June 1st. In 20 days, when I didn't get my parcel, I contacted Customer Service asking for a bar code which is a must for any international delivery and has nothing to delivery option local tracking code. I had to ask on this several times and this request has been ignored again and again by every new support person taking my requests. Finally, they asked me to submit a Disclaimer Form to *******@lookfantastic.com, which I did, asking in the message to replace the order to a different address, as the last one was not valid anymore. That new different address has been also listed in my account as "favorite". Later that day I received an Order Dispatched message, and - surprise! - the replacement has been sent to the old address.
I contacted customer support and care@ immediately, pointing their attention to the mistake and again asking for a bar code to be able to somehow track the parcel or claim it on my postal, since I have no chance to know, when it's delivered or probably lost. Holy cow, I had to write this request at least 10 times, no kidding! NOBODY on LF side even tried to read the thread and continued answering meaningless crap on this.

Now it's the most interesting part! Finally, I've got the attention of their Customer Relations Executive. She told me that they are unable to take liability for any lost orders, as they have despatched my order to the address provided on my account! When I disagreed, saying that I clearly stated on the address where to send the replacement and also they had to confirm the address with me, if taking one from my account where I have several addresses, the answer turned to be even more ridiculous:

"I can confirm that your original order was despatched to the address you provided. After further investigation you confirmed the address was incorrect after the replacement was sent."

Am I blind or something?! I can see exactly what address I have provided in my email to care@, why BS me? Why of a sudden it's my mistake?

I'm so pissed. It was indeed my last order on LF.
People, when you give them 5 stars for a product you like, remember, that the one you're to send your thanks is manufacturer. As an online store, LF is seriously bad. That's sad, because I loved them and remember the times, when everything was nice and seamless.

Date of experience: July 9, 2013
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Missing items
July 21, 2022

Just dont get any responce on missing items tried loads no one replys will never use lokk fantastic again awfull

Date of experience: July 21, 2022
GB
1 review
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I ordered some Aesop items for my daughters birthday on the 2nd Dec. I was due to meet them on the 14th so felt it was plenty of time. Unbeknown to me, the items were actually coming from the US, not the UK. I kept getting emails to say my order would be delayed so I responded saying that if they weren't going to be here by the 13th then I would need to cancel. The next thing I know they send an email (on the 8th December) saying they had already been dispatched. I said to them that if they weren't here by the 13th I would need to return them as would need to source something else for the gift. They assured me that the item should be here on time. It wasn't and still isn't! I have contacted them a number of times, they take 24 hours each time to respond, then ignore what you asked with some rubbish standard line. I have told them I need to send them back but they insist that they are "unwanted" items and so the postage would be at my expense, given this is the US, it wont be cheap. Despite still not having them a full two weeks after ordering them, they still insist they will not pay the return postage. They initially said allow 2 to 3 days for arrival, then said 7 days, then told me the expectation is 30 days! Their customer service is absolutely awful, a different rep answers each time, ignoring what you said, and I now give up. If you are a UK purchaser, be very wary of dealing with this company. I ordered the items directly from Aesop in the end and guess what, they arrived the very next day! Very, very poor service and utterly useless customer service; they clearly DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS!

Date of experience: December 16, 2021
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Trash
November 10, 2022

My girlfriend and I bought their advent calendars and its been almost 2 months and we never got it. NEVER GOING TO BUY FROM THEIR TRASH COMPANY AGAIN

Date of experience: November 10, 2022
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Didn't get benefits. Query closed 10 days laterr at 433am
No Promised email response in 48-72h
AVOID

Date of experience: November 18, 2023

Overview

Look Fantastic has a rating of 1.4 stars from 649 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Look Fantastic most frequently mention customer service, next day and credit card. Look Fantastic ranks 1082nd among Skin Care sites.

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