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Expensive sleepaway camps are BANNING luxury skincare products for Sephora obsessed tweens
As tweens become more and more obsessed with luxury skincare products from brands like Drunk Elephant at Sephora, they have difficulty parting with them, even at summer camp.
Summer camp is no longer about roughing it - instead, campers as young as eight prefer to pack serums and lotions that cost upwards of $100.
Some exclusive summer camps have banned the pricey products this summer, which has caused quite an uproar among campers with multi-part skincare routines.
Business Insider reported that Camp Mataponi, an all-girls sleepaway camp in Maine, which charges $16,800 for the summer, and Tyler Hill Camp in Pennsylvania, a coed camp that costs $17,775, both sent letters discouraging bringing beauty products.
At Somerset Camp for Girls in Maine, which costs $16,300 for the full summer, all Sephora products are strictly forbidden.
As tweens become obsessed with luxury skincare products from brands like Drunk Elephant at Sephora, they have difficulty parting with them - even at summer camp (stock image)
Summer camp is no longer about roughing it - instead, campers as young as eight prefer to pack Drunk Elephant serums and lotions that cost upwards of $100
It's no longer about roughing it - instead, campers as young as eight prefer to pack their serums and lotions that cost upwards of $100 (stock image)
Somerset Camp for Girls warned that strong scents could potentially attract mosquitoes and that 'this obsession with "skin care" is consuming our kids more and more each day'
In the spring, the camp posted a blog asking parents to 'please refrain from sending any Sephora (and similar) accessories to camp.'
The blog post read: 'We know that skincare and makeup are popular and accept that they have a place in the lives of a maturing young person, but they are NOT needed for a summer camp experience.'
The post also warned that strong scents could potentially attract mosquitoes and that 'this obsession with "skin care" is consuming our kids more and more each day.'
The camp explained, 'They DO NOT need perfume, a daily six-step skincare routine, or excessive amounts of makeup,' but clarified that campers who were older than sixth graders could wear a small amount of makeup for socials with boy's camps if it 'helps them feel comfortable and strong.'
In The New York Times, a camp counselor in Maryland shared a story about a 10-year-old telling her she needed an anti-aging cream despite the beauty ban because she wanted 'baby skin.'
On TikTok, content creators are poking fun at the Sephora tweens who are desperate to bring their skincare hauls to camp, with New York City-based influencer Chloe Hechter responding directly to The New York Times story about banned beauty products.
The creator joked with her 50,000 followers about Gen Alpha desperately wanting to bring favorites like Sol de Janiero, Tower 28, Dior Glow Oil, Glow Recipe, Supergoop, and Rare Beauty.
Plenty of counselors took to Chloe's comments to share their own experiences with cosmetics obsessed campers who couldn't skip their multi-step skincare routines.
New York City-based Chloe Hechter content creator responded directly to The New York Times story about banned beauty products with a viral video poking fun at Gen Alpha
Plenty of counselors took to Chloe's comments to share their own experiences with beauty obsessed campers who couldn't skip their multi-step skincare routines
One camp counselor responded, 'Literally just had a camper last week who BIT another girl because she was washing her hands during her skincare routine,' as another agreed, 'I am a camp counselor and I have never seen anything more true in my entire life.'
One former counselor said, 'I had a cabin full of 13-year-olds and the skincare was WILD. Honestly, mad respect for them sticking to the 20-minute routine twice a day every day for a month.'
A counselor weighed in: 'Nah because I was seeing 10-year-olds with Drunk Elephant in their shower caddies at camp this year.'
'I know the mosquitos loved her,' a commenter joked about the fake camper Chloe was playing, who covered herself in perfume, as another wrote, 'Not the spider spray!' referencing the wild (and later disproven) claim that Sol de Janeiro's Delícia Body Butter attracted wolf spiders.
But for some, the ban on beauty products - and sending campers packages full of Sephora hauls - is real.
'No packages allowed at my kiddos camp,' one mom explained.