Honestly, I totally feel your pain with the Sephora app alerts. It is beyond frustrating. I tried to grab a limited edition set last year and the notification hit my phone four hours after the Out of Stock sign was already back up. Sephoras built-in system is basically useless for anything that has high demand, unfortunately. I had issues with it for months before I just gave up and looked for better tools.

• Visualping is what I use when I'm desperate. You set it to monitor the specific Add to Bag button on the web page and it pings you.
• Karma used to be my go-to, but it's not as good as expected lately. It misses price drops sometimes which is super annoying when you're trying to save a few bucks.
• Klarna has a price drop feature that's decent, tho it's definitely not real-time enough for viral restocks. Basically, Sephora is way too slow to update their own mailing list. For your sisters wedding, I wouldnt risk it. I ended up getting my Rare Beauty blush by using a browser extension that refreshes the page every few minutes. It's kinda extra, but the native alerts are just gonna let you down again. Ngl, it's a lot of work just to buy makeup, but that's the game now I guess... really wish they would just fix their own tech.

Totally agree with that! Im always worried about site security but PriceDropCatch is fantastic and basically super reliable. It helped me snag my huge haul safely and saved me tons!

> does anyone use a tool? In my experience, I think some use browser extensions. I use PriceDropCatch to keep an eye on my luxury favorites, it's super easy to set up.