
What happens to Sephora points when someone dies
Sephora USA publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; a written request goes by email to customerservice@sephora.com.
Under Sephora USA's terms, Sephora points are forfeited when the account holder dies.
Sephora USA publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; a written request goes by email to customerservice@sephora.com. The request takes 2 documents. Sephora Customer Service answers at 1-877-737-4672 (Monday-Friday 5:00 AM-9:00 PM PT; Saturday-Sunday 6:00 AM-9:00 PM PT (phone and chat)).
What to do
- •Check a gift card or eGift card balance at sephora.com/beauty/giftcards or by calling 1-888-860-7897.
- •A store merchandise credit carries a 16-digit number and no PIN, and its balance can only be checked in a Sephora store.
- •Call 1-877-SEPHORA (1-877-737-4672), MON-FRI 5am-9pm PT and SAT-SUN 6am-9pm PT; TTY 1-888-866-9845.
- •Email customerservice@sephora.com.
- •Chat through sephora.com/beauty/customer-service during the same hours.
Required Documents
- Member's name, and an email address or phone number used with Sephora: Sephora's privacy policy asks for these to verify a request about an account.
- Details of the most recent purchase: for certain requests. The most recent purchase made online or in store.
What Sephora USA, Inc.'s terms say at death
- Section 8
“Membership is non-transferable and Membership purchases must be made by the member. If your Membership is revoked or otherwise cancelled, any Beauty Insider Points in your account will automatically expire.”1
What Sephora USA, Inc. says happens3
- Balances, payouts and refunds
Beauty Insider Points have no cash value, can only be redeemed for Rewards, and are never redeemable for cash, another product, gift cards or e-gift certificates.1
Rewards have no cash value unless required by law and cannot be sold, returned or exchanged for points, cash, another product, a gift card or an e-gift certificate unless under a specific offer from Sephora.1
Sephora Gift Cards and store credits do not expire and carry no inactivity or service fees, and a card is redeemed by presenting it, so the estate can generally spend the remaining balance.2
The Cards have no cash value, may not be redeemed for cash or refunded except as required by law, and may not be resold without written authorization.2
- Closing the account
Closing the account forfeits all existing Beauty Insider Points, tier status and tier benefits, cancels unshipped Auto-Replenish orders, and ends a Same-Day Unlimited subscription without any refund.3
Sephora cannot close an account that holds Online Store Credit, so an account that cannot be closed signals store credit held for the estate.3
A member may close the account by contacting Sephora Client Services or by self-closure, and a closed account can be re-opened on request through Sephora Client Services.1
- Passwords and login
Sephora's self-closure route runs through the member's own login; a survivor reaches the account through Sephora Client Services instead.3
Other companies and product lines involved1
- Sephora gift card line
Gift card questions and balances2
Phone: 1-888-860-7897
Not in Sephora's published guidance10
- A process for a deceased account holder
- A form for estate requests
- A mailing address for a written request
- How long a request takes
- Whether a certified death certificate is required
- Who owns the asset
- A death or estate provision in the Beauty Insider terms
- A bereavement page, estates email address or portal
- A document list for a deceased member's account
- Whether a re-opened account restores forfeited points
Sources3
- 1.Beauty Insider Terms & Conditions, Last Updated August 28, 2025
- 2.Gift Card, Store Credit, and Promotional Card Terms and Conditions, Last Updated February 20, 2026
- 3.Account Closure
A written request to Sephora USA can ask it to transfer the points to a named family member, refund an unspent balance, provide purchase and transaction records for the estate inventory and preserve the account while the estate is opened.
Nothing in the account survives the holder, and Sephora USA allows no lifetime transfer of it either.
Digital Assets Recovery Letter for Sephora drafts that request from the estate's details.
Sources
Data sourced from Sephora USA, Inc. primary sources (8 pages reviewed). How we research.
Sephora estate claims
Sephora Customer Service
Phone
Hours
Website
Estate requests go through general customer service.
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