41 of 41 same-size pairs across 21 products carried an identical list price at Sephora and Ulta, a $1,933.00 basket at either. The real gaps are Ulta's points, sale timing and the brands each retailer does not stock.
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Read on 23 October 2026, all 41 same-size pairs of 21 beauty products sold at both Sephora and Ulta carried an identical list price; the average difference was $0.00 and neither site showed a sale price on any of them.
Neither, on the list price of the same product:
Yes, on every pair we read. We took 21 products both retailers sell, from a $6.00 serum to a $122.00 treatment, and matched every size listed at both: 41 pairs. The largest gap was $0.00. Neither retailer states a price-match policy on these pages, so treat this as an observation on one morning, not a promise. The brands' own sites agreed where we could read them: Drunk Elephant lists Protini 50 ml at $72.00, The Ordinary lists Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% 30 ml at $6.00, Clinique lists Moisture Surge 100H 1 oz at $31.00, the same as both retailers. Subscription discounts and gifts with purchase are left out: they are offers, not list prices.
One caution on sizes: on 7 pairs the labels differ slightly, for example Protini at "1.69 oz/50 ml" on Sephora and "1.6 oz" on Ulta, or Bum Bum Cream at 8 oz against 8.1 oz. They are the same product line at the same price; whether the fill is identical is not something either page states.
| Product | Size (Sephora / Ulta) | Sephora | Ulta | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drunk Elephant Protini | 1.69 oz/50 ml / 1.6 oz | $72.00 | $72.00 | $0.00 |
| Drunk Elephant Protini | 0.5 oz/15 ml / 0.5 oz | $24.00 | $24.00 | $0.00 |
| Drunk Elephant Protini | 3.33 oz/100 mL / 3.3 oz | $99.00 | $99.00 | $0.00 |
| Drunk Elephant Protini | 1.69 oz refill / 1.69 oz refill | $63.00 | $63.00 | $0.00 |
| The Ordinary Niacinamide | 1 oz/30 mL / 1.0 oz | $6.00 | $6.00 | $0.00 |
| Supergoop Unseen SPF 50 | 1.7 oz/50 mL / 1.7 oz | $38.00 | $38.00 | $0.00 |
| Supergoop Unseen SPF 50 | 2.5 oz/74 mL / 2.5 oz | $48.00 | $48.00 | $0.00 |
| Supergoop Unseen SPF 50 | 0.67 oz/20 mL / 0.68 oz | $19.00 | $19.00 | $0.00 |
| Fenty Pro Filt'r Foundation | 1.08 oz/32 mL / 1.08 oz | $40.00 | $40.00 | $0.00 |
| NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer | 0.22 oz/6 mL / 0.22 oz | $36.00 | $36.00 | $0.00 |
| Clinique Moisture Surge 100H | 1.7 oz/50 mL / 1.7 oz | $48.00 | $48.00 | $0.00 |
| Clinique Moisture Surge 100H | 1 oz/30 mL / 1.0 oz | $31.00 | $31.00 | $0.00 |
| Clinique Moisture Surge 100H | 4.2 oz/125 mL / 4.2 oz | $89.00 | $89.00 | $0.00 |
| Clinique Moisture Surge 100H | 2.5 oz/75 mL / 2.5 oz | $65.00 | $65.00 | $0.00 |
| Tatcha The Water Cream | 1.7 oz/50 mL / 1.7 oz | $74.00 | $74.00 | $0.00 |
| Tatcha The Water Cream | 2.5 oz/75 mL / 2.5 oz | $93.00 | $93.00 | $0.00 |
| Tatcha The Water Cream | 0.5 oz/15 mL / 0.5 oz | $25.00 | $25.00 | $0.00 |
| Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Blush | 0.25 oz/7.5 mL / 0.25 oz | $25.00 | $25.00 | $0.00 |
| Too Faced Better Than Sex | 0.27 oz/8 mL / 0.27 oz | $29.00 | $29.00 | $0.00 |
| Benefit Precisely, My Brow | 0.08 g / 0.002 oz | $28.00 | $28.00 | $0.00 |
| Urban Decay All Nighter | 4 oz/118 mL / 4.0 oz | $34.00 | $34.00 | $0.00 |
| Urban Decay All Nighter | 1.0 oz/30 mL / 1.0 oz | $18.00 | $18.00 | $0.00 |
| Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream | 1.7 oz/50 mL / 1.7 oz | $39.00 | $39.00 | $0.00 |
| Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream | 8.45 oz/250 mL / 8.5 oz | $115.00 | $115.00 | $0.00 |
| Clinique Dramatically Different | 4.2 oz/125 mL / 4.2 oz | $34.00 | $34.00 | $0.00 |
| Clinique Dramatically Different | 6.7 oz / 6.7 oz | $49.00 | $49.00 | $0.00 |
| Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream | 8 oz/240 mL / 8.1 oz | $48.00 | $48.00 | $0.00 |
| Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream | 2.5 oz/75 mL / 2.5 oz | $24.00 | $24.00 | $0.00 |
| First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair | 4 oz/113 mL / 4.0 oz | $35.00 | $35.00 | $0.00 |
| First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair | 6 oz/170.1 mL / 6.0 oz | $42.00 | $42.00 | $0.00 |
| First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair | 2 oz/56.7 mL / 2.0 oz | $20.00 | $20.00 | $0.00 |
| First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair | 8.0 oz/226 g / 8.0 oz | $50.00 | $50.00 | $0.00 |
| Drunk Elephant B-Hydra | 1.69 oz/50 ml / 1.69 oz | $56.00 | $56.00 | $0.00 |
| ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint | 1 oz/30 mL / 1.0 oz | $48.00 | $48.00 | $0.00 |
| Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer | 1 oz/30 mL / 1.01 oz | $30.00 | $30.00 | $0.00 |
| Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer | 1.52 oz/45 mL / 1.5 oz | $38.00 | $38.00 | $0.00 |
| Sunday Riley Good Genes | 1 oz/30 mL / 1.0 oz | $85.00 | $85.00 | $0.00 |
| Sunday Riley Good Genes | 1.7 oz/50 ml / 1.7 oz | $122.00 | $122.00 | $0.00 |
| Moroccanoil Treatment | 1.7 oz/50 mL / 1.7 oz | $38.00 | $38.00 | $0.00 |
| Moroccanoil Treatment | 0.85 oz/25 mL / 0.85 oz | $20.00 | $20.00 | $0.00 |
| Benefit Hoola Matte Bronzer | 0.28 oz/8 g / 0.28 oz | $36.00 | $36.00 | $0.00 |
In what you get back, when each one runs a sale, and what each one stocks. The list price is not where the choice is made, so the useful question is the one below.
Between 3.0% and 9.4% of what you spend, depending on your status and how many points you cash in at once. Ulta's programme terms, revised 16 August 2026, pay 1 point per $1 on qualifying purchases, 1.25 points once you spend $500 in a calendar year (Platinum) and 1.5 points at $1,200 (Diamond). Redemption is stepped: 100 points take $3.00 off, 2,000 take $125.00. Saving up pays: at the base rate, the 2,000-point step needs $2,000 of spend and returns 6.3%. Points expire at the end of the calendar quarter after their 12-month anniversary; the terms list points that do not expire among the benefits Platinum and Diamond members may get. Ulta's rewards page counts "over 46 million" members and that morning advertised 5X points on select Yves Saint Laurent fragrances through 21 November: bonus events like that are where Ulta's price really moves.
Sephora's Beauty Insider programme is the obvious comparison, and we could not read it fairly: its terms page refused automated reading on 23 October 2026, and we do not quote loyalty terms second-hand. If points decide it for you, read Beauty Insider's current terms on sephora.com against the Ulta figures above.
More than you might think, and it settles the question before price does. Ulta's brand index of 1,188 brand pages had no page for LANEIGE, Paula's Choice, Glossier, Glow Recipe, Summer Fridays, Kosas, Tower 28, Youth To The People when we read it. Sephora's own search, read the same morning, returned other brands when asked for CeraVe, La Roche-Posay, Neutrogena, Cetaphil, COSRX products. A missing listing is evidence rather than proof, and stock changes, but for these brands the choice is made for you.
1. Is it sold at both? Many brands are at one only. 2. Same size? Labels can read 1.69 oz at one and 1.6 oz at the other for what looks like one jar. 3. Points: Ulta pays 1 point per $1 (more at $500 and $1,200 a year); 100 points = $3.00 off. 4. Is a sale or bonus points event on this week? That, not the list price, is the gap. 5. Will your points expire before you redeem them?
21 products sold at both retailers, most of them from our ingredient database study or the clean-label comparison. Every size listed at both was paired by its label. Sephora's list prices were read from each product page's own data in a normal browser on 23 October 2026, because Sephora refuses automated requests; Ulta's were read from each size's page the same day. List price only: no coupons, member pricing, subscriptions, gifts with purchase, shipping or in-store prices. Ulta's loyalty figures come from its programme terms; the percentages are computed from them, not stated by Ulta.
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Not on list price. Read on 23 October 2026, all 41 same-size pairs of 21 products sold at both had identical list prices. The difference comes from loyalty points, sale timing and which brands each retailer sells.
On 23 October 2026, Ulta's brand index had no page for LANEIGE, Paula's Choice, Glossier, Glow Recipe, Summer Fridays, Kosas, Tower 28, Youth To The People. Sephora's search did not return CeraVe, La Roche-Posay, Neutrogena, Cetaphil, COSRX, which Ulta sells.
Ulta's terms (revised 16 August 2026) take $3.00 off for 100 points and $125.00 off for 2,000. At 1 point per $1 that is 3.0% to 6.3% back; Platinum (1.25 points per $1 from $500 a year) and Diamond (1.5 from $1,200) raise it to as much as 9.4%.
At the end of the calendar quarter after the 12-month anniversary of when they were earned, per Ulta's terms: points earned on 1 November 2025 expire on 31 December 2026. Ulta's terms list points that do not expire while status is kept among the benefits Platinum and Diamond members may get.
Usually, but labels can differ slightly: 7 of our 41 pairs showed different figures, such as 1.69 oz at Sephora and 1.6 oz at Ulta for Drunk Elephant Protini, at the same price. Neither page says whether the fill differs.
We could not compare them fairly: Sephora's Beauty Insider terms page refused automated reading on 23 October 2026, and we do not quote loyalty terms second-hand. Read its current terms on sephora.com against Ulta's rates above.
On the same product in the same size, Sephora and Ulta charged the same list price every time we looked: 41 of 41 pairs. Choose the retailer that stocks your brand, then the one where your points, status or a live sale are worth more. If clean labels matter to you, the seals differ far more than the prices.