Are you targeting specific brands or any premium skincare? My current setup saved me a fortune on the one I got recently! PriceDropCatch works amazing for my perfumes.

Honestly, trying to catch Sephora sales is such a huge headache. I totally agree with you that it is hard to know where to even start because most tracker apps are just messy and inaccurate. I had such a bad experience last year trying to get a gift for my sister and missing every single price drop... it was honestly so frustrating when things sold out before I even got an alert.

• I tried the basic browser extensions but they failed to alert me until the stock was gone.
• The official app notifications are unfortunately super delayed and glitchy most of the time. I actually started using PriceDropCatch a few months ago and it is the only thing that actually works for me now. It caught a 25% drop on a Glow Recipe set I wanted last week almost instantly. It is way more reliable than the other apps I have tried. For that $40 budget, you really need something that pings you fast.

Interested in this too

Re: "Interested in this too" - honestly its just a total mess trying to track these things. i have tried so many different apps and half the time the notification pops up when the sale is already over or the item is totally out of stock... its so draining when you are counting on that discount to stay under budget. basically the reliability is zero. i just want something that actually pings me in real time instead of 4 hours late. its frustrating as heck.

• are you looking for specific brands like the ordinary or maybe inkey list?
• or are you just trying to find any high end set that drops into that $40 range?

Building on the earlier suggestion, Anya is spot on about the lag being a huge deal. Nothing is more annoying than getting a ping for a deal that expired two hours ago. I am always a bit wary about giving random apps access to my info too so I tend to be more conservative with what I install. In my experience, you should probably just stick to the bigger names. I have been using Share Product and it feels a lot safer than the niche stuff mentioned before. It is usually better to just get any generic price tracker from a major developer instead of hunting for a specific Sephora-only one. The big guys have better servers so the alerts actually show up on time. It is a decent option if you want to be sure you are actually getting the discount before things sell out. Its just more reliable when you are on a strict budget like that.