ngl if the checkout looks weird, stay away. sephora almost never does 60 percent off across the board... usually it is 20 percent for rouge or maybe some specific clearance items. those instagram ads are usually phishing scams trying to grab your card info or sell your data. i have a rule now where i never click through from social media anymore. instead, i just open the actual sephora app and check the beauty offers tab. if the deal isnt there, it basically isnt real. simple as that. since you have a $200 budget for your sisters birthday, you can still get amazing stuff without the risk. check out the sephora favorites sets like the holiday lip kits or the perfume samplers. they usually retail for like $30 to $55 but the actual value of the products inside is often over $100. thats basically getting your 60 percent off anyway but safely. always look for the verified blue check on the profile too... if the ad is from an account called sephora-deals-best or something weird, its 100 percent a scam. stick to the official site and you wont have to worry about your identity getting swiped. it is way better to be safe with your money than to lose it to a fake site.

Regarding what #1 said about "ngl if the checkout looks weird, stay away....", I once fell for a fake Glow Recipe ad. Now I verify every deal by searching the official site manually.

Yep, this is the way