Ulta Is Giving You 1,000 More Places To Shop, Because Prayers Are Meant To Be Answered

As far as beauty emporiums go, Ulta Beauty may be the most democratic. Where else can you find high-end makeup from Lancôme alongside drugstore favorites like Aquaphor and Burt’s Bees? The only bummer: Until now, New Yorkers have had to venture to suburban locations to get in on the one-size-fits-all shopping experience. It can be hard enough to find the time for such a trip, much less track down a friend with a car. Soon, that problem will cease to exist. Because the beauty superstore has announced its plans to open its first Manhattan location on the Upper East Side, according to WWD, just a stone’s throw from the neighborhood’s Sephora. Doors are slated to open in fall 2017. But Manhattanites aren’t the only ones with something to celebrate. The 12,630-square-foot shop is only one part of a much bigger expansion by the beauty giant. Turns out, Ulta plans to open anywhere from 1,400 to 1,700 stores nationwide. While construction is underway, we’ll be saving our spare change — because with news like this, something tells us dropping a whole lot of dough on beauty products is in our near future.