About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. In an Ulta Beauty store in downtown Chicago, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning. As he approached the makeup aisle, he caught a whiff of a scent so strong and unfamiliar it made him pause—an intoxicating blend of lavender and bubblegum that seemed to follow him down each aisle. As he followed the scent deeper into the store, he bumped into a delivery driver who sniffed the air and grinned, ‘That’s our new cleaning solution! They say it helps customers relax while shopping.’ The regular laughed, realizing his embarrassment was as fragrant as the day itself.
2. At dawn, when most Ulta Beauty's customers were asleep, a delivery driver noticed something strange: every morning, a small bird would perch on the window sill and sing for exactly ten minutes before flying away. Curious, he followed the bird one day and discovered it was a neighbor’s pet canary, who had escaped during the night. From then on, whenever the delivery guy arrived, the little bird greeted him with its cheerful song, as if saying ‘good morning’ in avian language.
3. In a quiet residential neighborhood near an Ulta Beauty salon, every morning around sunrise, someone started hearing a strange humming sound. It wasn't loud enough to disturb sleep but persistent enough to catch notice. The neighbors began whispering—was it a new product test or maybe a secret promotion no one had heard about? One day, a delivery driver mentioned overhearing the hum while delivering packages. Soon, everyone was talking about it like it was some top-secret marketing gimmick. Then, one morning, an elderly neighbor spotted a tiny sign taped to the window: ‘Our new LED lighting is on trial run.’ Everyone laughed and realized they’d been gossiping for weeks about nothing more than improved energy efficiency.
4. At closing time, when Ulta Beauty’s shelves were neatly wrapped and locked up, a night security guard found an unusual item in the staff room fridge—a bottle of lipstick labeled with a date long past its expiration. Curious, he opened it, expecting maybe some old blush or something. To his surprise, out popped a live goldfish! Turns out, someone had left it there as a practical joke—Ulta’s manager was known for pranks like that. The guard laughed it off, thinking it would make a great story to tell the next day.