A professional makeup artist was left speechless when she discovered what appeared to be cocaine inside a package she received from Sephora.
Christina Milano, 30, told the New York Post that she had ordered more than $250 worth of cosmetic products from the beauty retailer to her home in Hoboken, New Jersey, earlier this month.
Inside the package, Milano claims she found the items she had ordered, including foundation and false eyelashes, but there was also a small surprise.
According to the NY Post, she also found a dollar bill “folded up very nicely” tucked inside the shipment. Milano said inside the folded up dollar bill was a “good amount” of a white powder that she identified as cocaine as well as a small piece of a plastic drinking straw with one end cut to 45 degrees.
The package which came from the company’s distribution center in Maryland also contained a female employee’s badge and i.d. which was connected to a Sephora branded reel.
The Post traced the Sephora worker to an address in Aberdeen, Maryland. A woman who identified herself as the worker’s sister told the newspaper that she had a history of drug abuse but refused to provide further details.
Milano said she contacted Sephora and sent them pictures of everything she found, including a shot of the white powder inside the folded dollar bill. She said she was told by a Sephora representative that the incident was being investigated.
Sephora offered her a $100 credit and told her to dispose of the shady substance. A representative from Sephora allegedly wrote Milano via email and said, “Flush the foreign objects down the toilet,” the email said.
While Milano admitted the entire experience made her very angry she did say she would continue to shop at the makeup store. “Truly I still will shop at Sephora—I love them,” she said.
