FAQ
Answer to common questions
When your order and payment are validated, Lancôme sends an initial e-mail to confirm your order.
Then, once your order has been prepared and dispatched, you will also receive an order dispatch confirmation by e-mail. In this second e-mail, you will find a parcel number.
Choose the desired quantity and the shade/size if applicable, then click on "Add to Shopping Bag". You will be invited to create an account or check out as a guest. Simply follows the screens through until you receive confirmation that the transaction has been accepted.
Product unavailable:
Among the Lancôme products you can purchase online, a product may temporarily be unavailable. In this event, you can click on 'Notify me' and leave your email address to be notified as soon as the product is back in stock.
The number of identical articles is limited to 5 for the same order.
Lancôme is obliged to apply these limits for delivery and payment security reasons.
We currently accept all major credit cards which include: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or debit cards with the Visa/MasterCard logo.
Unfortunately, we do not accept personal checks and money orders.
We do accept credit cards from Brazil, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom as long as the order is shipping to a destination with in the United States.
We currently accept all major US credit cards which include: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or debit cards with the Visa/MasterCard logo. We do not accept personal checks and money orders, or international forms of payment including non-US credit cards.
You can select a different delivery address during checkout and complete with gift wrapping and a personal message.
This could be for 2 reasons:
- Either your spam filters are too high, which means that our emails have been blocked as spam
- Lancôme ([email protected]) has not added to your Address Book
- Or, your order may not have been successfully submitted.
For further information, email us here, under "Subject" choose Online Orders. Or, call us toll-free at 1-800-526-2663. A Lancôme Representative will be happy to assist you.
Once you submit your order on www.lancome-usa.com, you can cancel your order within 30 minutes by visiting your account's order history section. For orders that are past the cancellation window, you can find additional details on how to return by visiting our shipping and returns page.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us with your name and order number, and a customer care representative will respond to you as soon as possible.
If you are a registered Lancôme member, you may consult your Order History by clicking here.
To protect your security and privacy, your bank can't provide Lancôme with information about why your payment was declined. Because of this, you need to contact your bank directly to solve these payment issues.
If you want to try again with a different card or confirm your details are correct by retrying your current card, please visit the Orders section in Your Account.
These are the top reasons why a credit card does not go through:
1. You are using an International credit card that is not issued in one of the following countries: CHINA, BRAZIL, CANADA, GERMANY, UK, or US. We are sorry, at this time we are unable to accept International credit cards from countries not listed above.
2. You are trying to ship to an address outside of the United States. lancome-usa.com unfortunately does not ship internationally at this time. We apologize for this inconvenience.
3. You have entered in the wrong address, wrong zip code, or an address that is not associated with the credit card you are trying to use. You may have misspelled your address or put your address information on the incorrect line. Please check your information to make sure it is 100% accurate.
4. You have entered in your credit card information incorrectly. Please double check the information.
If you have a Lancôme promotional code, you can let us know at check-out before confirming your order in the input field "Promotional Code".
Once the code is entered, the offer will be directly applied to the amount of your shopping bag.
Once your order has been confirmed, you will be sent an order summary by e-mail. This contains the following information:
- Order number
- Order date
- Delivery and invoicing details
- List of items ordered
- Total amount of the order
If you do not receive this confirmation e-mail, (and you've checked your spam), it may be that your order has not been acknowledged.
To check your order status, please contact us : by e-mail or phone 1-800-526-2663.
If you forget your password, go to the "Sign in" and click on "Forgotten password?“
A link to change your password will be sent to your e-mail.
To enable us to process your order, we need some information about you: shipping addresses, billing address, e-mail address, etc.
The creation of this account will also allow you to benefit fully from services offered by Lancôme: parcel tracking, creating a list of your own personal favourite products, viewing past orders, etc. To receive any news from Lancôme, you must tick the box when registering saying that you wish to be contacted by email with future Lancôme product news and offers.
All your account information at Lancôme will only be used as part of your relationship with Lancôme. This information can be changed by you at any time by managing your account online. It can also be completely removed from our database upon request.
The personal information gathered when you created a secure account with Lancôme can be changed by you at any time by managing your account online. Simply log into your account and change the necessary details.
Lancôme products can be bought online or found in luxury retail locations across the country. Our authorized retailers include:
- Macy’s
- Ulta
- Amazon
- Sephora
- Dillards
- Nordstrom
- Bloomingdales
- Sephora at Kohl’s
- HSN
Try booking an appointment with one of our e-Beauty Advisors here.
To receive the Lancôme newsletter, simply enter you email address in the "Your email address" field in the footer of every page on the site.
We know that your Lancôme products are special to you and have been favourites for a long time. As Lancôme is constantly looking to offer you innovative products, changes must sometimes be made to these cherished products so that they can be replaced with better, more effective formulas.
This means that on occasion, products you love may no longer be available from perfumeries. As a general rule, these products will also no longer available for purchase online.
SHIPPING DESTINATIONS
Lancome.com ships via UPS and Smartpost to US addresses only. UPS shipping is not available for orders being shipped to APO/FPO and P.O. Box addresses.
DELIVERY OPTION | DELIVERY COST | CARRIER DELIVERY TIME |
UPS Ground* | $8.00 (Free with any $100 Order) | 3 - 5 business days |
UPS 2 Day | $15.00 | 2 business days |
UPS Overnight | $20.00 | 1 business day |
*All APO, FPO and PO Box orders have a $7.00 delivery cost (Free with any $49 Order) and will be shipped via Smartpost. P.O. Box delivery time is 3-8 days and APO/FPO delivery time is 4-6 weeks.
BUSINESS DAYS:
Monday - Friday, excluding federal holidays within the United States. Orders must be placed by 2PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) to be processed on the same business day. Our orders are shipped and delivered on business days (Monday through Friday, excluding major holidays).Our standard shipping carrier is UPS and we kindly ask that you anticipate 3-5 business days for standard shipping. Standard Shipping Charges apply. Orders to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands take 4 to 6 weeks. Please select the shipping option that best suits your delivery needs during "Checkout." We do not ship outside the U.S.at this time. APO orders will be shipped via Smartpost please anticipate a 4 to 6 week delivery. Standard shipping charges apply.
FOUNDATION AND FRAGRANCE - FREE RETURNS
Any order placed on or after May 10, 2012 which contains a foundation or fragrance product receives free returns. Please contact customer service to request the return label. *Free returns is not valid on gift set purchases that include a fragrance or foundation item.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS & SHIPPING RESTRICTIONS
Certain items considered Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) include aerosols and alcohol-based products and are required by the U.S. DOT to be shipped by Ground-only transport, due to air transport restrictions and regulations. For these shipments we offer UPS at $7.00.
Our express shipping carrier is UPS. UPS does not deliver on Saturday or Sunday nor do they deliver to Post Office boxes. APO and PO Box orders will be shipped via Smartpost. Standard shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. Territories and APO/FPO addresses takes 4–6 weeks. Standard shipping charges will apply.
We do not ship outside the U.S. at this time.
On the Identification/Shipping page, tick Delivery "to a different address" from the billing address and enter the required shipping address in the appropriate fields.
Lancome.com ships via UPS and Smartpost to US addresses only. UPS shipping is not available for orders being shipped to APO/FPO and P.O. Box addresses.
Most parcels arrive on time. Occasionally though, the tracking may show as "delivered" when you don't have your parcel.
If the tracking for your parcel shows it as delivered but you haven't received it, you should:
- Check if someone else at your address has accepted it.
- Check if an attempted delivery notice has been left in your letter box or on your door. Follow the instructions on that notice to request redelivery or to arrange collection of the parcel.
- Use the delivery confirmation and tracking number sent by email to contact the carrier.
You can also contact our Customer Services to obtain confirmation of shipping.
Please see our return policy here.
If the product(s) received do not comply with your order or if the content of the parcel has been damaged, please return the product(s) in their original form and packaging, complete and accompanied by the returns note. With the exception of non-compliant Products, the cost of returning Product(s) shall be paid by the Purchaser.
It is impossible to exchange or obtain reimbursement via this website for products purchased at a store.
Due to recent concerns related to COVID-19, extra precautions are being taken to keep warehouse personnel safe. Per communication on the CDC website, it is currently believed that coronavirus can live up to 24 hours on corrugate and three (3) days on plastics and stainless steel, therefore, there will be implementation of a three (3) day quarantine of all returned packages. Returns are still being accepted, but please expect a delay in processing your return refund while these extra precautions to protect warehouse personnel staff are being implemented.
We regret to inform you that we no longer offer this service, as the program has been discontinued.